When McCain first selected Palin as his running mate, I detested her. Since then, however, I saw such a barrage of vicious, disgusting, sexist commentary about her on Liberal websites and blogs that I feel horrible for her and don’t want to hear any more of the stupid clumsy jokes on her account.
Following, for these past 7 years, the Liberal coverage of Palin taught me that sexism has no party affiliation. People who write passionate ultra – progressive articles easily slip into the most outlandishly woman – hating screeds against not only Palin and her daughters but even her infant granddaughter born last month. Among all the unsuccessful vice-presidential candidates, nobody I know received such relentlessly shitty treatment as Palin.
This is why I now feel nothing but a desire to barf when I see my news feed explode with condemnation of Palin for her Trump endorsement. All of the so-called feminists who keep moaning on Shakesville and Feministing about being tragically victimized by somebody looking at them the wrong way wouldn’t survive two days of the kind of bullying and persecution that Palin has had to experience for years simply for being a female politician. That she still has the presence of mind to step into the public eye is truly admirable.
If somebody had told me 7 years ago that I’d be writing this post one day, I wouldn’t have believed it. And I’m very sorry that I’ve had to discover the malodorous depths of sexist iniquity among many proud Liberals. I’ve lost a lot of my idealism in these years and can now only laugh when these people begin congratulating themselves on their entirely imaginary feminist credentials.
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All of the so-called feminists who keep moaning on Shakesville and Feministing about being tragically victimized by somebody looking at them the wrong way wouldn’t survive two days of the kind of bullying and persecution that Palin has had to experience for years simply for being a female politician
I’ll simply note that Shakesville had a long running “Palin Sexism Watch” and consistently condemned sexism directed at Sarah Palin when I still read the site. I can’t speak for what they do now, however.
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What I’m saying is that there is something to admire and learn from here. Today, women on this continent don’t achieve as much as they could for a single reason: they give up too easily. The feminist cause #1 should be discussing this problem and learning to overcome it. Clinton and Palin can offer great examples of resilience and drive, irrespective of what they do or don’t say. Instead, we are focusing on women who embrace victimhood and practice it as a form of art.
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Why does it have to be one or the other? You can detest her and the sexist abuse heaped upon her.
My opinion on her is based solely on the sexist, racist, hateful garbage she spouts. I feel the same way about Ann Coulter. A truly despicable human being with no redeeming quality whatsoever, but I would never support the online abuse she gets.
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Why does it have to be one or the other? You can detest her and the sexist abuse heaped upon her.
True.
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Yes, one can but nobody does. There’s been a gleeful persecution of this woman and her family. If support for the harassment were not massive, it would have ended years ago. So let’s not pretend that this harassment exists in a vacuum. There is enormous demand for it.
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One …I admit that I know little of what it means to be or think like a feminist. However, I do recognize ignorance, incompetence, racism, and a con artist (grifter). All of which …Palin is!
She has earned ALL of the derision she receives and then some!
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So it’s OK to insult a newborn baby because her grandmother is a grifter? It’s OK to ridicule a Down’s child because his mother is a grifter? It’s OK to insult a woman’s body and facial features, post endless analysis of bet breasts and weight, create disgusting fantasies about her sexuality and that of her daughters because she’s incompetent?
Not only do you not know how to think like a feminist, you don’t know how to think at all. You are just a silly, brainless airhead and you’ve earned all the derision you receive and then some. Prick.
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I saw this not-sexist short comment on the issue (in Russian). The second paragraph, which I haven’t heard of before, was extremely funny:
http://scholar-vit.livejournal.com/453107.html
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