# I'm either a suspicious jerk or I don't understand Downs Syndrome **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724 "2012-10-24T13:27:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724/41 "2012-10-30T02:43:39Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Except it’s a lie; he didn’t write it. You flat do not know that. He has admitted to writing and re-writing with his father’s assistance. But that does not mean he didn’t write it. If I submit a rough draft to supervisors at my work place of some technical writing, and incorporate suggestions and corrections, I am still the author of that document. Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724/42 "2012-10-30T02:46:19Z")
> [@Bouncer](#): > > You flat do not know that. He has admitted to writing and re-writing with his father’s assistance. But that does not mean he didn’t write it. If I submit a rough draft to supervisors at my work place of some technical writing, and incorporate suggestions and corrections, I am still the author of that document. > > Regards, > -Bouncer- Well, I hope your writing skills are more finely honed than your reading skills; did you read the entire thread? This has already been dealt with. He didn’t write it. He didn’t submit a draft. His father wrote it. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724/43 "2012-10-30T02:50:02Z")
The writer of this letter, whether Mr. Stephens alone or with his dad as ghostwriter wrote with clear thought using simple language. We could use more writers who can do this. I’m certain Ann Coulter can’t write like this. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724/44 "2012-10-31T06:45:09Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I’m still trying to my mind around Coulter being a person. She’s an embarassment to the human race. Exactly. I thought the original comment was in regards to her alien thorax misshaping her outter “human” albumen—female or not, I don’t know how she hides those extra mandibles and is in desparate need of an upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724/45 "2012-10-31T19:44:44Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The hard part of writing is not putting something down on the page. It is actually coming up with the idea in the first place. Claiming that the person who came up with the actual idea is not an author insults the creative process, IMHO. I’m not a writer, but I can’t let this go. [Ideas are a dime a dozen](http://kennethmarkhoover.me/2012/01/14/ideas-are-a-dime-a-dozen-but-stories-are-forever/). Putting them down on the page is the creative part. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724/46 "2012-11-01T01:21:46Z")
I don’t think Ann Coulter is actually all that ugly physically. It’s what’s INSIDE that makes her seem so very ugly. Just like our mothers always told us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-either-a-suspicious-jerk-or-i-dont-understand-downs-syndrome/638724.md?page=2)