14 DAY TRIAL // Yesterday, Ann Coulter put her foot in her mouth (again) by calling President Barack Obama a “retard” on Twitter. As expected, her comment drew lots of criticism, including from the Special Olympics organization.
In a statement to TMZ, the organization scolds Coulter for her carelessness in tossing the word around, and even invites her to do some sensitivity training with them.
At the same time, they voice their disappointment in how consistent Coulter is in her mistakes – and indifference, some might say.
“We are disappointed in [Ann's] regular use of the word despite our constituents’ regular appeals to her for compassion,” the group says in the statement.
“[We] welcome an open invitation for her to be involved in an educational meeting with our athletes to understand the demeaning use of the R-word in everyday speech,” it further says.
As we also informed you yesterday, Coulter came under fire after tweeting once the third and final Presidential Debate was over, “I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard.”
There was no doubt in it that she was referring to President Obama with that, but this wasn’t what upset many people, but rather her decision to use the R-word in a discussion she wanted to be intelligent.
Celebrities instantly reacted to this, telling Coulter to her face, on the same social networking website, that she was wrong and, just as well, making a fool of herself by being so ignorant and indifferent.
Others tried to laugh it off, posting all kinds of jokes (funny to varying degrees), but all underlining the same belief: it would be perfect if Coulter could simply vanish from the scene and never be able to speak her mind again, or better yet, if she learned to voice her opinion without offending others like she does now.