HOLEY TAMOLIE what a lot of Sturm und Drang over nothing. Coulter is aggressively teasing Deutsch because she senses that he is taking an anti-Christian position that ‘the more devout the Christian, the less tolerant they are’. This an old Socialist saw, promulgated by Marx.
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COULTER: But yeah, I think that’s reflective of what’s going on in the culture, but it is completely striking that at these huge megachurches – the idea that, you know, the more Christian you are, the less tolerant you would be is preposterous.
[My comment: THE idea that devout Christians are intolerant is not supported by research evidence, but Socialists love that idea. Coulter opts to TEASE HIM into submission. Deutsch is Jewish, so she does the unthinkable, she teases him about it. She plays him like an expert fisherman/woman]
DEUTSCH: That isn’t what I said, but you said I should not – we should just throw Judaism away and we should all be Christians, then, or -
[My comment: Deutsch took the bait!]
COULTER: Yeah.
DEUTSCH: Really?
COULTER: Well, it’s a lot easier. It’s kind of a fast track.
[My comment: Fishermen/women call this 'setting the hook'. You give the line a quick tug, to make sure the hook digs in, and won't fall out.]
DEUTSCH: Really?
COULTER: Yeah. You have to obey.
DEUTSCH: You can’t possibly believe that.
[My comment: Now she's got him hook, line, and sinker!]
COULTER: Yes.
DEUTSCH: You can’t possibly – you’re too educated, you can’t – you’re like my friend in -
COULTER: Do you know what Christianity is? We believe your religion, but you have to obey.
[My comment: She's 'playing him in'. Sport fishermen/women have weak fish line to prevent overfishing, so you have to play to the fishes' weaknesses to get them into the boat. Deutches' weakness is his socialistic refusal to consider the nuances of religious differences, the smug belief in owning the moral high-ground, and knee-jerk self-righteousness.]
DEUTSCH: No, no, no, but I mean -
[My comment: He backs away, trying to lose the hook.]
COULTER: We have the fast-track program.
[My comment: She jerks the hook back in tight, and starts to reel him in.]
DEUTSCH: Why don’t I put you with the head of Iran? I mean, come on. You can’t believe that.
[My comment: He thrashes with righteous indignation, she keeps reeling]
COULTER: The head of Iran is not a Christian.
DEUTSCH: No, but in fact, “Let’s wipe Israel” -
[My comment: He lunges forward, trying to loosen the line to gain advantage.]
COULTER: I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention.
[My comment: She reels in like crazy to pick up the slack.]
DEUTSCH: “Let’s wipe Israel off the earth.” I mean, what, no Jews?
[My comment: Delirious, he struggles beside the boat.]
COULTER: No, we think – we just want Jews to be perfected, as they say.
[My comment: Boom, he's in the boat. He has nothing to fight back with. The statement, "we just want religion X to be perfected" could be used, and is used by every religious group about every other religious group. It is the cornerstone of Ecumenicism, which believes that the other religions aren't perfect, but they do have at least some good ideas, so let's talk to them.]
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SO THAT’S IT, ANN’S fishing expedition, teasing Deutsch half to death, leaving him exhausted and flopping around in the boat, complaining that he was ‘played unfairly’.
In my view, Deutsch should not cast aspersions on Christian ‘intolerance’ unless he is willing to endure criticisms of his own socialistic beliefs. Given how exposed he was to a broadside from Ann, he was lucky. She just teased the heck out of him, and threw him back in the water.
