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ClarkJonathanKent

(91 posts)
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:50 PM Jul 2013

Can someone please explain Ann Coulter's latest comment?

She apparently said yesterday that:

"Perhaps, someday, blacks will win the right to be treated like volitional human beings. But not yet."

I simply don't understand what she is saying. I'd like to consider myself relatively intelligent, with a decent vocabulary. I understand the meaning of all the individual words used. I just don't understand the meaning of the comment? Can someone please explain it to me?

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Can someone please explain Ann Coulter's latest comment? (Original Post) ClarkJonathanKent Jul 2013 OP
Yes. It means Coulter is trolling (which is what she does for a living). n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #1
Oh, I'm pretty sure you get it... monmouth3 Jul 2013 #2
I don't speak Coulter, but my guess is that onenote Jul 2013 #3
I don't speak Coulter.... trumad Jul 2013 #13
She wants to remind the world that she is a racist, just in case we all forgot. madaboutharry Jul 2013 #4
I wouldn't even attempt to explain any of Coultergeist's utterances. lpbk2713 Jul 2013 #5
Coulter is a troll. She's trying to stir up shit The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2013 #6
It means... Hong Kong Cavalier Jul 2013 #7
The woman is a bigot of the highest order and she is allowed to get away with it. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #8
Hmmm..... MrSlayer Jul 2013 #9
Thank you MrSlayer.... ClarkJonathanKent Jul 2013 #17
She is saying that she is a blithering racist, and she hopes that her fans, who petronius Jul 2013 #10
hehehe. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #32
Coulter handmade34 Jul 2013 #11
"Win the right"? ananda Jul 2013 #12
vo·li·tion underpants Jul 2013 #14
Thesaurus.com definition: willing DevonRex Jul 2013 #31
It's her way of calling everybody with ancestry from Africa Warpy Jul 2013 #15
No. It is much, much worse than that. I just read the article. DevonRex Jul 2013 #30
I make it a point never to read anything she writes Warpy Jul 2013 #34
I'm sorry I did. DevonRex Jul 2013 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2013 #16
Everything she says can be translated to "I'll eat a bug for a nickle." NoPasaran Jul 2013 #18
ROFL. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #29
LOL! Adsos Letter Jul 2013 #43
Are you telling me we're out of gin?? byeya Jul 2013 #19
Every word out of that skank's mouth is sarcasm or intended to hurt someone's kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #20
No one can explain Ann Coulter's ridiculous comments AndyA Jul 2013 #21
try this for a start.. madrchsod Jul 2013 #22
Yeah.. She's batshit crazy.. SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #23
because black people lack the free will to choose to be shot by other people Johonny Jul 2013 #24
Race baiting which is what her ilk do. Cleita Jul 2013 #25
Coulter is either shameless or mixed up. She is dating a Black man. bluestate10 Jul 2013 #26
Jimmie Walker was on Good Times, but he is also a bigoted right wing fuck. Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #36
Don't hurt your head by trying BainsBane Jul 2013 #27
Yes. In this case she means "willing" human beings. Willing to act like human beings. DevonRex Jul 2013 #28
She's a complete c**t. Zoeisright Jul 2013 #33
Her subscription to the Pound'a'Crack-of-the-Month Club was renewed! jmowreader Jul 2013 #37
Ann Coulter is a Grifter GoldenOldie Jul 2013 #38
She is looking more and more like a hype who is losing the addiction battle R B Garr Jul 2013 #41
Drugs or untreated VD Mike Daniels Jul 2013 #39
she's snake excrement spanone Jul 2013 #40
The New GOP Conium Jul 2013 #42
It means exactly the same thing as every other Coulter statement: "HEY ... 11 Bravo Jul 2013 #44

onenote

(42,737 posts)
3. I don't speak Coulter, but my guess is that
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:53 PM
Jul 2013

she is trying in her usual asshat fashion to claim that white liberals (and subservient blacks doing white liberals bidding) are using laws (such as affirmative action etc) to keep blacks from rising and falling on their own merits. Sort of a high falutin way of making the same point that crazy Ted Nugent made recently.

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)
4. She wants to remind the world that she is a racist, just in case we all forgot.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:53 PM
Jul 2013

vo·li·tion (v-lshn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision.
2. A conscious choice or decision.
3. The power or faculty of choosing; the will.
[French, from Medieval Latin voliti, volitin-, from Latin velle, vol-, to wish; see wel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
vo·lition·al adj.
vo·lition·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
5. I wouldn't even attempt to explain any of Coultergeist's utterances.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:54 PM
Jul 2013



... given that she occupies a separate but parallel universe all her own.


 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
9. Hmmm.....
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:55 PM
Jul 2013

I think she's saying that Trayvon Martin is responsible for his own actions and deserved to be killed. And that the not guilty verdict has nothing to do with racial bias.

It might even be a statement that there is no racial bias at all and black people are disproportionately poor and incarcerated by their own actions.

It's definitely along these lines.

