Recently, Ann Coulter had a speaking engagement in Canada and was confronted a young Muslim girl. The exchange was typical Coulter, and the ensuing comments on the Fox"Nation" website were equally as disgusting.
-------Enter Michelle Malkin, often known for her own particular style of race baiting, is now defending Coulter against allegations that she was somehow "threatened" by the University in an email.-------
CORRECTION
Malkin did not write the piece defending Coulter. This was authored by Malkin's proxy, La Shawn Barber. And while the content is obviously allowed to remain on Malkin's site, I feel it's safe to assume that she is willing to defend Right Wing hate-speech.
Houle [ provost at the University of Ottowa ] urged that Coulter exercise “restraint, respect and consideration” in her speech to the students. Houle added, “Our domestic laws, both provincial and federal, delineate freedom of expression (or ‘free speech’) in a manner that is somewhat different than the approach taken in the United States. I therefore encourage you to educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here…Promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges.”
This is something that most people don't realize. Canadian laws protecting speech are much different that American ones, so it almost seems like Coulter agreed to give the speech in order to promote hatred and actually invite charges to be brought upon her. This is a tactic that people like Coulter love to use - push the envelope enough until you technically break the law and then play the victim card.
So why is it that people like Malkin, Coulter, and Fox"Nation" not only advocate hatred of minorities in America ( not just Muslims, mind you ) but actively defend and distort the reality that racial animus plays a much broader roll in the Tea Bagger movement?
Perhaps they are too embarrassed to admit that people like this are much easier to spot within the Tea Bagger realm.
Coulter's Ottowa engagement was subsequently cancelled, so let the pity-party start.
Conservatives like to pretend that they hold some moral high-ground, that they have all the answers to all of life's little inconsistencies and problems. From a realistic perspective, it's the conservatives that end up causes most of the problems in the country right now. From pure obstructionist tactics in government, to literally altering history, to ignoring and denying science, and doing their best to ensure that women's bodies are legislated into the Stone Age, conservatives are not to be trusted. Their every word and action should be questioned. But they certainly do have a well funded home at Fox, don't they?
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