Ahhh, I've learned the rules...'tsonly taken 68 years, but I'm a slow learner.
If you are a person of the left, you can satirize and demean those on the right, especially the religious right, with ad hominim attacks and that makes one witty and deep.
If one is a person of the right, especially who holds deeply held religious or moral convictions, and satirizes the ideas of those on the left, that makes one mean and ugly.
Got it.
BTW, I have never heard Ms Coulter take he looks seriously. Also, if what comes out of ones mouth affects their looks, the Sara Silverman, Kathy Griffith and Bill Maher are among the ugliest persons I'm aware of.