(“…along with all you other folks who believe Jews, like anyone else, would benefit by a ‘close encounter of a meaningful kind’ with Jesus!”Thus spake the Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind.)
Dennis Prager, one of those rare oases of civility in the desert of Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind incivility, has this to say about the Ann Coulter “anti-semite” kerfuffle:
What damage has she ever done to Jews? What is wrong with a person believing that it would be better if another person adopted their faith? Is there one liberal who doesn’t believe that a conservative would be better — “perfected,” if you will — by embracing liberal beliefs and values? Why is it laudable for a liberal to hope that conservatives convert to liberalism, but dangerous and hate-filled when a Christian hopes that Jews or anyone else will go to heaven (that is, after all, Ann Coulter’s and most other Christians’ primary concern) by believing in Jesus?
Yeh, Ann’s comments were ill-considered, and poorly-constructed given her audience. Her abrasiveness is just fine in some (I’d say most) of the venues where she exercises her razor-tipped tongue, but apologetics ain’t one of ’em, let alone evangelism. *heh* Still, I read the remarks that have the Mass MediaPodpeople Hivemind in a tizzy, and, while I’d like a sit-down Bible study session with Ann to clear up some minor points, the fit-throwing by the Hivemind is completely unwarranted.
As usual.
Move along folks. Nothing to see here but the Hivemind losing it. Again.
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Ann has a unique way of getting her points across. It’s abrasive to some people which kind of defeats her purpose sometimes. But there is usually truth at the root of what she says.
“…at the root of what she says.”
ANd there certainly is in this case, as well, but the devil is in the details. And the details of what she said (from the transcript I read) are problematic at best and misleading in at least some part.
Methinks it’s more a case of her gums flapping faster than her brain was clicking.
Still, Dennis Prager’s commentary (I hope you read the whole thing :-)) is spot on: no one who isn’t just itchin’ for an excuse (however thin) to be offended would have been by what she said.