Politics | 01/15/2009 10:15 am

Rosie O. Analyzes 'Angry' Ann Coulter

By The Staff at wowOwow.com

Rosie O’Donnell may have started a fresh feud. The entertainer, who’s known for publicly blasting other celebrities, took to the radio waves yesterday and lashed out at Ann Coulter. Chatting on Sirius/XM’s "Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer," O’Donnell offered her own analysis of the right-wing writer, who O’Donnell views as akin to inhuman.

She’s angry if you ask me. She’s full of rage. When you see someone like that, you have to go back to what happened in their childhood … You don’t know what went on in their household. Sometimes people with very controversial views, there is some part of their humanity that you can relate to. Even though they think differently than you do, you can still reach them as a human being, but she’s not one of them for me.

Asked whether she thinks Coulter’s ink-grabbing actions are simply for show, O’Donnell insisted, "I don’t think it is a show. The passion from which she spews it … It’s deep-seeded. It’s bizarre." For better or for worse, we’re sure Coulter will have something to say about that.

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Catherine, I understand what you are saying, however think about it this way. If the girl was raped, how is having an abortion going to change that fact and does that little baby know that it occured from out of the act of a crime….No it doesn’t. Does the girls life end…..No it doesn’t. The girl has had something terrible happen to her but the pregnancy part is not the crime, the act of rape was. It’s all in how you are taught to handle adversity, in how you choose to look at a circumstance. I’m not saying it as a matter of get over it, that’s not at all how I mean it. What I mean is that…Hate the crime that took place and prosecute the individual for the crime, the answer is not in taking an innocents life in the process. One might then argue that why should this girl have to be reminded of what happened to her? She is never going to forget that she was raped, whether she gets counseling, she aborts or gives the baby up for adoption, or even goes on later in life to marry and have a family of her own, by her own choosing. There needs to be the seperation of the crime and the innocent child. It is not the innocent child that had anything to do with the crime. It is another human life and because it happened as aresult of a sexual crime that is not the baby’s fault. the baby was concieved because a sexual act occured, The sexual act forced upon the girl was what was the crime. I liken that to a person who is working in a store and someone comes in the store and shoots the person behind the counter and that person becomes paralyzed….Is that person who is paralyzed no longer a viable person, a person with no value simply because they are now paralyzed….Of course not. They were injured as a result of a crime, but that doesn’t mean they no longer have value and a right to live. It comes down to your concept of what is more valuable and choosing life is always the best option. A person who was paralyzed could also take the attitude that… since I can longer ever walk again, I might as well kill myself or they could have a loved one walk out on them as they are not able to do those things they used to do and is that the way we treat those who have bad things happen to them. If this was hypothetical person I am using was your own son or daughter, would you give up on them because some guy used a shotgun and paralyzed your child in the commission of a crime. Why would we resort to the killing of an innocent child, who had nothing to do with the commission of the crime of rape. We should not. All life is valuable and has purpose. Look, bad things happen to innocent people all the time. and I’m not being flip when I say that, what I’m trying to convey, is that it all comes down to how we choose to look at those things and murdering, (yes that is what it is, as we all know that if left alone, it will develop to a full term child) is never the answer.

By HA BIBI on 01/15/2009 7:22 pm

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Elaine, Thank you for your eloquent and thought provoking reply, I understand and respect what it is you are saying. I by no means think abortion is the only option for the hypothetical question I had asked. I know there are women that are strong enough, to go through a pregnancy brought on by an act of violence, I have met a woman that did just that, and kept the baby. She vows to never let the child know how she came to be, and I agree with that decision. But I know there are also women out there that might not be strong enough to go through a pregnancy brought on by such a crime of rape or incest. I know of a case, where the young woman was raped by her step brother, he not only took her virginity, she also conceived his child. She had a hard enough time dealing with the fact that she was raped by him, the thought of having his baby was far to much to bare. She decided to terminate the pregnancy, against her parents wishes. They called her a murderer, threw her out of their house, disowning her. She committed suicide a few days later. She was 3 weeks away from her 16th birthday. She was my best friend from the age of 8. I was so angry at her parents, who were angry at me and a few other friends of their daughter, because we convinced her to report her step brother to the police, (btw he was 26). We also supported her in her decision to terminate. We knew the decision to do so was torturing her, but we knew she wasn’t strong enough to go through with the pregnancy either, let alone give up the baby for adoption. I guess, what I am trying to say is, shouldn’t we comfort women who are placed in such a position, without judging them, allow them to do what is best for them, whether we would agree with their decision or not. I think to call them out as murderers, is harsh and devoid of compassion, because those of us that have not been placed in that situation, couldn’t possibly know the pain they feel. However, I do respect and appreciate your position, and I thank you for sharing it with me.

