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According to a close aide –
Death threats against Sarah Palin reached an unprecedented level this week.

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In recent days, word has spread among conservatives of a Facebook page titled “I hate it when I wake up and Sarah Palin is still alive.” The page features a drawing of Sarah Palin about to shoot herself in the head and several of the members have called for Sarah Palin’s assassination.


HOT AIR reported:

An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona, and the former Alaska governor’s team has been talking to security professionals.
Since the shooting in Tucson, Palin has taken much heat for her “crosshairs” map that targeted 20 congressional Democrats in the 2010 midterm election, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the main target of Saturday’s attack.
Friends say Palin, a possible 2012 contender, was galled as suggestions of her role in the tragedy have swirled.
Palin responded in detail Wednesday to the attacks leveled against her, but while her intentions may have been to shift the blame away from herself, she instead put herself in the hot seat again.
“Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn,” she said in an early-morning Facebook post Wednesday.
 
Ice Dancer said:
According to a close aide –
Death threats against Sarah Palin reached an unprecedented level this week.

sarah-shooter-150x150.jpg


In recent days, word has spread among conservatives of a Facebook page titled “I hate it when I wake up and Sarah Palin is still alive.” The page features a drawing of Sarah Palin about to shoot herself in the head and several of the members have called for Sarah Palin’s assassination.


HOT AIR reported:

An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona, and the former Alaska governor’s team has been talking to security professionals.
Since the shooting in Tucson, Palin has taken much heat for her “crosshairs” map that targeted 20 congressional Democrats in the 2010 midterm election, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the main target of Saturday’s attack.
Friends say Palin, a possible 2012 contender, was galled as suggestions of her role in the tragedy have swirled.
Palin responded in detail Wednesday to the attacks leveled against her, but while her intentions may have been to shift the blame away from herself, she instead put herself in the hot seat again.
“Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn,” she said in an early-morning Facebook post Wednesday.
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Is this the "aide" who claimed SarahPAC's crosshairs were "surveyor marks"?

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...werent-rifle-sights-but-surveyors-marks/69163
 
Ice Dancer said:
According to a close aide –
Death threats against Sarah Palin reached an unprecedented level this week.

sarah-shooter-150x150.jpg


In recent days, word has spread among conservatives of a Facebook page titled “I hate it when I wake up and Sarah Palin is still alive.” The page features a drawing of Sarah Palin about to shoot herself in the head and several of the members have called for Sarah Palin’s assassination.


HOT AIR reported:

An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona, and the former Alaska governor’s team has been talking to security professionals.
Since the shooting in Tucson, Palin has taken much heat for her “crosshairs” map that targeted 20 congressional Democrats in the 2010 midterm election, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the main target of Saturday’s attack.
Friends say Palin, a possible 2012 contender, was galled as suggestions of her role in the tragedy have swirled.
Palin responded in detail Wednesday to the attacks leveled against her, but while her intentions may have been to shift the blame away from herself, she instead put herself in the hot seat again.
“Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn,” she said in an early-morning Facebook post Wednesday.
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Ya know what funny?

That Palin makes a comment like: “Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn,”.

But...but...but...she's claimed that comments by others and outlandish rhetoric can't be to blame for anothers actions...yet in that very quote she cautions journalists that their comments might incite the very violence she claims isn't caused by overheated rhetoric.
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Ya know what funny?

That Palin makes a comment like: “Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn,”.

But...but...but...she's claimed that comments by others and outlandish rhetoric can't be to blame for anothers actions...yet in that very quote she cautions journalists that their comments might incite the very violence she claims isn't caused by overheated rhetoric.
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How many times were dropped on your head as a child?

One? A hundred?
 
Death threats blow.

I was hanging w/ some of my libbie friends today, and Palin came up; we pretty much all felt bad for her. The reaction to her comments has been so wildly over-the-top. She's definitely a lightning rod, but some of the stuff I hear just makes me shake my head....
 
Onceler said:
Death threats blow.

I was hanging w/ some of my libbie friends today, and Palin came up; we pretty much all felt bad for her. The reaction to her comments has been so wildly over-the-top. She's definitely a lightning rod, but some of the stuff I hear just makes me shake my head....
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Are the alleged threats real?

..."ABC's decision, yesterday, to run a piece titled "Death Threats Against Sarah Palin at 'Unprecedented Level,' Aides Say," based on hearsay from Palin's aides without any corroborating evidence, is irresponsible at best.

Worse yet, U.S. News & World Report picked up on the story today—again, without once questioning the information itself or its source. (ditto for the UPI and the Toronto Star, among others).

If Palin is receiving death threats, especially at allegedly "unprecedented levels," all of us should be concerned. But Palin should be calling the police or the FBI, not mere "security experts," as reported. To neglect engaging law enforcement is a disservice to her own safety and the safety of her staff and family.

