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Ann Coulter Causes Stir at New Jersey

February 25, 2009 RSS Feed Print

The College of New Jersey hosted Ann Coulter last week, and as could be expected, a trail of controversy was left in her wake. Coulter was invited by the College Republicans and gave a 45-minute speech that plugged her new book, Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America.

Thirty minutes into the speech, up to 50 students staged a planned protest, standing up, and walking out of the auditorium, a disruption that protest planners called a "great success." The speech was also preceded by an old-fashioned sign-holding and yelling protest.

The excitement, of course, did not end there. At a book signing after the event, one student was arrested for disorderly conduct, and that student is now alleging the police showed "aggression and unprofessionalism" during the arrest. Police officials say they are looking into the accusation.

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Ann Coulter embodies everything that is preventing America from becoming an effective modern society. All the more frustrating is how effective her pitiful bids for notoriety are...I find her to be a waste of space.

spongekill of AL 1:37PM March 05, 2009

Why do we as Americans and voters listen and adhere to these talking heads, these entertainers, these comedians? Is this where real issues are discussed honestly; honestly? Ann Coulter's rhetoric and writing seem to be bent on perserving the image of Ann Coulter and not really what is going on in American politics. One day if she could at least make a convincing argument or stop looking like a ghoul on television, her "star" won't wane so quickly.

housedog of PA 2:30PM March 04, 2009

I read two of her books. Slander was dated so I concentrated on "Guilty". It has been one heck of a merry-go-round, where I am trying to understand her points of attack against the liberal left. I wish I could meet her personally, and thereby bond , or not. Somehow it occurs to me that she wouldn't really have time, to bond with anyone. Isn't that something she could work on to be truly effective?
I would like for her to be more human, and less intellectual, arrogant and independent. I believe she could inspire her readers to be bigger than themselves in a way that could prove beneficial to all Americans. She could inspire a National Synergy, that would be much more than a fad, but the basis for a paradigm shift in closet conservatives.
I was asked if I found her book interesting?
My reply was:
Yes, but not compelling. Her rhetoric is given to flights where she leaves you to wonder whether she's just venting or trying too hard to make her points. She doesn't try to be gentle or persausive. Like other right wing media, she uses an axe where an explanation would suffice. It's like she doesn't have time for you. If you don't understand her, that is your problem. So her credibility is suspect by the self imposed smoke screen and rhetorical mirrors. She is original and challenging, and you might want to have her speak on your behalf for the sheer audacity, but maybe not. It gets old in a hurry, waiting for her arguments to gain some plausibility in your mind. She is hard to defend against with my liberal friends.

windybaer of WV 6:22PM March 03, 2009

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