that white coats moment

[realthog]

Over at the WordNutsDaily, Ann Coulter has a new article casting scorn upon the notion that the democratically elected President of the USA might be a Muslim -- a conspiracy theory which, it's been my impression, the WorldNutsDaily has done much to foment in between its claims that President Obama was born in Kenya, or Lilliput, or Mars, or anywhere but where his publicly available birth certificate says he was born.

So Coulter's suddenly become a voice of (relative) sanity?

Er, not quite.

Here's the start of her piece:

The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop. I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.
[. . .]
The only evidence for Obama's Christianity is that he faithfully attended the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ for 20 years.

And the only evidence we have that Ann Coulter is a Christian is that . . .?

Okay, I'm stumped.

Comments

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely. Of course, when I explain to my students that Confucius was (a) a teacher ethics and (b) not a believer in gods, they tend to get very, ahem, confused.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

they tend to get very, ahem, confused

Confuced?

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Several of them find the idea of political theory confucing. I still recall, with horror, the essay that began "Confucius was a major figure in the early development of Western Europe."

The class sat in silent horror as I thundered, "Did I, or did I not, explain that the reason I included Confucius in the curriculum was precisely because he was not European?"

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You thundered? This I find hard to believe.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

So did the students.

A bass=baritone voice can be an extraordinary asset.