Ann Coulter on Violence

I chose to read Ann Coulter's blog because I know she is infamous for being extremely opinionated. I admire how she doesn't hold back, says what she means and means what she says, but I also think she is a little over the top at times. I think she is pretty credible based on the fact that she is very well-known and publicized. Her intended audience is people who want to read about politics. Mainly conservatives, probably, as she seriously slams liberals, though she does not seem to feel that anyone is "right" in this case.

In her most recent post, Coulter is ranting about how some Democrats claimed that Republicans showed racism at anti-Obama rallies and the Republicans did not stick up for their party. Instead, she claims they came across as moderate.

Coulter describes many situations in which liberals were arrested at protests where things got out of hand and violence was displayed, such as the 2008 National Democratic Convention where car and store windows were smashed, tires slashed and firearms carried illegally by liberals. “(If only they could muster up that kind of fighting spirit on foreign battlefields.)” She continues to explain that there were no conservatives arrested at the same event. She also discusses the fact that “Over the past couple of election cycles, Bush and McCain election headquarters around the country have been repeatedly vandalized, ransacked, burglarized and shot at (by staunch gun-control advocates, no doubt),” and how back then “It was a good day when George Bush was merely burned in effigy, compared to Hitler or, most innocuously, compared to a monkey.”

Things are getting out of hand! She ends this post by saying that the Republicans need to stand up for themselves, that “Conservatives who prefer to come across on TV as wonderfully moderate than to speak the truth should find another line of work and stop defaming conservatives.” I agree- don’t be afraid to admit what you believe in!