Sarah Palin, master of stirring up ignorant people into angry frenzies with one hate-filled word, now has an entirely new forum to do it. Palin is now a correspondent on Fox News Channel, and apparently will get another TV show about Alaska. Right now, she’s become the symbol for feminists and crazy Tea Party people.
Now, Palin has a new controversy surrounding her. She recently came out against the popular show Family Guy, angry at a joke made on a recent episode. In the episode, a character dates a girl with Down syndrome. When asked what her family does for a living, she replies, “My dad is an accountant and my mother is the former governor of Alaska,” a clear reference to Palin.
Palin and her family wasted no time in striking back. Palin called it, “another kick in the gut,” while her daughter Bristol referred to Family Guy by saying, “”If the writers of a particularly pathetic cartoon show thought they were being clever in mocking my brother and my family yesterday, they failed. All they proved is that they’re heartless jerks.”
This isn’t the first time Palin has struck back at those who refer to children with mental problems, or even using the word retarded.
When White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel used the word in a speech, she asked, “Where is the decency?”
Now, looking at this, one might think Palin is justified. In fact, Sarah Palin seems like an angry mother, striking down anyone that uses the “r-word.” However, with a little research, it’s not hard to find a prominent public figure using that very same word. Who is this heartless, cold being? His name is Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh calls Democrats “retards” regularly; in a recent quote, he even refers to our “politically correct society.”
“I think the big news is the crackup going on. Our politically correct society is acting like some giant insult has taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards. I mean, these liberal activists are kooks. They are loony tunes. And I’m not going to apologize for it, I’m just quoting Emanuel. It’s in the news. I think the news is that he’s out there calling Obama’s number one supporters ‘effing retards. So now there’s going to be a meeting. There’s going to be a retard summit at the White House, much like the beer summit between Obama and Gates and that cop in Cambridge.”
Since Rush Limbaugh uses that dreaded r-word four times why isn’t Palin attacking Limbaugh? Because it’s obviously in satire!
On an interview on Fox News, Palin says, and I quote: “They [liberals] are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh was using satire … I didn’t hear Rush Limbaugh calling a group of people whom he did not agree with ‘f-ing retards,’ and we did know that Rahm Emanuel, as has been reported, did say that. There is a big difference there.”
So, Family Guy isn’t a comedy? Family Guy doesn’t use the word in satire? No, here’s the real reason that Palin ripped Family Guy: not because she’s defending her kids, but because it’s a liberal show. It can be easily proven that Sarah Palin laughs off uses of the word “retard” by conservatives, but liberals suffer the heavenly wrath of a certain glasses wearing, notes-on-the-hand woman.
So, you remember what I said before about how Palin swoops from the sky when she hears the word retard used and attacks that person? That’s strictly for liberals. If the word is used by a Republican (especially if it’s in reference to Democrats), she merely laughs and walks away. It’s amazing how not many people have pointed this out. Probably because they’re blinded by the light reflecting off of Sarah Palin’s glasses.
You know what would be interesting? If someone said they were a Republican, copy-pasted my article, and sent it to Palin. Meanwhile, I put in that I’m a Democrat and send it in. The “Republican” would receive a kind letter from Palin’s publicist thanking them for their interest; I would get a hate-filled letter from Palin herself. Any person want to take me up on this?
-Matthew Enright
Assistant Editor