Ann Coulter Praises Ethnic Discrimination

If there is one person who can be counted upon to consistently and reliably make bigoted, ridiculous statements when writing about Islam or the war on terrorism, it would probably be Ann Coulter. I can't think of any other major pundit who would write about how wonderful it is for airlines to discriminate based upon ethnicity.

Ann "We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity" Coulter in her Townhall Column:

Like many of you, I carefully reviewed the lawsuits against the airlines in order to determine which airlines had engaged in the most egregious discrimination, so I could fly only that airline. But oddly, rather than bragging about the charges, the airlines heatedly denied discriminating against Middle Eastern passengers. What a wasted marketing opportunity! Imagine the great slogans the airlines could use:

"Now Frisking All Arabs – Twice!"
"More Civil-Rights Lawsuits Brought by Arabs Than Any Other Airline!"
"The Friendly Skies – Unless You're an Arab"
"You Are Now Free to Move About the Cabin – Not So Fast, Mohammed!"

Worst of all, the Department of Transportation ordered the settlement money to be spent on civil-rights programs to train airline staff to stop looking for terrorists, a practice known as digging your own grave and paying for the shovel. Airlines that have been the most vigilant against terrorism are forced by the government into re-education seminars to learn to suppress common sense. Airlines are being forced, at their own expense, to make commercial air travel more dangerous. If John Kerry would promise to fire Norman Mineta and start racial profiling at the airports, I would campaign for him. Unfortunately, like George Bush, Kerry doesn't travel commercial air with the little people.

I wonder if Ann Coulter would support racial profiling against white Christians trying to rent trucks? Somehow, I doubt that. Profiling, when properly used, can be very handy. There is no doubt that ethnicity, race, and religion can be part of a good profile - but anyone who create a profile basically limited to just them is not only acting like a bigot, they are putting people's lives in danger. Good terrorists can get by simplistic profiles, but complex profiles will have fewer false negatives or false positives. I don't really think, though, that Ann Coulter would approve of anything so complex and nuanced.

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