Ann Coulter as we know him could be done

[ChumpDumper]

An Open Letter to Ann Coulter
Posted on October 23, 2012 by Tim Shriver


John Franklin Stephens

The following is a guest post in the form of an open letter from Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens to Ann Coulter after this tweet during last night’s Presidential debate.

Dear Ann Coulter,

Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?

I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.

I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.

Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.

Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.

Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.

After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.

I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.

Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.

No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.

Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.

A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens
Global Messenger
Special Olympics Virginia

http://specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/an-open-letter-to-ann-coulter/

Pretty much a no-win situation. Either she apologizes and turns in her testicles or she tries to ignore the ownage and come off as a coward and/or a complete idiot.

[George Gervin's Afro]

he's done

[101A]

What was the tweet?

[boutons_deux]

Coulter is not a serious person, her schtick is provacatuer, to be as nasty and inflammatory as she can. It's her business.

[Wild Cobra]

Coulter is not a serious person, her schtick is provacatuer, to be as nasty and inflammatory as she can. It's her business.
You would know because you are like her, but on the opposite side of the spectrum.

[boutons_deux]

You would know because you are like her, but on the opposite side of the spectrum.

it's not my business. It's just a hell of a lot of fun exposing the toxic shit of Repugs, ALEC, 1%, VRWC, "Christians" while bitch slapping the right-wing believers and shills here.

[Wild Cobra]

And she exposes the toxic shit of the left. Far more accurately and effectively than your BS.

[Blake]

I wonder how many more careers will be destroyed thanks to twitter.

is it possible to apologize in a tough guy manner?

[Blake]

And she exposes the toxic shit of the left. Far more accurately and effectively than your BS.

lol toxic

[Clipper Nation]

And she exposes the toxic shit of the left. Far more accurately and effectively than your BS.
:lol No, she doesn't, mainly because neocons like her have adopted the "toxic shit of the left"...

[Wild Cobra]

lol toxic
Just using ShazBot's own words.

[Winehole23]

What was the tweet?said of the last debate that "Romney was nice to the retard," or something like that

[clambake]

said of the last debate that "Romney was nice to the retard," or something like that

yet palin hasn't called her out?

[boutons_deux]

And she exposes the toxic shit of the left. Far more accurately and effectively than your BS.

she's a liar and slanderer, simply not serious, except to bubba fucktards who think she is wonderful. She wrote a book, with footnotes! what an intellectual!

[Winehole23]

yet palin hasn't called her out?who?

[DarrinS]

Obama wasn't done after he made fun of the special olympics

2HOBTUCv4o0

[clambake]

who?

sarah

[Winehole23]

who's that and why should I care what she didn't say?

[ChumpDumper]

Obama wasn't done after he made fun of the special olympics

2HOBTUCv4o0Of course he wasn't done a we know him, you colossal idiot. He was expected to apologize after using the Special Olympics to make fun of himself and he did so personally.

Now, you're too stupid to realize that the image Ann Coutler made for himself pretty much precludes him from apologizing for anything while maintaining that image -- so he'll either have to change that image and be contrite or ignore it at his peril. Doubling down on stupid would be his usual play -- something you do very often, Darrin -- but that could easily make things worse.

I imagine he'll squirm and try to deflect like you do when you're owned.

[Winehole23]

Obama wasn't done after he made fun of the special olympicsObama was talking about how badly he bowls, but yeah, that was in poor taste. Doesn't quite rise to the level of calling someone a retard imho.

[clambake]

who's that and why should I care what she didn't say?

i'm not suggesting that you should care. i haven't seen or heard palin comment about the remark.

likely cuz they're on the same team.

[Koolaid_Man]

Ann Coluter might be a rabbid right wing man face...but I would certainly without hesitation tear that pussy up. I bet she got some great pussy underneath that fucked up persona.

[ChumpDumper]

Ann Coluter might be a rabbid right wing man face...but I would certainly without hesitation tear that pussy up. I bet she got some great pussy underneath that fucked up persona.You know all there is to know about the crying game.

[baseline bum]

Coulter is not a serious person, her schtick is provacatuer, to be as nasty and inflammatory as she can. It's her business.

/thread

Also, gfy everyone

[RandomGuy]

What was the tweet?


"Obama: "Stage 3 Romneysia" - because cancer references are HILARIOUS. If he's "the smartest guy in the room" it must be one retarded room. " 23hours ago

https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter

I would think.

More than a bit of irony there.

[Mitt Romney]

She also said I'd lose this election and Ann is already looking at new drapes and decorations for the White House.

[mavs>spurs]

Fuck this bitch, hopefully this means that I don't have hear about her anymore

[FromWayDowntown]

Pretty much a no-win situation. Either she apologizes and turns in her testicles or she tries to ignore the ownage and come off as a coward and/or a complete idiot.

She'll just call him names, too.

[Blake]

I can only imagine how loud the mute people would have screamed if she had gone with 'dumb' instead of retarded.

[Fpoonsie]

Non-retarded money says that manchild didn't write that.

