Coulter employs ALL CAPS in response to 'Treason Times' questions Ron Brynaert

Published: Tuesday March 10, 2009





Print This Email This "Online TYPING IN ALL CAPS is considered shouting and is frowned on in most cases," a desktop publishing guide's author writes at about.com.



In a Business Week column, Coca-Cola Company executive Jerry S. Wilson agrees, "We have all received the ALL CAPS messages and interpreted the intensity of the sender's emotions as if they were screaming through the keyboard."



Others on the internet aren't that polite and instead might employ the term "bat shit crazy" in response to ALL CAPS comments left on their blogs or websites.



"Ever wondered what would happen if a hapless reporter from The New York Times attempted to interview Ann Coulter, the writer, columnist and conservative firebrand?," New York Times reporter Dave Itzkoff wrote on Monday.



Itzkoff "sent a few questions via e-mail to Ms. Coulter, the author of books like Guilty: Liberal Victims and Their Assault on America and If Democrats Had Any Brains, Theyd Be Republicans, for a story about her debate with Bill Maher at Radio City Music Hall on Monday," and then posted the results. Which were in ALL CAPS, as Itzkoff left "all capitalization intact."



"ILL HAVE YOU KNOW, I AM THE TREASON TIMES MOST LOYAL READER," Coulter wrote back. "I WAS HOPING YOUR EMAIL WAS A DISCOUNT SUBSCRIPTION OFFER."



At the end of her response, Coulter expanded upon her treason charge.



"I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL AMERICANS WHO THINK NEWSPAPER EDITORS WHO PRINT THE DETAILS OF TOP-SECRET ANTI-TERRORIST INTELLIGENCE GATHERING PROGRAMS ON PAGE ONE IN WARTIME SHOULD BE EXECUTED FOR TREASON," Coulter wrote.



A right leaning blogger complained about how the paper posted Coulter's responses.



"It was not a fair fight, which may be why the New York Times reporter chose to put her words in all-caps, as if she were a screaming AOL user on barbs," Don Surber blogged.



Another blogger just thought that "Coulter used all-caps for her replies to set them apart from his questions."



However, Gawker suggests Coulter used ALL CAPS "because that's how she rolls."





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