Willow Palin's homophobic outburst startles nation
Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 08:09 AM
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Just as her mother aims to charm America with an outdoorsy portrait of her Alaskan fairy tale life, along comes her potty mouthed daughter to harpoon the whole enterprise with a disastrous post on Facebook.Responding to teenage critics of her mother's reality show, young Willow Palin unleashed a shocking tirade on another teen, calling him "so gay" and "such a faggot."
Whilst it's fair to say the majority of America's teens have at one time or another used the term gay as a pejorative, it's uncommon to hear the f-bomb unleashed so casually these days. Because at heart kids know it's just wrong.
The timing could not be worse for Willow's mother, who has been busy crafting a wholesome storyline that her daughter's words and actions now call into question. Before you can say gosh darn it, all those months of reality show preparation have gone up in STFU smoke.
From her comments, which are defensive and sour when they're not inarticulate, it's clear that Palin's daughter (if it actually is her) has quite a mean streak. The whole nation has just reflected on the lessons learned from a shocking spate of teenage gay (or accused of being gay) suicides. The bullies who hounded those young people to their deaths used the exact hateful taunts that Willow writes without hesitation.
"Sorry that all you guys are jealous of my families success and you guys aren't goin to go anywhere with your lives," she scoffed.
Way to stick it to those Alaskan hicks, Willow. You stay classy.
Some will claim it's unfair to hold Palin's daughter to account for her own hateful language. She's 16, they say, she's off limits. But perhaps we should care that she expresses herself so casually in such bigoted, homophobic language because of what it says about her background or her apparent lack of compassion - it certainly reflects poorly on her family life and her mother's ambitions.
If this is still some people's idea of normal high school banter they need to get out more. Most teens these days recognize hatefulness when they hear it. Willow Palin certainly didn't create the world where gay equals unequal, but like her mother, she appears to be working hard to prolong it.
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seanomelbourne | Nov 23, 2010, 05:05 PM EST
Well done Mman I knew you could do it.You need a little bit of golf now to get your confidence back.
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maloney | Nov 22, 2010, 08:10 PM EST
Poor monsoon, bullied by the gay rights, woman hating circle jerk of seano, plastic & bigdud. Where's dennis to complete the circle?
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Monsoonman | Nov 22, 2010, 12:00 PM EST
Sorry Lad, I lost meself there, you're right I need to buck up and accept the fact that words can and do get hijacked. I am mooving on now!
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seanomelbourne | Nov 21, 2010, 06:08 PM EST
Moonsoonman you need a box of Kleenex, stop whimpering .
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plasticpaddy | Nov 21, 2010, 04:48 PM EST
BigDaddy, excuse his ignorance, monsoonmans mind is weak, his ideas ignorant and hate filled.
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Monsoonman | Nov 20, 2010, 01:42 PM EST
Git along little daddy, you seem to be in a lather most of the time, too much bareback riding? You need to go back to your stall for a time out. The average decent American Tea Party Patriot never dreamed of what a vulgar expression tea bagger was until your happy friends started referring to them as such.
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BigDaddy | Nov 20, 2010, 08:13 AM EST
Monsoonman...the Tea Party started calling themselves teabaggers; that is where the joke came from. Others laughed because it showed their real ignorance. Don't engage in the Bush tactic of telling lies and thinking that people will not think to call you on them.
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BigDaddy | Nov 20, 2010, 08:11 AM EST
Palin is a right wing media creation. Her views are fringe, her committment to her duty is weak and what do you think her children would be like living in such a remote place as Alaska with her as a role model? She quit her job as Governor as soon as the investigations heated up, she says things that are so damned ignorant you want to laugh until you realize that millions of Americans share her views. Americans used to value intelligence and education; now they are being told through the media that even someone as ignorant as Sarah Palin could be president. Did you really think her family doesn't reflect her true values?
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BigDaddy | Nov 20, 2010, 08:05 AM EST
I was just called the same thing by four democrats on the White House FB page who are supposedly adults....Duhbya, so it seems those folks heard about you and Victor Ash, huh?
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Starlet | Nov 19, 2010, 11:57 PM EST
"Sorry that all you guys are jealous of my families success ..."
How about critiquing her spelling: family's or perhaps, families' if she has more than one.
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Monsoonman | Nov 19, 2010, 07:20 PM EST
Oh gawd another word we can't use now is "git". Geesh when will the pc end? No more git along little doggie? No more git yer ass out of here?...But I agree with BallinaLass, the worst offense of willow was her misspelling.
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Pat Riley | Nov 19, 2010, 01:44 PM EST
How much attention would Irish Left have devoted to this story if it involved Pelosi;s or Reid;s daughter?
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longislander1940 | Nov 19, 2010, 01:29 PM EST
I am tired of gay being pushed on us. I dont like TV shows with women kissing and fondling each other. If you want to be gay keep it at home no on the TV.
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BallinaLass | Nov 19, 2010, 10:59 AM EST
It's more disturbing that Willow can't spell. How hard is it to remember that the contraction "you're" is not spelled "your."
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