Coulter: "'Faggot' isn't offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays"

[sabra]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,257745,00.html

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"'Faggot' isn't offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays," Coulter said on FOX News' "Hannity and Colmes."

"It's a schoolyard taunt meaning 'wuss,' and unless you're telling me that John Edwards is gay, it was not applied to a gay person."

[ronnykmarshall]

1. She's insane.

She is fucking insane.

[ThomCat]

2. Very insane.

And worse, it's a deliberate politically motivated insanity. x(

[maveric]

9. She shows all the signs of Meth usage.

Been there done that so I can usually spot the characteristics.
Constantly spewing bullshit at the drop of the hat, whether its tue or not. Hateful comments. Fits of anger, usually directed toward certain groups. Projection...
This monster has a serious Meth habit.

[smoogatz]

53. You know, I've wondered if she's not into meth or crack--

she's so emaciated and kind of crazed-looking, it wouldn't surprise me at all. All of these professional rightwing blowhards appear to be little petri dishes of sexual weirdness and addiction.

[Raksha]

77. I haven't been there or done that, but I've known a few tweakers,

and you know...I think you could very well be right. I never thought of it before you mentioned it, but there is definitely something to that.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

14. She is a fucking insane faggot. There, Mannie, how does it feel?

You are a wuss for copping out on your statement. Everyone knows that wasn't what you meant but you ran away like a scared little kid when called on it. Wuss. Big ol' scaried cat wuss. Or do you prefer faggot?

How many times is the insane reichwing of the Republic party going to give this maggot a stage to spew her BS?

I apologize in advance for using the "f" word but jeez, Louise, she is hateful.

[Beausoleil]

21. I'm sure you didn't mean "maggot" as in its textbook definition

but rather as a pus-filled malignancy. No offense to housefly larvae, I'm sure.

[terrya]

26. Agreed.

She's trying to weasel out from her homophobic comment.

She's completely batshit insane if she believes that nonsense.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. Typical Conservative Trick

Trying to redefine the terms to mean only what they want them to mean. We all know what the term means and she doesn't get to set the definitions. Nobody made her the czar of English.
The Professor

[treestar]

3. Oh, so that explains it

:rofl:

[louis-t]

4. Wonderful, circular logic.

Then why did she say she would "have to go into rehab" for calling someone that?

By the way, "childhood taunt"? Grow up, you skank.

[A Simple Game]

42. i am not defending her but,

it was a "childhood taunt" when I was in school. But it did not mean "wuss", and everyone knew it.

[etherealtruth]

61. I shudder to think about what her other "childhood taunts" were

:puke:

[Mandate My Ass]

5. Harpy skank isn't offensive to women

just one's with ugly cracks like Anne's.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

18. LMAO!

eggs-ellent.

[Morgana LaFey]

57. it's offensive to THIS woman, and a number of other DU women

it's offensive to ALL women (even if some of them don't understand that). Please don't use gender slurs to denigrate rightwing women. I feel certain you wouldn't use a racial slur to criticize Alberto Gonzalez or Clarence Thomas; so don't use gender slurs against rightwing women.

Please.

[ThomCat]

68. If it's not meant to be an offense that targets women

then how often do you ever hear men referred to as Harpy Skanks?

It seems like a clear slur against women regardless of whether any one individual woman is offended.

[Moochy]

70. Well thats because harpies

> How often do you ever hear men referred to as Harpy Skanks?

The mythological harpies were only female. Not to be pedantic. :hide:

I can see how it would be offensive to women though.

Darn that Ann Coulter that Bad person, mean meanie. Did that offend anyone? :D

[ThomCat]

72. She is a vicious, deliberately mean, unprincipled

mercenary. :grr:

[flamingyouth]

6. Good grief. Please - just stop talking now, Ann.

Just shut up. Please. :banghead:

She's out of her mind!!

[CJCRANE]

7. Would be interesting

to see how long she would last out on the street calling out the word to passersby.

[ronnykmarshall]

12. I wish she would.

I'd like to see her scrawny ass walk down Santa Monica Blvd or Castro St and call someone a faggot.

While I don't want to see any gay man or woman go to jail for slapping the shit out of that piece of shit .... I'd love to see the look on her face as she ran for her life as she gets chased out of town.

[Cabcere]

64. Hasn't that already kind of been done before...

with a pie? :shrug: (Chasing her out of town, I mean.)

