19 July 2010 Palin thinks she writes like Shakespeare

19 July 2010 Palin thinks she writes like Shakespeare




July 19, 2010

TRENDING: Palin: Ground Zero mosque an 'unnecessary provocation'

Posted: July 19th, 2010 10:33 AM ET



(CNN) – Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has weighed in on the controversy surrounding the proposed construction of a mosque and community center near "Ground Zero," the site of the 9/11 terror attack in New York City, calling it an "unnecessary provocation."

"Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts," Palin wrote in a Twitter post Sunday. "Pls reject it in interest of healing."

The former Republican vice presidential nominee also posted a plea to "peaceful New Yorkers," asking them to "pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real."

Plans to build a $100 million, 13-story center - focused on what backers describe as Islamic, interfaith and secular programming - has sparked an emotional debate.





Once again the half-term, half-wit, has shown her lack of grasp of the English language by tweeting that people should “refudiate” the mosque. Apparently someone called her out about the use of a non-word and she followed up with another tweet comparing herself to William Shakespeare in command of language. Not only does she have unwarranted political aspirations, she had managed to convince herself that her language skills are worthy of praise.

This particular bit of construction is problematic in that it does and will provide an irritant to those families who lost members in the WTC attack. That cannot and should not be denied. But the legalities and ethical concerns go far beyond bad memories and Palin’s bad grammar.

The United States Constitution, that document Palin and her Tea Party mobs swear they honor above all other documents - excepting, of course, their bibles; has this pesky little thing called the First Amendment. That bit of writing provides for freedom of speech – Palin’s right to massacre the language and spread verbal lies at will. Equally important, it prohibits the establishment of a state religion and guarantees the freedom for all Americans to practice their religion of choice or to practice no religion.

This bit of writing means that when Palin and her misinformed band of would-be-theocrats scream that “this is a Christian nation,” they are displaying for all to see and hear their lack of understanding of the Constitution. When they loudly become involved in what is a zoning matter in NYC, not a campaign plank, they are attempting to deny 1st Amendment rights to fellow Americans.

I find all religious fundamentalists to be annoying. Palin and the Christian right are acting in exactly the same manner that they claim is offensive in fundamentalist Moslems. They are attempting to intermix politics and religion, trying to prevent the free practice of religion by members of another faith. So the actions of Palin and her Face Book Fans and followers are as morally offensive and as lacking in ethics as the Taliban &/or Al Queda. They are demanding that only one religion be permitted on a portion of American soil.

If the media wants to behave as I was taught journalist should, the various news services would instantly report the legality of this mosque replacement, which is several blocks from “”Ground Zero,” under NYC codes. That is what matters. Our personal like or dislike of Islam is of no importance in this matter. What is important is apply the law, in this case 1st Amendment rights, to all Americans. The media can’t stress this strongly or often enough. Yes, the new construction will cause hurt feelings, trigger bad memories, and cause unwarranted anger. The people who attacked the WTC and Pentagon are not building this building. Law-abiding Americans are.

How would the mobs stirring up this hatred consider efforts to prevent building Christian churches near lands where Native Americans were killed by Christian immigrants? If they manage to block this construction would they then respect or deny the rights of Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and other religious groups to replace their houses of worship. Would they look for some other cause to prevent the guaranteed free practice of religion? Would they recognize the similarity, see the irony of their efforts to prevent free practice of religion? I seriously doubt it.

What most of these Tea Party mobsters and hate-mongering demagogues recall from those little copies of the Constitution which they carry around like talismans against demons from the pit, are sound-bytes or catch phrases they’ve been coached to repeat when they begin to lose arguments. Rather than admit that other people have different religious beliefs, they start screaming about a “war on Christianity.” This, while they have quite openly and vehemently launched a war on Islam.

The WTC attacks were carried out by Moslem fundamentalists, not by any single nation. No amount of international warfare is going to wipe out the fundamentalism that spawned the attacks. The animosity toward Moslem citizens of the U.S. is spawned by equally deep and equally wrong fundamental Christianity that, like its Islamic analog, wants to convert the world to its own narrow-minded and hateful brand of religion.

During the last election, Palin was frequently accused of inciting violence against Obama. Her supporters continually denied such actions on her part.

Her self-proclaimed leap into this conflict is a direct example of her efforts to circumvent the 1st Amendment to the Constitution she claims to wish to protect. Her attack upon Islam, not the criminals who high-jacked the planes, is evidence of her efforts to stir up religious hatred. She can’t deny those words, nor can her followers. They’re right there on the internet in her own bad grammar and poorly worded attempts to use the English language. To deny the hatred she’s inciting would be to admit that someone else wrote her posts for her. She seems to be incapable of admitting errors, so she must have chosen the words and mangled them herself.