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Originally Posted by Stompy
The thing is... she would truly be funny IF this was all a farse... satire of sorts. But she's SERIOUS.
A good comparison would be Howard Stern. I could easily picture him saying a lot of stuff she says. It's alright for him to say it because 1 - his show is, first and foremost, obscene comedy and 2 - you can easily tell when he's giving a tongue-in-cheek response or commentary on something.
See, he never painted himself to be a serious political commentator whereas Coulter wants to be taken seriously. Stern more or less says it to piss people off or get a rise out of people, Coulter does it for probably the same reasons, but with a completely different background and intention.
Another example would be the daily show.. they could easily pull of statements like that, but it's okay because they're satire - the whole purpose of their existence is to mock politicians. They never once tried to paint themselves as a serious news source.
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See..that's just it...i used to think ann coulter was funny. I mean, i picked up one of her books that came out before she did all the talk show circuits and i read a bit and thought, Funny...absurd but funny...i don't agree by any means, but i can laugh...
Then, i started hearing people quote her and use her as a source and i thought..no...they can't be serious
then more and more i realized....People actually take her seriously
And that's why i can't stand her...I don't mind whatever she says...I still find some things funny...I mean, something like :Just think: If we'd invaded your countries, killed your leaders and converted you to Christianity YOU'D ALL BE OPENING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS RIGHT ABOUT NOW! " would be HILARIOUS coming from the daily show or howard stern or whatever, but when she's being serious and people are taking it seriously, then i start to worry....
Then i realized...no matter how absurd the daily show gets, they NEVER hit the vitriol level of ann coulter...I don't think i could imagine john stewart coming out to say half of the things that come out of this lady's mouth...