An Open Letter to Ann Coulter

Dear Ann:

As a fellow human being, woman and American, I have a few things I need to say to you. 

First of all, I have Tweeted some pretty nasty things since having my Twitter account over the past few years. In fact, some of my more repulsive ones have been flung in your direction. I believe I called you a stain on the underwear of America. But, in hindsight, I am not proud of those comments, but that is the kind of rhetoric you inspire. You fling your immature monkey poop and somehow, I feel the need to sink to your level. I am baffled by it myself.

In all honesty, if I were in your shoes, I don't think I would be so demonic. You are a well-known figure in American politics and instead of inspiring the female gender of this society, you repulse many of them. If you could back up your nasty words with solid facts and figures, perhaps you would at least earn some level of respect. However, you resort to elementary school level name-calling, bullying, and insults to give an already-dying conservative platform some credence. 

You are not dumb or lacking in the brain department. You have a JD from Michigan law and are better educated than I am. So, use that education for good and not for evil. You can fight for the side of Republicans and not act like a 16 year-old who didn't get elected prom queen. But the thing that gets me the most is you don't even want to fight for your own gender. In your column you said that women, specifically single women, are to "blame" for electing Democrats as President. "If we take away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat President.  It's sort of a pipe dream, a personal fantasy of mine."

In your studies as an undergraduate history student at Cornell, did you not study the 19th Amendment? Did you know women fought and died so you could have that right? Women were beaten and silenced simply because of their gender. Does that mean nothing to you? You would rather bow to the wishes of 50+ white men than support a woman's rights? Seriously, what is wrong with you?

You admit you like to stir up the pot. I get it. It's your act. It's your gimmick. In all honesty, you're not that good of an actor anyway. But there is more than one way to skin a cat and its just as easy to get people bent out of shape by using tact and fact than by lying and persecuting. You don't even have to be nice. But you will receive the respect a woman with your credentials deserves by being respectful and dignified. 

That being said, your comments about some of the families of the 9/11 victims were and are inexcusable. Just because they were criticizing your agenda doesn't mean you have to belittle the deaths of their loved ones. That would be like me saying your parents deserved to die because you are their child. Is that right? Is that Christ-like? As a native of Oklahoma City, I saw firsthand the impact an attack on American soil can take on friends and families of victims. Insulting them because they want the truth about the deaths of their loved ones puts you in the same esteem as those who actually committed the attacks in the first place. It is your right to say what you want and I will always fight for your right to say it. But even members of your own party have intentionally separated themselves from you. How bad does it have to get when people you agree with stop returning your calls?

Plus, the more outrageous your statements become, the less people are going to care. Most people I know (conservative or progressive) write you off as someone who is just shouting at the wind. Anymore, your opinion is a running joke for Democratic bloggers and late night talk show hosts. Don't you get it? YOU ARE A JOKE. Perhaps being more like, say, Rachel Maddow will allow you to be your usual mean self, but be able to gain a reputation with some level of regard? Rachel has said some cruel things, but she has every bit the reputation for being a smart fact-checker. Indeed, she has been caught stretching the truth. But you catapult over the line with outright lies and slander.

To conclude, you are a Christian. A woman who claims to be devout and God-fearing. If that is the case, why do you say any of those things at all? Didn't Jesus say to love one another? And do not Christian teachings urge you to live as he did? Did he not also say "Judge not lest ye be judged"? Refraining from lying is one of the ten commandments. Truthfully, you aren't doing a very good job as a Christian... especially when I have heard you say you put Jesus first in your life and in all you do. If you were just spouting lies again, then perhaps you shouldn't believe your own hype and duck back into obscurity? The world might be a better place if you did.

I wish you peace in your heart. I know it will be tough, but from one female human being American to another, I really do urge you to think before you open your trap.

Best, Angela
Nashville, TN