This should end all of the false equivalency arguments

[proud2BlibKansan]

From Sarah Palin's Facebook page. Posted on Saturday:

]"It's ok. Christina Taylor Green was probably going to end up a left wing bleeding heart liberal anyway. Hey, as 'they' say, what would you do if you had the chance to kill Hitler as a kid? Exactly."

Now unless you can show where anyone on the left has said ANYTHING even close to this hateful, stop saying 'the left does this too'.

[Goblinmonger]

1. I've been told that examples of the average person don't matter.

Palin didn't say that. Just someone posting there. Someone posting on DU in the past got the Secret Service knocking on Skinner's door.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. And I was told what average people say does matter

Hence, the reason for this OP.

[Goblinmonger]

5. I think average people say horrible shit on both sides.

There is plenty of grave dancing on DU. Do I hate Palin, Bachman, Melkin? Yep.

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. Grave dancing on children??

I've never seen that here.

[Goblinmonger]

21. Me either.

But plenty of celebrating the death of conservatives. Still pretty ghoulish and classless.

[emulatorloo]

4. That's what I believe - it is about the people who get PAID to say vile things

Talk Radio and Politicos who say these horrible divisive things.

[seabeyond]

12. yet on du it would be deleted and not left to stand. posters would be disgusted adn calling out

the person that posted it. the person would be TS.

see the difference ..... yet?

[Goblinmonger]

14. I agree that that would happen.

But there are still people on our side saying it.

[seabeyond]

16. that is not the point. that is not what everyone is arguing. BIG part of it is the people be called

out. told to knock it off. not allowed. dont approve. dont condone. dont validate.

people are saying to the right. dont allow people to do this. dont vote for those that do this. dont listen to those that use the rhetoric.

THAT IS ALL

anyone is saying.

greyson went too far.... ALL the left went after him with the ad

do you see the difference.

what would happen the first time sarah said lock n load and ALL the right call her out on that bullshit.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. What stuff are people on our side saying

that is even remotely as hateful as the comment I posted in the OP?

[Goblinmonger]

18. On face book alone, today

I saw a "kill Sarah Palin" group (might have been yesterday) and a "I'm sad when I wake up and Sarah Palin is still alive" with a graphic of her holding a gun to her temple.

I'm sure I could find some Facebook comments about killing Sarah Palin or some other Republican if I cared to look.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Sarah Palin is not a child

She chose to enter the political arena. The little girl in Tucson who died did not make that choice. And she was a child. BIG difference, and the point of my OP.

[sabrina 1]

25. And Sarah Palin while she erased all posts not flattering to her

as fast they were posted, did not erase that one, at least last time I looked.

Here that post would have been alerted on immediately and deleted as quickly as possible.

I don't know what it means that unflattering posts directed to Sarah were instantly deleted but this one was not, but just stating the facts FYI.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. It was still there yesterday, 48 hours later

[fascisthunter]

31. Yeah, it's a Problem when the Majority of Palin's Supporters

seem to say the same shit... but hey, you don't see that... gee

[emulatorloo]

2. I agree there is a false equivalency, OTOH that is an individual person, not a radio host/politico

I think it is really vile, and I think it is a reflection of the effects that the violent demonizing rhetoric coming from some Republican Politicos and Hate Radio has

[kctim]

6. Then what is

saying that you hope somebody gets ass cancer a reflection of?

[emulatorloo]

7. Give me the context

[kctim]

10. You say false equivalency

Liberal celeb says he hopes somebody gets rectal cancer, simply because his politics are different. Pretty "violent demonizing rhetoric" in that.

You say false equivalency, so I am curious what that statement is a reflection of.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Rush is an adult. This was a child.

[Still a Democrat]

9. Pretty silly

It's one person, and anyone could have posted it. It smacks of sarcasm to me.

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. fair enough

Now find a comment made by our side that uses the death of a child to make a sarcastic point.

[Still a Democrat]

30. If the comment were sarcastic, it would be a liberal posting it

not a conservative.

[walldude]

28. It does to me as well. And I believe it served it's purpose

Every single negative comment was scrubbed from her site in seconds. This post stayed up for the better part of a day.

Either way it shows that A. Her followers are assholes for posting something like this. Or
B. Her followers are assholes for leaving this kind of crap up.

[27inCali]

11. issues not hate or anger so much as holding human life cheap

suggesting that it's acceptable for innocent people to lose their life for the sake of politics.

that's what is worst of it all.

[montanto]

13. Palin said that?

Okay, that is an all time low, even for Palin. I don't know when I've seen anything so vile.

[Goblinmonger]

15. No she didn't. Someone posting on her facebook wall did n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. It was still on her FB wall yesterday - 48 hours after it first appeared

She has quickly removed any posts from lefties calling her out, but this one remained.

[EFerrari]

20. When Palin got people to yell out "KIll him" at her klan rallies in 2008

she should have known to change her rhetoric. But she ran with it.

That was the defining moment, imo.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. McCain, to his credit, did say something to his crowd

Sarah did not.

[Odin2005]

29. OH. MY. GOD!!!

:grr: