How rude!

This Fox anchor is so impolite, it's just unacceptable. How hypocritical for the agents of tolerance to be so intolerant of intolerance! This is for you, giddyup.

http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/iblog/C168863457/E20060610225829/

 

Bigotry and hate are petty misdemeanors compared to the felony of rudeness. Just ask giddyup.

 

There are so many instances it'd be hard to pick one. The latest has giddyup complaining that I use the words "bigot" and "liar" too much. Of course, he never makes a substantive argument explaining how the bigotry I complain about is not bigotry or lies that I cite aren't lies -- he just says he's sick of my rudeness. This Fox anchor was as "rude" in confronting bigotry as I've ever been on this BBS doing the same, so I figured he'd like the opportunity to chastise her. Apparently not.

 

Good. Now you know how I feel when the president of the United States lies about foreign threats in order to start a war in which thousands and thousands die, lies about warrantless spying on Americans and lies about the lead up to the worst natural disaster in our nation's history to dodge blame. You also now know how I feel when a great number of our citizens are discriminated against or when priests rape young boys or when American soldiers willfully torture or murder innocent people or when a moneygrubbing hatemonger spits on the memory of victims of 9/11 or slanders their widows.

You do not get to decide for me when "decorum is wasted."

 

God, you're frustrating. I strongly believe that Ann Coulter's quotes about the 9/11 widows were sick. I further believe that any defense of them (apart from free speech arguments) or agreement with them is sick. So I said so. And you said you were sick of my rudeness. Fine. You're entitled to your opinion. But your opinion clearly indicates that you find rudeness to be a greater sin than any of those things that inspire my angry language. And my opinion is that that opinion is dumb. Hence, this thread. It's really very simple.

 

Mary Matalin has been the only public figure to excuse or defend Coulter's hate speech. You're in great company. You did say the remarks were in poor taste, yes. Kudos. Kind of like saying Genghis Khan was sort of a jerk. Any names I called Ann Coulter are much deserved. She can't be called enough names.

Um, don't do that. I didn't respond because I thought your insane contortion act spoke for itself. You're the first person to suggest that Coulter might have meant they enjoyed their husbands' "incineration." She didn't say that and neither did I. And neither did anyone else. Here's what she said:

"I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much."

Here's what you said, unbelieveably, just now:

"you all were taking it to the point of ridiculousness as you tried to accuse Coulter of saying that these women actually "enjoyed" their husband's instant incineration. That is just patently ridiculous and nothing Coulter has said hints at that in any way."

No, giddyup. NO. We did not try to accuse her of that. We accused her of saying they "enjoyed their husbands' deaths." Which she did. It was not taken out of context, it was not spun, it was not interpreted. It was a direct quote. And if she was somehow being misunderstood, she's had several very public platforms with which to correct the record. Incredibly, your position is to say she didn't say a thing she said while accusing me and others of twisting her words. I mean, I can't even believe it -- even of you.

How many times should you "sit back and watch [me] call somebody a liar or a bigot?" As many times as someone lies or exhibits bigoted behavior. I call murderers killers too. Deal? I promise you that you are not as sick of me using those words as I am of having cause to. You're absolutely right I started this thread about it. I did that because it is r****ded to continually defend liars and bigots and then get angry at me for calling them what they are. You do that constantly and I'm sick of that too. In that other thread you tried to parody an old post of mine by calling a lot of things lies when they weren't. I'd break them down but they're obvious for all to see. Conversely, I challenge you to find one instance of me calling someone a liar when they haven't clearly lied. You can't do it.

 

giddyup disagrees. He says that the crazy church lady (who is a bigot, by the way, though giddyup wouldn't like me saying that) does not deserve decorum but criticizing Coulter is rude name calling. That's some kind of tightwire.