Sarah Palin's book sparks attack on vegetarian critic

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has never made any bones, if you will, about her culinary preferences. She's a carnivore, a hunter and proud of both.

So it's not really a surprise that her book, "Going Rogue," published today, extols the virtues of eating meat.

"If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore," she wrote. "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?”

“I love meat," she writes. "I eat pork chops, thick bacon burgers, and the seared fatty edges of a medium-well-done steak. But I especially love moose and caribou. I always remind people from outside our state that there's plenty of room for all Alaska's animals -- right next to the mashed potatoes.”

A vegetarian from Cleveland took issue with Palin. In a blog on the Examiner, Daelyn Fourtney wrote that Palin's remarks "will surely receive a chuckle and thumbs up from many avid hunters and steak house patrons. It is a sad statement on our society when we applaud those who refer to animals as the centerpiece of their dinner plate."

Now, Fourtney is reporting that she has received a lot of hostile e-mails from conservatives assuming her to be a left-wing pinko. A sampling of her inbox:

* “The liberal/socialist media elites are terrified of America's new Reagan and it's so much fun to see their PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome) on display...including this Fortney writer.” –freeperjim

“Politicizing Food now?...is nothing sacred? ... off, Alinksy Vegan Radicals.” – Tyler(continued)

Those millions of so-called humans who lived in the tropics didn't get the opportunity to make a full transition to carnivorous adaptation.

Eventually they'll all die in an iceage ~ but not the fellows who can live on nothing but meat.

As our Sun dies over the next 200 million years the future will belong to the Polar people.

I got called out as a freeper:

Kevvo says: grey_whiskers, only a freeper would bloviate the way you just did. GET A LIFE!! December 27, 3:14 PM i>

Notice the lack of any attempt at anything but ad hominem.

So I posted again:

To TreeorNot:

In order to attempt reductio ad absurdum, you need to make sure you have the premises and consequences in common with the person you are disputing with. Your money quote is

"Meat is an end-product, not a life-building-block. We can thusly use all end-products as the reason for our mission."

But Sarah never said this! You are engaging in a rather transparent strawman; begging the question; and failing to define your terms.

For the nonce, your sarcasm / humor meter appears to be past its routine check-up date.

Linda Middlesworth -- please post your photo, CV, and estimated IQ on the board for comment; with independent certification. President Woodrow Wilson *sucked* at foreign policy, despite having been President of Princeton. And in the meantime, try looking up the term "food web" on a suitable search engine and tell me what we are to do to prevent suffering caused by carnivores such as hyenas, tigers, and sharks engaging in non-vegan dietary lifestyle

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