{"id":30827,"date":"2012-10-24T09:19:25","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/24\/best-response-to-ann-coulter-ever.html"},"modified":"2012-11-01T09:20:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:20:33","slug":"best-response-to-ann-coulter-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/24\/best-response-to-ann-coulter-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"Best. Response. To Ann Coulter. EVER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tweeted Ann Coulter after the last presidential debate: &quot;I highly approve of Romney&#39;s decision to be kind and gentle to the retard.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The greatest danger of folks like Ann Coulter is that they pull people down to their level, coarsening dialog, and becoming the &quot;abyss staring back into you&quot; when one confronts them for nastiness.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Stephens, I applaud you for completely short-circuiting that danger. (h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105643205000971419734\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"105643205000971419734\">Isaac Sher<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105643205000971419734'>Isaac Sher<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/specialolympicsblog.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/wpid-hn2l5912-jpg.jpeg?fit%3D400%252C400&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/23\/an-open-letter-to-ann-coulter\/'>An Open Letter to Ann Coulter<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe following is a guest post in the form of an open letter from Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens to Ann Coulter after this tweet during last night\u2019s Presi&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> Reshared <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/F2MbWgRFpS4' target='_new'>1<\/a> times<br \/> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/F2MbWgRFpS4' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweeted Ann Coulter after the last presidential debate: &quot;I highly approve of Romney&#39;s decision to be kind and gentle to the retard.&quot; The greatest danger of folks like Ann Coulter is that they pull people down to their level, coarsening dialog, and becoming the &quot;abyss staring back into you&quot; when one confronts them for nastiness. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/24\/best-response-to-ann-coulter-ever.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Best. 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