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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Oh man. You are going to get pilloried for even mentioning Coulter as anything other than a demon from hell. Which, to be fair, she is awful... If her schtick weren't almost entirely a cynical act to drum up attention and make money from being shocking she'd be one of the worst people on Earth.
That said, I don't feel like reading her article, but just looking at the bits you quoted, I agree somewhat with the first paragraph - that is symptomatic of the rise of victimhood culture, but on the other hand it's not like exploiting grieving parents is a new tactic or exclusive to the left. I don't care at all about the stats in the second (who gives a damn if "southerners" were 38% of Iraq casualties; what does that have to do with anything). I think the third paragraph is a straw man.
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Although her argument would never be applied to the Right (by her), it is valid there too. (Although I think in general, it's a technique employed by the left more regularly.)
Those stats do matter, if you are attempting to play identity politics. I don't like identity politics, so I would never use such statistics. I would also put a Muslim up on stage just because they are a Muslim. So there's that.
And it is not a strawman. It is a specific discussion of the hypocrisy she is trying to articulate.
FWIW, I will read anything from anyone at any time, regardless of their name. As long as the point is interesting, and the topic is interesting.