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Palin-Haters: You’re Acting Like Douchebags

By JakeRake / October 23, 2008

For that half of the country for whom eviscerating Palin has become a recreational obsession, a wake-up call is needed: political humor has tipped into completely classless tribal behavior. Following in the daily example set by Keith Olberman’s relentless political tirades, a Park Slope hair salon hosted a Democratic fundraising event entitled "Updos for Obama," in which women made donations in exchange for Palin-style haircuts.

"When you look at what it is to be a feminist in today’s culture and specifically in New York, her nomination can be such a betrayal," said one woman at the Park Slope event.

Betrayal? Really? Why? Because her views differ from those of the catty liberals of Park Slope? These women aren’t responding to Sarah Palin, they are reacting against the caricature of Sarah Palin they see on TV.

The necessity of political satire to check the power public figures hold over our celebrity-obsessed polity is not in question. But we’ve reached a point in which we’ve transcended satire and degenerated into an uncivilized atmosphere where any kind of dialogue is impossible.

Yes, Palin is an attractive woman. Yes, it appears that she is completely nuts (the creationism, the retarded kid, etc). And yes, she is a Republican. But seeing Palin’s nomination as a betrayal to feminist values is just as shitty as referring to Barack Obama an ‘Uncle Tom’ because he doesn’t roll with 50 and sell weed.

So take a look at yourselves in the mirror, women of Park Slope; you may also notice that your new ‘do looks great, just like Sarah Palin.

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  • By Justin Kalm 10/26/08 at 9:46 p.m. UTC

    When she was mayor of Wasilla, Palin made rape victims pay for their own rape kits.  How feminist is that?  She thinks girls who are raped by their fathers shouldn’t be legally able to get abortions.  How feminist is that? 

    I’m sorry Jake, but your post is beyond moronic.  While blasting people for Palin bashing, you managed to bash women, the mentally disabled, and black people.

  • By Isaac 10/24/08 at 3:44 p.m. UTC

    ck,

    It’s more than likely that one very big reason for the undignified nature of American political discourse is a function of the fact that one of the two major parties has spent the better part of three decades in a race to see how proudly it can parade around anti-intellectualism as a cause celebre, blaming all its problems on academics, a free and independent media, science, etc., etc. I thought this race to the bottom of the barrel of brains reached its zenith with Dan Quayle. And then they trotted out George W. But Palin’s still just about the worst they’ve come up with – although hopefully her ticket’s demise signifies the end of this trend in elevating folksy stupidity as a model for leading the nation.  

    It’s over for them. Big time. Train-wreck big time.

  • By Isaac 10/24/08 at 3:33 p.m. UTC

    Having a mentally challenged kid doesn’t necessarily make one nuts, ck. But getting on an hours-long flight from the American Southwest to Alaska after her water broke just so that the kid can be born in the state that her husband thinks should secede from the Union is fucking nuts.

    And Maayan’s right. There’s a lot more. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. But mostly her problem is that she’s a corrupt and proudly ignorant, retrograde anti-intellectual who thinks that being moderately informed of how American government and the constitution works is beneath her. Oh, and if you’re going to be the leader of the free world your formal education should go beyond one degree — in sports journalism — after failing several other and related courses of study multiple times. But maybe that’s just me.   

  • By ste4ve 10/24/08 at 2:15 p.m. UTC

    Time for a Palin palate cleanser, don’tcha think?  We do:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx4kXgF88wQ

    Cheers!

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    By Maayan 10/24/08 at 10:42 a.m. UTC

    But it’s so much fun….

  • By jewlicious 10/24/08 at 4:32 a.m. UTC

    I have never in my life voted for a right-wing candidate. Having said that, I agree that the Palin bashing that’s going on is a bit… much. It obscures the issues and it’s become undignified in a realm that already lacks much dignity. Butwhat on earth does this sentence mean: "Yes, it appears that she is completely nuts (the creationism, the retarded kid, etc)." How does having a mentally challenged child make one nuts??

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