Sarah Palin, in a Facebook video, compared criticism of her use of guns and shooting as political metaphors to "blood libel" Wednesday. Blood libel joins a pantheon of ignorant statements now known as "Palinisms" that contain such memes as "refudiate" and "death panel." Blood libel, a term that’s been around for hundreds of years, is an accusation made by Christians against Jews charging all of them with killing kids and using their blood in rituals. Palin is going to need to take out a huge paydayloan to buy her foot out of her mouth if she isn't careful.
What Palin has to say in the blood libel
Sarah Palin’s blood libel speech is a response to criticism regarding a map posted on her Facebook page that shows U.S. congressional districts represented by democrats marked with gun sight crosshairs. One of those districts is represented by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in Tucson Jan. 9 and is fighting for her life in the hospital. It seemed like Palin wasn't going to do anything but talk about herself during the speech. She referenced "Congress woman Giffords" who on the House floor had a "beautiful moment" while reading the First Amendment for a second though. Palin spoke last May about negative coverage an Idaho Republican congressional candidate was getting saying it was “a violation of the freedom of the press.” That is how much she knows about the First Amendment.
Meaning blood libel has
After liberals linked the Arizona shooting to Palin's statements such as "Don't retreat. Reload," Wall Street Journal Glenn Reynolds used the term blood libel to criticize on Monday. In truth, the term blood libel can be traced back to antiquity. The real place blood libel comes from is the idea that many believed Jews wanted human blood to use for Passover. Supposedly Christian children were used to get this blood. A young boy would be kidnapped and executed after torture which is what blood libel states.
Why Palin's blood libel speech is ironic
Palin, the former Republican governor of Alaska who is now a right wing media pundit, chastised “media pundits” in her speech “who should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the hatred and violence they purport to condemn.” If she weren’t so willfully ignorant, she could have learned that her criticism of hatred and violence included a theme that has been used for centuries to persecute Jews (see Holocaust). Palin didn't realize that Rep. Giffords is Jewish apparently as she is very Christian.
Articles cited
CNN
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/12/palin-says-efforts-to-lay-blame-reprehensible/?npt=NP1
Huffington Post
huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/18/sarah-palin-palinisms_n_685346.html#s127848&title=undefined
Business Insider
businessinsider.com/sarah-palin-accuses-media-of-blood-libel-but-apparently-doesnt-understand-the-term-2011-1
Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel
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