Hate Speech Against Ann Coulter OK

The usual double standard

As documented repeatedly on this blog, Leftists are always finding "hate speech" in things that conservatives say, even when a big stretch is needed to find some basis for the charge. But if calling someone an "evil crazy bitch" is not hate-speech, what would be? No stretch is needed to find the hate there. Yet that is just what Ann Coulter was recently called on the Letterman show. Details here.






"Yankee" and "Zulu" Incorrect

Apparently this is a story from last year but it was new to me so may be new to others:

There is a "spelt out" alphabet used in radio transmissions, on the telephone and on any occasion when speech may not be entirely clear. So A is Alfa, B is Bravo, C is Charlie etc.

And you can guess what Y and Z are. I am struggling to guess why but apparently those words are "insensitive" or something and are replaced in some quarters by Yellow and Zebra. Since Zebra is pronounced differently in American and British speech, that is a really dumb idea but who ever said that political correctness was smart?

A bit more on the story here.