As Trotsky said, in moments of crisis, people with no politics tend to develop the worst possible politics. This is from Ann Coulter, an obvious cognoscenta of all things radical.  Should I  be ashamed to quote....? Am I quoting Trotsky or Coulter. Is she a cognoscente or cognoscenta?  The comedy of  permanent revulsion. 
But the observation is right. (although coming from the left)