By Catherine Kaiman on 01/15/2009 8:09 pm

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That is such a sad story Catherine and yes we most definately need to nurture them, love them and show the utmost in compassion for them. I guess what I was trying to say was there are so many other ways that we can help them without it ending in abortion. I thank you in turn for your kind for you pleasant reply. Have a wonderful rest of your evening. :)

By HA BIBI on 01/15/2009 9:00 pm

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Thank you Elaine, and you as well.

By Catherine Kaiman on 01/15/2009 11:07 pm

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Catherine, the thread below is addressed to you as well.

By Susan B on 01/16/2009 9:21 pm

Elaine and Catherine, this is what we need to do more of here. My gawd, I’m a day behind on this thread and I couldn’t believe how badly the discussion disintegrated with the help of (I know you agree with him, Elaine, but he’s still an elephant’s behind) Duck’s provocational ways. I’m truly on the fence with this issue, and appreciated the civil and compelling discourse the two of you conducted. It really gave me a lot to think about, and I thank you both.

By Susan B on 01/16/2009 9:20 pm

Hi Susan, Yes I do agree with Donald. Yet, I have also posted that in the planting of seeds of truth, there is a way that God wants for us to do that and if you read my posts to Doand and Cathering, you will see how that is done. It’s not about throwing the anchor at the fish, it’s about gently tossing the net in and letting those fish that are curious, take the bait. This means that plant those seeds and whom ever is interested, let them ask. Not a beating them over the head. However, we as Christians are to plant these seeds and that in and of itself seems to bring about contention. Nonetheless that is our job, but not our job to fight with people about it. This in other words does not nullify our right to plant seeds, it is also, not God’s calling that we fight and condemn others who are not receptive. As again, it is not us that does the growing and any argueing would mean we are trying to force the seed to sprout. This is solely of God’s doing. He will draw unto him those who’s time has come to be called. :)

By HA BIBI on 01/17/2009 12:28 pm

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Hi Elaine, I believe that God speaks to all of us, and religious doctrine — Christian or another faith’s — is only one channel He uses. You and I are in agreement that bludgeoning others with “truth” is counterproductive to the point of alienating others to anything we might say and inciting the nastiest aspects of the human spirit. This is what has happened with Donald and a few other posters on this site. Some use “being passionate” about an issue as an excuse to behave badly or to use hostility to get their point across. Rosie and Ann are two examples of this. But when they do this, their core ideologies/beliefs are made dark and the reaction they engender is more tribal than on the soul level. Rather than speaking their truth so others may consider it, they are only committed to lining up people on their side (and selling books/TV shows, etc.) They consistently and intentionally bring out the worst sort of reaction in people, and for that reason alone, I have no interest in what either have to say — however “true” it may be. You are committed to “planting the seeds of truth,” while I am trying to “be the light I want to see in the world.” We’ll need both luck and God’s help to do that.

By Susan B on 01/17/2009 2:21 pm

I’m on the same page as you on this one! :))

By HA BIBI on 01/17/2009 2:43 pm

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Dear Catherine…and Elaine….These posts…IMHO….are what this site is all about….civil discourse….Clearly you view things very differently but were able to express yourselves without stooping to trashy language….I applaud your efforts….

By georgia fatwood on 01/16/2009 11:50 am

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Elaine you are so right.

By Donald Duck on 01/16/2009 1:36 am

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Hey lesbian, since you like to call people names! that’s just to bad for you isn’t it, that the thread changed course, and were intitled to call you names of our choosing….How’s that feel for ya!

By HA BIBI on 01/15/2009 4:47 pm

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This posting was one of a description that shows that when this kind of speak takes place, nothing is discussed properly nor gained. And although it was done to show that people have different beliefs, we should all keep in mind each others right to post those beliefs without the name calling, which has come from both sides and accomplishes nothing. It truly, in the end of the day, has no bearing on who threw the first punch, we all have to take personal responsibility for how we choose to respond and can not blame any other for the decision we make in doing so.

By HA BIBI on 01/17/2009 12:35 pm

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Right on.

By Susan B on 01/17/2009 4:14 pm

.Ann Coulter is a disgrace and how she is even given air time with her ridiculous statements is amazing. She just spews forth absolute trash and its totally brainless…still she keeps the right wing happy and that is the main thing to her I suppose

By caj p on 01/15/2009 3:51 pm