I wish someone else would understand what you're saying. All this bellyaching over Ann Coulter's joke.
Hey Fellas! We're not in Aristotle's Lyceum, discoursing with learned though misguided folks. We're up against power hungry Lib/Commies or Neo Communists who would just as soon shoot the President if they could get away with it. They've already gotten away with calling for his assasination four times (twice by the same person). We need to play a little rough to deal with these people and it seems that many do not understand that.
Not only that, but the policies they support deserve to be met with nothing but scorn and derision. Using well-reasoned arguments to counter their policies is a fool's errand.