{"id":74900,"date":"2015-09-18T16:46:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T00:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=74900"},"modified":"2015-09-18T16:46:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T00:46:01","slug":"is-ann-coulter-anti-semitic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=74900","title":{"rendered":"Is Ann Coulter Anti-Semitic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/storm-in-a-teacup-on-coulter-american-jews-and-the-pandering-gop\">John Derbyshire writes<\/a>: A side story from Wednesday night\u2019s GOP candidates\u2019 debate\u2014covered more thoroughly in the full <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/radios\">Radio Derb<\/a>  posted today\u2014was the fuss about Ann Coulter getting exasperated with all the candidates\u2019 asseverations of solidarity with Israel and tweeting,  \u201cHow many f&#8212;ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The beep that Radio Derb listeners will hear, by the way, is Ann\u2019s, not mine. Her actual tweet said \u201cf-hyphen-hyphen-hyphen-i-n-g.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"474\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How many f&#8212;ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter\/status\/644346473304453120\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter\/status\/644346473304453120', 'September 17, 2015']);\" >September 17, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This caused a lot of shrieking and swooning, especially of course from ethnocentric Jews. Actor Seth Rogen told Ann that, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/ann-coulter-sparks-outrage-anti-semitic-tweet-article-1.2363973\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/ann-coulter-sparks-outrage-anti-semitic-tweet-article-1.2363973', 'quote']);\" >quote<\/a>, \u201cYou are a horrible f&#8212;ing idiot.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/?s=john+podhoretz&amp;submit=Find\">John Podhoretz <\/a>harrumphed back on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"474\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holy shit, Ann. Shame on you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w1d8k8ePND\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/t.co\/w1d8k8ePND', 'https:\/\/t.co\/w1d8k8ePND']);\" >https:\/\/t.co\/w1d8k8ePND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpodhoretz\/status\/644347394029694976\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpodhoretz\/status\/644347394029694976', 'September 17, 2015']);\" >September 17, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Novelist and former British Member of Parliament Louise Mensch, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Louise_Mensch&amp;oldid=681602699#Controversy\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Louise_Mensch&amp;oldid=681602699#Controversy', 'Jewish by marriage']);\" >Jewish by marriage<\/a>, predicted that the offending tweet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnderbyshire.com\/Opinions\/Culture\/Extras\/KingsOfTheDeal\/page.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.johnderbyshire.com\/Opinions\/Culture\/Extras\/KingsOfTheDeal\/page.html', 'would end Ann\u2019s career.']);\" >would end Ann\u2019s career.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"474\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter', '@AnnCoulter']);\" >@AnnCoulter<\/a> One more thing to thank the Jewish people for &#8211; your career is over.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouiseMensch\/status\/644521340645548032\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouiseMensch\/status\/644521340645548032', 'September 17, 2015']);\" >September 17, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I seriously doubt that. Those of us who love Ann\u2014and to judge by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp;field-author=Ann+Coulter&amp;search-alias=books&amp;text=Ann+Coulter&amp;sort=relevancerank\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&amp;field-author=Ann+Coulter&amp;search-alias=books&amp;text=Ann+Coulter&amp;sort=relevancerank', ' her book sales, ']);\" > her book sales, <\/a>our numbers are legion\u2014love her for the same reason<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/know-why-voters-cheer-donald-trump-gop-because-of-immigration\"> people love Donald Trump:<\/a> she breaks the mold of conventional political rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Trump does the same. The more he does it, and the more the Establishment pundits say \u201cThat\u2019ll finish him for sure!\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter\/status\/644346473304453120\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnCoulter\/status\/644346473304453120', 'higher his poll numbers go.']);\" >higher his poll numbers go.<\/a> I predict the same for Ann\u2019s book sales.<\/p>\n<p>And the mold of conventional political rhetoric has needed breaking. For more than a generation now\u2014for thirty or forty years\u2014politicians have observed the PC proprieties, walking on eggshells around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/hail-to-the-redskins\">anything that might give offense to anyone, <\/a>pandering to favored groups and influential donors. The result has been that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/diversity-is-strength-it-s-also-the-end-of-free-speech\">important issues don\u2019t get discussed i<\/a>n the political arena\u2014immigration policy being the outstanding example.<\/p>\n<p>From the point of view of those of us who are fed up with that style of political diction \u2014half mealy-mouthed schoolmarm prissiness, half unctuous fawning\u2014Ann\u2019s Wednesday tweet was a scream of protest against the latter: against unctuous fawning on what GOP candidates seem to think is a key voting segment.