Thursday, June 28, 2007

Hatchet Annie - Coulter Strikes Again

Ann Coulter: "Giving strong women everywhere a bad name" | BlogHer

This links to a range of opinions on Annie's latest stink. Most of them are thoughtful and well reasoned but I have to disagree with the 'insult comic' theory. Unlike Don Rickles or Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, Coulter is not trying to be funny. She's a zealot for her cause and she's on the attack from the word go, aggressive and hostile and not looking to be at all conciliatory. You're either with her or against her and if you're against her you're not going to hear jokes or comic ridicule you're going to hear scorn and derisive comments about your personal beliefs and dismissal of your basic value as a human being. Insult comics have no problem making a person look ridiculous in order to make their audience laugh but they stop short, if they want to keep working, of vicious attacks and character assassination because nobody thinks that stuff is funny.

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