I Missed The Latest Palinism

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Did she actually encourage folks to harass people with Obama stickers on their cars?

Is she a lunatic?

Anybody with an I Q > room temperature knows that if you harass strangers for their opinions, regardless of what those opinions are and how they choose to express them, you will eventually provoke a violent response.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I think it's more of an experiment to test what kind of effect she has with her "suggestions".

Sort of tea party's Howard Beale ("Go to your window, open it, and yell out 'I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take anymore!'").

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Likely Scenario

Mr. X has an Obama sticker on his car. Mr. Y harasses him for having said sticker. Mr. Y tells Mr. X to f--k off. Mr. X hits Mr. Y. Mr. Y hits him back. The police come and arrest both of them.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Yup.

[DrDan]

3. here is what she said

"Or that bumper sticker you see on the next Subaru driving by, an Obama bumper sticker. You should stop the driver and say, "So how is that hopey, changey thing working out for you?""

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. And

What if the person says "It's working great. How is that fill in the blank you have for a husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, working for you?"

I don't think it's wise counsel in twenty first century America to advise folks to "rattle stranger's cages".

[Orsino]

7. Like everything Palin says, it's too vague to be of any utility.

She didn't really tell her followers to stop cars, or to accost drivers at gunpoint. If she'd said "ask" instead of "stop," we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

Her diction has never been good.

[ShamelessHussy]

16. "You should stop the driver and say..." sounds pretty straight forward to me

now maybe she was speaking figuratively and not literally, but still, coming from her, it is worth noting.

[Orsino]

29. Deceptively so.

It's easy to mistake her babbling for plain speech. I think it's just a limited vocabulary at work, powered by not so much grey matter.

When the rest of us stop people on the street, it isn't presumed that we're doing so at gunpoint. It's only if we assume Palin capable of holding a thought in her head that this sounds sinister.

She's not purposefully advocating violent revolution; she just knows her followers love guns--and so we mistakenly view everything she says in that light.

[zonkers]

26. "how's that hopey changy thing going" is just the meanest, most negative (and vague) shoot-down of

others' optimism and efforts to try and do something positive. I detest her.

[Capitalocracy]

30. vagueness is very useful

you're not responsible for your own violent subtext if you're just vague enough

[Orsino]

31. Yes.

While I can't give her credit for nuance, she is undoubtedly very useful to the leaders of the Right.

[LiberalLoner]

9. What scares me is that I DO in fact drive a Subaru. Are liberals prone to drive

Subarus, is that why she picked that car? I am a coward. I haven't put any stickers on my car beyond the Army one that is kind of mandatory if you are an Army spouse. I'm actually afraid of being vandalized or being run off the road. Now when Palin said that, I thought, oh, man, people will probably vandalize my car just because it's a Subaru - they will be able to guess I'm a liberal....

I admire people who are brave enough to have bumper stickers on their cars. I really just am not brave enough in this climate.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I admire people who are brave enough to have bumper stickers on their cars. I really just am not bra

I agree. There are lot of crazies out there and even if you are not afraid of them you can't "guard" your car twenty four hours a day.

[YOY]

13. Brave? What? Be afraid of those wussies?

Fuck no.

It's not a question of bravery, to ignore wussy fucknuts who piss themselves when FOX news tells them to.

[DrDan]

15. yes - those wussies who, in all ;probability, will be carrying

and who have no problem intentionally running into your car even though children may also be passengers - ala the Nashville cretin.

No - of course they lack bravery. BUT they are seeking approval from the fox/limbaugh crowd with their cowardly actions.

Yes - it is responsible behavior to take care around these neanderthals.

[LiberalLoner]

17. I feel guilty that I'm not brave enough to stand up to them, but I'm pushing 50, have some

health problems, and I'm just not as strong as I used to be, either physically or mentally. I used to be a liberated type of woman, I jumped out of airplanes in the Army and went to war just like the men, but I'm not the same person I once was. I think I've gotten old rather fast, and I have a lot of fear and anxiety.

I do feel guilty that I'm not fighting the good fight and standing up to these thugs. I appreciate the people who are brave enough to do so.

[DrDan]

23. don't feel guilty about it - just be glad you are among

those that see the idiocy of the RW and not sucked into their nutty rhetoric.

[awoke_in_2003]

32. Some of these wussies

are fucking lunatics, especially Deep in the Heart of Texas. A couple years ago I had somebody follow me down our residential streets. He had pulled into a driveway, I passed him, and he started following. Probably wasn't smart, but I put the .45 in my lap, pulled over, rolled down the window and said "what's up". Guy accused me of flipping him off- I never flip someone off, unless it is a friend/relative and done in jest. This dude started saying things like "It's things like that (flipping people off) that get people shot". He finally left, and I went home and changed my underwear :) Of course, he was sporting a McCain/Palin sign in his yard last year.

[YOY]

37. It's all talk.

And save for the one lunatic who is going to go apeshit no matter what you say or do...it's not worth a single moment of worry.

If I wanted to live a life in fear of every fucking thing to the point where I am no longer logical I'd be a Republican.