[RandomGuy]

"I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/open-letter-ann-coulter-special-olympics-133341583.html

Icky.

[z0sa]

Coulter is not a serious person, her schtick is provacatuer, to be as nasty and inflammatory as she can. It's her business.

Must sound awfully familiar to you.

[boutons_deux]

zosa! :lol

[z0sa]

It's so sad that you steal a bunch of kids' insults and fill up the net with them but when someone calls you out the best you can do is point and laugh nervously since you don't have an original thought in your head.

[boutons_deux]

zosa! :lol

[boutons_deux]

It's so sad that you steal a bunch of kids' insults and fill up the net with them but when someone calls you out the best you can do is point and laugh nervously since you don't have an original thought in your head.

can't handle the pushback, dickless?

[TeyshaBlue]

can't handle the pushback, dickless?

This post is rich in Vitamin I.

[CuckingFunt]

And she exposes the toxic shit of the left. Far more accurately and effectively than your BS.

Translation: I have more faith in the accuracy of someone who says things with which I am predisposed to agree.

Shocking.

[Spurminator]

lol "exposes"

[z0sa]

can't handle the pushback, dickless?

Lol

[DMX7]

She's essentially a political whore.

[DMC]

So Avante wrote to Ann Coulter?

[DMC]

Ann Coluter might be a rabbid right wing man face...but I would certainly without hesitation tear that pussy up. I bet she got some great pussy underneath that fucked up persona.

lol limp dick schtick ain't working for you any more since I outed you. Keep spinning the roulette wheel with attempts though.

[fraga]

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[Wild Cobra]

Translation: I have more faith in the accuracy of someone who says things with which I am predisposed to agree.

Shocking.
Others, I understand. You... I am amazed you got what I was saying wrong.

[Winehole23]

if you consider Ann Coulter an objective, unbiased observer, CF got it right.

[Blake]

Everybody got what you were saying, WC.

...except you apparently

[CuckingFunt]

Others, I understand. You... I am amazed you got what I was saying wrong.

Why?

I feel pretty confident I got it absolutely right, for the record, but why would you be amazed that I, specifically, would have misinterpreted your statement?

Considering how often we have disagreed in the past, on such a fundamental level, and how often those disagreements have culminated with you lashing out in frustration and insulting my intelligence and/or calling me names, I find it hard to believe you'd be so invested in our seeing eye-to-eye on this issue.

[Mikesatx]

Stupid comment. Her game is to piss off the left and she is good at it. Could have used different words to have same effect.

[Wild Cobra]

Others, I understand. You... I am amazed you got what I was saying wrong.


Everybody got what you were saying, WC.

...except you apparently



Why?

I feel pretty confident I got it absolutely right, for the record, but why would you be amazed that I, specifically, would have misinterpreted your statement?

Considering how often we have disagreed in the past, on such a fundamental level, and how often those disagreements have culminated with you lashing out in frustration and insulting my intelligence and/or calling me names, I find it hard to believe you'd be so invested in our seeing eye-to-eye on this issue.
I was responding to Boutons, and explaining that he was not more accurate then Coulter.


it's not my business. It's just a hell of a lot of fun exposing the toxic shit of Repugs, ALEC, 1%, VRWC, "Christians" while bitch slapping the right-wing believers and shills here.

And she exposes the toxic shit of the left. Far more accurately and effectively than your BS.

Just using ShazBot's [Shazbot = Bountons] own words.

[Trill Clinton]

i'm not political whatsoever but i refuse to believe all republicans are like ann coulter.

when i think of republic the first thing that comes to mind is racists.

now its insensitive, entitled assholes.

did she really say retarded on national television?!

i'm sure the republican parents of children with down syndrome will make excuses and forgive her lolsmh.

first the republican party comes out with "nappy headed hoe's" "lazy rhetoric" and now this?

she doesn't deserve to have a voice.

i hope she is silenced and never to be heard from again, that is after she apologizes to the President and those living with the condition that Mr. Stephens and other struggle with day in and day out.

[boutons_deux]

WC's political mastery is about equal to his climate science mastery.

[jack sommerset]

Great thread. God bless

[ploto]

Stupid comment. Her game is to piss off the left and she is good at it. Could have used different words to have same effect.

Shouldn't her use of that word piss off everyone?

[SnakeBoy]

Stupid comment. Her game is to piss off the left and she is good at it. Could have used different words to have same effect.

Selling books is her game, pissing off the left is just a marketing technique.

[boutons_deux]

she wrote a book! with lostsa footnotes! Like Bachmann, she's a lawyer. Show respek!

[Mikesatx]

Shouldn't her use of that word piss off everyone?


I think we have gone overboard with all of the political correctness. She did an interview with Piers Morgan where I thought she defended herself well. I'd post it but don't know how--- plus it is a fairly long video. Before the word became insensitive when you called someone a retard you weren't calling them a person with downs syndrome. You were calling them an idiot, dork, dipshit etc. The fact that people with downs syndrome are offended by the word is enough to mean people shouldn't use it. I just don't think in any way it was a shot to people with downs syndrome. It was simply Coulter's way of saying Obama is a dipshit.

