2010-03-26
Ann Coulter
5:42 AM
Ok, so here's where I start talking about stuff.
Many of you probably know about the controversy surrounding Anne Coulter's recent visit to Canada. She cancelled an appearance at U of O because of dangerous 'thugs' who were protesting her views. Now, I'm not the one that told a 17 year old Muslim girl to 'ride a camel', nor am I one of the people who caused so much 'danger' outside of the venue, but here's my thought:
Ann Coulter, and other extreme right wingers like her, enjoy causing turmoil and controversy. They do it to excite the population and cause others with those views to get riled up and rise up to fight. I think they're a small percentage with a mighty voice. Those that lean left are often not united (enough) in terms of political positions to have such a mighty voice. In fact, I think what draws people to the left is this very freedom of opinion (we differ, and it's OK for us to differ).
I, for one, would likely not be lining up to see her speak. (In fact, the person who posted on a facebook site saying they would like to "dip her in gravy and lock her in a room with a wolverine high on angel dust" made me laugh and laugh and laugh..) but, she should have been able to speak. If, in fact, it was the protesters who prevented her speech, it's embarrassing. It's the extreme of the left fighting the extreme of the right (neither of whom properly represent the Canadian people).
BUT... was it the protesters?? There are reports out there that seem to indicate that it was Coulter's own people who did the cancelling.... that the timeline itself shows that she had no intention of speaking long before the protesters showed up. Also, that the numbers and the extremism of the protesting was vastly over estimated/exaggerated. What is clear is that the cancellation has caused media attention - people like me are talking about it, where I would have ignored her visit completely otherwise (except for the camel thing, that's just too much). It also fed in perfectly to her Calgary audience the following evening.
As Lainey would say, my smutty sense is tingling...
Many of you probably know about the controversy surrounding Anne Coulter's recent visit to Canada. She cancelled an appearance at U of O because of dangerous 'thugs' who were protesting her views. Now, I'm not the one that told a 17 year old Muslim girl to 'ride a camel', nor am I one of the people who caused so much 'danger' outside of the venue, but here's my thought:
Ann Coulter, and other extreme right wingers like her, enjoy causing turmoil and controversy. They do it to excite the population and cause others with those views to get riled up and rise up to fight. I think they're a small percentage with a mighty voice. Those that lean left are often not united (enough) in terms of political positions to have such a mighty voice. In fact, I think what draws people to the left is this very freedom of opinion (we differ, and it's OK for us to differ).
I, for one, would likely not be lining up to see her speak. (In fact, the person who posted on a facebook site saying they would like to "dip her in gravy and lock her in a room with a wolverine high on angel dust" made me laugh and laugh and laugh..) but, she should have been able to speak. If, in fact, it was the protesters who prevented her speech, it's embarrassing. It's the extreme of the left fighting the extreme of the right (neither of whom properly represent the Canadian people).
BUT... was it the protesters?? There are reports out there that seem to indicate that it was Coulter's own people who did the cancelling.... that the timeline itself shows that she had no intention of speaking long before the protesters showed up. Also, that the numbers and the extremism of the protesting was vastly over estimated/exaggerated. What is clear is that the cancellation has caused media attention - people like me are talking about it, where I would have ignored her visit completely otherwise (except for the camel thing, that's just too much). It also fed in perfectly to her Calgary audience the following evening.
As Lainey would say, my smutty sense is tingling...
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