Good for David for distancing himself from the dumb and ugly message of Ann Coulter’s latest book:
[Coulter’s use of the term] ‘functionally treasonable’ is … disturbingly reminiscent of the old Stalinist term ‘objectively fascist.’ This was how people who swore their loyalty to the cause were condemned (often to death) if they deviated from the party line. Stalinists defined all dissent as ‘objectively’ treacherous. This is not a path that conservatives should follow. When intent and individuality are separated from actions in a political context, we are entering a totalitarian realm where Ann Coulter does not really want to be.
I wish I could be so sure about Coulter’s ultimate intentions. She strikes me in this book as a crazed fanatic. When she can equivocate over whether John F Kennedy was a traitor to his country, she has written herself out of rational discourse.
The Dish 