Just for future use, the term is spelled “anti-semitic” (more than one person has spelled it wrong, so it’s not a personal correction).
I agree that it isn’t an anti-semitic term; that’s why I said you should argue that point, rather than accusing the poster of calling her an anti-semite and trying to get the poster banned from the site.
And if you do want to get someone banned, you should use the abuse button, and explain the problem; the mods can ban people, or censor them, or take it to the site owner if they want.
I don’t agree with wtc911’s particular complaint about the word, but I do think it was the wrong phrase to use, and it will not be helpful, and trying to argue that it was the right word, or is helpful, simply because we like Sarah Palin, will do nobody any good.
Sarah is a smart person, and hopefully she will come out with something that explains and apologizes for the confusion over the use of the term. It won’t be easy for her, it’s hard to back down when you make a mistake — but it would show the mark of a real leader to be able to react to criticism and grow from it.
I just wish one of her speech-helpers had been a little more on the ball, or that someone would have picked up on the use of the phrase earlier and raised the complaints so it would have been clear before Sarah released her video.
I disagree with that. The term blood libel exactly describes what the media did. If Jews didn’t exist it would still exactly describe what the media did. It’s something that the man on the street will understand even without knowing the origin of the term.
It is libel. With or without the word blood next to it. What the media is doing is LIBEL in every sense of the word.
Do you know where the blood comes in ?
Picture a 9 year old girl laying on the ground bleeding to death with her pupils dilated.
that is blood alright. it is blood and its libel. she was right.
think about the context. do you really think Palin should issue an apology ?