Ann Coulter on CNBC Show: Jews Need 'Perfecting'

I am so stunned that anyone can ever believe there is only one way to live life correctly and that "my way is that way." I know there are plenty who have strong opinions about how life should be lived, and I'm okay with that. But taking it to the point of blatant and willful oppression of another? I was under the impression that we were evolving beyond that and that we had learned from previous mistakes.

I have been watching a documentary on the Spanish Inquisition. I hear in Coulter echoes of that same desire to purge the country of Judaism.

DEUTSCH: How do you not see [how hateful, how anti-Semitic --]? You're an educated woman. How do you not see that?

COULTER: That isn't hateful at all.

DEUTSCH: But that's even a scarier thought.

Coulter and the Jews

Atrios and Andrew Sullivan agree that there's something fishy in Ann Coulter's desire to see Judaism wiped off the face of the earth so we can all be "perfected" by becoming Christians.

This is an uncomfortable thing for Jewish people to think about, but isn't that actually a very banal baseline belief of all Christians and Muslims everywhere? Jews don't evangelize like this, and I don't think Hindus do either, but our world's great crusading faiths certainly do and converting everyone is . . . the whole point! This is one reason -- probably the reason -- that whatever the electoral politics of the matter, it's probably not a great idea to encourage politicians to "talk about faith" more. For America to work as an enterprise you need people with deeply held but mutually inconsistent religious beliefs to all work and live together peacefully. Rubbing everyone's noses in the precise implications of other people's beliefs (Christians think Jews shouldn't exist, Jews think Christians are worshipping a false messiah, Protestants think Catholics worship idols, etc.) isn't really helpful.

Ann Coulter & Howard Stern are meant for each other.....

What's really funny is watching lefties get the vapors over Coulter and righties get the vapors over Michael Moore. As polemicists they thrive on that stuff. I have no use for either.

Where is the outrage? No sooner did Don Imus make an unacceptable comment than he was booted off of the air following a sturm and drang that monopolized headlines for weeks. Now, her brain addled by too much blonde hair dye, Ann Coulter has decreed that Jews need "perfecting." The transcript shows that she tried to deny it, but Donny Deutsch, to his credit, didn't let her off the hook. Time for CNBC and its owners to send Coulter packing, and apologize to all of us already perfect (or imperfect) Jews who are highly offended that she would even think she can get away with this sort of anti-Semitic crap. Enough already, Ann. Try perfecting your highly imperfect Christian self for starters.

""It would look like New York City during the Republican National Convention. In fact, that's what I think heaven is going to look like....People were happy. They're Christian. They're tolerant."

Thats sort of like George Bush's approach to tolerance and bipartisanship. The problem is that we need to get rid of everyone who doesnt look, think, act and vote just like she does.

Yep, that's Annie's heaven, all right -- all protesters and dissenters packed off to "free speech zones" miles away, out of sight and mind, and no Heinz ketchup on the tables.

I agree that she's probably deliberately exaggerating and overstating her opinions for shock value, but I also believe that they ARE her true opinions, at heart. And the exquisite irony is that she sounds SO much like a militant Islamic fundamentalist. "Mohammed was the LAST prophet, haven't you heard? If you haven't caught up to the faith decreed by the last prophet, you're still lagging behind the times and need 'perfecting,' even if it takes a couple of passenger jets slammed into major buildings to get your attention." When Coulter explains why sneering at other religions is the Christian thing to do, she calls it "tough love." I'm sure Osama bin Laden felt exactly the same way when he sent the 19 hijackers on their mission. Rabidly self-righteous people are always too brittle to examine their own beliefs in an intellectually honest way, or tolerate challenges to them. She and Osama are twins separated at birth.

Dennis, I appreciate you linking to a transcript instead of the video. I can't listen to it, but I can read this tripe. To remind me that we all have a long way to go.

Coulter: Twisted theater, strange entertainment that feeds on and off the far right. Ideological porn for the neo-Nazi's of the west.

In other news...

In an asymmetrical attack, Michael Medvid has camped on Michelle Malkin's front lawn demanding to see her HMO card,

developing...

If there's anything I hate, it's imperfect Jews!!!
Why would anyone take this broad seriously?
She's theater, bad theater, but theater never the less.
She's like a comedian who hasn't yet perfected his routine. He sets up the joke, but fumbles the punch line with something so outrageous only 10% of the audience, the ones who are certifiable loonies, actually laugh. Then they come back the next night to get a few more yocks at her fumbling about for a thread of logic.
It's not my kind of thing; she's just not that funny. However, if you like this kind of stuff, by all means enjoy.
But, people, really now!! You can't believe this is real, can you?

