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To Coulter, referring to Jews as “imperfect” on a talk show hosted by an observant Jewish host must have seemed like just another day at the office. She shook her blonde hair and tittered, as though waiting to be found witty, charming, and adorably irascible. Oh Ann, you minx! You’re just pushing everyone’s buttons, aren’t you? Shame on you, you dead-sexy fascist pin-up. Stop teasing. You don’t really mean that. I mean, not really, right? Right?

Deutsch, clearly appalled, pointed out that the comment was not only patently absurd, but also hateful. Coulter giggled. A gold crucifix gleamed against her bony clavicle. “No,” she said, “it’s not hateful at all.”