Famous Lost Words: Advice Columnist
The L.A. Times features advice columnist Carolyn Hax regularly. Read her answer to a person whose co-worker is a rather obnoxious Christian..
Dear Carolyn: My co-worker seems to have made it her mission to convert me.
She treats every conversation as if it’s a chance to make points about her religious beliefs. I can’t even congratulate her for getting shoes on sale without her saying something like, “The Lord favors His own!”
If we’re working on a project together, she’ll say, “Oh, last night I was thinking about our report and the Lord told me we should….”
She works in the next cube, so I can hear her on the phone with her church friends, all pumped up about how “people are going to try to shut you up, but you’ve got to speak up for Jesus!”
I just keep repeating, “Well, you know I’m not a believer.”
But my inclination to be respectful of others’ views seems to put me at a disadvantage with someone who doesn’t respect mine.
Here’s Carolyn’s advice:
Ann Coulter Silenced!!!
Can you believe Ann Coulter—that firebrand of the Right and scourge of the Left—who makes a living from creating needless controversy and writing books, didn’t have a word to say when challenged on air? That’s right. For an amazing six seconds, Ann was stumped. Where did this take place? At The Way of the Master
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