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Palin Calls Criticism ‘Blood Libel’
New York Times ^ | January 12, 2011 | MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Posted on 01/12/2011 5:42:46 AM PST by reaganaut1

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To: dirtboy

For what it’s worth, I think I disliked her long before the media did. If this has become the 24/7 Palin fan club, count me out. Jim has always had the means to send me packing, so have hope dirtboy, I won’t survive a Palin purge, because I’m not a fan and have no attention of even granting her my quiet acquiescence.


501 posted on 01/12/2011 12:22:08 PM PST by Melas
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To: wtc911

Athenagoras defended Christians against the charges of cannibalism (a mischaracterization of communion, the “body and blood of Christ”) as well as incest and atheism. This was blood libel of Christians in early church days. http://www.christianhistorytimeline.com/GLIMPSEF/Glimpses2/glimpses186.shtml


502 posted on 01/12/2011 12:23:35 PM PST by jwalburg (I live in the 57th state.)
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To: Melas

Excellent post.


503 posted on 01/12/2011 12:23:45 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
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To: wtc911
Blood Libel has always been directed at Jews.

Can you prove that?

504 posted on 01/12/2011 12:24:54 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Melas
My bad. I assumed he was dead without checking.

At least you are consistent with your assuming. It seems to be a trait with you.

Facts don't matter.

If it makes Palin look bad. Sycophantisizing.

Jumping in with condescending statements.

Engage brain before sending those messages to your fingers.

505 posted on 01/12/2011 12:24:54 PM PST by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: dirtboy
So tell us what large organizations you have run in your life, dipweed.

That's not only low, but supremely stupid on your part. If we start limiting comments to those who've run larger organizations than the candidates they criticize, I don't think we're going to see a lot posts. I'm sure you sit on the board of 499 of the fortune 500 companies, so you alone should be privileged to voice your opinion. Or maybe not.

506 posted on 01/12/2011 12:26:24 PM PST by Melas
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To: Candor7
http://www.thehopeforamerica.com/play.php?id=6625

Yes, she did accurately use the words “blood libel.”

An excellent 7 1/2 minutes of clarity and compassion.

507 posted on 01/12/2011 12:27:05 PM PST by TigersEye (Who crashed the markets on 9/28/08 and why?)
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To: La Enchiladita
You could be a guest on any number of MSNBC show.

Matthews, Olbermann, Maddow, Mr. Ed etc.

508 posted on 01/12/2011 12:27:30 PM PST by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: reaganaut1
Palin Calls Criticism ‘Blood Libel’

ACTUALLY -Leftists call ‘Blood Libel’ Criticism.

509 posted on 01/12/2011 12:27:30 PM PST by DBeers (†)
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To: Melas
That's not only low, but supremely stupid on your part.

You're the dumbass here. Palin ran a state. Did OK at it from what I have seen. Yet you call her stupid.

510 posted on 01/12/2011 12:28:11 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Melas
Oh quite your whining.
511 posted on 01/12/2011 12:28:59 PM PST by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: Melas
I think I disliked her long before the media did.

As I recall, you thought Rudy was OK. Telling.

512 posted on 01/12/2011 12:30:03 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: La Enchiladita

Thank you. I’ve decided that I don’t care if my posts are popular. I normally keep my comments about Palin to myself, or heavily self-edit. I’m not doing that anymore. I have zero faith in her abilities, so I’m going to have to say so from now on.


513 posted on 01/12/2011 12:30:05 PM PST by Melas
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To: Melas
I have zero faith in her abilities,

Funny, we have zero faith in yours, given your statements on this thread, which are nothing more than uninformed emoting.

514 posted on 01/12/2011 12:31:25 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Syncro

Now you’re giving me way to much credit. If you think I’ve had any effect at all, let alone caused any damage to anyone, anywhere you’re certifiably nuts. Nope, the few people who’ve read my posts either agreed with me before they even stumbled upon them, or disagreed with beforehand. No minds were changed, sadly.


