Friday, Jul 25, 2008
Ann Coulter attack hit below the belt; readers stand up for the KLA.
Jul 2, 1999 | Ann of a thousand lays
BY THOR HESLA
(06/25/99)
Please refrain from exposing us to any more of the hate-filled, bombastic drivel that Thor Hesla seems to feel passes for humor.
His screed to Ann Coulter abuses her, women in general and the English language. That kind of misogynistic trash has no place in a magazine that desires to be thought of as credible.
-- Peter Roff
Political Director, GOPAC
Washington
Thor Hesla's article on Ann Coulter was hilarious and on point! Who in their right mind would want to date a woman who looks like her (stringy hair, skeletal physique), talks like her (nasal, snorting, giggling) and thinks like her (hateful, snide, condescending). She is out of touch with normal people, doesn't bother to get her facts straight and has only one thought -- a hateful putdown of all Democrats. When she opens her huge mouth, one expects to see her biting off the heads of little bunnies, so intense is the hate that spews forth.
-- LaVonne Otwell
Marietta, Ga.
I am deeply disturbed by the tone of Thor Hesla's diatribe about Ann Coulter. She may be a big-time Republican talking head but the tone of his "advice" to her was abusive, offensive and just plain rude.
Do you remember Tipper Gore's PMRC days? At that time, I remember some band (Mötley Crüe, I think) commenting that what Tipper really needed was to "get fucked really hard" -- and that would "solve" her objections to their music.
Hesla's article reminds me of that event -- some man responding to a woman's opinion by attacking her clothes, demeanor, body or sexual history. I'm truly disappointed. She may be a hardcore Republican but so is my mother. No woman deserves to be attacked in that way, and especially not in public.
-- Rebecca Wilson
Ann Coulter has needed such a review of her antics for a long time. I hope she will heed Hesla's advice and get real; many of us find Coulter ignorant and repulsive. How on earth has she achieved the status that allows her to harangue everybody on the TV talk shows? Some of her articles in Human Events are rambling, ambiguous messes and have little point. If she is a constitutional scholar, then I am Johann Sebastian Bach.
-- Mildred Perry Miller
Chattanooga, Tenn.
When liberals are unable to debate ideas, they attack the messenger. They attack the personal appearance, the family, the heritage, etc., of any conservative they are unable to debate on even ground.
Thor Hesla is obviously no exception. "Thor Hesla is a political and event management consultant," hardly begins to cover Hesla's credentials, meager as they are. It may have been worth mentioning that he works for Jennifer Laszlo, one of Clinton's most vocal defenders and frequent talking head on the pundit shows. One has to wonder if he was attacking Coulter at the behest of his boss.
-- Ted Crider
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