Also...if you slap the shit out of a piece of shit...what's left? :evilgrin: ;)

[waiting for hope]

8. Oh, I guess she meant this:

fag·ot also fag·got (fgt) KEY

NOUN:

1. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together.
2. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.

TRANSITIVE VERB:

fag·ot·ed , also fag·got·ed fag·ot·ing , fag·got·ing fag·ots , fag·gots
1. To bind into a fagot; bundle.
2. To decorate with fagoting.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry;_ylt=Atez2xg3Ne8SoAssW3EzRR.ugMMF?id=F0011300

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[RebelOne]

15. Well, my American Heritage Dictionary also gives another meaning.

Faggot n. Offensive slang. A male homosexual. (Origin unknown). Maybe Coulter should check out the meaning in the dictionary.

[sarge43]

41. According to the Oxford English Dictionary

one of the definition is "a male homosexual", US criminal slang, circa 1900's. No mention of school yard slang.

Given Coulter's been accused of voter fraud, it's fitting she should use criminal slang.

[mark414]

10. why of course - and n****r isn't offensive

because it's just a dictionary definition of idiot, it has nothing to do with black people....

[Touchdown]

11. That was a fun dance. Like Elaine's dance.

only with more kicks.



"...it's like a full body dry heaves set to music." George

[Richard Steele]

16. That's such a great quote to apply to Ann! Kudo's!

:applause:

[Selatius]

13. In other words, calling somebody a faggot implies one believes gays are cowardly, weak

Therefore, to call somebody like John Edwards a faggot is to call him a coward and a weakling.

[jobycom]

19. Bingo. nt.

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[Zuiderelle]

32. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[Deep13]

20. BZZZZZT That's incorrect. How much did you wager? Oooo!

That's an awful lot of trouble just to roll a gutter ball.

[Kerrytravelers]

22. Talk about sticking ones foot in one's mouth.

And as bone-skinny as she is, she needs to eat something.

[KamaAina]

23. So she was calling Edwards a cigarette?

:eyes:

[Hekate]

30. That was my thought: "As long as you've a lucifer for your fag..."

.."Now smile boys, that's the style. Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile." circa WW I

But she's nuts. Or as a poster upthread says, maybe has fried her brains on meth.

Hekate

[shain from kane]

34. "I just lit a fag then took my leave in the blink of an eye".

[ChairmanAgnostic]

44. a collection of firewood, more likely.

then again, edwards does come from a tobakey state.

[ThomCat]

55. You're joking, right?

Tell me you just forgot the sarcasm smiley. You don't really think she meant anything other than an anti-gay slur, right?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

62. 100% pure unadulterated sarcasm, indeed, USDA GRADE A sarcasm.

I just love how coultergeist is spinning the story, first it was a joke, then, she was misquoted, then she was misconstrued and taken out of context, and I am still waiting for her prescription cold meds to be the reason for her bullshit.

Ever see Bill Maher interview her? I could have sworn he liked her. I wonder about now, considering Bill's persuasion.

[uppityperson]

59. She was calling him "hot". match, ciggy, flame all=hot

Boy you are a hot one John. That is what she meant to say. It was just a joke gone bad.





:sarcasm:

[shain from kane]

24. No wonder that she doesn't have any friends. She's been calling them names since her schoolyard

days.

That is, no friends except for Freepers and right wing nutcases. Bunch of dumb shits.

[gravity]

25. This is hilarious

Coulter just keeps on digging herself deeper into a hole

[Madspirit]

27. I never thought it!

Coulter must actually be worried. We all know what she meant by "faggot". I have NEVER seen her back down or back away, even a little bit. She usually just digs her heals in and gets more offensive. This, for a nazi, is a backtrack. I am amazed.
Lee

[KansDem]

29. Yeah, and "Coulter isn't offensive to journalism; she has nothing to do with journalism"

If ever there was a need for a return of the :finger: simile, it's now!

[Cha]

31. Is she 'splaining herself cause

of all those papers dropping her worthless column?

Keep it up coulter and let's see how many more papers get wise to your vulgar anti-American slurs.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. My god she is now spinning the spin!

[jcrew2001]

35. Ask David Dreier

Ask David Dreier, Anne!

[Marnieworld]

36. Sure. How bout yelling Faggot in a Greenwich Village bar?

Or a Gay Pride Parade somewhere? I bet she would find more than a few people willing to tell her how offensive it is.

