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Alegra, you make some good points. But there is much more to all this than most Americans are willing to admit.
http://www.nyc.com/people/AlegraDemos/blog/4783/Ann_Coulter_Issues_Fatwah_Against_the_New_York_Times
Ann is a Fascist - there are no two ways around this definition of her rhetoric.
Like Hitler, who was appalled at what he saw as a lack of
conviction among Germans during World War 1, especially those who declared
themselves “anti-war", Ann coulter is equally appalled by those Americans
currently opposed to the war in Iraq.
Like Hitler, Coulter is convinced of an
anti-war conspiracy, this time spread through the media, rather than the Jews.
Like
Hitler, Coulter seeks to inflame the passions of the working class, telling
them that all of their problems, and indeed all of the Country’s problems, are
the fault of those she views as “anti-American”, a definition that clearly
parallels what Hitler called “anti-Nationalist”.
Coulter knows the lessons of history well – in
order to create a conspiracy theory and to inflame the underclass, she must
give them an enemy. For her the enemy
consist of those who disagree with her and the media outlets that allow these
same people to voice their views.
Like Hitler, Coulter finds that many in the Republican Party
are not right-wing enough, that they do not go far enough and that therefore they
are part of the conspiracy. It is her
belief that dissent is proof of anti-Americanism and that dissent puts the
Nation at risk. By seeming to arouse patriotism and the use it to bolster her
notions of what Democracy is, she hopes to create an environment whereby the majority
has the absolute right. In her models of
government, due process can be sidestepped when conspiracy threatens the state.
She believes that she able to identify
and define conspiracy and its product, treason.
Like Hitler, Coulter has been dismissed by many pundits. However,
we all must remember that the more hysteria there was in Germany, the
more notoriety Hitler gained from that hysteria. Coulter in the same way attracts attention to
herself by attempting to create hysteria around the media.
Hopefully, all this furor will prevent anyone from rising up
as Fuhrer, but don’t count on it. In an open Democracy, voices have to be
heard, questions asked and the public informed. Coulter and others like her
would have the Democracy closed. That is
the current danger.
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Ann COulter, Ann Coulter and HItler, fascism, Hitler
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