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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoor Bristol Palin. She can dish it out, but she can't take it....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/bristolpalin/2012/05/hate-in-the-name-of-love-bullying-in-the-name-of-tolerance/Youll see bullying in the name of tolerance. Bullying is in the news lately, for good reason. Its horrifying to see stories of young people taking their own lives because they cant see past the hate of others. Around Hollywood, theres lots of concern and great initiatives to try to encourage more kindness in this world. Then why do I get so many messages telling me I should die? Heres a sampling that we didnt put up on the blog:
And if you read the comments we let through, the only word that really sums them up is bullying. They treat me as if Im not human, as if they are somehow proving how great they are by (always anonymously, the cowards) tearing me apart with their words.
Heres the thing. In the articles and comments, I saw a lot of hate and a lot of bullying, but you know what I didnt see much of? Arguments. In fact, this reminds me a little bit of the incident in an L.A. bar that went viral several months ago and will be shown in its entirety in my upcoming new reality tv show. There, a guy started yelling at me and called my mom terrible names, but couldnt tell me one decent reason why he was filled with so much hate.
Heres a news flash, guys. Your hate and bullying dont work. People see through it, and they dont like to be pushed around. You think its completely obvious that youre right, but this younger generation is more pro-life than their parents, and voters just keep defending traditional marriage. Why? Why would we if youve been telling us what to think for all these years?
dionysus
(26,467 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)She's a grifting pro just like you now!
"and will be shown in its entirety in my upcoming new reality tv show."
Way to pimp that out there Bristol
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)or lounging on Mom & Dad's couch....or married off in a shotgun wedding to Levi.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)less than 100 yards. Levi was a much more difficult target and hence he got away. I mean you have to be a credible threat before you can officiate a shotgun wedding, lol.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I saw an ad for her new show last night. Are we ever going to be rid of these nuts and their reality shows? Can't they find productive work that improves society instead of starring in circus side shows?
PatSeg
(47,418 posts)for her "upcoming new reality TV show". Do want to see that guy who yelled at her and called her mom terrible names? (I'm sure not of that was scripted) Just tune into her new TV program.
Bristol is selling her own brand.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)that Bristol uses the same ghost blog writer as $i$ter $arah?
I don't for one minute believe that BabyGrifter, wrote that ... not after having viewed her earlier, post-$i$ter $arah campaign $cam collapse, and the current long game media make-over.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)Just like Mom. "HEY HEY Look over here! Somebody pay attention to me and I'm a celebrity so watch what you say."
struggle4progress
(118,281 posts)really. why pay any attention to her?
mac56
(17,566 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)She's even less so now that her mother's 15 minutes have passed.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)Johonny
(20,837 posts)As in Palin's argument that people that oppose her have no valuable things to say is just a story about an angry guy at a bar. Wow you mean you didn't find deep conversational discourse with a drunk guy at an LA BAR. I can't tell if this is actually a point towards her argument or a bumper to try to get me to watch her show. There is no there, there.
tanyev
(42,552 posts)Or maybe God and Bristol just have really similar writing styles. They both luvs them some rhetorical questions and parenthetical comments.
Many people won't understand_ and I understand that. Some will think Trig should not be allowed to be born because they fear a Downs child won't be considered "perfect" in your world. (But tell me, what do you earthlings consider "perfect" or even "normal" anyway? Have you peeked down any grocery store isle, or school hallway, or into your office lunchroom lately? Or considered the odd celebrities you celebrate as "perfect" on t.v.? Have you noticed I make 'em all shapes and sizes? Believe me, there is no "perfect"!)
--snip--
I know it will take time to grasp this and come to accept that I only want the best for you, and I only give my best. Remember though: "My ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts- for as the heavens are higher than the earth, my ways are higher than yours!" I wrote that all down for you in the Good Book! Look it up! You claim that you believe me - now it's time to live out that belief!
Please look to me as this new challenge and chapter of life unfolds in front of you. I promise to equip you. I won't give you anything you can't handle. I am answering your prayers. Trig can't wait to meet you. I'm giving you ONLY THE BEST!
Love,
Trig's Creator, Your Heavenly Father
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/sarah-palin-god-letter-trig-down-syndrome.html
WillParkinson
(16,862 posts)"Youll see bullying in the name of tolerance. Bullying is in the news lately, for good reason. Its horrifying to see stories of young people taking their own lives because they cant see past the hate of others."
Yes, Ms. Palin. Past the hate of bigots like you, who tell them they're not good enough to be married.
librechik
(30,674 posts)I guess we should have let Hitler alone. And George Wallace. And McCarthy.
what a moron.