An Open Letter to Ann Coulter

Newch91

I didn't know if I should have posted this in AET or on here. Read this morning and it brought a big smile on my face.

http://specialolympicsblog.wordpress.co ... n-coulter/

An Open Letter to Ann Coulter

Dear Ann Coulter,

Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?

I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.

I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.

Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.

Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.

Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.

After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.

I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.

Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.

No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.

Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.

A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens
Global Messenger
Special Olympics Virginia

Shawshank

I seriously fucking hate her with every fiber of my being. :twisted:

brianlux

This is an excellent letter only I would disagree with the very first sentence.

g under p

I pointed this out on what she said in another thread, however at least she didn't say he was a useless piece of shit. I think she just doesn't care other than to prop herself above the frey in her mind.

Peace

gimmesometruth27

Shawshank wrote:

I seriously fucking hate her with every fiber of my being. :twisted:

+1


i love henry rollins' letter to her as well.

Zoso

Shawshank wrote:

I seriously fucking hate her with every fiber of my being. :twisted:

I try to find good in her but it's really hard.. she acts like a terrible person on fox news and this isn't much better. I was offended by this comment and I'm not disabled but work with the disabled population.

brianlux

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

Shawshank wrote:

I seriously fucking hate her with every fiber of my being. :twisted:

+1


i love henry rollins' letter to her as well.

Gotta see that!

gimmesometruth27

brianlux wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

Shawshank wrote:

I seriously fucking hate her with every fiber of my being. :twisted:

+1


i love henry rollins' letter to her as well.

Gotta see that!

it was on his show from IFC. i don't have the youtubes at work so i can't post a link.

brianlux

Found it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgSBhlw-o9E

BinauralJam

brianlux wrote:

Found it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgSBhlw-o9E

Thanks Brian, that felt good.

Lizard

Shawshank wrote:

I seriously fucking hate her with every fiber of my being. :twisted:

she is the only woman that I refer to as the "C" word.

norm

Newch91 wrote:

I didn't know if I should have posted this in AET or on here. Read this morning and it brought a big smile on my face.

http://specialolympicsblog.wordpress.co ... n-coulter/

An Open Letter to Ann Coulter

Dear Ann Coulter,

Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?

I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.

I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.

Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.

Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.

Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.

After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.

I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.

Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.

No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.

Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.

A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens
Global Messenger
Special Olympics Virginia

Cosmo

Ann Coulter is a caricature. She is not a real person... she is more of a persona.
Sure, her right leaning tendencies may be true, but her over the top antics are just a means for her to earn a living... a very lucrative living.
Her real job... selling books to morons that actually buy into what she is selling.
She just jumped on the same gravy train that Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh ride towards the 1%. Book Sales=$$$ Ratings=$$$ Sponsors=$$$
...
It really is... that simple.

md259130

Thanks for posting
my nephew has down's syndrome and is the most amazing person in my life

JimmyV

Cosmo wrote:

Ann Coulter is a caricature. She is not a real person... she is more of a persona.
Sure, her right leaning tendencies may be true, but her over the top antics are just a means for her to earn a living... a very lucrative living.
Her real job... selling books to morons that actually buy into what she is selling.
She just jumped on the same gravy train that Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh ride towards the 1%. Book Sales=$$$ Ratings=$$$ Sponsors=$$$
...
It really is... that simple.

100% correct.

comebackgirl

Love this letter

g under p

brianlux wrote:

Found it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgSBhlw-o9E

That was excellent! *You will listen to the Ramones, Black Sabbath and The Brides Of Funkenstein* Great choice in music maybe that will wake her up and snap her back into our reality.

Peace

norm

http://hypervocal.com/news/2012/josh-gr ... -syndrome/

Indifference

Cosmo wrote:

Ann Coulter is a caricature. She is not a real person... she is more of a persona.
Sure, her right leaning tendencies may be true, but her over the top antics are just a means for her to earn a living... a very lucrative living.
Her real job... selling books to morons that actually buy into what she is selling.
She just jumped on the same gravy train that Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh ride towards the 1%. Book Sales=$$$ Ratings=$$$ Sponsors=$$$
...
It really is... that simple.

Yes, just like Maddow, Matthews, Sharpton, Schultz.......

josevolution

Another bitch that should just crawl into the hole she was born from ...

g under p

Indifference wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

Ann Coulter is a caricature. She is not a real person... she is more of a persona.
Sure, her right leaning tendencies may be true, but her over the top antics are just a means for her to earn a living... a very lucrative living.
Her real job... selling books to morons that actually buy into what she is selling.
She just jumped on the same gravy train that Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh ride towards the 1%. Book Sales=$$$ Ratings=$$$ Sponsors=$$$
...
It really is... that simple.

Yes, just like Maddow, Matthews, Sharpton, Schultz.......

When was the last time any of those you named called Romney a retard or worse?

Peace