Ann Coulter Article

The article I will be discussing in this blog post is from Ann Coulter's website. The link to the post can be found HERE.

Ann Coulter is well known Republican author and spokesperson. She has appeared on countless talk shows and news stations, brought in to speak on political topics with a wide range. While I may not agree with her point of view, I think she has made it clear from the near cult following she has amassed that she is a credible author, even graduating from the ivy league university, Cornell with honors.

In the article I will be dissecting, Coulter makes her stance on the "reefer madness" propaganda film and it's affect on the way society views marijuana use today. She is adamantly against marijuana use. To support this claim she identifies one book written by a New York Times reporter. This book, "Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence" discusses the mental impact of psychedelic uses and how they negatively impact the brain. This book seems to be a credible source, however, it also appears to be the only thing Coulter bases her argument around.

She also makes several claims that simply are not backed by evidence. When discussing emergency room visits, she tries to imply that there are an increasing number of deaths related to marijuana. This is simply not factual. Her deceit at this point in the article is when I began to question the credibility of anything she had said before. I believe Ann Coulter twisted facts to support the statement she was trying to make instead of finding facts that actually did back up her argument.

Overall, she makes a weak argument for the ban of marijuana use, and the increase in support for marijuana helps the opposing side of the argument. She even states this increase in support in her article, though she doesn't elaborate on it and tries to make it seem unfounded. She also uses discriminatory language like "pot-heads" when discussing marijuana users, which is incredibly unprofessional and only further derails her argument. While the article actually started off somewhat strong, I believe she ran out of credible evidence and this is where her argument fell apart.