When Ann Coulter referred to presidential candidate John Edwards as a faggot, we all knew there is something more wrong about it than the individual insult. Not only are we incensed because the term is often yelled out when hate crimes are committed against LGBT people, but because we know that what Ann Coulter was also saying in calling John Edwards a faggot is that there is something inherently wrong about being gay.
I know many of us abhor pejoratives because there is nothing wrong with being black (related to the n-bomb), nothing wrong with being female (related to the c-word), nothing wrong with being Arab or Muslim (related to the term rag-head), and nothing wrong with being gay (related to the other f-word).
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A schoolyard prank? Tell that to Kevin Aviance who was beaten as the thugs "were yelling, ‘Die, faggot,’ and ‘We’re going to kill you, faggot,’”
Or, how about the gay guy who was beaten, hit by a car and then had life support terminated by his family?
Then there's the "faggot" who who fell victim to "a man who jumped out of car and began yelling homophobic epithets at the 20 year old student. The young man was then beaten and received a concussion and fractured eye socket."
Harmless! Can't take a joke! A schoolyard prank!
Funny how conservatives can say anything, and Amy Proctor will stand up for them. Funny how Ann Coulter is an attractive, obviously intelligent (but misguided) woman, but just can't find the right guy, settle down and get married. Funny...
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks." --Hamlet (III, ii, 239)
Update:
Rachel Madow on Countdown:
"I know that Ann Coulter needs publicity in the same way that a tapeworm needs a large intestine. This is the environment that makes it possible for her to continue to make a living doing what she does."
Watch it here.
Update 2: What I said yesterday is now a meme?
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