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Ann Coulter disproves evolution!
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:32 pm
by Xenu
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006 ... oulter.php
I can't wait. A new stream of weird promo appearances! New publicity stunts! New outrageous things said to get press!
She might've bitten off more than she can chew this time around, though. Aligning herself with the Dembskis of the world will turn off her few rationalist supporters, leaving online the frothers.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 10:41 am
by MK
50 years from now, people are going to look back and say, "Why the fuck did people read Coulter?" It's like living in the dark ages, for Christ's sake....What's next? How about the world's flat? The Earth's the physical center of the universe? Everything's created by the miracle of spontaneous generation? Surely anyone who disagrees is a blasphemous heathen!
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 10:51 am
by krabapple
Myers and other scientists are going to tear that shameless cow a new asshole. I can't wait.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 12:02 pm
by Xenu
Yeah.
The standard trope, I guess, is "why do you pay attention to Coulter? Why don't you just ignore her?" Well, for one, she's fabulously entertaining...hard to argue with that.
For another, though, it's that she's wrong. Slander didn't ignite a "firestorm" because it attacked liberals (although you'd get that sense from the positive reviews on amazon.com..."SHE HOW THEY REACT? SHE MUST'VE HIT A NERVE"). No, the shitstorm was largely about a) the incredibly simplistic logical methodology, and b) the sheer, and oftentimes demonstrable, incorrectitude of many of her assertions.
This book will piss off a whole new audience, but it likely won't be because of the overextended Church of the Godless metaphor..it'll be because of her reliance on Dembski, etc.
Ahh, yes.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 12:09 pm
by Rspaight
Well, for one, she's fabulously entertaining...hard to argue with that.
If you consider "making one want to kill oneself out of despair for the utter hopelessness and stupidity of the human race" to be "entertaining," then yeah.
Ryan
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:20 pm
by Xenu
Well, you are talking to the guy who owns the DVD of "Dianetics."
Entertaining in the sense that she shows up on news programs, says something outrageous, and ignites firestorms. Not entertaining in a "primary source" fashion.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:33 pm
by Rspaight
Oh, I know what you mean. Back in college, I was obsessed with two-bit jokers like
Bob Tilton, as well as heavy hitters like my all-time favorite loony,
Elizabeth Clare Prophet.
Mocking Cal Thomas was (and still is) a favorite pastime.
Heck, even Michelle Malkin is funny in a completely deranged, batshit-crazy fashion.
I can't even enjoy Coulter on that level, though. Reading or watching her is like stabbing myself in the eye with an ice pick.
Ryan