Shock: Ann Coulter Hired At The New York Times!

That must be the case, because a senior NYT staffer -- someone on the masthead, according to Gawker-- called another employee a "faggot" at a party and yet the NYT is treating this as old news. Or not news at all.

Ergo, it must be Ann Coulter. Dog bites man, you know. Hardly newsworthy at this point.

The NYT has launched an internal investigation, emphasis on the "internal." We'll have no big pieces about this as there were about Coulter or Isiah "Faggot" Washington from Gray's Anatomy.

The left-leaning newspaper established a Diversity Advisory Council last week and sent out a company-wide memo outlining its latest initiatives in political correctness.
On Wednesday, the in-house newsletter, Ahead of the Times, reprinted the company's anti-harassment guidelines, explaining, "From time to time, the company likes to remind employees of its various policies . . . We encourage you to read it, which features guidelines on what to do if you have a complaint, or receive one."
"Interested in what this is all about?" a source e-mailed Gawker.com. "A masthead editor called one of their [employees] a faggot at the going-away party. An investigation is going on now. Somebody may lose their masthead position and possibly their job."

This repellent slur must be punished by a firing, as the NYT usually suggests in such matters (while, usually, not explicitly saying so; they've got to give lip-service to that pesky First Amendment, after all).

Since we know the term is forbidden, and the Times, presumably, knows who said it, I'm curious what the hell the "investigation" is "investigating," precisely. He said it, it's the worst thing a human being can say, ergo, he should be canned, immediately.

Or maybe the investigation is seeking to determine if it was a left-winger in good standing who said it, possibly about a right-winger? We all know that that's allowed by now; the left is very upset by gay-baiting, except when it's they themselves gay-baiting those on the right. That's not hate; that's just good ol' fashioned hypocrisy-exposin', like my Grandpa used to do.

Question:

Is the New York Times actually claiming its scary-smart editors are so fucking stupid they don't know yet that "faggot" is an impermissible word, thus requiring the Diversity Action Committee Important Action Alert to that effect, and thus, presumably, absolving the guy who said it because he hadn't yet gotten the memo? (Another question: Will the policy take place immediately, or will they wait until the basic principles of the Important Action Alert are fleshed out and carefully detailed in an ensuing Pretty Vicious Rant?)

Did they similarly absolve George Allen because no memo had been circulated informing him that "macaca" was racially insensitive?

Or did they just sort of assume that would be common sense?

Thanks to PetiteDov.

The New York Times

The way they... surround a story with homophobic slurs and anti-gay hate.

Update: Elizabeth Edwards just emailed me to write:

John's a fighter, and he's not going to take this lying down. On his belly.

Good for him! What business is it of the New York Times who John Edwards dates, anyway?

Gender expert Glenn Greewald also emailed.

This is yet another example of the right-wing smear machine using outdated norms of heteronormative behavior to impugn the masculinity of its opponents. I will now quote six thousands lines from The Epic of Gilgamesh in my efforts to trace this sickening slur to the earliest antecedents of chickenhawk neoconism.
Verse One
Gilgamesh was a fuckin' strong guy
Seriously, no shit, he could bench press a house
And not a little mincing sissy house, either
But a big, mighty house
With like fifty rooms
And a really big cock.
And Gilgamesh was no homo
Despite usually wearing nothing but a short skirt
He just did that for the ladies
To show off his six pack
And the impressive dangle of his enormous balls.
One time? He date-raped a velociraptor.
That's pretty hard-core, you have to admit.
And then he beat up some theater fags
Because they kept annoying him
by singing the songs from "Grease"
but with all the dirty words and sexual allusions censored out.
You ever hear Greased Lightning in the kid-friendly version?
Totally, totally fuckin quee-eh.

And then it just goes on like that for like seventy-three thousand pages.

I'll just have to trust he makes some point. God knows I'm not reading it all.

BTW, the "date-raped a velociraptor" joke (including the "pretty hard-core" follow-up) is AndrewR's joke. He posted that in some lefty's comments when they were calling me a homo.

Good joke. And, I guess I should break the sad news: Andrew has entered a busy period of his life and will not be blogging here anymore. He'll comment on occasion, and who knows, maybe will toss in a link to Something Awful or something, but, alas, AndrewR. has moved on.