<\/p>\n<p>Why do they think that? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/US-Israel\/usjewpop.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/jsource\/US-Israel\/usjewpop.html', 'Estimates']);\" >Estimates<\/a> of the proportion of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Jews\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Jews', 'self-identifying Jews in the U.S.A']);\" >self-identifying Jews in the U.S.A<\/a>. range from two to four percent, depending on whom you ask; and not all of <em>them<\/em> are fans of Israel. Why so many shout-outs from GOP candidates to such a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/wsj-republicans-need-to-keep-courting-jewish-and-black-voters\">tiny demographic<\/a>? That\u2019s a politer form of Ann\u2019s question.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the <em>answer<\/em> to Ann\u2019s question? The answer is of course that Ashkenazi Jews punch way above their demographic weight in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/the-atlantic-50-pundit-demographics\">media and intellectual circles,<\/a> and in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/why-was-the-republican-jewish-coalitions-adelson-primary-so-secretive\"> big-money political donations,<\/a> because their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/charles-murrays-jewish-genius\">high average intelligence<\/a> brings them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/how-many-of-the-forbes-400-are-jewish\">success<\/a> in the relevant fields.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a fact of life in the U.S.A. I don\u2019t myself think it\u2019s a particularly deplorable one. Whether it is or not, it surely doesn\u2019t justify the shameless and blatant pandering that Ann was targeting.<\/p>\n<p>That pandering just fortifies the impression that our candidates, when they speak, are speaking to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/hitlers-revenge-and-donor-riots-why-americans-arent-allowed-to-talk-about-immigration\">wealthy donors <\/a>and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/open-borders-enthusiast-krauthammer-ignores-major-contributor-to-european-anti-semitism-open-borders\"> influential commentators, <\/a>not to us dull-witted, no-account proles: <em>precisely<\/em> the impression that is <a href=\"http:\/\/claytonecramer.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/why-trump-is-doing-so-well-in-spite-of.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/claytonecramer.blogspot.com\/2015\/09\/why-trump-is-doing-so-well-in-spite-of.html', 'driving ']);\" >driving <\/a>Donald Trump\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>Ann\u2019s tweet was of course well-received by anti-Semites, opening her up to charges of guilt by association. Is she herself an anti-Semite?<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anncoulter.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.anncoulter.com\/', '']);\" ><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/adiosamerica.jpg\" alt=\"adiosamerica\" width=\"226\" height=\"346\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/em>A good place to go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/john-derbyshire-on-adios-america-buy-ann-coulters-book\">seeking an answer to <em>that<\/em> question<\/a> would be Ann\u2019s recent book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adios-America-Ann-Coulter\/dp\/1621572676\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1442581631&amp;sr=1-1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adios-America-Ann-Coulter\/dp\/1621572676\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1442581631&amp;sr=1-1', '\u00a1Adios, America!']);\" ><em>\u00a1Adios, America!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The book has 12 index references to Israel. Some are duplicates, references to the same passage under different headings. Here is a very brief summary of the <em>eight<\/em> referenced passages.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The U.S.A. should be just as wary of changing our nation\u2019s ethnic structure as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/letting-in-immigrants-means-letting-in-your-future-rulers\">Israelis are of changing Israel\u2019s.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Israel is among the nations with the <em>lowest<\/em> rate of sex trafficking.<\/li>\n<li>Israel has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/israel-shows-enforcement-works-as-4000-illegal-africans-leave-voluntarily-this-year\">robust policy against illegal immigration.<\/a> Quote: \u201cI admire Israel\u2019s policy and wish we could adopt it,\u201d end quote.<\/li>\n<li>Israel\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/israels-very-effective-golan-heights-fence\">border fence works really well<\/a>. U.S. politicians who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/rick-perry-another-texas-governor-for-amnesty\">scoff<\/a> at the efficacy of border fences should direct their remarks to Israel.<\/li>\n<li>More praise for Israel\u2019s firm policy against illegal immigrants.<\/li>\n<li>Quote: \u201cJews forthrightly ask: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/stanley-fish-is-it-good-for-the-jews\">Is it good for the Jews<\/a>? Why can\u2019t Americans ask: Is it good for Americans?