Yet neither Palin's staff nor the news outlets elaborate on this point, except to admit that the former has not signed off on changing Palin's security arrangements.

The media, however, has clearly been alerted. (Note: at least CBS, when it repeated the death threat meme via a USA Today story this afternoon, added the sentence, "The aide did not provide details concerning the volume of threats, how much have they increased or whether they are being referred to the authorities.")..."

http://simba1.newsvine.com/_news/20...h-palins-unsubstantiated-death-threat-claims-
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Ya know what funny?

That Palin makes a comment like: “Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn,”.

But...but...but...she's claimed that comments by others and outlandish rhetoric can't be to blame for anothers actions...yet in that very quote she cautions journalists that their comments might incite the very violence she claims isn't caused by overheated rhetoric.
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Ahhh, I see you're having a problem with "Right-speak". You see, it's not the comments and outlandish rhetoric spoken by politicians that's to blame. It's the reporting of those comments, by journalists, that incites violence.

Perhaps you recall the statement back in 2002, "We know there are known knowns: there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns: that is to say we know there are things we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don't know we don't know."

In the above statement the Right knew there were things they didn't know they didn't know but they knew they didn't know they didn't know. What could be clearer? ;)
 
..."An aide to Sarah Palin tells CBS News that there has been an increase in death threats against the former Alaska governor in the wake of the shootings in Tucson.


The aide did not provide details concerning the volume of threats, how much have they increased or whether they are being referred to the authorities.


A different Palin aide, Rebecca Mansour, told USA Today that the increase in threats since Saturday has been "incredible."


"There has been an incredible increase in death threats against Gov. Palin since the tragedy in Arizona, since she's been accused of having the blood of those victims on her hands," she said. "When you start to accuse people of having the blood of innocent people on their hands, it incites violence"...


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20028458-503544.html


So the only evidence any one has that these "threats" actually occured is hearsay from Palin's employees?

It should be noted that the same Ms. Mansour claimed - after the Tucson massacre - that the infamous crosshairs on SarahPAC's website were "surveyor's marks", contradicting Ms. Palin, who referred to the same graphics in a November 2010 Tweet as "bulleyes".

"Remember months ago "bullseye" icon used 2 target the 20 Obamacare-lovin' incumbent seats? We won 18 out of 20 (90% success rate;T'aint bad)".

http://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/29677744457#

..."people across the political spectrum employ violent imagery and metaphors, the question remains as to whether anyone, including Palin, should be doing so in the first place..."

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/10/poll-was-sarah-palin-crosshair-imagery-targeting-gabrielle-giff/
 
Hopefully, everyone will take time to pause a moment and think about the tone and content of their speech before speaking to the press, spouting twitterings on the twitter, or tapping out one's top targets online.

Responsibility, eh?

Personally, i'd shoot the lot of 'em.
 
It is ironic that we find out that Sarah Palin had nothing to do with the lunatic, but this is directly responsible for what is happening to her. However, it doesn't change that we shouldn't start into a trail where we silence opposition in order to make "safer" rhetoric. I wholly disagree that we should start censoring ourselves. Sheriff Doofus deserves his right to air his wholly incorrect opinion, however wrongheaded it is.
 
Damocles said:
It is ironic that we find out that Sarah Palin had nothing to do with the lunatic, but this is directly responsible for what is happening to her. However, it doesn't change that we shouldn't start into a trail where we silence opposition in order to make "safer" rhetoric. I wholly disagree that we should start censoring ourselves. Sheriff Doofus deserves his right to air his wholly incorrect opinion, however wrongheaded it is.
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You're using "silence" and "censorship" pretty loosely there.

I don't think it's asking too much for people to tone it down. You're not "censoring" someone by asking them to make a choice to be less inflammatory; they certainly don't have to.
 
Onceler said:
You're using "silence" and "censorship" pretty loosely there.

I don't think it's asking too much for people to tone it down. You're not "censoring" someone by asking them to make a choice to be less inflammatory; they certainly don't have to.
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Hence the "ourselves" portion. Or did you just seek stuff that you would feel others might think "outrageous" and then take aim at that part only?

The rhetoric wasn't responsible, it therefore won't "fix" anything to change it.
 
Damocles said:
It is ironic that we find out that Sarah Palin had nothing to do with the lunatic, but this is directly responsible for what is happening to her. However, it doesn't change that we shouldn't start into a trail where we silence opposition in order to make "safer" rhetoric. I wholly disagree that we should start censoring ourselves. Sheriff Doofus deserves his right to air his wholly incorrect opinion, however wrongheaded it is.
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I imagine people thinking about their actual words is almost akin to state censorship.

In a similar way i always find the flame wars on our own dear board provide, not just an informative and lively discussion, but a cathartic outlet which prevents me from shooting a politician in the face.
 
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