Fastbreak Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 By now, everyone is aware of Sarah Palin's supposed gaffe for using the phrase "blood libel" to describe the awful false accusation that she had somehow inspired the monstrous shooting in Arizona. Apparently there are liberal Jewish voices screaming foul over Palin’s usage of the term in a non-Jewish context. This will be interesting as it plays out. What is getting no coverage at all is the petition signed by thousands of Colectomy recipients over Palin’s flagrant usage of semi-colons in her written release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockmom Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 By now, everyone is aware of Sarah Palin's supposed gaffe for using the phrase "blood libel" to describe the awful false accusation that she had somehow inspired the monstrous shooting in Arizona. Apparently there are liberal Jewish voices screaming foul over Palin’s usage of the term in a non-Jewish context. This will be interesting as it plays out. What is getting no coverage at all is the petition signed by thousands of Colectomy recipients over Palin’s flagrant usage of semi-colons in her written release. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballfamily Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 What is wrong with the use of the phrase? Just another example of PC. It was reported that the lawyer Alan Dershowitz (sp) came out in support of Palin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbreak Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 What is wrong with the use of the phrase? Just another example of PC.It was reported that the lawyer Alan Dershowitz (sp) came out in support of Palin. You are absolutely correct IMO. What's funny (in an ironic sense) is the fact that Palin used the phrase in absolutely the correct context. Like the Jews who were falsely accused of murdering children to use their blood in religious rituals as an excuse for persecuting them. Palin was falsely accused of inciting the AZ shooter with her rhetoric and map graphics, without one wisp of evidence to support the claim, as an all too ready excuse to persecute Palin for political gain. There's nothing anti-Semitic in anything she said. What happened to the pioneers and the rugged individuals that built this nation? PA governor Ed Rendell is right… we’re witnessing the wussification of America right before our eyes. Grown adults are waaaaay too sensitive about things our forefathers wouldn’t have thought twice about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75center Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Never heard the term before. What does it refer to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbreak Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Never heard the term before. What does it refer to? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladiesbballcoach Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Two other people, without any fanfare, used it this week before Palin. Someone in a NY Times/WSJ oped and some group named Human Events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75center Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Thanks, learn something every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoot Soup Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Two other people, without any fanfare, used it this week before Palin. Someone in a NY Times/WSJ oped and some group named Human Events. You do have to wonder if she just heard them using it and decided to use it herself, without understanding context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Thanks, learn something every day. Right there with you. Had to look it up when I heard about this today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 You do have to wonder if she just heard them using it and decided to use it herself, without understanding context. Until someone refudiates it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastbreak Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 You do have to wonder if she just heard them using it and decided to use it herself, without understanding context. I seriously doubt she is that reckless. I'm sure she has internet access too... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westsider Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I seriously doubt she is that reckless.Wasn't the "death panels" statement more than just a little reckless? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bballfamily Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Until someone refudiates it...... Guility until proven innocent, how totalitarian of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Guility until proven innocent, how totalitarian of you. Even better when the point is missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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