tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post1055832025554936595..comments2024-01-26T03:49:33.080-05:00Comments on Rarer in Girls...My Daughter with Autism: Ann Coulter made me crySuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08240262747073351481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-90406928464927203412012-10-24T19:42:45.983-04:002012-10-24T19:42:45.983-04:00Thanks for the comments and support. I've bee...Thanks for the comments and support. I've been thinking since I guess what this woman wants is attention, I shouldn't give her any. I really don't care about her opinion---reading more about her today, it doesn't seem worth worrying about her. She said more nasty stuff today, and I'm sure she feels any publicity is good publicity. She said something like the only people who would be upset by her comments were "retarded" themselves. An interesting side fact I also discovered---she was in my husband's class at the same college. He can't remember ever having met her, and I guess her college, despite its lofty reputation, turns out some people she describes as that word, as my husband was upset by her comments too, of course. I won't dignify her with any more attention, and I won't call her a name that has come into my mind quite a bit to call her today. I'll just pretend she doesn't exist. Ann who?Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240262747073351481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-77472084376576846032012-10-24T10:33:46.028-04:002012-10-24T10:33:46.028-04:00Ann Coulter is an attention-grabbing shrew, who ha...Ann Coulter is an attention-grabbing shrew, who has tried (unsuccessfully) to "entertain" a conservative audience. <br /><br />This is John Franklin Stephens eloquent response to her tweet from yesterday. He is a far kinder human being than I am:<br />http://specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/an-open-letter-to-ann-coulter/audballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499068870667071905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-19253861710517574532012-10-24T09:44:09.357-04:002012-10-24T09:44:09.357-04:00Ann Coulter is like a political version of Howard ...Ann Coulter is like a political version of Howard stern - she makes a living saying shocking, disgusting things. I'm sorry people give her the attention she craves and I'm sorry she says such awful things. I think "retarded" is in the same category as "gay" or "fat." for some reason they're all still sort of acceptable slurs in our society, but I do think that's slowly changing. I never used to see people called out or using these terms but now more and more that's happening. There is some hope (but coulter will probably never see the light, sadly).Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02253870130254723405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5441989712918579133.post-8724502310711758652012-10-23T22:07:38.679-04:002012-10-23T22:07:38.679-04:00Oh I hate that word. I wonder why using racial or ...Oh I hate that word. I wonder why using racial or sexist slurs is no longer "politically correct", and yet insulting someone by calling them a deragatory term for developmentally delayed is still publicly prevalent. I think it's such a loaded word too, conjuring images of decades of prejudice and stigma regarding mentally challenged individuals. I am glad to see she's getting flack for her ignorant statement at least in the blogging worldSophie's Trainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774177895296697594noreply@blogger.com