20070305 Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder

Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder

http://www.examiner.com/blogs/tapscotts_copy_desk/2007/3/5/Time-to-Give-Coulter-the-Cold-Shoulder

March 5^th, 2007

Not to beat a dead horse, but I continue to be annoyed with Ann Coulter’s behavior at CPAC recently. Read: 20070303 Ann Coulter comment on Edwards is reprehensible and 20070303 Ann Coulter comment on Edwards is reprehensible and Crablaw’s “In Re Coulter.”

But I did not express myself as well as Mark Tapscott did in “Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder.”

I wrote to Crablaw the other day:

What Ann Coulter said was yet another polarizing distraction to what has compounded to be a major annoyance and she and her ilk are certainly not productive in all of us coming together to face the challenges in our nation and in our society. Yes, she should apologize, but for me, that will not even be good enough as I have grown convinced that manifestations of her garbage mouth are not situational – but systemic.

Perhaps it is time we ignored this irresponsible element in our public discourse.

Apparently the continuum of thought is also along the lines of its “Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder.”

Reading Mr. Tapscott’s blog post will be time well spent.

He included a must read: “An Open Letter to CPAC Sponsors and Organizers Regarding Ann Coulter.”

It began with thoughts I wholeheartedly endorse:

“Conservatism treats humans as they are, as moral creatures possessing rational minds and capable of discerning right from wrong. There comes a time when we must speak out in the defense of the conservative movement, and make a stand for political civility. This is one of those times.

[…]

CPAC sponsors, the Age of Ann has passed. We, the undersigned, request that CPAC speaking invitations no longer be extended to Ann Coulter. Her words and attitude simply do too much damage.

You will miss way too much if you do not read all of Mr. Tapscott’s remarks and the entire letter signed by an impressive array of “Credentialed CPAC 2007 Bloggers.”

Mr. Tapscott’s post can be found here: “Time to Give Coulter the Cold Shoulder.”

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