Young Republican defends Coulter's gay-bashing

I don't usually comment on Ann Coulter because she is so over the top that she isn't worth noticing. And even here--though what Coulter says is very troubling--my purpose is not to comment on Ann Coulter.

First, what she said:

Coulter spoke at Indiana University on Thursday, and during a question and answer session, a boy asked her--if she didn't like Democrats, would she prefer a dictatorship. Coulter responded, "You don't want the Republicans in power, does that mean you want a dictatorship, gay boy?"

What I want to focus on, however, is the response given by IU College Republicans president Shane Kennedy:

I think the guy could have been more respectful to her. I mean, we already know that she was going to be controversial and she was just saying what people were thinking. If you are going to talk like you are gay, then Ann Coulter is going to call you gay. Of course, she said it in a spiteful tone, but it was expected.

So confronting Coulter, who has called for everything from the blowing up of the New York Times building to the invading of all Arab nations, is "disrespectful."

And as for talking "like you are gay," does that mean that the boy sounded like certain Will and Grace characters? If so, then she was making fun of him and showing contempt for gay people. Or--even worse--does talking "like you are gay" mean sounding stupid, as it does in the current youth vernacular? In that case, she was saying that gay = idiotic.

I usually don't really mind Coulter because I consider her a cartoon character, but kids like Shane Kenndy make me want to throw up.