Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Ann Coulter and Stormfront

Everybody knows Ann Coulter (at least, know one fact- she is an ultra conservative, liberal hating author). Her book Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America is a wildly humorous rendition of history and politics through "Republican" sun glasses. Though Coulter does cite her evidence in the form of statistics and facts, her dubious application of studies and her rabid attacks on anything not conservative are hilarious at best and downright wrong at most. She is a bible for some conservatives, as she is a fairly popular, though ironically, she is non-denominational. In any case, the only reason I got within ten yards of her rant, was because of an investor/family friend sending me a copy

I loved her book. It was so blunt and politically incorrect; my secret intolerances and unfocused brain whirls were laid out by a very genuine diary of this woman. Her barbarisms and im-tellin'-you approach brought about such indignation from me, that I just couldn't take her seriously (talk about the giggle fits). But the more and more I read of her, I began to see that Ann Coulter resembles many of the followers of Stormfront.org, a racist and censorable (at least in parts of Europe) website that denigrates everybody but the "white race".

Like Ann, people who post on the site tend to air their views more than discuss issues. Evidence is almost always misused, and the website, which has ties to the Klan, is rather heavily promoted (like Ann who is her own best advocate). Not only that, in an interview that I watched of Coulter on LKL , not only does she not answer questions, she starts off making off topic accusations! This is kind of like what white supremacists on Stormfront do; when asked to justify a position on a topic, they a) fail to answer the question and b) harangue on some different topic (generally).

Furthermore, similar to Coulter''s bombastic statements (after all, when commenting on terrorism, she did say, "Not all Muslims may be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims"), posters on stormfront say things like all non-white races are stupid and inferior. Too support a conclusion that caucasians settled all the world and were responsible for all good on earth, these purists spew forth random statistics--- after all, aren't 87 percent of all statistics made up on the spot? And when you begin to look closely at both Coulter and these people's gripes, there is a frightening similarity. The opinion that no one has the a right to their own beliefs or opinions for that matter is definitely vocalized.

So my point here is, that a hate group exists in the world that sounds like a woman whom people hate in other fancy hate groups and both the woman and this one hate group share certain elements, and hates pervade the atmosphere. And not only that, but there is no room for compromise. I'm not making any judgment on Coulter's character as that is not my job. Pardon my French though, but some (in various groups) feel that she is a nutcase. I just think it's funny that this big advocate of good solid marriage is as of now single, though maybe that's because who would marry her (just an honest question)?


Next up on this blog,
look forward to an expose on founder of the Challenger school system, Barbara Baker (whom almost 1/4th of Harker knew at one point) or perhaps a sampling of the erudite M. Anantanarayanan, Madras High Court Justice and great-grandfather of yours truly. (ஓர் சொமேஒனே எல்ஸ் தட் நோபோடி மிக்சட் க்நொவ். ப்ரோபப்லி இ மிக்சட் டூ சம்திங் அபௌட் அதர் மெம்பெர்ஸ் ஒப் மி எக்ஸ்ட்டேன்தேது பாமிலி வதோ ஹவே ஆல் அபிபிச்டேது த வேர்ல்ட் வித் தெயர் லிவேஷ்.

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