515 posted on 01/12/2011 12:34:20 PM PST by Melas
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To: dirtboy

Now as I’m unlikely to have any influence on the lives of anyone here, it’s not really important that you or anyone have any faith in my abilities now is it? I can always tell when someone doesn’t have a genuine rebuttal when they shift the conversation to me, personally, rather than the issue at hand. Now that my friend, is truly telling.

Now, we can either get back to talking about candidates and issues or you can ask me what my favorite color is, your choice. Either way, it’s not about me, and your attempts to make it about me are just smokescreens and you know it. Or at the very least you should know it.


516 posted on 01/12/2011 12:40:10 PM PST by Melas
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To: Melas
Now you’re giving me way to much credit. If you think I’ve had any effect at all, let alone caused any damage to anyone, anywhere you’re certifiably nuts.

(There you go again, thinking much too highly of yourself and inserting your assumptive spin into my comments. Believe me I don't .)

You are refering to this?

To: Melas
God himself only knows the damage that someone chock full of ideas but low on intellect could do in a few short years posts.

Edited to describe you Mel as.

493 posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 12:11:17 PM by Syncro
It's the damage you are doing here at Free Republic dimwit.
517 posted on 01/12/2011 12:44:21 PM PST by Syncro (Sarah Palin, the unofficial Tea Party candidate for president--Virtual Jerusalem)
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To: wtc911; Psycho_Bunny
Maybe I'm more aware of its strictly anti-semetic meaning because I grew up in a pretty Jewish neighborhood. It is an arcane phrase which makes palin's use of it even more baffling.

Hi wtc911. Prior to the Left's use of this atrocity to smear conservatives, I wasn't a Palin fan. Still not in the sense that I'm not on anyone's bandwagon. There are several reasons why I've been skeptical of Palin as a potential presidential candidate, and they haven't been resolved for me by her statement today.

Having explained where I'm coming from, count me among those who think the words she spoke were spot on. She was being blamed personally for inciting Loughner, so had every right to defend herself. In addition, for better or worse, Palin presently is the voice of the conservative movement. So her statement must be seen in that context as well.

There isn't a thing she said with which I disagree. What I disagree with is her timing, and I think her delivery was poor.

Regarding her use of "blood libel," I had no idea, literally, until reactions to Palin's statement were published today, that "blood libel" is supposed to be an anti-Semitic term. The only context I've ever heard it used was by Israelis and others to describe vile Muslim propaganda intended to incite hatred of Jews. I've seen it used in that context many times by Jews and non-Jews alike. So I always thought it meant libel in which someone is falsely accused of murder and bloody atrocities.

I had no idea whatsoever that "blood libel" is yet another term scratched off polite society's permissible phrases list, because it is deemed offensive to a group or class of people. When did that happen?

Palin is something of a deliberate polemicist, and today's statement is another example of this tendency in her. She's not as edgy in that regard as Ann Coulter, but she definitely prefers the use of polemics. It's the primary reason she's so popular among conservatives hungry for a national leader to push back against the Left's excesses on their behalf. It's also one reason why I'm skeptical of her as a potential presidential candidate.

Although polemics do have their place in political rhetoric, there are times when presidents must rise above and set a higher, calmer, more noble tone. So far, Palin doesn't seem to know when throwing red meat is appropriate and when it's not. So, although I agree with everything she said, I don't think her timing was right, nor do I think her deliberate use of a potentially incendiary term like blood libel was smart under the circumstances. The controversy was dying down, and the public relations battle was largely won. The dead have yet to be buried. Releasing her statement today seems too opportunistic, too ham-handed and tone deaf to what is actually required of presidents and potential presidents in a moment of share national tragedy.

518 posted on 01/12/2011 12:44:32 PM PST by Wolfstar ("If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his friend." Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Syncro
You could be a guest on any number of MSNBC show. Matthews, Olbermann, Maddow, Mr. Ed etc.

No, I can't. I'm not that homeless guy, or ex-homeless, or whatever he is today....;^)

519 posted on 01/12/2011 12:46:45 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
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To: Syncro

Other than the minutes you’re losing with each reply, exactly what damage am I causing? And calling me a dimwit and with your cohort several other names in the same vein, isn’t making either one of you look nearly as superior as you seem to think.


520 posted on 01/12/2011 12:47:47 PM PST by Melas
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