Reaction to Coulter's slur hints at shift in view of gays

[ck4829]

When conservative commentator Ann Coulter called former Vice President Al Gore a (homophobic slur, I'm not going to post it, you know what it is) on national television nearly a year ago, it barely caused a stir.

Coulter's recent labeling of presidential candidate John Edwards as a (similar homophobic slur) however, has triggered a huge response, including a campaign initiated today by a gay rights group and media watchdog to persuade mainstream media outlets to dump her for good.

At least four newspapers have dropped Coulter's syndicated column, and 40,000 people signed an online petition to Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes her column, demanding that it release her. Three corporations, including Verizon, stopped advertising on Coulter's Web site after she made the comment.

This follows recent controversies over the use of the new "f-word" -- as some call it -- by actor Isaiah Washington and an antigay rant by NBA player Tim Hardaway. Washington apologized and announced he would go to "rehab," and Hardaway lost endorsements and was penalized by the league.

Dan Savage, editor of the Stranger, a Seattle alternative news weekly, and author of several books on his life as a gay man, said the reaction to Coulter could indicate a change in how people view gays.

"I always thought we would be reaching a tipping point with anti-gay hate where it will no longer be acceptable, and maybe we are reaching that tipping point now," said Savage.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/09/MNGF9OID9J1.DTL

[samscafe]

1. look at link below. everyone hates her ROTFL

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1795509/posts?page=138#138

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. The link you posted does not support your subject line. Are you trying to get some hits on FR?

:shrug: MKJ

[cboy4]

4. Please don't link to that garbage website. I'm not interested in

reading any crap from a bunch of people with psychiatric problems.

And with only 25 posts.....just sayin'

[zbdent]

2. a "religious station" bleeds through on the radio station I listen to

during my morning bath routine.

Yesterday morning, I heard the bleed pointing out that, although "Coulter is a good representative of conservative values," (huh? better check "its" sexual proclivity) "her statement demands that we denounce her latest action." (not a direct quote, but you get the idea.

Hmm, there may be a brain cell left in there after all ...