Bristol Palin weighs in on Obama’s coming out on gay marriage, accusing the President of having his world view shaped by his children. (h/t soupsoup)
Looks like the Palin Word Salad™ gene is dominant.
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Okay here’s how i feel about this:
i just read Bristol Palin’s little statement and while i think it’s silly and all that, i also read some of the comments people left her, and they made me effing ill. Left wingers seem to be under the impression that they can say whatever they want - no matter how negative or hateful or vile - as long as what they are saying is in reaction to something a right winger said that pissed them off. Our president did something huge, she disagreed with it, so she collected her thoughts and wrote a calm and collected, albeit short sighted blog post. Left wingers then believe it is appropriate to tell her that she and her family, including her toddler son, not only deserve to die, but should do so post haste. There were comments calling her derogatory names for women, calling her fat, saying she’s dumb. That’s hurtful and equally as silly as her post, but i was blown away by the amount of people threatening her with violence and wanting her and her baby to die. AM I THE ONLY PERSON WHO THINKS THIS IS BANANAS?! Is there no longer any room for dialogue in our society?
I want to be clear that i am not a right-winger, but i want to be even more clear that no matter what your political ideology, religion, age, or demographic, EXTREMISM IS EXTREMISM, NO MATTER WHICH SIDE YOU HANG YOUR IDEOLOGICAL HAT.
How does this make you any better than people who firebomb abortion clinics or drag people behind their trucks? I know you think this is benign and it’s almost a game where you can sit in your parents basement trolling people, but lines are being crossed all day every day and people think they can hide behind the veil of being on the “right side” of the argument. i think everyone should be able to get married, but it doesn’t mean i think people who don’t agree with me should die a horrible death. i don’t think my womb and what goes on with it is any business of old white guys who work 45 min away from my house, but it doesn’t mean i’m sending burning bags of poo to their doorsteps.
i know i’m rambling but this is all just too crazy for me. This is a rant that’s been brewing for about two years and seeing those comments just set me off and i had to say something.
Hate speech is hate speech.
You want them to stop treating us like irrational unethical kooks? Quit acting like it and be grown ups! Use your grown up words! Say hey, i disagree with you, here’s an equally if not more so thought out and poised statement i would like to send your way to explain my opinion. Hey, perhaps we can have a reasonable back and forth and walk away with a better understanding of, well, everything.
Nobody is going to change their minds about anything if both sides are constantly on the offensive (pun intended).
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