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To: Froufrou
Ann's problem is: She doesn't present things in a logical way. For all her criticism of other women being too emotional, she herself tends to blurt things out without thinking about where she is and how her words can be used against her later.

That said, I don't have a problem with her telling what Christians believe, though I don't think she put it quite right. But why is he so offended? Christians, Jews, Muslims, everyone thinks their own religion is superior to the others. That shouldn't be any surprise to anyone.

But WHAT is she talking about here:

COULTER: No, it's true. I give all of these speeches at megachurches across America, and the one thing that's really striking about it is how utterly, completely diverse they are, and completely unself-consciously. You walk past a mixed-race couple in New York, and it's like they have a chip on their shoulder. They're just waiting for somebody to say something, as if anybody would. And —

DEUTSCH: I don't agree with that. I don't agree with that at all. Maybe you have the chip looking at them. I see a lot of interracial couples, and I don't see any more or less chips there either way. That's erroneous.

COULTER: No. In fact, there was an entire "Seinfeld" episode about Elaine and her boyfriend dating because they wanted to be a mixed-race couple, so you're lying.

She starts talking about Christians being diverse and then starts into "mixed-race" couples, and then tries to back up whatever she's saying by referring to Seinfeld. She's making no sense at all. It sounds ridiculous.

140 posted on 10/11/2007 11:46:30 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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To: Tired of Taxes
It sounds ridiculous

Actually Ann's reply is easy to understand. Deutsch implies that a community like she was talking about would be intolerant. She replied by pointing out the mega-churches she lectures at, where the audience is very diverse and interracial couples are nothing special and are fully part of the community, Ann contrasted that with interracial couples among liberals, where the couple gives off vibes of 'proving something' by the fact that they are of mixed raced. She exemplified this by appealing to the common culture, to a Seinfeld episode, to prove her point.

In short she was arguing from examples that Christian societies are more harmonious and tolerant than our current culture.

396 posted on 10/11/2007 4:30:51 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (IF TREASON IS THE QUESTION, THEN MOVEON.ORG IS THE ANSWER!)
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