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sundubuman



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:23 am    Post subject: Coulter on Cartoons Reply with quote

I know many of you find that Ann Coulter upsets your extended-collegiate sensitivities.....but she makes more sense every day.

And she's got a sense of humor, something sorely lacking in certain districts of our planet.



Muhammad Cartoons: Muslim Bites Dog

by Ann Coulter
Posted Feb 15, 2006



The amazing part of the great Danish cartoon caper isn't that Muslims immediately engage in acts of mob violence when things don't go their way. That is de rigueur for the Religion of Peace. Their immediate response to all bad news is mass violence. That's a "dog bites man" story and belongs on page B-34, next to the grade school hot lunch menu and the birth notices.

After an Egyptian ferry capsized recently, killing hundreds of passengers, a whole braying mob of passengers' relatives staged an organized attack on the company, throwing furniture out the window and burning the building to the ground. Witnesses say it was the most violent ocean liner-related incident since Carnival Cruise Lines fired Kathie Lee Gifford.

The "offense to Islam" ruse is merely an excuse for Muslims to revert to their default mode: rioting and setting things on fire. These people have a serious anger management problem.

So it's not exactly a scoop that Muslims are engaging in violence. A front-page story would be "Offended Muslims Remain Calm."

What is stunning about this spectacle is that their violence is working. With a few exceptions, the media won't show the cartoons that incited mass violence around the globe (see the full gallery below). And yet, week after week, American patriots endure "The Boondocks" without complaint. Where's the justice here?

Perhaps we could put aside our national, ongoing, post-9/11 Muslim butt-kissing contest and get on with the business at hand: Bombing Syria back to the stone age and then permanently disarming Iran.

The mass violence by Muslims over some cartoons reminds us why we have to worry when countries like Iran start talking about having nukes. Iran is led by a lunatic who makes a big point of denying the Holocaust. Indeed, in response to the Muhammad cartoons, one Iranian newspaper is soliciting cartoons about the Holocaust. (So far the only submissions have come from Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau and The New York Times.)

Iran is certainly implying that it has nukes. Maybe they do, maybe they don't, but you can't take chances with berserk psychotics. What if they start having one of these bipolar episodes with a nuclear bomb?

If you don't want to get shot by the police, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then don't point a toy gun at them. Or, as I believe our motto should be after 9/11: Jihad monkey talks tough; jihad monkey takes the consequences. Sorry, I realize that's offensive. How about "camel jockey"? What? Now what'd I say? Boy, you tent merchants sure are touchy. Grow up, would you?

In addition, I believe we are legally required to be bombing Syria right now. And unlike the Koran's alleged prohibition on depictions of Muhammad, I've got documentation to back that up!

Muslims in Syria torched the Danish Embassy a few weeks ago, burning it to the ground. According to everyone, the Syrian government was behind the attack -- the prime minister of Denmark, Condoleezza Rice and White House spokesman Scott McClellan. I think even the gals on "The View" have acknowledged that Damascus was behind this one.

McClellan said: "We will hold Syria responsible for such violent demonstrations since they do not take place in that country without government knowledge and support."

We are signatories to a treaty that requires us to do more than "hold Syria responsible" for this attack. Syria has staged a state-sponsored attack on our NATO partner on Danish soil, the Danish embassy. According to the terms of the NATO treaty, the United States and most of Europe have an obligation to go to war with Syria.

Or is NATO -- like the conventions of civilized behavior, personal hygiene and grooming -- inapplicable when Muslims are involved? Liberals complain about "unilateral action," but under the terms of a treaty created by Dean Acheson and the Democrats, France, Germany, Spain and Greece are all obliged to go to war with us against Syria. Why, it's almost like a coalition! OK, Mr. Commie: Saddle up!
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Pligganease



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pretty good...

While Ann does miss a lot of stuff, is pretty obviously a racist, and sees most topics with blinders on, she does make some valid points.

And it's funny.

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So it's not exactly a scoop that Muslims are engaging in violence. A front-page story would be "Offended Muslims Remain Calm."


Spot on.
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sundubuman



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

She's no racist. She's a culturalist..... or civilizationist...

I'm quite sure she would feel the same contempt for Islamazoids of any color, and would welcome anti-Islamazoids of any color.

Labeling someone who is concerned about this globalized death cult as racist is, simplistic, sophmoric, and totally wrong.
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thepeel



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know much about her, but criticizing Islam can never be racist cause Islam isn't a race. Perhaps in other columns she was racist, but in this one is was just correct.
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On the other hand



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I don't know much about her, but criticizing Islam can never be racist cause Islam isn't a race. Perhaps in other columns she was racist, but in this one is was just correct.


False logic. If I say that the Catholic Church is bad because its led by a bunch of greasy wops fronted by a stupid kraut, then that is a racist attack on a religion.

Anne Coulter wrote:

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Or, as I believe our motto should be after 9/11: Jihad monkey talks tough; jihad monkey takes the consequences. Sorry, I realize that's offensive. How about "camel jockey"? What? Now what'd I say? Boy, you tent merchants sure are touchy. Grow up, would you?


Now if anyone wants to argue that "camel jockey" isn't a racial slur...
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Conchis



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, if you acknowledge that someone is a racist and still listen to what they have to say, then you are an imbecile.

And as for Coulter's hilarious comment about offended Muslims remaining calm - has she been to Senegal lately? Or any of the other Muslim states that have not made the headlines by virtue of the fact that they have 'remained calm'?
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On the other hand



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Well, if you acknowledge that someone is a racist and still listen to what they have to say, then you are an imbecile.