COULTER: No. In fact, there was an entire Seinfeld episode about Elaine and her boyfriend dating because they wanted to be a mixed-race couple, so you're lying.

I see,

let's all just enjoy that for a little while.

Seinfeld now is definitive proof that Donny Deutsch is lying. The old "seinfeld polygraph" and he fell for it.

And actually she even managed to mischaracterize the Seinfeld episode. Elaine and the guy were dating, and they enjoyed that they were a mixed race couple, but didn't seek each other out specifically for the purpose of being one.

You can't get a syndicated TV show that runs at least 4 episodes daily on at least two networks right, how is it you propose to speak for what Christians believe in terms of how we perceive Jews?

and besides, those big box churches she speaks at don't have real christians in them anyway, everybody knows Catholicism is the one true religion. Don't believe me? I'll find a "Must see tv" reference to prove it!

Someday, Coulter is going to have to develop her own idea to define herself, and not just in terms of what she hates.

Hetep and Respect Good Spirits, did I hear someone say Ann Coulter-Taliban Christian?

It's incredible how the mechanism works, she projects all of her fears and prejudices on everyone else and offers an exemption to those she likes.

For instance this

You walk past a mixed-race couple in New York, and it's like they have a chip on their shoulder. They're just waiting for somebody to say something, as if anybody would.

As someone who was for eight years part of a mixed race couple, the times I anticipated comments or strange looks was traveling or living in, shall we say, the less sophisticated northeastern city's black neighborhoods, the seedier types of punk shows, and a few spots in the south and, of course the less enlightened rural NH neighborhoods. But New York City? I never anticipated any type of comment or strange look when I was with her whether it was the village, mid town, greenpoint, upper east side, 125th, washington heights, jackson heights, never ever in New York City. And I certainly was never disappointed about it. Who the hell craves intolerance directed at themselves or their loved ones?

But I'm missing the point am I not? The point is to make fun of those about whom you intentionally know nothing while trying to make "your side" seem cool and "the other side" seem out of touch, humorless and lame. Suppose this wasn't her most successful interview.

Okay, first of all, how is she even a Christian? What values of Christianity does she honestly manifest?

Second of all, I'm sure she was just "taken out of context". Like Limbaugh.

This should be an inspiration to all you kids out there who want to be lawyers someday. That if you work hard, and study, you can pass the Bar Exam, no matter how stupid you are.

she is disgusting! I can't believe people still giver her a platform to spew her hatred and racist comments!

Someone muzzle the @!$%#, please.

Note to CNBC's Donny Deutsch: you don't have to have her on your show, ya know.

My husband and I are both through with her. Even the people on Free Republic are disgusted. And I don't know what brand of Christianity she subscribes to, but it doesn't resemble anything I'm familiar with.

As an atheist, I like to think my "religious" views are correct and that anybody who disagrees with me is not as wise. So, naturally, I think Coulter is seriously mistaken, if not downright goofy, in thinking her religion is better than anyone else's. Nevertheless, I couldn't care less whether anyone else agrees with me. As far as I am concerned, others are free to believe whatever claptrap they want, so long as they leave me be and don't try to impose their views on the rest of us. That's what the 1st Amendment is all about.

Uhhmm, wasn't Jesus Jewish? Bit of a paradox Anne. And note to self: quoting "Seinfeld" (also Jewish) as a real life argument AND to accuse someone of "lying", is well, just not a good idea.

It's high time that the "legitimate" media stop legitimizing lunatic bigots like Ann Coulter. No one's going to accuse people of being sexist or anti-blonde if they just ignore her. The media might have a responsibility to present all views fairly--fair enough--but no one has an obligation to put bigots like Coulter on the air as if they had something of value to contribute to society. She doesn't, and enriching her merely because she can turn a phrase and get attention is no better than enriching any other racist bigot who spews venemous diatribes all over the airwaves. I still think the media has a responsibility here, particularly after the Imus fiasco. It simply can't all be about catharis and back to usual, since it's "only" Jews that Coulter offended this time. Shut her up, get her off, and let's get some people who have legitimate and responsible opinions on the air, even if I do disagree with them.