Randy Ray Condemns Ann Coulter's Recent Comments

I'm announcing publicly that I support the Human Rights Campaign's condemnation of Ann Coulter's hate-filled commentary. Coulter's use of the word "faggot" to describe John Edwards in a public forum is reprehensible and characteristic of the type of venom she has been spreading for years. How can people honestly support a woman who thinks Joe McCarthy was right, that the Democratic Party is a vast terrorist sleeper cell, and that widows of the 9/11 attack have no right to speak out about the war in Iraq?

Below is a list of some of Ann Coulter's bizarre and hateful remarks over the years:

1. I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much.

Who could possibly think that a remark like that is remotely appropriate, funny, or even intelligent? It's just mean, stupid, and full of hate.

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

So because she thinks that the New York Times is too liberal, the people working there all deserve to die at the hands of a terrorist? Surely no one can approve of that message.

3. I think the government should be spying on all Arabs, engaging in torture as a televised spectator sport, dropping daisy cutters wantonly throughout the Middle East and sending liberals to Guantanamo.

So because I have a different political belief from Ann Coulter, I should be sent to Guantanamo? And torture should be a televised sport? Does she live in the Middle Ages or something?

4. I don't know if [former U.S. President Bill Clinton is] gay. But [former U.S. Vice President] Al Gore - total fag.

This is obviously not a new trend for Coulter. She's been picking on liberal politicians for years now, and picking on gays too. As if that were the worst thing she could say about someone. If she used the "n-word" describe Jesse Jackson, would that generate some controversy?

5. If you don't hate Clinton and the people who labored to keep him in office, you don't love your country.

This is just beyond absurd and pointless. I have friends who are conservatives, but none of them would agree with or support this type of hate-filled, stupid pronouncement from a public figure. There is a certain amount of civility that should be expected from our political commentators. Ann Coulter should receive the same type of ostracism from the press that leaders of the KKK receive. It's all hate speech, and it's all wrong. She can believe what she wants, but she shouldn't be pouring her hatred into public discourse, and no one should support it, not even conservatives.