Clueless as ever!
A message from CREDO Action:
Sarah Palin is getting the message. An astonishing 250,000 of us asked Palin to renounce the use of crosshairs and other gun imagery and do her part to tone down the violent political rhetoric in this country.
Her reply? She released a video in which, carefully reading from a teleprompter, she lashed out at all of us who dared to question her use of violent imagery, calling us "reprehensible." Rather than signaling a willingness to change her language going forward, Palin controversially labeled our calls to renounce violent eliminationist rhetoric as "blood libel" — a term which itself invokes a long and violent history of anti-semitism.1
In the face of a tragedy that has rocked our nation, Palin — who put the crosshairs on Rep. Giffords for her vote in support of healthcare — is calling herself the victim.
Palin's eagerness to invoke this type of rhetoric is precisely why her crosshairs image has become symbolic of the violent language used far too often by rightwing politicians and media outlets — language that is starting to be seriously questioned by many media figures and political leaders of both parties.
The media is finally picking up on the connection between the kind of extreme rhetoric validated by Palin and the toxic environment which provokes political violence. Please help build our call and help make this tragedy a watershed moment for changing the poisonous political climate in this country.
— Michael and Becky
1 "Blood Libel: Sarah Palin's Claim Recalls Anti-Semitic Legacy," The Huffington Post, January 12, 2010
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