Good News! Newspapers are Dumping Ann Coulter's Column

After using a hurtful, anti-homosexual slur in reference to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, newspapers that were carrying her column are finally saying enough is enough!  According to a report on a Colorado television station's website:

"At least three newspapers have dropped conservative Ann Coulter’s column as a result of Coulter's use of the word "faggot"€™ to describe presidential hopeful John Edwards, Editor & Publisher reported Wednesday.

 "The decisions by the Oakland Press of Michigan, The Mountain Press of Sevierville, Tennessee and the Lancaster New Era (Pennsylvania) are the first indication that Coulter’s remarks are not going over well, in either conservative and liberal circles."

Want to send a letter to the editor thanking these papers?  Here are the links:

http://theoaklandpress.com/contactus3.shtml

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=29630&BRD=1211&PAG=461&dept_id=169700&rfi=6

http://www.lancasteronline.com/pages/site/contact.php

We've noticed slow connections speeds, suggesting that right wingers may be doing the same thing -- let's make sure to beat them to the punch!!

Comments

[Marsha Hoskins]

Contact Coulter's newspaper syndicate-- lsalem@amuniversal.com

People like Ann Coulter need to hear about the consequences of hate speech. A few years ago, my beloved gay brother, Ben, was attacked by three thugs after they found out he was gay. He was so badly beaten he was in the hospital for a week. You can guess what word they called him over and over. Faggot.

I’ve written to 12 companies which advertised on her website per dailykos suggestions. Today, I wrote to Coulter’s newspaper syndicate, Universal Press. The EVP and editor is Lee Salem. He should drop her as a columnist for the hate speech and bigotry she promotes.

If you feel the same way, please join me in writing UP or emailing them. Below is his street address, his email address is lsalem@amuniversal.com

My Letter:

Mr. Lee Salem

Executive Vice President & Editor

Universal Press Syndicate

4520 Main Street

Kansas City, MO 64111

RE: Ann Coulter’s Columns

Dear Mr. Salem:

I respectfully write to you today asking that you no longer provide a platform for a person who has proven she will flippantly use hate speech for a cheap laugh.

She uses people as punch lines for bad jokes and freely uses offensive terms to describe other human beings.

My beloved gay brother, Ben, was attacked by thugs a few years ago and beaten so badly he had to be hospitalized. What word did they use as they pummeled him? Faggot.

As the largest independent newspaper syndicate in the world, you have a responsibility to the widows of September 11th, presidential candidates, gay people, and all other Americans, not to become a platform for this type of shameful discourse.

Please put a stop to her hateful speech by no longer carrying Ann Coulter as a syndicated columnist.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response