I don't normally repost entire blog entries from other Bloggers - but this is something everyone (especially other Bloggers) should read. From Greg Rutter at Whatevs.Net:
An open letter regarding Sarah Palin
Please stop spreading her stupidity. I completely agree with you that she’s a human piece of shit and probably has the mental capacity of her son (yes, THAT one) but by reblogging her twitter posts (not to mention subscribing in the first place), spreading news articles, and sharing footage of the dumb things she says on Fox News you’re only giving her legitimacy. If she didn’t rile up the liberals she wouldn’t be seen as a hero by the Tea Party people.
Remember, she no longer behaves like a politician. If we don’t like what she does we can’t vote her out of office. She’s using the media - and shockingly, the internet - to use the Attention Economy to stay in power. As long as she’s in the media she’s in power. So treat her like you would a horrible movie: just stop watching it. The Last Airbender is still only just barely in the public consciousness but only because it was so unbelievably bad. Sarah Palin = The Last Airbender.
As long as we pay attention to her, she exists.
Future suggestions
- If you do want to share something about her, write her name like this “S**** P****”. It removes her from any web indexing engines. Plus it sends the message that she almost literally doesn’t exist.
- If there’s an article you need to share ask yourself first “does this infuriate me?” If you want to share it because it makes you hate her more, definitely do not share it. It gives her power over you and thus keeps her media engine turning
- I understand it’s important to pay attention to both sides of the political spectrum but there are actually important things being done in politics right now besides the culture of anti-intellectualism that’s being spread on the “news” and that is not politics.
Note: This also goes for Glen Beck (G*** B***), Ann Coulter (A** C******), and K*** R*** (Karl Rove).
I long ago stopped mentioning that skinny biatch Ann You-Know-Who on DavidDust - and I really should consider giving the same treatment to Moose Mess Palin. What do you think???
I think it is fine for him to suggest it. I think it is fine for people to ignore him. I think free speech is messy and I love it when it is loud and raucous and free.
ReplyDeleteAlso went back and looked at my post yesterday and didn't mention a name - that way I don't have to refudiate myself ;-)
Like the POV from this blogger. I would also like to add the names Michelle Bachmann and Sharon Engle.....their right wing nuttiness adds to the media coverage of their most outrageous statements.
ReplyDeleteI just got tired of writing her name and wasting my precious space and time on my blog with her! Why bother. It's what she wants.
ReplyDeleteAs a Brit I find it astonishing that a woman who has displayed such intellectual ineptitude can be revered by so many right wing morons.
ReplyDeleteHowever, we have our own racist, homophobic, loony right-wing fringe over here - the British National Party (BNP). For years the policy of our mainstream political parties was not to give them the oxygen of publicity by sharing a platform with them.
That didn't work. They were able to spread their hate and lies because no-one engaged with them. In the last few years, to our eternal shame, they got elected onto local councils, have a member sitting in the Greater London Authority and now have 2 Members of the European Parliament.
As a result, in the run up to our May 2010 general election they were given a platform on TV debates and covered in the media. The result? They lost seats and power hand over fist. In their stronghold in working class east London they were completely wiped out.
My point? SP is a moron. The things she says are moronic and don't stand up to scrutiny. Even her daughter is rejecting her as too extreme.
Engage with the bitch. Let her open her mouth - encourage her to. Question her, present her with FACTS and get her to try and find some FACTS to support her argument. Point out her failure to discharge the offices she has been elected to and question how this debarrs her from any right to future office. The more opportunity she has to speak the more she's going to fuck up. You can't polish a turd and she's a big floater.
Then she'll have to go back to Alaska and sit in her kitchen looking out over her vista of Russia.
I like this idea, but mostly because I am so sick of the beetch, I get queasy when her name is mentioned.
ReplyDeletei call her She Who Must Not Be Named (SWMNBN for short, LOL)... unless, that is, i'm calling her out on twitter by including her @name! :D
ReplyDeleteGood point! If only they'd go away if we ignore them! Worth a try!
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