Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed. ·
Jan 12, 2011 at 1:38pm
Sarah Palin reacts to the Tucson shooting:
And the left reacts to Sarah Palin: The Daily Caller reports,
A video on YouTube showcases dozens of tweets, sent in the aftermath of Saturday’s Arizona massacre, that call for the death of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Some of the Tweeters wish Palin would die of cancer, while others advocate for her assassination.
“My hatred for Sarah Palin continues to grow. I think this woman should be assassinated,” said one person. “Sarah Palin should be shot for her encouragement of fanaticism against Democrats,” says another.
Warning: the video I'm linking to, which the news report cites, contains foul language and shows dozens of twitter users calling for Palin's death.
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Jun '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Yeah, it's almost like by falsely blaming her for Tucson, they want to see her bleed, they want to see some violence done to her. I wonder if there's a name for that?
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
How tragically absurd to decry hate, violence and murder by hatefully issuing a call for....violence and murder.
Aug '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
I recommend reading some of Elias Canetti's masterpiece, Crowds and Power, to see what people are capable of when given the cloak of anonymity of a group, which one can liken to the same identification as a twitter broadcast. But remember in order to be heard tweeting, one must have dedicated followers.
Jul '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
I recommend Eric Hoffer's masterpiece, The True Believer.
May '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Has the Daily Caller partnered with Ricochet? It's a fantastic journalistic creation; the Center-Right Archipelago will save US(A).
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
ParisParamus: Has the Daily Caller partnered with Ricochet? It's a fantastic journalistic creation; the Center-Right Archipelago will save US(A). · Jan 12 at 2:24pm
We do have a partnership of sorts. On occasion, you'll find one of their stories here on our main feed or on our headlines page. Similarly, you may spot one of our posts in their pages (today they're featuring Troy Senik's post on the best of the inaugural addresses). But aside from that, they're a pretty great news site, so we find ourselves linking to them pretty frequently.
Dec '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
By blaming her for Tucson, they want to define her as less than a person, a creature unfit to live. It's a lot like when Jew-hating medieval villagers made up stories about Jews harvesting the blood of Christian children for evil rituals, thus justifying their own murder of Jews. I think there's a name for that... it's on the tip of my tongue....
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Yes, some primordial urge. I think there is a name for it: vengeance, right? They remind me of Madame Defarge from A Tale of Two Cities: they can't be reasoned with and want to see blood.
Oct '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed.
Yes, some primordial urge. I think there is a name for it: vengeance, right? They remind me of Madame Defarge from A Tale of Two Cities: they can't be reasoned with and want to see blood. · Jan 12 at 3:25pm
I can certainly think of a few choice names for those making such threats.
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Ezra Klein said of Palin and her video: "there was real opportunity in this tragedy for Sarah Palin to look like a leader. I don't think anyone, left of right, thinks she has."
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Meanwhile, Howard Kurtz said that "There was some sympathy for Palin over being tied to shooting and she chose to go inflammatory. Blood libel has special resonance for Jews."
(Both Klein and Kurtz' remarks come via Twitter).
Oct '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Ezra Klein says the Constitution is too hard to understand because it is an old, groady document that is "confusing because it was written more than a hundred years ago."
And leftists have the unmitigated nerve to call Palin stupid.
Nov '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
This Sarah obsession thing is going to backfire on the left. They are galvanizing what has been mild antipathy or perhaps indifference on the right into a backlash against unjust persecution.
Edited on Jan 12, 2011 at 4:28pmMay '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Not to be a center-right blogospheric wet blanket, but is this whole blame Palin qua Mistress of the Conservatives... is this getting any serious place in the normal world?
May '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Emily Esfahani Smith, Ed. : Sarah Palin reacts to the Tucson shooting:
A video on YouTube showcases dozens of tweets, sent in the aftermath of Saturday’s Arizona massacre, that call for the death of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
What a disgusting display of hatred and hypocrisy. The Left has managed to create this scandal and scapegoat Sarah Palin. How interesting it was to see in todays WashPo Charles Krauthammer use a Freudian concept to explain how our political rhetoric is a sign of our progress, not evidence of our imperfections. Sadly it seems the hatred demonstrated by those who wish Palin harm may blind them to both the irony of Krauthammers Freudian allusion and the bankrupt nature of their "progressive" past
Edited on Jan 12, 2011 at 5:07pmJul '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
What on earth are these people thinking? Do they have no clue that human resources departments check out candidates' social network history these days?
Or do they just have no interest in employment at all?
Jun '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Emily, thank you for posting the Palin video. I was impressed by her simultaneous passion and self-restraint.
Edited on Jan 12, 2011 at 8:05pmAug '10
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Kenneth: What on earth are these people thinking? Do they have no clue that human resources departments check out candidates' social network history these days?
Or do they just have no interest in employment at all? · Jan 12 at 5:52pm
Uh... in some industries, such comments would be considered a feather in one's cap...
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Palin took it so seriously that she felt the need to respond.
Re: Twitter Users: "Why Didn't Someone Shoot Palin Instead?"
Here's Charles Krauthammer's reaction to Palin's speech: “I found her speech unobjectionable, unremarkable but unnecessary.”