Posted on 07/08/2009 4:56:35 PM PDT by Hank Kerchief
In my Open Letter to Sarah Palin I tried to explain why so many people seem to hate her, and I think I did. But the extreme kind of hysterical malignity displayed by some toward Mrs. Palin is beyond explanation.
This irrational hatred is very widespread, and I'm not the only one noticing it. Lorie Byrd observes that nothing seems to "explain the Sarah Palin hatred. It is so deep as to be pathological." She includes a list of some of the lies that are being told about Sarah, and it's always lies. If Sarah is worthy of such hatred, why is it necessary to use lies to foment it?
Perhaps the best known (though I had never heard of her) of the hate mongers is someone named Shannyn Moore, whom Joanne Grimes describes as, "A peculiar and insignificant individual who apparently has developed a cottage industry around abusing Sarah Palin. Merely on the strength of her vitriol and mania against the governor she got her thoughts posted on the Huffington Post, got her own local radio show and even finds herself persona grata on MSNBC!"
It is this Moore creature that is spreading the latest lie about the Palins, that "they are under investigation by the FBI." But, the "FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity."
The Hatred of a Feminist
It took me less than 30 seconds to find this doing a WEB search. But those who hate Palin are not interested in the truth and continue to spread this lie—as Wendy McElroydoes.
What kind of person could wish for someone to be guilty of something, finding pleasure in the idea of them being put in jail? That's the kind of person McElroy is. "If the rumor is true, [and she obviously wishes it were] then Palin's actions were definitely illegal and should draw prison time. ... I can't remember" she jokes, "...does Palin look good in orange? You know, the color of those jumpers issued to prisoners?"
Normally the opinion of another nothing, whom you and most others have probably never heard of, would not be worth a moment's consideration, but this woman claims to be a spokesperson for individual liberty and opposed to big government. Much of her blog is dedicated to exposing police abuse as well. But hatred apparently makes people forget their principles.
Not content to repeat lies, she dredges up one of the first attempts to smear Palin, the so-called "troopergate," in which Palin, she says, "was accused of using her position to pull strings and get someone fired."
Facts just do not matter when hate is involved. Sarah did not "pull strings" to get anyone fired, she fired Walter Monegan, herself, for not doing his job, because he refused to fire a rogue cop. Walter Monegan forced the Alaska state house to investigate the firing which found, "no illegality," but being politicians added the subjective judgment that the firing was still an, "abuse of power." Remember, this was not a court of law, simply the statement of a bunch of politicians, and we all know how upstanding and trustworthy politicians are—right Wendy? And since when did Wendy Mackerelface become concerned with the fate of abusive cops?
Apparently since she developed this overwhelming hatred for Sarah Palin. But why does she hate her so? Could it be that Sarah is all Wendy knows she is not, and never could be? Whether you agree or approve of what she's done, Sarah has accomplished in her life what the likes of Wendy McElroy could only wish for. People actually know who Sarah Palin is. But who is this Wendy McElroy and what has she ever done?
She calls herself an "Individualist Feminist" which you can learn all about on her iFeminist site. As for what she has done, well, she has written and edited some books: Freedom, Feminism, and the State; Liberty for Women; XXX: A Woman's Right to Pornography; and other books on equally important subjects.
So if Sarah Palin is the kind of person Wendy Mackerelface, hates, what kind of person does she admire?
She admires people like David Carradine. She's upset that poor Mr. Carradine is "being torn to shreds in the press over the manner of his recent death." By that I assume she means the truth about his death is being told (she does seem to prefer lies). There is no way to turn a death caused by Auto-Erotic Asphyxia into a noble one; it is just sad and tragic and a terrible waste of a life.
But for Wendy, Carradine is an inspiration, because he once said, "Why is it that if a movie is not stupid, violent, dirty, silly, scary, or weird, it must be sad?....All I want is to be happy and uplifted, have something to do on a Saturday night; have a good time; have some hope on Monday....I would like to pledge my own life and my career to the corny ideal of giving joy....Please give me a happy ending."
And Wendy said, "In a sense, the ideal sought was ... expressed by David Carradine. It was the hope of a happy ending--not in a film but in the life of the individual."
So Wendy thinks Carradine is an example of a "happy ending?"
Pictures of Happiness
This is a picture of happiness, not just at the end, but throughout one's whole life. There is no one in public life today that exudes the kind of happy self-confidence and delight with life that Sarah Palin does.
