Hate-speech is now mainstream....

I honestly don't think American leftists realise how far the US has moved toward fascism.

The Right has shifted public discourse so far toward hate-speech, with the full cooperation and approval of the corporate media, that Ann Coulter's latest episode of verbal diarrhea has gone all but uncriticised by most people.

Were a public figure as well-known as Ann Coulter to pull such a stunt as this where I now live, not only would public opinion widely condemn her homophobia--yes, even in Catholic Ireland!-- but she'd probably also find herself facing slander charges, if not worse.

Andrew Sullivan is finally starting to get it.

(H/T to Shakespeare's Sister (comment thread) and Crooks & Liars.)