Throwing Pies at Ann Coulter Was a Damned Stupid Thing to Do

I nearly never mention Ann Coulter. She's beneath my notice. But I will say this: whoever thought it was a good idea to assault her with pies couldn't be more wrong. In fact, I think it was such a completely boneheaded move that the people who did it had to have been working for a GOP group. Someone should look into that.

Some lefty commentators have been trying their best to cede the high ground to Coulter as they constantly and foolishly attack her appearance and her sexuality. The only thing that saves us from those pathetic efforts is Coulter herself, who can't wait to churn out more and more of her idiotic ravings. But it doesn't matter what she says for all time because now she's an assault victim. If the two men who threw pies at her thought they weren't handing her the biggest advantage she'll ever get - one that she, with her limited intellect and reasoning skills, could never ever have created for herself - they're wrong.

It's the first rule of the playground, boys. No matter what nasty thing Jimmy says, if you hit him, you're the one in trouble and Jimmy won't ever let you forget it. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Comments

[Mick]

Oh come on, Rob. Obviously your playground time was limited.

Throwing pies is NOT 'assault'. It's slapstick, and it's precisely what La Coulter deserves. She should have truckloads of pies thrown at her and on her. They should strew every step she takes, and half of them should be blueberry so the stains won't come out.

If Coulter thinks she deserves sympathy for being 'pied', or that it is in any way akin to 'assault', then she's exactly the humorless automaton she appears to be. Don't, for heaven's sake, aid and abet her prunishness, and btw demean the term 'assault' by applying it to pies.

If Mikhail Gorbychov can get smacked by a pie and laugh, Lil Orphan Annie can do the same. Whoever did it should be applauded. If ever a human being--assuming she is one; the jury's still out--ached for a pie to be thrown at them, Annie C is that h.b.

[eRobin]

I know I'm in the small majority on the left on this issue. I don't think I'm demeaning the term "assault" though. Throwing pies is an assault. Worse, the stunt escalated the war of words to a physical one and made it possible for Coulter, who hurts people for a living with her rantings, to rightly cast herself as a victim. Calling the men who did it pranksters is taking a short view. The joke in the end will be on the people who defend them.

[Margaret]

Never give a bully and a lier ammuntition, lets face it the know how to use it better than we do.
Ann Coulter is below contempt and certainly does not need or want me to defend her, however, it is always easier to win a battle when your fighting from the high ground. When you lower yourself to their level you lose your advantage.
Where in the world was her security and how could these people get near her with pies?
You are very insightful to see the damage this kind of activity causes and to call attention to it.
I hope others will follow your lead