I'm sure it's the last word Matthew Sheppard heard and anyone else who met his fate.

[Hosnon]

37. She can't really be this obtuse. Why does she think that "faggot" means "wuss"?

Certainly not because homosexual males are perceived to be feminine. :eyes:

[ThomCat]

56. It's an excuse, and she knows that republicans

will bend over backwards to accept any excuse to absolve their own.

It's an obvious lie. But republicans respect lies.

We all know it was nothing but an obvious anti-gay slur.

[BattyDem]

38. Hey Coulter ... here's a way for you to test your "theory"

Go to New York City and stand in front of 53 Christopher Street (the Stonewall Inn) and yell the word "faggot" as loud as you can - not at anyone in particular - just look up into the air and scream it nice and loud. Let me know what happens ... :evilgrin:


Can she possibly get any more pathetic?!? :eyes:



edited: typo :blush:

[skypilot]

39. It's a schoolyard taunt...

So is she admitting that she has the mentality of a schoolyard idiot?

[MissMarple]

40. Bingo! A vicious school yard bully.

I guess she doesn't understand the reasoning behind if you find yourself in a hole...stop digging.

[skypilot]

43. Digging holes and running her mouth...

...is probably the only excercise she gets. According to David Brock in "Blinded by the Right" she subsists on cigarettes and white wine.

[Little Wing]

45. She might want to give Fred Phelps a call

he seems to think otherwise

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[ThomCat]

60. Um, I know we all hate AC here,

but using really sexist language to attack her for using really homophobic language is kind of... ironic.

Every time people use words like skank, ho and slut it reinforces stereotypes of women that hurt all women. They are slurs that are used against women frequently, but don't ever really apply to men.

[grace0418]

47. Ann has nothing to do with humans. She's sub-human at best.

I think I saw something like her growing on some very old cheese in my fridge.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

48. What were you calling him, then? A bundle of sticks?

SO 13th century.

:eyes:

[huskerlaw]

49. ...

:wtf:

[Buzz Clik]

50. This is a first: Coulter back pedalling.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

51. The fact that several news agencies are dropping you like a hot potato

wouldn't have anything to do with your newly found dumb blond routine, would it?
Well, obviously you've had puh-lenty of experience on your knees before, so it's not like a new position for you.

[Catherine Vincent]

52. Dig that hole!

[JitterbugPerfume]

54. A history lesson~

A faggot is a bundle of sticks used as fuel to burn heritics in the middle ages


When the fire needed extra fuel to do its evil work , homosexual men were used

Thus , calling a homosexual man a "faggot" is cruel and evil.

[Morgana LaFey]

58. burn WITCHES, dammit, WITCHES

And yes, it's quite evil to call someone a faggot, and it DOES refer to gay men.

[ThomCat]

63. That what I always heard was the origin of the word Fagot too.

x(

[B Calm]

65. So what is she? A Dyke? or Bulldyke ??

[Duncan Grant]

66. But isn't "wuss" rooted in misogyny and sexism, too?

Isn't "wuss" just the "nice" way to say, "John Edwards is a big p***y"? I hate it when women use insidious language - like "wuss". It's wrong on so many levels.

Ideologues are evil people. Look no further than Ann.

[Truthiness Inspector]

67. LOL, yeah, we believe you Ann! NOT.

If she meant "wuss" she would have said "wuss."

[jcrew2001]

69. David Dreier has accepted Anne's apolgy because

as a straight man he did not find the word offensive, nor did his roomate.

[TheMorph]

71. Reminds me of a time in grade school

when one of the kids called one of the other kids a "jackass", and then when the teacher talked to him about it, he tried to get off by saying "I meant she was a donkey!"

:yoiks:

Someone needs to just shoot this bitch already.

[AnnieBW]

73. And "Skeleton" isn't offensive to anorexics, either

Yeah, right...

[Rex]

74. How would she know?

As a matter of fact, just what the hell does she know? Makes me wonder what her parents called her as a kid.

[Generic Brad]

75. Technically she's right. It has to do with wood or steel.

From www.dictionary.com:

fag·ot
–noun
1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
2. a bundle; bunch.
3. a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature.
4. bouquet garni.
–verb (used with object)
5. to bind or make into a fagot.
6. to ornament with fagoting.

No slurs there. :crazy:

[Raksha]

76. So why do you have to "go into rehab" if you say it?

For calling someone a WUSS? Can little barfin' Annie explain that one?