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What PLANET does Ann Coulter live on? (Original Post) Archae Sep 2012 OP
Anne Coulter is a female shock jock. PDJane Sep 2012 #1
Planet of the snakes pscot Sep 2012 #2
Agreed. ReasonableToo Sep 2012 #4
Kolob? Hades? (undiscovered location) Lesbos? liam_laddie Sep 2012 #3
Probably should have left that edit off. enlightenment Sep 2012 #7
The same planet as Xenu? hifiguy Sep 2012 #5
Bizzaro World. nt Hatchling Sep 2012 #6
Maybe she should read Joan Walsh's book BumRushDaShow Sep 2012 #8
The Coulterbeast isn't FROM this planet, but it does live here. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #9
Planet Kolob? Planet Hollywood? Trafalmadore? Pluto? Erose999 Sep 2012 #10
From the same show... Archae Sep 2012 #11
It comforts me to note that LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #12
Ours, unfortunately. ismnotwasm Sep 2012 #13
This soulless Skellatrix is selling another book MrScorpio Sep 2012 #14
are zombie vampires guardian Sep 2012 #15
Under the bridge tama Sep 2012 #16

PDJane

(10,103 posts)
1. Anne Coulter is a female shock jock.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:00 AM
Sep 2012

She's figured out how to make money from the scams, and she makes a living from being outrageous.

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)
7. Probably should have left that edit off.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:30 AM
Sep 2012

Your post went from clever to rude with a single word.

You may not be aware of it, but it is actually quite rude to suggest that Ann Coulter is a lesbian (or, as many do, transgender) - not because there is anything wrong with being lesbian or transgender but because the connection is drawn in a way that suggests there is something wrong with being lesbian or transgender.

She's a nasty piece of work, but suggesting that she is anything but a nasty piece of work is an attempt to 'other' her in a way that denigrates the group you are associating her with.

Think about it. If you wrote:

"Coulter is a Borg" - Borgs are bad, so we know Coulter is bad
"Coulter is a demon" - demons are bad, so we know Coulter is bad
"Coulter is a bug-eyed alien" - presumably, bug-eyed aliens are bad, so we know Coulter is bad

You did write:

"Coulter is from Kolob" - Presumably this mythical planet from the Mormon teachings is bad (I'm not even going to get started on this one. . . )
"Coulter is from Hades" - The Underworld. Hell. Traditionally a bad place, so if she comes from there, she must be bad

Now, insert an allusion (and please don't pretend you didn't know what you were doing when you wrote it):

"Coulter is from Lesbos" - Lesbos is the island off of Greece that has a historical reputation for powerful women who may have taken other women as lovers. It's where we get the word "lesbian".

Under the conditions of your post, the inference that must be drawn is that people from "Lesbos" are bad.

You took a semi-tactless post and made it worse with the edit. Maybe you could try again and focus on the person instead of relying on drawing associations that only make you look thoughtless.

Archae

(46,337 posts)
11. From the same show...
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 12:49 PM
Sep 2012

Now she says "liberals are play acting against non-existent racism."



Ann Coulter: Liberals Have Been "Play Acting Against Nonexistent Racism" For Decades

http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/09/25/ann-coulter-liberals-have-been-play-acting-agai/190113

ismnotwasm

(41,992 posts)
13. Ours, unfortunately.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 01:01 PM
Sep 2012

I'd say send her to Mars or something--but Mars doesn't deserve that either.

She's an asshole. But she keeps getting attention. Someone must be buying her books, I mean who ARE these people? Never mind---right wing racist get out of the gene pool please nut jobs

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
14. This soulless Skellatrix is selling another book
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 01:07 PM
Sep 2012

When that happens, she's like flaring case of walking, talking herpes on national TV.

I just hope that she eventually finds that enema someday that she most richly deserves.

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