Ann Coulter Calls Asian-American People "Mandarins" — and Insists She's Correct

[Potoooooooo]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ann-coulter-calls-asian-american-152700681.html

When MSNBC anchor Joy Reid challenged Coulter's repeated use of the term, Coulter sniped back at Reid, saying "You're not gonna police my language!"

Coulter once again described the audience as having both "Hispanics" and "Mandarins," which spurred Reid to respond: "What does 'Mandarin' mean? You mean Asian-Americans."

 

[laughing dog]

I didn't need to be reminded that Ann Coulter was either alive or a douchebag.

 

[Tristan Scott]

Anne Coulter's a dope?

Who knew?

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Anti-intellectualism in its purest form. Not that MSNBC is a great example of intellectualism, of course.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

"Written in Mandarin"??

"Mandarin" is referring to a dialect of Chinese. However, the written form is consistent across all dialects. It feels wrong to say something is written in Mandarin--it's written in Chinese!

(And the dialect bit is why you see what at first appears stupid--Chinese movies subtitled in Chinese.)

Besides, "Mandarin" is "leader speech"--if she's calling them Mandarins she's saying they are the rulers. Is she going to kowtow to Beijing?

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Ignorants can be so very amusing. No deep thinking here.

 

[Jolly_Penguin]

At least she didnt say can't two knees.

 

[Harry Bosch]

I didn't need to be reminded that Ann Coulter was either alive or a douchebag.

She is a master at staying in the public eye and remaining relevant.

 

[barbos]

At least she does not call them "gooks" like McCain

 

[RavenSky]

I didn't need to be reminded that Ann Coulter was either alive or a douchebag.

She is a master at staying in the public eye and remaining relevant.

relevant? She was never that

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

At least she does not call them "gooks" like McCain

Zing pow!! Got us there.

Meanwhile, who cares and why the fuck is anyone having her on their 'news' show?

 

[repoman]

So, who is the constituency she is appealing too here? When was Mandarin ever used to refer to the American meaning of Asian? Why not just say oriental which has fallen off the euphemism treadmill?

personally, I think that considering that the Brits use "Asian" to mostly refer to Pakistani and Indians and so on, keeping the american term "Oriental" which means all Asian except Russians, Pakistani, Indians and most central asians would have been good.
But that ship has sailed. Probably it being used during the time of the Exclusion Acts helped make it have a bad connotation.

 

[The Colourful Jester]

She is a master at staying in the public eye and remaining relevant.

relevant? She was never that

Hey, she was in Sharknado 3 as vice president y'know.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

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So, who is the constituency she is appealing too here? When was Mandarin ever used to refer to the American meaning of Asian? Why not just say oriental which has fallen off the euphemism treadmill?

personally, I think that considering that the Brits use "Asian" to mostly refer to Pakistani and Indians and so on, keeping the american term "Oriental" which means all Asian except Russians, Pakistani, Indians and most central asians would have been good.
But that ship has sailed. Probably it being used during the time of the Exclusion Acts helped make it have a bad connotation.

A) She is mocking the Chinese as an aid for Trump.

2) She isn't that bright, so she may just be that stupid.

 

[whichphilosophy]

She is a master at staying in the public eye and remaining relevant.

relevant? She was never that

Relevant for entertainment purposes.

 

[Arctish]

Ann Coulter is a troll. She knows how to get attention by saying and doing outrageous things. Today she calls Asian Americans Mandarins, tomorrow she'll call them Malaccas. But I suppose I should give her credit for not calling them chinks.

 

[hurtinbuckaroo]

Hey, she was in Sharknado 3 as vice president y'know.

I bet that gave her a hard-on.