Posted by: Ace at 04:10 PM

Comments

1 They're investigating how to make it go away.

Posted by: Trimegistus at July 23, 2007 04:16 PM (UWiLM)

2 You mean the Slimes is still in business? Hmm...with subscriptions plummeting faster than Paris Hilton's panties, who would have thought they were still around?

Posted by: John at July 23, 2007 04:21 PM (7itTb)

3 After having conducted a thorough review of the facts, the Times has concluded that a round of 500-800 layoffs from various departments is the most appropriate course of action.

Posted by: Accounting Dept, NYT at July 23, 2007 04:21 PM (bfr28)

4 Was the going away party that the faggot attended on or off the premises of the NYT?

Posted by: dave at July 23, 2007 04:21 PM (lFXac)

5 It was that stupid moose handpuppet, wasn't it? I'll bet it was...

Posted by: Tom at July 23, 2007 04:22 PM (YglJ/)

6 We've gone beyond double standards are up to at least quadruple standards by now.

Ah, the moral* and intellectual* pretzel you have to twist yourself into to be a lefty in good standing these days.

_{*or what passes for morality and intelligence on the left}

Posted by: Drew at July 23, 2007 04:22 PM (hlYel)

7 Their in-house newsletter is called Ahead of the Times and they're not worried about charges of homophobia? I hope the right doesn't milk this for all its worth.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 23, 2007 04:25 PM (stG6/)

8 Diversity Advisory Council

My God. Can they possibly make a more Orwellian-sounding entity? Probably not.

Posted by: Xoxotl at July 23, 2007 04:28 PM (F/ysA)

It was clearly a satirical joke...a social commentary on hate and bigotry.

Would you believe it was a botched joke about Bush and his failed policies?

Posted by: Masthead editor at July 23, 2007 04:30 PM (DjdOa)

10 Sad to see you hang it up AndrewR.

Posted by: Sinistar at July 23, 2007 04:35 PM (Gq/6P)

11 Its all been a terrible misunderstanding. We have determined that our senior staffer ordered one of the interns to bring him a small baguette immediately and the intern mistakenly brought back Paul Krugman.

Posted by: NY Times at July 23, 2007 04:37 PM (m2CN7)

12 AndrewR. has moved on.

Does that mean there's a guest blogger spot open? I nominate Dave in Texas. Or Ron Paul.

Posted by: Drew at July 23, 2007 04:38 PM (hlYel)

13 Diversity Advisory Council

Yikes. And you just know that some chain-smoking man-hating Eve Ensler-type chairs the thing.

I strenuously object to living in a reality where this kind of thing is even possible, much less allowed. Sometimes I think it would be better to be an atheist because if God is real, then he's got some 'splaining to do.

Posted by: Monty at July 23, 2007 04:43 PM (UdJCa)

Too bad about Andrew moving on. He was a bit of a quee-eh, but a nice gal all the same.

Posted by: Impartial Observer at July 23, 2007 04:44 PM (kVUW4)

15 Update: Elizabeth Edwards just emailed me to write: John's a fighter, and he's not going to take this lying down. On his belly.

No, he likes to take it on his back with his knees bent.

Posted by: dave at July 23, 2007 04:47 PM (lFXac)

" ... established a Diversity Advisory Council last week and sent out a company-wide memo outlining its latest initiatives in political correctness ...."

Well, at least they're doing something about this disaster. More than Bush can say about Katrina.

Posted by: Impartial Observer at July 23, 2007 04:47 PM (kVUW4)

17 I second the Ron Paul nomination... he is The Only Man Who Can Save This Blog.

Posted by: DoDoGuRu at July 23, 2007 04:49 PM (Ac9WL)

18 I understand the said obviously-conservative editor also used a dirty word, like "crap" or "dangit" or "bunkum".

What is this world coming to anyway? I'm shrieking with upset at it, the corrosive effects of nazi-like behavior from foul mouther troglodytic conservatives is ruining the wonderful country, and contributing to misunderstanding of global climate change.

They shouldn't be allowed to use such bad words.

Posted by: E Buzz Miller at July 23, 2007 04:49 PM (sf4Oe)

Diversity Advisory Council

Huh, some "diversity". Where's the tolerance for the diverse subset of society that enjoys advising people that they're fags? I feel discriminated against.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 23, 2007 04:50 PM (rf03a)

20 Andrew has entered a busy period of his life and will not be blogging here anymore.

Entered a busy period of his life . . . is that a euphemism for prison?