[awoke_in_2003]

43. I am not afraid...

but I am prepared.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

39. How Do You Watch Your Car Twenty Four Hours A Day?

~

[YOY]

40. How do you worry about your car 24 hours a day with having a nervous breakdown?

Now kindly grow a pair. People who let fear control their actions instead of logic are easily mislead.

[hobbit709]

41. Some of my bumper stickers on my truck

DARWIN
DOING MY PART TO PISS OFF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT
DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND.COM
LLOYD DOGGETT FOR CONGRESS
HEY GOV. PALIN, JESUS WAS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, PONTIUS PILATE WAS A GOVERNOR

I've even driven my truck around in East TX, not just Austin and nobody's fucked with me. Of course I don't really look like someone you want to fuck with.

[demodonkey]

25. I have a Subaru too (w/ stickers) but it's broken down & I can't afford to fix or replace it...

... My little Subie has three (3) election integrity stickers on the back! And it's been driven most of the miles I've put on it fighting for better elections. So screw you Sarah, I'm out there doing my best to protect EVERYONE's vote, even yours.

Anyway, I really need a "new" (i.e. safe, running, but used) car. And as a poor election activist I have no idea how I am going to afford one.

All of the above has nothing to do with Obama. It started w/ GWB.

BTW, a Subaru is a great car and very helpful where I live because of the 4-wheel drive.

[Aristus]

36. Repukes have their automotive codewords. "Volvo" means liberal. I think "Subaru" means lesbian.

I had a right-winger try to draw me into an exchange in which she used "Subaru" to indicate lesbians...

She was a stupid bitch...

[treestar]

14. Wonder why she thinks the driver would stop

Just because some moron driving behind them tried to get them to? :rofl: She doesn't even tell her idiotic followers how this is to come about. With no flashing lights atop one's roof, it's hard to get other drivers to stop.

She just talks without any context. It's amusing.

[TheCowsCameHome]

20. Is there a link to where she said that?

I can't believe how dopey this woman can be.

I hope the media runs with it.

[DrDan]

22. sure - here

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/palin-advises-tea-partiers-stop-cars-with-obama-bumper-stickers.php

[TheCowsCameHome]

35. Thanks - it's so bizarre.

[Enthusiast]

28. She wants tea baggers to stop the driver.

Yeah, that'll work.

And just like Bush, nothing is egregious enough to apologize for. An apology is an admission of incorrect behavior, Republicans are perfect.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. The woman is absolutely nuts. There's no other explanation.

Someone is going to get their brains blown out because of listening to her ranting and raving.

She hasn't a clue of how much trouble idiotic stuff like she suggests can cause.

[Mojeoux]

38. there were at least 3 DU reported Hopey-Changey incidents

last week. All three reported being able to cheerfully answer "great!" but sooner or later, something crazy will happen.

It's like when the RWers went to Africa and condemned gays, then they were surprised that one country tried to make

homosexuality a capital offense punishable by death. OOps.

[Earth Bound Misfit]

8. I'm actually hoping one of these Palin-drones "harass" me...

My scripted reply: Gosh-darn good, you betchya! How's that willful ignorance thing-ey workin' out for ya? (Wink & drive away)

[CanonRay]

10. She just doesn't think. Period.

I mean never.

[EFerrari]

19. I think she knows exactly what she's doing.

Even those sentences that run downhill, one disjointed phrase after another, have a punchline.

[YOY]

12. I'm just dying to hear what her "proposals" are.

Really, I have heard them yak it up about her "ideas" but have not yet to actually hear one. Most likely because we've heard them all before and they aren't even her ideas...if they even exist.

[lunatica]

18. She thinks liberals are to too wussy to react violently

Liberals aren't Real Americans. We're Elitist Latte Drinking Softies who don't know the Business End of Gun or the God Given Right to Own One. We're Gay Loving, Baby Killing, Commie, Pinko, Muslim Loving, Appeasing Apologists, Palling Around With Terrorists, Socialist Robbing from the Rich to Coddle the Lazy Do Nothing Welfare Queens, Big Government Loving, Baby Killers. Baby Killers is always important to repeat again and again in elections years.

[KonaKane]

34. She would be deadly wrong.

[hobbit709]

42. +1

[rustydog]

21. I wish that would happen to me, I'd pull over, call 911

and report a road rage incident. As the driver approaches me, I tell him-her that the police will be here shortly to discuss their road rage problem in making me pull over. If they speed off, I take down the license plate and driver description and give it to the responding law enforcement officer.

[awoke_in_2003]

33. I posted upthread...

about someone following me once. I handled it myself, which probably wasn't smart. Dial 911, put phone on speaker, tell the cop where you are and where you are heading. Keep driving, describe your car and the follower. Don't stop until you see cops. Too many nutcases out there.

[Stevenmarc]

24. From Speak softly and carry a big stick to Speak nonsense and poke with a sharp stick

can the bar get any lower

[AnArmyVeteran]

27. When I see a Bush/Cheney sticker I just have to look at the driver

When I am driving and see a car with a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker (yes, there are still a lot of them where I am) I just have to look at the driver to see what kind of person could actually be duped into voting for those thugs. My perceptions of what I am about to see are never disappointing to me. All the drivers have that 'look' on their faces, almost like a throwback to a primitive species. Ok, maybe not that extreme, but it's easy to see they are right wingers. Admit it, most of them don't look normal.