# Coulter Calls Edwards a Faggot

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 3, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-calls-edwards-a-faggot/394381 "2007-03-03T01:11:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-calls-edwards-a-faggot/394381/181 "2007-03-06T07:20:05Z")

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Ha! It appears that there will be some financial consequences for the [hatemongering harpy](http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/05/coulter.ads/index.html):

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> At least three major companies want their ads pulled from Ann Coulter’s Web site, following customer complaints about the right-wing commentator referring to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a “faggot.”
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> A spokesperson for NetBank said Coulter’s page “is not the kind of site we want to be on.”

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-calls-edwards-a-faggot/394381/182 "2007-03-06T11:14:20Z")

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[QUOTE=Frank]  
Let’s assume both are indeed Democrats, though there is no evidence of that.  
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Although I’ve retracted the comparisons, Stewart is a very active speaker for the Progressive Democrats of America. Whether their venues are “major” or whether they are indeed “true Democrats”, I can’t say. But frankly, if it is fair to disassociate Democrats from everything left of a certain point, then it ought to be the same sort of deal for Republicans with respect to the right.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-calls-edwards-a-faggot/394381/183 "2007-03-06T19:38:47Z")

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[Ann fires back](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,256860,00.html)

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> “'Faggot isn’t offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays,” Coulter said on “Hannity and Colmes” Monday night. “It’s a schoolyard taunt meaning ‘wuss,’ and unless you’re telling me that John Edwards is gay, it was not applied to a gay person.”
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> Coulter called the whole controversy another example of the mainstream media’s “speech totalitarianism” and says she sees no reason to apologize for a joking comment that was taken out of context.

Not even sure where to start with that. Actually, it’s probably best to just let it speak for itself.

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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coulter-calls-edwards-a-faggot/394381/184 "2007-03-06T19:46:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Liberal]  
But frankly, if it is fair to disassociate Democrats from everything left of a certain point, then it ought to be the same sort of deal for Republicans with respect to the right.  
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As it generally is, as people usually don’t come into the pit, quote remarks from members of the KKK (who, let’s face it, are more likely to vote R than D), and use them to pit Republicans in general.

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