Umm, I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that if I read a writer, find that he's racist, and then criticize him, I'm an imbecile because I'm listening to what he has to say? How does anyone discover that a writer is racist if they don't read him?


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Summer Wine



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, he's making the argument that once you realise the person is a racist, you're supposed to discredit everything they say even if its true, otherwise you are seen to be supporting racism, its an either/or argument today. Intelligent thought is prohibited. Please re-read the manual we provided you at your indoctrination. You seem to be falling into the practice of following free thought. Please present yourself to the thought police at the next avalible second. Laughing
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On the other hand



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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No, he's making the argument that once you realise the person is a racist, you're supposed to discredit everything they say even if its true, otherwise you are seen to be supporting racism, its an either/or argument today. Intelligent thought is prohibited. Please re-read the manual we provided you at your indoctrination. You seem to be falling into the practice of following free thought. Please present yourself to the thought police at the next avalible second.


Ah, having just re-read the thread, I think I realize which poster his comments were directed at. Sorry for the confusion.

And I'm afraid I have to agree with you, Summer Wine. I would not automatically dismiss a racist writer's non-racist arguments. But I might be a bit more skeptical about what they have to say in general, once I realize they're racist. Maybe go out of my way to look for other sources to confirm what they said.
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thepeel



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the other hand wrote:
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I don't know much about her, but criticizing Islam can never be racist cause Islam isn't a race. Perhaps in other columns she was racist, but in this one is was just correct.


False logic. If I say that the Catholic Church is bad because its led by a bunch of greasy wops fronted by a stupid kraut, then that is a racist attack on a religion.

Anne Coulter wrote:

Quote:
Or, as I believe our motto should be after 9/11: Jihad monkey talks tough; jihad monkey takes the consequences. Sorry, I realize that's offensive. How about "camel jockey"? What? Now what'd I say? Boy, you tent merchants sure are touchy. Grow up, would you?


Now if anyone wants to argue that "camel jockey" isn't a racial slur...


I think you need to do some reading up on what constitutes false logic.

Islam isn't a race. Racism is a feeling or the expression of a feeling of racial inferiority or superiority. Islam isn't a race. Thus criticizing Islam isn't racism. Show me the false logic.

Of course, the camel jockey thing is slightly racist, but it is directed towards Arabs (not Islam), and thus can constitute racism. But, making a racial slur does not necessarily mean that one is a racist. Have you never told a joke of poor taste? Said something un-pc when angry? I certainly have, but I don't hold the opinion that there is anything substantially different between races, nor that one race is 'better' than any other. I will, however, slam the hell out of the backwards barbarians wearing PJ's while burning flags. And I feel comfortable doing so because their culture and religion is a social construction, like Christianity or homophobia, and I believe that all human-made institutions can be slurred with a reckless disregard for the fools who fanatically believe in them.

Anyhow, my point is that the title of racist is far too easily thrown around in our culture.

You can see from my initial post above that I did not talk of the CJ quote (I missed it in the article) but only that Islam is fair game for all manner of criticism. My mistake.

And I just read some of her archives. She is a total blowhard too. Great legs though.
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Hater Depot



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some of Ann's greatest hits --

"My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building."

"I think our motto should be post-9-11, raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences."

"We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' cr�me brul�e."

�I think women should be armed but should not vote � women have no capacity to understand how money is earned. They have a lot of ideas on how to spend it. It�s always more money on education, more money on child care, more money on day care.�

�Frankly, I�m not a big fan of the First Amendment.�

Oh, to be posessed of such knee-slapping wit.
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Bulsajo



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's beautiful to see Sundubu's love affair with Coulter blossom.

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?p=713072&highlight=#713072
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Has anyone ever seen Ann Coulter in an interview?

She's got this severly annoying speaking voice that's married to a nasally "I look down on everyone" tone to it. 100% New England fakeyness.
I was really surprised at how awful she sounds. Not exaggerating here.

She looks like she's got serious food issues.
I remember one of her exes outed her in the press on a coke habit.

She's just icky thin and icky outrageous--enough to make a career out of I guess.
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Pligganease



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"Press passes can't be that hard to come by if the White House allows that old Arab Helen Thomas to sit within yards of the president."

-- Ann Coulter, February 23, 2005

"Better people than camel-riding nomads have shown they respect force."

-- Ann Coulter, CPAC conference, 2002

"I don't know, how about ... NO ARABS?"

-- Ann Coulter's "Would Mohamed Atta object to armed pilots?" 5/30/02

"Ethnic profiling is the only reasonable security measure that has been thwarted in the war on terrorism."

-- Ann Coulter's "Mineta's Bataan Death March," 2/28/02

(talking about Halle Berry's Oscar for "Best Actress" in Monster's Ball) "Berry said her triumph was a victory 'for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened.' Yes, at long last, the 'glass ceiling' had been broken. Large-breasted, slightly cocoa women with idealized Caucasian features finally have a chance in Hollywood! They will, however, still be required to display their large breasts for the camera and to discuss their large breasts at some length with reporters."

-- Ann Coulter's "I like black people too, Julia!" 4/1/02

I think all of these are pretty racist quotes, but since all of you guys think she's not racist because she's only talking about arabs and blacks I guess you're right.


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Thus criticizing Islam isn't racism.


What aboout arabs and blacks? Is that racism?

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Well, if you acknowledge that someone is a racist and still listen to what they have to say, then you are an imbecile.


Does that mean that I have to dismiss everything that any person has ever said prior to the 1950's? I think that this is a pretty dumbasstic statement. The founding fathers of the U.S. owned slaves. Should I throw out the "Federalist Papers?" Imbecile...


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Hater Depot



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In fairness the quote about Halle Berry is something a lot of people have said.
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