Posted on 01/12/2011 5:42:46 AM PST by reaganaut1
Sarah Palin, who had been silent for days, on Wednesday issued a forceful denunciation of her critics in a video statement that accused pundits and journalists of “blood libel” in their rush to blame heated political rhetoric for the shootings in Arizona.
“Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own,” she said in a video posted to her Facebook page. “Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.”
Ms. Palin’s use last year of a map with crosshairs hovering over a number of swing districts, including that of Gabrielle Giffords, had increasingly become the symbol of that overheated rhetoric. In and interview with The Caucus on Monday, potential 2012 rival Tim Pawlenty, the former Republican governor of Minnesota, said he would not have produced such a map.
But in the video, Ms. Palin rejected criticism of the map, casting it as a broader indictment of the basic political rights of free speech exercised by people of all political persuasions.
She said that acts like the shootings in Arizona “begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state.”
“Not with those who listen to talk radio,” she added. “Not with maps of swing districts used by both sides of the aisle. Not with law abiding citizens who respectfully exercise their first amendment rights at campaign rallies. Not with those who proudly voted in the last election.”
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So the attacks on Sarah Palin for using the term "blood libel" backfired. Nice try, Palin-haters! Now it'sack to the drawing board!
nah, but Sheriff Dipstick and MSNBC did.
The topic of this thread was her "blood libel" comment, on which opinions here differ. Try to stay on topic.
Yup, I had to demonstrae that the scurrilous charges regarding Palin were done with reckless disregard for the truth, or even foreknowledge. That being a necessary ingredient of the "blood libel".
In addition --- and please read this carefully --- some of us who think her use of the term was inadvisable ALSO criticized the Pima County sheriff's comments the day of the shooting.
Sure they did, but they're wrong in their criticism of Sarah for using that phrase.
Hope that's not too much nuance for you.
No, you'll have to try harder.
What are you 12? My parents are long since dead, thank you.
You're the one who should stay away from political forums, because you always turn it into something personal since you are incapable of discussing the issues, nor respecting any difference of opinion.
It works both ways, onyx. You started attacking me a few months ago on posts where I wasn't even posting to YOU. Believe me, I have no interest in conversing with you. But remember, you come after me, I will defend myself. You know well I am not what you called me. You don't even know me. And, boy, am I glad I don't know you. So, let's keep it that way.
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So you can attack me and its ok ?
The only thing McCain did right was picking Sarah Palin
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