[ChumpDumper]

Yeah, she should have just used the N word for accuracy's sake.

[Mikesatx]

Now that would be offensive! Is it possible for the N word to be used in a non-deragotory way?

[ChumpDumper]

But she meant to be derogatory. Why not use the one made for black people?

[Mikesatx]

Derogatory? This whole election has been derogatory from both sides. The N word example works if she walked up to someone with downs syndrome and called them a retard.

[ChumpDumper]

Derogatory? This whole election has been derogatory from both sides. The N word example works if she walked up to someone with downs syndrome and called them a retard.You aren't following.

She meant to be derogatory to a black man.

The N word is one of the more effective derogatory words to use regarding a black man.

Why not use it?

[Mikesatx]

I took her comment to mean he is a dipshit. That doesn't mean she hates him or is a racist. Didshit is derogatory, N word is hateful.

[ChumpDumper]

Ah, she's being politically correct.

Retard is pretty hateful now, though.

[Mikesatx]

I don't think the word was ever hateful. It would mean you hate people with downs. N word is hateful because there are people that have or do hate black people.

[ChumpDumper]

I don't think the word was ever hateful. It would mean you hate people with downs. N word is hateful because there are people that have or do hate black people.You don't believe that the mentally handicapped are hated by some people?

:lmao

[Mikesatx]

No I really don't. I have never gotten the sense that it was hate. Disrespect, ignorance sure. Maybe I'm wrong, if folks with downs have fealt hate than it would be hate.

[ChumpDumper]

No I really don't. I have never gotten the sense that it was hate. Disrespect, ignorance sure. Maybe I'm wrong, if folks with downs have fealt hate than it would be hate.The guy with downs said he has felt it, so you are wrong.

[Mikesatx]

Then she should apologize for offending and not say it again.

[ChumpDumper]

Then she should apologize for offending and not say it again.lol that's what this whole thread is about

[ploto]

Before the word became insensitive when you called someone a retard you weren't calling them a person with downs syndrome.

It is not only derogatory to people with Down's Syndrome.

[Mikesatx]

Go back and read the thread its all over the place. The title suggests her career is over which is way beyond a simple apology and self censor.

[ChumpDumper]

Go back and read the thread its all over the place. The title suggests her career is over which is way beyond a simple apology and self censor.I wrote the title. I didn't not imply his career was over.

[Mikesatx]

As I didn't not imply that the word wasn't offensive.

[ChumpDumper]

As I didn't not imply that the word wasn't offensive.You said it wasn't hateful.

[Mikesatx]

Indeed I did

[ChumpDumper]

Indeed I didSo why argue something that was never in question?

[Mikesatx]

It was in question. Not arguing just passing along personal views.

[ChumpDumper]

It was in question.I guess you did have to admit it was offensive. Good for you.

[Mikesatx]

Offensive wasn't in question, hateful was.

[ChumpDumper]

Offensive wasn't in question, hateful was.But you felt compelled to admit it was offensive.

After acknowledging it met your criteria for being hateful.

Glad we agree on it all tbh.

[Mikesatx]

Thanks for clearing it all up Chump. If you get a minute watch her interview with Piers Morgan I thought she did well defending herself.

[ChumpDumper]

Thanks for clearing it all up Chump. If you get a minute watch her interview with Piers Morgan I thought she did well defending herself.Unless she apologized or directly addressed the letter, not interested.

[DarrinS]

So, he's not done?

[ChumpDumper]

So, he's not done?From what I can gather, he ran away in a manner I can only call Darrinesque -- so yes, done as we knew him.

[jack sommerset]

Maybe she should have said used the word "special" in her tweet. With that said, I got no problem with Obama or Coulter calling folks retards. Best thread the dumper of chumps started, tbh. God bless

[redzero]

I call people on here retards all the time, so whatever.

Speaking of retards...


i'm not political whatsoever but i refuse to believe all republicans are like ann coulter.

when i think of republic the first thing that comes to mind is racists.

now its insensitive, entitled assholes.

did she really say retarded on national television?!

i'm sure the republican parents of children with down syndrome will make excuses and forgive her lolsmh.

first the republican party comes out with "nappy headed hoe's" "lazy rhetoric" and now this?

she doesn't deserve to have a voice.

i hope she is silenced and never to be heard from again, that is after she apologizes to the President and those living with the condition that Mr. Stephens and other struggle with day in and day out.

Don Imus is a Relublican?

[ChumpDumper]

I got no problem with Obama or Coulter calling folks retardsOf course not. You are a proponent of hate speech.

Ron bless.

[ChumpDumper]

I call people on here retards all the time, so whatever.You think this is a surprise to us?

[redzero]

Not really. I just don't care that Ann Coulter called somebody a retard. I also don't care about Ann Coulter, because she is an attention whore.