17. Thank you MrSlayer....
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:29 PM
Jul 2013

My guess was very close to your second guess, but then I couldn't figure out why she said "win the right..."

I understand that she is hateful and makes a living being inflammatory and involving herself in contrived controversies....That being said, I also think the statement literally does not make sense. I just wanted to see if I was simply confused or having a brain fart. The more people that take a guess at her literal meaning, I personally felt like it would be helpful.

petronius

(26,603 posts)
10. She is saying that she is a blithering racist, and she hopes that her fans, who
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 05:57 PM
Jul 2013

are generally full-blown racists themselves, will be impressed by the big word "volitional", which she just learned from her Word-of-the-Day calendar...

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
11. Coulter
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:03 PM
Jul 2013

is a reactionary and enjoys angering people

she says, "a disproportionate number of criminals are young black males" and are responsible for the injustice

ananda

(28,873 posts)
12. "Win the right"?
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:06 PM
Jul 2013

Oh God, that something like this heartless statement could be on
the air, it just sickens me.

underpants

(182,861 posts)
14. vo·li·tion
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:11 PM
Jul 2013

1. The act or an instance of making a conscious choice or decision.

2. A conscious choice or decision.

3. The power or faculty of choosing; the will.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/volitional

She basically is calling the stupid

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
31. Thesaurus.com definition: willing
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:03 PM
Jul 2013

Main Entry: volitional
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: willing
Synonyms: free, unforced, voluntary
http://thesaurus.com/browse/volitional

Warpy

(111,317 posts)
15. It's her way of calling everybody with ancestry from Africa
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:11 PM
Jul 2013

robots with no decision making powers of their own.

Her readers are gonna tell her to stop usin them big words. None of them will understand what she said.

Warpy

(111,317 posts)
34. I make it a point never to read anything she writes
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 08:55 PM
Jul 2013

beyond what is posted here. I pay good money for my food and don't want to waste it.

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
35. I'm sorry I did.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 10:01 PM
Jul 2013

I couldn't bring myself to expound on what she said, really. Much less link or quote. OMG.

Response to ClarkJonathanKent (Original post)

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
20. Every word out of that skank's mouth is sarcasm or intended to hurt someone's
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:35 PM
Jul 2013

feelings in some way. Read it in that context.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
21. No one can explain Ann Coulter's ridiculous comments
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 07:04 PM
Jul 2013

When the Mother ship dumped her on Earth, even THEY couldn't understand her. They figured she was just defective, so they abandoned her here to wreak havoc on the silly Earthlings.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
23. Yeah.. She's batshit crazy..
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 07:10 PM
Jul 2013

A few cards short of a deck, not all there, missing some parts, off her rocker.. shit like that..

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
26. Coulter is either shameless or mixed up. She is dating a Black man.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 07:56 PM
Jul 2013

Coulter's dating past and present, Bob Guccione Jr, Andrew Stein, Bill Maher, Dinesh D'Souza, Jimmie Walker of All in the Family fame.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
36. Jimmie Walker was on Good Times, but he is also a bigoted right wing fuck.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 10:05 PM
Jul 2013

So they have lots in common.

DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
28. Yes. In this case she means "willing" human beings. Willing to act like human beings.
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 07:59 PM
Jul 2013

But I refuse to link. If you want to, all you have to do is out the quote in your search and you'll find the disgusting piece.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
37. Her subscription to the Pound'a'Crack-of-the-Month Club was renewed!
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 10:20 PM
Jul 2013

Every month it's the same: she opens the package, throws away the paper telling you not to smoke the whole pound in one sitting, does it, then writes all her columns in one night.

GoldenOldie

(1,540 posts)
38. Ann Coulter is a Grifter
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 10:26 PM
Jul 2013

Although Annie has an Ivy League education, she chose the lowest road for her profession. She discovered she didn't have to work very hard to be a grifter and she could rake in the money with very little effort. She used her long lanky body, blonde flowing hair to seduce men in power. She speaks and writes to the ignorant and lazy who use her hateful spewing as the reasons why they cannot be happy, productive individuals......it's always someone else's fault. They buy her horrid, poorly written books, pay to attend her appearances and the political right use her to gather in the rubes. She spouts outrageous crap that has no meaning other than to stir up the mobs. She is a well paid GRIFTER, who is slowly losing her looks, her body has become more gaunt, her arms appear to dangle a little closer to her knees, and her hands a little larger and bonier.

Annie is nothing more than a Grifter.

R B Garr

(16,966 posts)
41. She is looking more and more like a hype who is losing the addiction battle
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 11:18 PM
Jul 2013

You described her very well.

Conium

(119 posts)
42. The New GOP
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 09:09 PM
Jul 2013


(I came up with this a few years ago. If the feeling comes back in my hands, I will try to work some more images)

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
44. It means exactly the same thing as every other Coulter statement: "HEY ...
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 09:17 PM
Jul 2013

over here ... look at me! I'm still here! That crazy Palin isn't the only one who says stupid, outrageous shit!"

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