Ann Coulter

Despite many American's attempts to decry Ann Coulter, she remains a significant writer with amazing influence on voters' opinions. Many of her ideas are actually very popular, as are her books. While many may argue that her ability to persuade readers is small, although her book sales appear to suggest otherwise. The main problem with writers such as Ann Coulter is that they encourage readers to assume that complex issues have black and white answers. Her arguements that liberals are either completely ignorant, foolish, unamerican or not Christian assume that her point of view is absolutely right, and that there are not chances for other interpretations. When readers accept this assumption the opportunity for serious discussion on important issues decreases. This degrades the potential for important conversation between citizens and politicians. These assumptions are also polarizing, and create hostility between conservatives and liberals. They also encourage americans to classify themselves as one of these strict labels, which discourages the opportunity to change opinions and develop better ideas.