Ann Coulter is a friend of WoW?! I have been off-line for about 10 days- has something major happened to the site that I missed?! I thought WoW was a place for thoughtful discussions, an alternative to the polemics that pollute so much of public discourse. So, does this mean that Ann Coulter has a more nuanced and reasoning side than has typically been presented for public consumption? Or has there been a tectonic shift at WoW?

Lets all write to Joni………..The majority of the Wow women agree she is a despicable person. I realize she can make comments on any subject the same as the rest of us………but if she’s included as a regular contributor I’m OUT.

Ann is a provocative thinker, in the vein of Michael Moore. Why threaten to leave a website, why not just leave or not read the selction. I am amazed at the lack of tolerance and respect here for opinions that are not mainstream liberal opinions. The best way to defeat the opposition is to closely examine and understand the opposition. You can’t do that if you put your fingers in your ears, and shout: La, la, la…I can’t hear you. I find opposing opinions fascinating.

Miss Coulter. I’m going to take a page from our President and opt not to read the article. When I logged on…as our mother’s would and some of our mother’s still say” close your mouth, you’re gawking!” However, I took this as a miserable opportunity to go back to a question, “What was the most dangerous thing you ever did?” An issue I will most likely fight my entire life as it was caused my permanent disability. It took me back to thoughts of leadership. Facing, listening, Miss Coulter as one day I will run into my incident causers. My first incident 3 years ago did not go well. I’ve seen people throw pies at Coulter. I recall one quiet morning on Washington Journal (C-Span) OMG! Not so quiet afterwards! Campus heat last year, listening to Chris Matthews the Mrs. Edwards incident. Many of you could help me go on and on. The thing is, that this is why she should not be excluded from this venue. In my world I am never going to run into this woman, any other women like her or the men equate to her politic. How many of us will? But what we all will run across are the thousands that listen on the radio or buy the books and their rage. We have to not let rage equate rage.Nor should anyone sit with that passive sickening smile. It is so hard to take the higher ground, when all we all want to do is just (fill in your own blank), but everyone on this masthead created our site for us all to become better. To become stronger, to get a better sense of “I know you’re an idiot, but somewhere there’s common ground and we’ve got to find it.” I hope my words are not getting lost because right now, I’m sobbing because we’ve just got too much to do people…too much. Haters are always going to hate, they suck the air. I’m not wanting to attack anyone because that’s the distraction. That’s the diversion. When ever you hear it, it’s a scam. Leaders always blow right through. Our Independence Day is upon us. Let us all focus on next year. Our blessings to our troops, our loved ones and our beautiful country.