Conservative haters like Laura Ingraham typically display little conscience when it comes to personal attacks of people. Then, when called out on it, they try to claim it’s “satire.” Generally speaking, satire is supposed to be funny. On that count, Laura Ingraham strikes out without even so much as taking the bat off her shoulders. Laura Ingraham, a frequent contributor on Fox News, is a lot of things, but funny simply is not one of them. Ingraham became angry when Meghan McCain had some criticisms of Ann Coulter (even more of a hater than Laura Ingraham). Ingraham injected herself into the mix and resorted to middle school-caliber jokes about Meghan McCain’s body type (a body type that apparently does not fit Ingraham’s narrow-minded perception of how women are supposed to look). Think Progress had a couple of comments from McCain that were particularly interesting.
McCAIN: What do young women think when I speak my mind about politics and I want to have a political discussion about the ideological future of the Republican party, and the answer is, “She’s fat, she shouldn’t have an opinion. What kind of message are we sending young women? … It infuriates me. I’m a political writer on a blog, and all of a sudden I’m too fat to write?
In Laura Ingraham’s world, if you’re fat you are not allowed to have an opinion. And, if you’re upset for being called fat, then you just need to learn to “chill” and not be so sensitive. In addition to the negative message it sends to young women, it just stinks of childish behavior. But, McCain was not finished as she continued to call out Ingraham for her kindergarten-caliber insult.
McCAIN: When Tyra Banks went on her show in her bathing suit and said, “Kiss my fat ass.” That’s what I feel right now. I’m like “Kiss my fat ass!”
I applaud Meghan McCain for standing up for herself and against people like Laura Ingraham who have little else to bring to the table beyond low-caliber insults. Here is Ingraham’s response.
INGRAHAM: But look the bottom line is it’s rough and tumble out there. You wanna put yourself out there as someone who’s going to redirect the future of the Republican party, and you’re going to have to deal with satire. You’re gonna have to deal with people teasing. You’re gonna have to deal with, you know, sometimes the kitchen gets a little hot! …. You gotta just take a chill pill. … Can I say lighten up or is that offensive too?
Perhaps if Laura Ingraham would have taken the chill pill in the beginning, and kept her nose out of it, then maybe she would not feel the need to have to defend herself from her own stupidity. Sure, you’re always going to have to deal with people teasing, but you have expectations that elementary school-level teasing is left in … well … elementary school. I am not sure it’s an accurate statement to say that Meghan McCain put herself “out there as someone who’s going to redirect the future of the Republican Party.” Based on the close-minded attitude of the Republican Party, the future is looking bleak as the United States of America becomes increasingly multicultural and the GOP looks less diverse by the election.
Think Progress:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/16/meghan-mccain-view/
Sandy Gholston
