Historically, Jews were scapegoats. In the context of the shooting story, Palin was a scapegoat. “Blood libel” works quite well on multiple levels.
Wow! Your comment just gave me an epiphany. Sarah is the scapegoat. She has been the scapegoat since she appeared on the national scene. She so shines with Christian goodness it drives the sinners crazy. so, they try to dump all of their sins on her and send her out into the wilderness in order to be forgiven for at least a short while. That explains why she is attacked about everything she does. When almost half the nation individually are projecting their individual sins onto her, there is no way she can ever be innocent in their eyes. She stirs the same reactions in people that Jesus stirred in them. Finally, it makes sense to me why she is so feared, and it scares the c..p out of me.
“Historically, Jews were scapegoats. In the context of the shooting story, Palin was a scapegoat. “Blood libel” works quite well on multiple levels.”
Concur.
Personally, I am happy for people to use the phrase, as many people are unaware of that bit of history.