\u201d End quote. There follows a comparison of our troubles with Mexico <em>versus<\/em> Israel\u2019s with Palestine. This section ends with, quote: \u201cCould we move Israel to our southern border? They know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/netanyahu-for-president\">how to defend a country<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>She pooh-poohs the lie that diversity is a strength, and raises counterexamples all over the world, including, \u201cIsrael with its Jewish and Palestinian populations.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The anomaly of the <em>New York Times<\/em> giving over an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/10\/opinion\/migrants-and-the-middlemen.html?_r=0\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/10\/opinion\/migrants-and-the-middlemen.html?_r=0', 'editorial']);\" >editorial<\/a> to boosting money transfers from the U.S.A. to Mexico when there was plenty of more important stuff going on in the world. There follows a paragraph listing that stuff, amongst it \u201cIsraeli airstrikes on Palestinians.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That\u2019s all Ann has to say about Israel in her book\u2014not exactly a catalog of frothing Jew-hatred. The main impression you get about Ann\u2019s attitude to Israel is that she admires their politicians for doing what ours will not do: defending their national sovereignty and keeping their ethnic balance intact. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/ann-coulter-calls-fury-jewish-824476\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/ann-coulter-calls-fury-jewish-824476', 'Ann Coulter Calls Fury Over Jewish-Debate Tweet &#8220;Fake Outrage&#8221;: &#8220;I&#8217;m Pro-Israel&#8221;, ']);\" ><em>Ann Coulter Calls Fury Over Jewish-Debate Tweet &#8220;Fake Outrage&#8221;: &#8220;I&#8217;m Pro-Israel&#8221;,<\/em> <\/a>by Paul Bond, Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>And as Ann has been pointing out in response to the fuss over her tweet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/casino-boss-and-amnesty-tout-sheldon-adelson-competition-for-thee-but-not-for-me\">mass Hispanic immigration<\/a>, which GOP candidates like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio have also been pandering to, is simply <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/why-does-the-anti-defamation-league-want-jews-and-america-to-commit-suicide\">terrible for the Jews.<\/a> [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/09\/17\/ann-coulter-defends-f-king-jews-rant.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2015\/09\/17\/ann-coulter-defends-f-king-jews-rant.html', 'Ann Coulter Defends \u2018F&#8211;king Jews\u2019 Rant']);\" >Ann Coulter Defends \u2018F&#8211;king Jews\u2019 Rant<\/a>,<\/em> By Jay Michaelson, <em>Daily Beast,<\/em> September 18, 2015 ] Hispanics have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/jewish-world\/poll-nearly-50-of-hispanic-americans-believe-u-s-too-supportive-of-israel-1.352409\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/jewish-world\/poll-nearly-50-of-hispanic-americans-believe-u-s-too-supportive-of-israel-1.352409', 'high levels']);\" >high levels<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/importing-anti-semitism-la-raza-and-jews-on-collision-course-in-alta-california\">anti-Semitism.<\/a> Where do you think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/southamerica\/brazil\/4307262\/Nazi-angel-of-death-Josef-Mengele-created-twin-town-in-Brazil.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/southamerica\/brazil\/4307262\/Nazi-angel-of-death-Josef-Mengele-created-twin-town-in-Brazil.html', 'all the old Nazis']);\" >all the old Nazis<\/a> retired to? [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-news-and-politics\/170529\/bariloche-nazi-haven\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-news-and-politics\/170529\/bariloche-nazi-haven', 'In Argentine Haven for Fugitive Nazis, April Means Chocolate Eggs and Hitler Parties,']);\" >In Argentine Haven for Fugitive Nazis, April Means Chocolate Eggs and Hitler Parties,<\/a><\/em> By Meredith Hoffman, <em>Tablet<\/em>, April 29, 2014]<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not even to <em>mention<\/em> the mass immigration of Muslims into the U.S.A., which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/posts\/anti-israel-protests-on-campus-is-it-because-saudi-student-visas-increased-tenfold-since-911\">giving anti-Semitism the kind of boost<\/a> that mass immigration of rabbits would give to sales of lettuce.<\/p>\n<p>Ann lays into <em>that<\/em> in her book very vigorously, under headings like <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdare.com\/articles\/what-would-susan-b-anthony-think-of-a-muslim-rape-wave\">Muslim Rape Culture <\/a><\/em>and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/point\/234582\/last-time-we-had-illegal-alien-amnesty-world-trade-daniel-greenfield\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/point\/234582\/last-time-we-had-illegal-alien-amnesty-world-trade-daniel-greenfield', 'Muslim Terrorist Farmworkers.']);\" >Muslim Terrorist Farmworkers.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If Ann\u2019s down on the Jews, why isn\u2019t she welcoming all these Jew-haters we\u2019re bringing in?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Derbyshire writes: A side story from Wednesday night\u2019s GOP candidates\u2019 debate\u2014covered more thoroughly in the full Radio Derb posted today\u2014was the fuss about Ann Coulter getting exasperated with all the candidates\u2019 asseverations of solidarity with Israel and tweeting, \u201cHow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=74900\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ann-coulter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74901,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74900\/revisions\/74901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}