Posted by: dave at July 23, 2007 04:52 PM (lFXac)

21 From now on I think I'll just call gays "People who should be crushed to death under stone walls".. that should be just hunky-dory, right?

Posted by: Tomtastic at July 23, 2007 04:53 PM (AJann)

22 The Times management doesn't have a problem with the term "faggot" as much as with the veracity of the "faggot offsets" that the staffer purchased beforehand.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2007 04:53 PM (tVbxd)

23 You think Diversity Advisory Council is bad?

Heck, some institutions in higher ed have started hiring diversity officers. I can't provide the link because it's behind a firewall, but here's the beginning of a story from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

Michael J. Tate runs an operation with the kind of resources that many small colleges would envy. He has an annual budget of $3-million and a full-time staff of 55, including two people focused exclusively on communications and a development officer who's angling to raise $10-million. All this is in a unit � the office of the vice president for equity and diversity � that didn't even exist here at Washington State University in the summer of 2004.

Nearly every university, it seems, is racing to appoint a chief diversity officer. Although their titles vary, these administrators often are vice presidents or vice provosts and manage larger budgets and more people than their predecessors of a decade or two ago, when the top administrator in this area was often dubbed "minority-affairs director."

Harvard University, Texas A&M University, and the Universities of California at Berkeley, Texas at Austin, and Virginia, among others, have created chief-diversity-officer positions in the past two years.

Posted by: Slublog at July 23, 2007 04:53 PM (R8+nJ)

Sounds to me like we need a thread to determine what Entered a busy period of his life really means.

Sounds to me like Chuck Norris is about to get an ass kicking. His name is Andrew after all.

Posted by: AndrewsDad at July 23, 2007 04:57 PM (ZQFMT)

25 Loved Greenwald(s) retelling of Gilgamesh, btw. I probably would have gone for the more obvious Ass-Pirates of the Carribean, but that's why you're the professional blogger and I'm just the professional blogger reader guy.

Posted by: Impartial Observer at July 23, 2007 04:59 PM (kVUW4)

26 Harvard University, Texas A&M University, and the Universities of California at Berkeley, Texas at Austin, and Virginia, among others, have created chief-diversity-officer positions in the past two years.

Down here in Texas we define "diversity" as being tolerant of a person that puts Brown gravy on their Chicken Fried Steak (Yankee scumbags!) instead of White gravy. Thus I can see the necessity of having a diversity officer at A&M and UT.

Posted by: Mr Minority at July 23, 2007 04:59 PM (NJi0O)

27 And by Carribean I mean Caribbean, of course.

Posted by: Impartial Observer's Anal & Pedantic Side at July 23, 2007 05:01 PM (kVUW4)

I think everyone needs to become a comedian as backup. No one cares what they say (unless it's the "n" word) which somehow is worst than all the other racist or bigoted names. Unless you are actually black. Then you can use it or sing it. Whatever your preference.

Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at July 23, 2007 05:02 PM (zsflf)

Sad to see you hang it up AndrewR

Me too. I kinda liked that homo.

Mr. M, there's a local joint that puts a little bacon grease in the cream gravy for the CFS.

It's kinda brown.

But very tasty.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at July 23, 2007 05:03 PM (pzen5)

30 Andrew has entered a busy period of his life

i.e. Getting an early start on that road trip to Britt, Iowa...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2007 05:03 PM (tVbxd)

31 Mr. M, there's a local joint that puts a little bacon grease in the cream gravy for the CFS.

Hmmmm, Bacon Grease. That is acceptable, because it adds to the flavor, and is not some Mr Buttcrunchers package Brown Gravy.

Posted by: Mr Minority at July 23, 2007 05:31 PM (NJi0O)

32 Apparently Pinch don't like to be called a faggot in public by an employee.

Posted by: 1sttofight at July 23, 2007 06:00 PM (BihGV)

Apparently Pinch don't like to be called a faggot in public by an employee.

Of course not- he's the boss.

Now under the sheets in private- that's a different story.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 23, 2007 06:26 PM (rf03a)

is that a euphemism for prison?

On the streets of Santa Ana, CA they call it "taking a vacation."

Posted by: Paulitics at July 23, 2007 06:33 PM (47+Ys)

35 Entered a busy period of his life . . . is that a euphemism for prison?

Well, it's either that or he's abroad, looking for a country without an extradition agreement.

