It increasingly looks like Ann Coulter is going to ride out this controversy. She’s getting support from some Jews.<\/p>\n
Susan Goldberg writes<\/a>: For all of those folks outraged at Ann Coulter\u2019s \u201cf-ing Jews\u201d Tweet during the last Republican debate, I have one simple question: Where were you in 2007 when Ann Coulter expressed the belief that Jews needed to be \u201cperfected\u201d into Christians? There are two cardinal sins goyim can commit: Using the phrase \u201cf-ing Jews\u201d and proclaiming a belief that Jews need to convert to Christianity. Ann has broken both. So, what\u2019s the difference between 2007\u2019s offense and today\u2019s?<\/p>\n …But that was then and this is now, an era in which we receive and express outrage in 140 characters or less. Which is why the 2004 study illustrating a link between illegal immigration and anti-Israel views tweeted by Ann was sadly ignored<\/a>. An essential point missed because, like, what does Israel have to do with Mexico? Most conservatives are too busy connecting Ann with Donald Trump and Donald Trump trends higher than Israel and Mexico combined.<\/p>\n Which leads one to ask, was Ann\u2019s \u201cf-ing Jews\u201d a clever way to address the Republican\/Israel\/immigration trifecta by feeding off of the buzz created by Trump\u2019s anti-Semitic supporters<\/a>? Perhaps. The woman is in tune with the conservative world, after all, and let\u2019s admit her timing couldn\u2019t have been more precise. As a Jew I\u2019ll agree that the phrase \u201cf-ing Jews\u201d is the equivalent of the N-word: You just don\u2019t say it. To paraphrase Walter Sobchak, 5,000 years of persecution, you better believe you don\u2019t drop the term \u201cf-ing Jews.\u201d But, I\u2019ll also agree with my fellow Jewish conservative Ben Shapiro<\/a>: Ann Coulter is still a better supporter of Israel than the pro-Obama Jewish hypocrites currently mocking her. And that is another point lost in the mire of the f-bomb.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t agree with Ann\u2019s support of Trump. But I can\u2019t think of one single conservative with whom I agree on everything, because that\u2019s what adults do: Critically think, not idol worship. Which is why Sarah Rumpf\u2019s echo of the conservative declaration \u201cAnn broke my heart<\/a>\u201d is especially absurd…<\/p>\n Jonah Goldberg\u2019s essay at NRO<\/a> \u201cencouraged and emboldened\u201d Twitter users with anti-Semitic views. Does Rumpf, an avid anti-Trumper, believe Goldberg should\u2019ve just kept his mouth shut and played nice, too? What kind of Coulter fan is Rumpf, anyway? One that watched her Barbie in sexy heels on mute for the past 15 years?<\/p>\n I once observed<\/a> that Ann\u2019s \u201csarcastic jabs often got her into more trouble than her actual argumentation.\u201d The problem isn\u2019t Ann, it\u2019s us. Instead of using jabs to make an argument, we\u2019ve traded in arguments for jabs. Ann is not made for those who\u2019ve pandered down the Twitter hole. Nor is she designed for those seeking to worship idols instead of cultivate their own opinions. Conservatives who aren\u2019t afraid to think critically can still pull the meat from the fat of Ann\u2019s arguments. Did Republican candidates pander to the same old tropes in that debate? Yes. Are they ignoring the realities of immigration policies, in particular the impact they have had and will have on American political attitudes towards Israel? Yes. So, what\u2019s your f-ing problem, again?<\/p>\n Despite what my PJ colleague Rick Moran<\/a> thinks, Ann is far from over. She not only took advantage of the Right\u2019s seedy underbelly of anti-Semitism, she called attention to their faux anti-Israelism to boot, and all while addressing the issue of illegal immigration. And in the world of social media, we would have missed all of that if she hadn\u2019t Tweeted about the \u201cf-ing Jews.\u201d That\u2019s sad commentary, indeed. For the rest of us that is, not for Ann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It increasingly looks like Ann Coulter is going to ride out this controversy. She’s getting support from some Jews. Susan Goldberg writes: For all of those folks outraged at Ann Coulter\u2019s \u201cf-ing Jews\u201d Tweet during the last Republican debate, I … Continue reading