While I'm still struggling to come with with a coherent response to Ann Coulter's attack on single mothers, former Literary Mama editor and author of Single Mom Seeking, Rachel Sarah, has come up with a good one.
Dear Ann,
Do you mind if I call you by first name? I wouldn't want to insult you. After all, I'm a single mom and the cause of every societal problem out there today. It's clear that you've studied us for years, with all those surveys you compiled for your recent book, "Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and Their Assault on America."
But I'm not sure how many of us you've spoken to in real life? I just watched your interview on the "Today" show with Matt Lauer. He read your excerpt:
"Look at any societal problem, and it is a problem of single motherhood." When Lauer referred to your claim as "outrageous," you replied: "It's not outrageous, it's a fact."
"Do you think that EVERY society problem is due to single mothers?" Lauer asked.
Maybe not every problem, but most. You went on to explain that single moms -- by giving birth to "illegitimate babies ... being raised without fathers" -- are responsible for daily murders and rapes, as well as 70% of the men in prison. Oh, you poor thing.
You must be really suffering since Barack Obama -- who was raised by a single mom -- won our presidential election. It's too bad you can't go back to the days of Dan Quayle, when he attacked "Murphy Brown," the sitcom, for featuring a lead character who decided to become a single mom.
You two would have been quite a pair, with all of your scapegoating of single mothers.
You can read more of her reply, and it's worth the read!
You can also read other excellent responses at O Solo Mama by Jessica Pegis, of SingleMindedWomen and by Laura Harrison McBride.
2 comments:
Ah, thanks Amy... I miss you!!
I LOVE that cold water/date post. I was laughing, smiling. It's great to see that adventurous side in you.
Amy, take into consideration that this is a person who knows absolutley nothing about single parenthood. At best, has looked at an extremely narrow view of single mothers, since in my lifetime (which has been more than a few years, and certainly more than hers) I've kmown many single mothers and most were not always "single" and were productive, working members of society. And like their minority male counterparts (single fathers), are just trying to make the best life they can for their offsping and themselves. I don't know who this person is (don't care to really),but I know she is not well informed or educated on what she's talking about. If she was she wouldn't be grouping all singlemothers as the same. Whether a single parent, or not, all people are individuals and don't always behave the same.
I know it's hard, but try not to let the stupid and ignorant people bother you.
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