Slander Ann Coulter

Chapter 1: Liberals Unhinged Liberals do not make cogent argument, they throw eggs (2) “Prevarication and denigration are the hallmarks of the liberal argument. Logic is not their metier. Blind religious faith is.” (p. 2) Liberals are Frenzied “The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals…” (2)

A Leftwing Media Left/Liberals control the Media (2) Left/Liberals control/own the mass media. They have exercised total hegemonic “control over every major means of news dissemination for a quarter century.” (2) Liberal Name Calling As a result, they have forgotten how to debate (or argue). Instead, they just call their conservative opponents “stupid and mean.” (2)

A Leftwing Attack Politics Conservatives are left fearing the Left and Liberals (3) Liberals are, in a sense, invasive, critical, and perpetually suspect of the implications, and coded nature of what conservatives think and say. (3)

Liberals Hate America Liberals Hate America Liberals hate America. Specifically, they hate: 1) Flag-wavers 2) Abortion opponents 3) All religions except Islam (post 9/11). 4) Republicans, of course (21) Even Islamic terrorists don’t hate America like liberals do.” (5-6)

Liberal Hate Speech I: Liberals Attack Conservatives Liberals cannot argue with Republicans (given the general soundness of conservative positions), so they accuse them of reprehensible things, such as: 1) “Planning a second Holocaust” (8) 2) Being Nazis 3) Using Racist “code words” Again, they do so because they refuse to engage in honest debate.

Describing Republicans What about concern with language? Coulter’s examines use of “moderate Republican.” The Left targets language. Moderate is supposed to mean “right in the middle.” So she asks, “why not just say ‘Republican?’”

Conservatives as “Dumb and ugly.” Liberals attack Conservatives as “Dumb and ugly.” (16) They do so, because liberals are, at heart, malevolent. (17) Left attacks women who they consider ugly. (17) In particular, the left has criticized the looks of: -Katherine Harris (former Florida Sec. of State, currently US Congresswomen) -Linda Tripp -Paula Jones. (17-18). “This is not humor, its hatred.” (p. 18)

Nature of Leftwing Attack Liberals claim that Republicans are Mean (19) “Liberals lie even when they are calling people names.” (20) Republicans do not fling wild accusations at Liberals, like liberals do to Republicans (Republicans are making war on children, for example. See p. 21). Republicans cannot get away with base-less arguments and accusations because they don’t own the media. (22)

Coulter’s Argument: Substance of Coulter Argument: The Liberal/Left has created, through its monopoly ownership of the media a highly accusatory, and intolerant political culture in the US. Republicans, and the right in general have been the principal victims of liberal vitriol.

Coulter’s Argument: Specifics of Coulter’s argument: 1) Liberals do not make cogent argument, they throw eggs. (2) 2) Left/Liberals control the Media. (2) 3) Liberals Hate America (5-6) 4) Liberals are, by definition, disingenuous. 5) Republicans cannot get away with base-less accusations because they don’t own the media. (22)