RichardDawkins.net: The Ugly
“The Ugly” being the section of the RichardDawkins.net website dedicated to the nasties that come in the form of trolling posts and hate mail. One almost gets the impression that someone thought up a new name for Ann Coulter, who features on the banner thanks to a rather dubious quote from her book “Godless”.
Coming Soon: Ann Coulter is THE UGLY – Her eyes were like pools of… pools of… pools of contaminated lye in a Republican frat boy’s methamphetamine kitchen.
Seriously though, I don’t think that Coulter’s body image was the intended target. Rather, some of her loopiness is a textbook example of some of “the ugly” (note the lack of capitals) that passes for discussion of theism/atheism. To quote Coulter;
“I defy any of my coreligionists to tell me they do not laugh at the idea of Dawkins burning in hell.” – Ann Coulter from Godless.
Which brings us to that coreligionist otherwise known as Michael Behe, the head theorist behind Intelligent Design and one of Coulter’s tutors on evolution for her writing of Godless. Behe has always been spun as a nice-guy and even an under-dog victim of orthodoxy.
It’s hard to get sympathetic for a guy who;
a) Is responsible for tutoring Coulter in the theory of evolution, when the end product, Godless, contains numerous distortions and falsehoods about the theory of evolution.
And…
b) Is one of Coulter’s “coreligionists” associated with the book Godless.
And finally…
c) Was most likely aware of Ann Coulter’s reputation for hate, vitriol and deception which was well established before Behe was ever on the scene.
Nope. Behe has been hit with the ugly stick alright. There goes the reputation (such as it was).
~ Bruce
“I defy any of my coreligionists to tell me they do not laugh at the idea of Dawkins burning in hell.” – Ann Coulter from Godless.
A comment like this would lend credence to the idea that Coulter is a cleverly-disguised Colbertesque parody.
See Poe’s Law,