Again for the knuckleheads who don't get it--Quit using the term "mAnn" in describing Ann Coulter.

[trumad]

or anyone for that matter.

It is highly offensive to the transgender society, and if you don't get that, you're a fucking Moran!

[CountAllVotes]

1. morANN

is that one ok?

[msanthrope]

3. That's pretty damn good!!! nt

[rocktivity]

14. DUzy candidate!

rocktivity

[LadyHawkAZ]

30. Perfect!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. You got it in one!

[seabeyond]

2. too many do not care they offend. as a matter of fact, there is enough evidence that some

get a kick out of offending. i do not get it. has never been amusing to me. it is hurtful. i dont know where amusement lies in hurting another.

[Generic Other]

7. I think some of us were just tone deaf on this issue

I remember how mad I was when I wrote a paper in college and came to the conclusion that the worst way to insult males in our culture was by feminizing them.

Words that men took as insults only because they equated men with women!

Eg. sissy, mama's boy, effeminate, et al.

Initially, I didn't think implying she was a "man" was an insult but rather an attempt to kick her out of the female gender altogether. But yes, I see how that is insulting to the transgendered community.

So I am just going to call her an ignoramus and hope that doesn't offend anyone!

[msanthrope]

4. I did it , was reprimanded, and finally, understood that what I had done was offensive. So

I'm not claiming moral high ground. Just simply asking my fellow DUers to admit that one can make a mistake.

[onehandle]

5. I've started calling her an 'American Stick Insect.'

From Bridget Jones's Diary.

[rfranklin]

6. Coulter is a fucking moran..

but then we are probably insulting the developmentally challenged.

[Whiskeytide]

11. No. I don't think so...

A "moron" is a derogatory term for a developmentally challenged person. A "moran", on the other hand, is a politically idiotic, hypocritical asshole lacking a moral compass and spell check. That's pretty much Coulter in a nutjobshell. Then, of course, there's a "maroon", who is Elmer Fudd as best as I can tell.

[hifiguy]

8. I've always found that "Annthrax" is a

wonderfully evocative name for that walking plague.

[Care Acutely]

10. Perfect!

[MadrasT]

15. I love that one best. n/t

[CountAllVotes]

18. Do you mean

as in ANNthrax Ann?

[TeamPooka]

9. I have done this and I will stop. nt

[bahrbearian]

24. +1 even my GBLT Friends use it.

we all laugh. why have puritanical (PC) society? You can't do this because it offends. Must I not criticize Repugs because it might offend them?

[madrchsod]

12. guilty as charged but i no longer use it

she`s way to ugly to be a man...

anthrax is a fitting name.

[Initech]

13. I personally like the term "Coultergeist".

But I definitely agree that "mAnn" is offensive.

[MadrasT]

16. Thanks for this, trumad.

[JohnnyLib2]

17. Rec.

[yawnmaster]

19. If one must absolutely call someone a name, please don't base it on physical...

appearance. That is, because of one's weight, perceived beauty (or otherwise), or any other physical property.
If one must, base it on the ideas that come forth from that person, or the hate they project, things that a person has control over.

Now my own opinion is that one's who have to call names lower themselves a tad bit.
I've been guilty of it, but I've tried, in my older age, to focus on the logical, less emotional aspects of argument and discussion.

[kjackson227]

20. I liken her more to...

an Afghan (AfghAnn) Hound Dog... the resemblance is amazing, LOL!

[LibertyLover]

31. Yeah, but an Afghan Hound

is intelligent, gentle and loving. All Ms. Coulter has is the long blonde hair.

[Aerows]

21. I know

I alerted on one already this morning. Only one other person voted to hide it

[slackmaster]

22. You go, trumad.

[Aerows]

23. I just served as on a jury for one.

Mine will be the one that says STOP IT, twice, and I don't give a crap who knows how I voted.

EDIT: and jurors voted to leave it .

redundant
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1284292

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

Sexual/gender bigotry, based on the insult that Coulter is transgender and that that is indeed an insult. Please hide this as an example to those who would continue anti-transgender bigotry. This hurts real people here, people. Stop it, please.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Sep 6, 2012, 09:35 AM, and the Jury voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT.

And it was left.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: STOP with the transphobia. It was offensive when I read one this morning, they were kicked when I was a mod on DU2, and they are offensive as hell still. Stop it.
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT and said: What the hell?
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given

[MadrasT]

32. Geez Louise

ANOTHER one gets by a jury?

[SoapBox]

25. I left DU for a few months...

over having a brand new A-HOLE ripped to me by the "censors" here. I was STUNNED at how nasty and vicious the replies were!

AND, it was all over a post about this FUCK'N CREEP, Coulter!

Can I say that "censors"?

It was EXACTLY the same blather regarding offending the Transgender portion of DU.

Well, I say, as your average every day homo-sexual (will I be censored for calling MYSELF that?), that CREEP COULTER
would, given the power and authority of her perverted ilk, they would render the entire LGBT community
off to jail.

There was NO attacking the LGBT community here or in general...but the "censors" don't like calling the CREEP any names...I will
stand by my feeling that you MISS the point. The comments are about the CREEP not the LGBT folks.

...like the speech said, Get a BackBONE folks!

p.s....and if I get a jury vote on such...I will vote to leave it alone.

[Aerows]

26. So

If someone called a person a faggot, you would be okay with it, because it is funny? It's not funny. It makes being transgender a slur. I'm a lesbian, so perhaps I have a bit more insight on such things in the LGBT community, but it isn't funny when people are slandered as though their sexuality causes it, when they should be slandered for their hostile approach to life.

[yawnmaster]

29. I'm not sure you are getting the insult...think about it...

why do you believe calling, in this case coulter, mAnn, is an insult to her?
because a woman that looks like a man is derogatory?

it, at the very least, shows that the name caller believes it is derogatory (I know the argument that, no it is derogatory to the recipient...give me a break).
and that is insulting to LGBT.

[HopeHoops]

27. I've switched to "Coulterbeast".

[Mopar151]

28. OK, I'll try MorAnn

IMHO, the trans community seems a little twitchy on the subject. Is there a safe term for a really ugly, nasty being who doesn't fit their chosen gender?

[Aerows]

34. Her gender isn't the problem

Her problem is her attitude, her hostility and her general nastiness.

[Luminous Animal]

36. How does she not fit with her chosen gender?

[Pathwalker]

33. Is there some very compelling reason we must mention her AT ALL?

I heard about her tweet, but WHY can we not shove her into the toilet of history, where she belongs?

[Alduin]

35. Thank you for posting this.

[jsmirman]

37. Here, here Trumad

I confess that I needed to be educated to this a number of years ago.

It was thoughtless, and now I know better.

We all should know better.

She's a wretched exhumed corpse, that's all that needs be said.

[Curtland1015]

38. Eh... I'm just gonna stick with "asshole".

Because she REALLY is an asshole.