"And you know that she doesn't believe exactly what she says.....how?"
Did I say that?
See....now I have to be concerned for you....
Either you have short term memory loss, or are less than articulate....
...which is it?
You wrote: "Ann is like many religious figures, politicians, etc.,i.e.; she has found or carved a comfortable niche and is mining it for all it's worth. What an easy life, working off of and profiting from an frustrated minority's anger!"
Is not the implication that she is pretending, in order to obtain 'an easy life'?
Tsk, tsk! You are much too intelligent for that.
Because we all know that many of these people are false does not mean all are. They may believe, or have themselves convinced they believe, what they espouse. Or they may believe that some higher good is being served.
That is all my statement really said.
Now, whether or not I personally think she believes ardently everything she says is different.
She, too, is intelligent (in a way), and has an impressive command of English (usually), so obviously her I.Q. (for whatever I.Q. is worth) is above average. Thus, her forays into hyperbole and hive-stirring prove she cannot believe everything in a serious sense. Obviously, she does things and speaks certain ways to generate responses and help others to make themselves look foolish.
Do you think she believes everything she says?
And thanks for the concern.