Either Sarah Palin is strikingly ignorant or she is blowing a very subtle dog whistle with the reference to 'blood libel'.
The blogosphere, especially the racist sites, are filled with all sorts of (questionable) information about the shooter's background.
Certainly the main target is Jewish. My sense is Palin is not stupid -- but I can't figure out what she's hinting at:
"Prominent Republican Sarah Palin on Wednesday accused critics of "blood libel" by blaming her rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords.
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/palin-accuses-media-of-blood-libel-in-casting-blame-on-arizona-shooting/article1866910/?service=mobile "
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Sarah Palin's claim to fame is pandering to the worst of America. Her teaparty base is incredibly racist. With this anti-semitic rhetoric she's just appealing to that base because she is convinced it will give her a lock on the Republican Party Presidential nomination. Heck, watch her do a third party run with this base if the Republicans wise up and toss her.
There's a bit of a discussion going on WikIpedia about this. Someone put up a new page trying to justify Palin's use of blood libel as a US political term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Blood_libel_(U.S._political_term)
There's a bit of a discussion going on WikIpedia about this. Someone put up a new page trying to justify Palin's use of blood libel as a US political term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Blood_libel_(U.S._political_term)
Harvard Law Professor
Alan Dershowitz:
"The term “blood libel” has taken on a broad metaphorical meaning in public discourse. Although its historical origins were in theologically based false accusations against the Jews and the Jewish People,its current usage is far broader. I myself have used it to describe false accusations against the State of Israel by the Goldstone Report. There is nothing improper and certainly nothing anti-Semitic in Sarah Palin using the term to characterize what she reasonably believes are false accusations that her words or images may have caused a mentally disturbed individual to kill and maim. The fact that two of the victims are Jewish is utterly irrelevant to the propriety of using this widely used term."
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/01/12/exclusive-alan-dershowitz-defends-sarah-palins-use-of-term-blood-libel/
When Alan Dershowitz defends Sarah Palin, its time the Liberal media look at there own desperate bias.
Its a tragedy.
You probably meant liberal media not Liberal media. But then again, you talk about their "desperate bias" so who knows what you might actually mean, lol.
I'm still waiting for the proof that Palin, FOX, Beck and global warming influenced this madman.
All of the US media is talking about it but no one is showing any proof, especially the Democrat Sheriff. The local police knew this loon was a problem, knew he made death threats and even picked him up driving to the event on that very morning. If the sheriff was as intent on doing his job as he was stopping playing politics, none of this would have happened.
Proof of the Democrat's saying, "never let a good crisis go to waste"
It's a lot easier accusing Sarah as responsible for the Tucson tragedy then your own staff.
The sheriff some documents we need to see,
embarrassing ones.
This is why they have to shift their scorn over to Palin because she took down that picture of the US with targets on it. The Huffington Post took down their map with bulls-eyes on it too but somehow that’s different. Now they hope that everyone forgets the actual event and continues the crap-alanche. Thing is, FOX may have sat back to wait for the facts and now that their in, they show the Dems to be conclusion-jumping fools, pushing an agenda. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear some white-house lawyers or lefty-activists giving advice to this assassin.
Ridenrain - that's just twisted. You need help. Your grasp of reality is shaded by your blinders...
Morton is living on the taxpayer's dole where he never has to worry about job performance or being fired.
Most progressives in Canada are in this position.
Are you surprised they are so brain dead when it comes to the people who actually produce wealth in this country?
I'm living on the taxpayer's dole? News to me -- I lose money on teaching and legal aid stuff up North. Oh well,,,
"I lose money on teaching and legal aid stuff up North. Oh well,,,"
Mr Morton, how do you lose money on teaching and legal aid?
Unless your referring to your belief you could make more being a full time lawyer.
Even a lawyer isn't a real job.
Go get your hands dirty Morton. Go outside your circle of university educated professors and lawyers and go meet people who actually work for a living and have bosses and performance related expectations.
Who is your boss Morton? You?
If you pick apart the "progressives" here in Canada I would bet my 200 thousand dollar house that 90% of them are on the government dole.
Whether it's the teacher's union, police, fire, municipal worker's,local unions, lawyers,welfare,E.I, Disability,college and university professors, or any other special interest who can't blend into the real world, it's almost a guarantee that the only people who would support a "progressive" government are people who directly benefit from it.
Why would anyone who is successful and independant and hard workking want to be a part of the left wing here in Canada.
Jack Layton has never had a real job and he lives oin the dole. So does his wife. Harper is no different.
These members of the Canadian Royal Family have got it great.
Do whatever you want, you can never get fired and you get 4 or 5 % every year whole the non public sector loses jobs and gets no guarantee raise.
Anyone who lives on the dole and calls themselves "progressive" should be ashamed and embarrassed.
Palin doesn't know that "blood libel" wasn't a good phrase to use, because she has only vague ideas about its various meanings. What she meant using these words is simply:"people who criticise me are mean". But she knows that the crude nature of her argument can be disguised, and seem erudite, with the use of florid language.
She's just not very quick witted. Refer to interviews she's given, or debates. She's barely understandable, but adds to her sentences clauses and diversions, with many long, multi-syllabic words inappropriate to the context of her meaning.
I think she found the allegations against her libelous, and they were saying things like she had blood on her hands, so she glommed onto a term she vaguely remembered: blood libel. I don't think her brain is any more complicated than that.
-Jen from Toronto
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