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Topic: Politics
Ann Coulter is a freakin' nut job.
I just read Godless, the Church of Liberalism by Ann Coulter. (Yes, I read both left and right wing books, but reading Al Franken or Molly Ivins is a lot more fun then reading O'Reilly, Hannity, or Coulter. I do it anyway, so I see both sides of the issue) I will write about O'Reilly's Culture Warrior later. I am not going to go into the crazy mean spirited attacks she made against the Jersey Moms (Widows of men killed in 9/11 who are against the war in Iraq). Everyone already knows about that and it was covered to death when the book first came out. I won't get into how she thinks all liberals want to do is kill people, or tax them to death. (Although her logic is very faulty, apparently we want to kill everyone) What I want to talk about are her views on science. Among the crazy claims in the book is that women are genetically unable to understand math and science. Some study said so and she accepts it as fact. She then goes on for three chapters about how liberals have science all wrong. How creationism and intellignet design are fact and evolution is fiction, how silicone implants never caused sickness and how stem cell research could never help anyone. (These are actually her views) So my question is simple. If women are not good at science then how can any sane person trust her conclusions. I mean she is a woman. At least I think she is. |