Saturday, March 12, 2016

Commentary: Ann Coulter


                 Ann Coulter tweeted about Pope Francis’ trip to the United States; her tweet went like “THIS Pope's philosophy of worshiping the poor, blaming the rich leads to Latin American poverty. American Catholicism leads to success,” (Madrak, 2015). She has been under criticism from many quotas, Crooks and Liars noted that it must be tough for her to carry all that hate. What she said was not appropriate, but according to Coulter and her fans, it was okay, they did not see any problem with her way of thinking. Looking at what she was complaining about was not worth the discomfort and rant; she has a right to say whatever she wants to say, which is okay, but her statement was just off the mark. Others can argue that it is within her constitutional rights to say what she wanted, but there are instances where we cannot deny her the freedom but wonder what guides her principles. It is fallacious to think that being compassionate to the poor will drive the Latin America to poverty, how are they even related? If the wants better living conditions for the poor in the society, then that is independent of other factors or areas. The rich in the society are well off, so the pope was right to have mercy and compassion on the poor who have been ignored by the breed that Coulter represents. She comes from a school of thought that the white privilege should be guarded by all the might they have gathered. Her tweet was more of entitlement rather than an objective comment, she, and her kind feel entitled, they feel that they deserve more than the poor do, which is utterly stupid. Matthew Dowd’s reply was necessary, and it is impressive how he kept it modest without insulting her, it is commendable. 

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