Of course, maybe he had to enter the WItness Protection Program.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 23, 2007 06:44 PM (WqDqW)

36 Down here in Texas we define "diversity" as being tolerant of a person that puts Brown gravy on their Chicken Fried Steak (Yankee scumbags!) instead of White gravy. Thus I can see the necessity of having a diversity officer at A&M and UT.

People do that? And are allowed to live afterwards?

Ya'll are slipping down there.

Posted by: Slublog at July 23, 2007 07:18 PM (+1B1j)

37 Ya'll are slipping down there.

Nah, we is just "tolerant" you know!

Now ifin' you was to pour ketchup on your steak, then "tolerance" goes out the window and your ass is grass and your head is on a pike outside in the restaurant's parking lot.

Posted by: Mr Minority at July 23, 2007 07:24 PM (gwfvN)

38 Now ifin' you was to pour ketchup on your steak, then "tolerance" goes out the window and your ass is grass and your head is on a pike outside in the restaurant's parking lot.

Whew. That's the Texas I know and love. I miss living there sometimes.

You know most people up here have no idea what chicken fried steak even is? They're savages.

Posted by: Slublog at July 23, 2007 07:25 PM (+1B1j)

39 You know most people up here have no idea what chicken fried steak even is?

How can people go through life without experiencing some of the best things it has to offer. Like Chicken Fried Steak, real BBQ Ribs, Shrimp Creole, or deep fried 'gator tail. Life is too short to pass up good eats.

To tell you how "tolerant" I am, I actually accept people that don't add anything to their cream gravy on their Chicken Fried Steak, where I like to douse mine with Tabasco Sauce. Hmmmmmmm, White Gravy with Tabasco Sauce! Especially on biscuits. That's a man's breakfast, biscuits & gravy, fried eggs and hash browns, with a big ol' slab of ham on the side!

Posted by: Mr Minority at July 23, 2007 07:33 PM (gwfvN)

40 That's a man's breakfast, biscuits & gravy, fried eggs and hash browns, with a big ol' slab of ham on the side!

Dang it, now you've got me hungry. My favorite breakfast is scrambled eggs and chorizo wrapped in a warm flour tortilla. Add some Tabasco sauce and I'm a happy man.

Posted by: Slublog at July 23, 2007 07:52 PM (+1B1j)

41 My favorite breakfast is scrambled eggs and chorizo wrapped in a warm flour tortilla.

Slublog,
I am with you there! Every morning on the way to work, I stop at this little gas station that has a taqueria in the back and get a scrambled egg, chorizo, potato and cheese breakfast taco. The cook makes them big and fat, and I get his homemade verde sauce in which he uses fresh jalepenos. Great breakfast with all the food groups: dairy, meat, grain & veggies.

Posted by: Mr Minority at July 23, 2007 08:01 PM (gwfvN)

42 I have GOT to get back to Texas.

It's calling...

Posted by: Slublog at July 23, 2007 08:02 PM (+1B1j)

43 It's calling...

And it's using a 512 area code.

Posted by: Mr Minority at July 23, 2007 08:06 PM (gwfvN)

44 >>>My favorite breakfast is scrambled eggs and chorizo wrapped in a warm flour tortilla.

Ch-chorizo and eggs?

Chorizo and eggs?

How much is the coffee?

And how much is the tea?

I'll have a tea.

Posted by: Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas at July 23, 2007 09:31 PM (1UCRY)

45 Sorry to scare you with talk of brown people food.

Hope the stains come out.

Posted by: Slublog at July 23, 2007 10:07 PM (+1B1j)

46 Sad to see you hang it up AndrewR.

Yeah.

...

So, are we givin' the faggot a going-way party, then?

Posted by: cheshirecat at July 23, 2007 10:52 PM (+RSsY)

47 hat's a man's breakfast, biscuits & gravy, fried eggs and hash browns, with a big ol' slab of ham on the side!

Pussy. Fry some milk-soaked sliced pork brains in the eggs, and maybe we'll talk...if your heart hasn't collaped by the last bite.:

http://www.slashfood.com/2006/07/06/a-food-i-dont-want-to-eat-pork-brains-in-milk-gravy

Posted by: cheshirecat at July 23, 2007 10:59 PM (+RSsY)

48 Oh, and the eggs? Baalut.

Posted by: cheshirecat at July 23, 2007 11:38 PM (+RSsY)

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