But why should this almost boundless capacity to enjoy life, and enjoy all of it, especially its challenges and hard work, engender the kind malice exhibited by the Sarah Palin haters? They may not agree with her politics, or the particular values she holds and lives by, but there are millions of people who hold similar values with the same political views that never garner the kind of vituperative Sarah Palin does.
They talk a lot about happiness, people like Wendy McElroy, but always as an "ideal," something to be sought, and if they are lucky, perhaps achieved by the end of their lives. Such hatred as they exhibit is certainly not a sign of happiness, but a symptom of some inner misery.
Perhaps that is what these Sarah Palin haters hate most. This woman, whose values and views they despise, has achieved what they can only dream of. Success is, after all, not success at any particular thing, but in achieving the purpose of life itself, to enjoy it thoroughly and happily and to achieve that by one's own independent effort. It is this success more than any other that the McElroys of the world hate, because it demonstrates what they are: failures at living life.
If you would like to see happiness in action, enjoy this interview of Sarah by Andrea Mitchel and notice when Sarah tells Mitchell, "you're not listening to me." Perhaps if the Palin haters would shut up and listen, they would at least learn some truth, even if they never learn to live with themselves.
(If you want on or off this list please freepmail me.)
Hank
How come all the women who seem to hate her are old or ugly or both?
I’m old and ugly and I love her! I resent your statement on behalf of old and ugly women everywhere.
I’m fat, too.
Sarah is good, and evil hates the good.
Sarah is on a Mission from God.
Go Sarah Go!
Help Sarah get out of legal debt.
Official website for Sarah’s legal defense fund:
www.thealaskafundtrust.com
Free Sarah!
There was no insult made to anyone in general, but the ones who have a child’s foot stool to rant from are for the most parts Old, Fat or Ugly or all three.
Just to let you know I am old, fat and perhaps not quite as handsome as I was when I was much younger, and I too love her and wish she was the current President.
Have a great day!
Reginald Firehammer should spend some time here in Portland in the vicinity of PSU talking with non-genderspecific higher beings sporting gallons of subcutaneous ink and pounds of metal if he wants to fully experience hate. They seem to hate themselves most of all, but, are willing to share the hate with others.
Personally I'm behind Sarah Palin 110% in whatever she wants to do in the future.
L
They DESPISE her because she’s 1. a CHRISTIAN...2. Beautiful. 3. Has a handsome husband and family that love her.
4. She didn’t kill her baby.
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp’d on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock’d them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
“How come all the women who seem to hate her are old or ugly or both?”
That’s not entirely true, there are some women who hate her that are not all that bad looking, but do not have a man, because they either have another woman instead, or no man at all, or else one that’s not worth having. I think Todd is as much a reason as Sarah herself for the hatred of many women.
Hank
Reginald Firehammer believes you but respectfully declines the invitation. He believes it is not necessary to wallow in a sewer to know what it is and what is in it.
Hank
They don’t get it. They don’t want to get it. They revel in their misery.
I’ll bet they’ve never enjoyed hot cocoa with marshmallows on top sitting in front of a fireplace surrounded by family. I’ll bet they’ve never gotten up in the early morning hours to go outside to see the Northern Lights. I’ll bet they’ve never thrown a line into a stream teeming with fish and immediately gotten a hit on their lure. I’ll bet they’ve never had a ‘laugh session’ with their girl friends, laughing until tears fall and then laughing some more. I’ll bet they never had a ‘laugh session’ with their family, either. And the biggest bet . . . I’ll bet they are savagely jealous of people who enjoy their lives and who cherish life and express their love generously.
These would be women are sorry little creatures who have stunted their lives with massive hate.
Speaking of Andrea Mitchell...how would you like to be the folks at NBC, including her, who got the “story” that the gov was withdrawing from politics?
And yes, Reginald, David Carradine is an example of a “happy ending”. Probably more so than he actually intended, in fact.
Parker isn’t particularly old or ugly. Neither is Dowd (I’m the one that’s old and ugly and I think Palin definitely has possibilities). It’s their thoughts, and how they choose to express them, that makes them old and ugly.
“Sarah is good, and evil hates the good.”
Our reasons for believing this might be different, but I do totally agree with you.
Someone who did not believe in God described the same thing as:
“Hatred of the good for being the good.” (Ayn Rand)
The principle is the same. Sarah is a good woman, mother, governor, and person, and all those that are less than that cannot help but despise her.
Hank
Thanks for the ping. Please keep me “on”.
I’m fat, too.
LOL -- post of the day!
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