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Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:04 AM Jun 2014

Just when you think she can't get more batsheet crazy, she comes up with this.

Last edited Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:40 AM - Edit history (1)

The repuke's new war is here. Its the War On Soccer...

AMERICA'S FAVORITE NATIONAL PASTIME: HATING SOCCER
June 25, 2014
Ann Coulter

I've held off on writing about soccer for a decade
-- or about the length of the average soccer game -- so as not to offend
anyone. But enough is enough. Any growing interest in soccer can only
be a sign of the nation's moral decay.

(1) Individual achievement is not a big factor in soccer. In a
real sport, players fumble passes, throw bricks and drop fly balls --
all in front of a crowd. When baseball players strike out, they're
standing alone at the plate. But there's also individual glory in home
runs, touchdowns and slam-dunks.

In soccer, the blame is dispersed and almost no one scores
anyway. There are no heroes, no losers, no accountability, and no
child's fragile self-esteem is bruised. There's a reason perpetually
alarmed women are called "soccer moms," not "football moms."

Do they even have MVPs in soccer? Everyone just runs up and down
the field and, every once in a while, a ball accidentally goes in.
That's when we're supposed to go wild. I'm already asleep.

(2) Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which
athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with
boys. No serious sport is co-ed, even at the kindergarten level.

<snip>

Its from her site if you can stand the stench.

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Just when you think she can't get more batsheet crazy, she comes up with this. (Original Post) Elwood P Dowd Jun 2014 OP
That hag is SOOOOOOO irrelevant. nt valerief Jun 2014 #1
That would be news to all the conservative FB friends I have who are following the World Cup closely bluestateguy Jun 2014 #2
Give it time. Elwood P Dowd Jun 2014 #4
One of my Right Wing FB friends recently wrote that 'Soccer will never catch on here' Beaverhausen Jun 2014 #7
Uh, pare it down Warpy Jun 2014 #3
Yeah god forbid it should be as "manly" as the joke we call football tularetom Jun 2014 #5
Clueless... nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #6
Jealous of soccer moms now Ann? ErikJ Jun 2014 #8
Anne does not have... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #9
Hey Ann angrychair Jun 2014 #10
And US football is so good? longship Jun 2014 #11
Eff Anne Coulter... ReRe Jun 2014 #12
More proof that ignorance is bliss malaise Jun 2014 #13
scraping the faux rage from the botton of the barrel... Javaman Jun 2014 #14

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
2. That would be news to all the conservative FB friends I have who are following the World Cup closely
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:22 AM
Jun 2014

She's full of shit.

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
4. Give it time.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:35 AM
Jun 2014

Once the talking points get out via Fox News, Limbaugh, etc. that soccer is a liberal sport for non-american communist evil doers, they will follow orders and stop watching. I will never forget the repuke couple I know who dropped their Progressive Insurance because some repuke talking head told them the word "Progressive" meant socialism and communism. Didn't bother them a bit that the new policy cost them more $$$$. They were fighting evil.

Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)
7. One of my Right Wing FB friends recently wrote that 'Soccer will never catch on here'
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:39 AM
Jun 2014

Now I know where this comes from.

Warpy

(111,249 posts)
3. Uh, pare it down
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:26 AM
Jun 2014

You get to post four paragraphs of swill at a time, that is enough to let people decide if they want to read the whole thing and not enough to get DU sued again.

No, I didn't read much beyond the first paragraph. Why would any of us? She's become shrill and too predictable.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
5. Yeah god forbid it should be as "manly" as the joke we call football
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 01:37 AM
Jun 2014

where every play begins with a guy sticking his hands in another guy's crotch and the players celebrate by slapping each other on the butt.

There's so much more I could say but I think what she needs to do is to go sit in the stands at a Premier League game at Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal and start voicing her goofy opinions about football.

longship

(40,416 posts)
11. And US football is so good?
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 02:27 AM
Jun 2014

I confess to not liking soccer very much. But I abhor US football. It's utter rubbish.

If one wants football, IMHO, one should watch Aussie rules football. Like soccer, the ball is always in play -- a good thing, meaning that play does not stop every 30 seconds for commercials. And like soccer, there are no helmets, padding, etc. Unlike soccer, there is tackling, but there is also a lot of kicking. Plus, it is played on a cricket grounds, a truly oval shaped big field. And it's relatively easy to score, so you don't see any 2-1 ending scores -- more likely 162-121.

My favorite sport.


ReRe

(10,597 posts)
12. Eff Anne Coulter...
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 04:24 AM
Jun 2014

... one of these days, American football is going to cease and opt for soccer, as it is simply a safer sport. Do I love watching American football? Yes. But I cringe when they carry them off the field on a stretcher. Or when they die at a young age because they had too many concussions.

malaise

(268,949 posts)
13. More proof that ignorance is bliss
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:16 AM
Jun 2014

Soccer is life and while sometimes some folks win, there are a lot of draws in real life.
In a winner take all society, the notion of compromise or living to fight another day would annoy morons like Ann Coulter.

Javaman

(62,521 posts)
14. scraping the faux rage from the botton of the barrel...
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:38 AM
Jun 2014

you know she has nothing when nothing is all she whines about.

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