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Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:17 PM Jun 2015

Tundra Barbie, The Wasilla Wolf Killa, weighs in on Rachel Dolezal in rambling Facebook post:

Sarah Palin rambles about Rachel Dolezal, ‘political correctness’ in loopy Facebook post
Bethania Palma Markus
13 Jun 2015 at 17:23 ET

Half-term Alaskan governor and infrequent Facebook commentator Sarah Palin threw her two cents into the circus ring surrounding Rachel Dolezal, the white Spokane woman outed by her parents after passing as black for years.

In doing so, she took swipes at what she calls “political correctness” and linked to a Breitbart article confused about “the entire left bursting into spasms of ecstasy over a collectively insane decision to ratify the notion that men can magically become women” while then “struggling to explain how a white woman who identifies herself as black is not, in fact, black.”

{snip}

“Ok, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t laugh… this hard,” Palin wrote Friday night on her Facebook page. “I know this isn’t a victimless crime, what this white chick perpetrated. But it’s a most crystal clear picture of so many screwed up things we’ve let society adopt as the norm.”

{snip}

She called Dolezal an “unsatisfied lily white leftist” who thought the only thing “less politically correct” than being a white woman is being a “white guy today.”

{snip}

For some reason, Palin shifted halfway through and went on to brag about graduating from University of Idaho debt free, then rooted “Go Vandals!”

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/sarah-palin-rambles-about-rachel-dolezal-political-correctness-in-loopy-facebook-post/


I have no comment other than "When the hell is this batshit crazy person going to realize her 15 minutes were up years ago and most people don't give a damn *WHAT* she thinks".

Hey, Sarah?? Half, if not more, of the people who follow you on Facebook and Twitter only do it so they can get a good laugh at your moronic, word salad ramblings. GO AWAY!!

Ghost
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Tundra Barbie, The Wasilla Wolf Killa, weighs in on Rachel Dolezal in rambling Facebook post: (Original Post) Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 OP
What the hell is she talking about? shenmue Jun 2015 #1
Hell if I know! She probably doesn't know, either! Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #3
A question that would baffle Einstein himself hifiguy Jun 2015 #48
Can you translate it it into real English for us. leftofcool Jun 2015 #2
I can't afford the headache, or the brain bleach, right now. Sorry! n/t Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #5
She's still got a big fan base out in rural fundieland Warpy Jun 2015 #4
I live in rural fundieland, in Tennessee, but most of the people I know can't stand her! n/t Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #6
Well, I wouldn't expect you to have stupid friends. Warpy Jun 2015 #9
I have a VERY kow tolerance for stupidity! I have 1 T-shirt that says "C.S.I.", then under the big Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #17
Keep up the good work Warpy Jun 2015 #20
that person was the vp nominee on a major party ticket JI7 Jun 2015 #7
*WAS* being the opeative word here, and they lost in a landslide, so she should just slip back into Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #11
Yes! Everytime I see John McCain on television, I think DawgHouse Jun 2015 #25
Steve Sailer's VDARE, a hate group full of bigots Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #8
Thanks for the info and links... Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #12
No, I was just adding some info! Starry Messenger Jun 2015 #14
Ok, cool... Thanks again for the info and links.. Peace! n/t Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #18
Now that's what I call BULLSHIT! Initech Jun 2015 #41
Her husband and kids are Eskimos XemaSab Jun 2015 #10
Well, you know the old sayings.. "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions" and... Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #13
Is it really rambling if that's her only way to communicate? randome Jun 2015 #15
In what respect, Charlie? pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #16
But... but... She's supposed to be College Edumacated! A babbling brook knows no other language Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #22
I'm pretty sure her degree was in communication NJCher Jun 2015 #27
Another word salad from Palin. DawgHouse Jun 2015 #19
And not enough salad dressing in the world to make it any more palatable! n/t Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #23
Sarah, don't go away mad. Sarah, just go away. marmar Jun 2015 #21
+1,000,000! n/t Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #24
Anyone else find this comparison incredibly disturbing? Initech Jun 2015 #26
Sorry, I didn't see this earlier for some reason.... Yes, it is disturbing, and someone pointed out Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #36
Yeah it's a direct attack on trans people. Initech Jun 2015 #39
Why did you bother to post this? 840high Jun 2015 #28
Because I can?? Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #29
This is why I asked... 840high Jun 2015 #30
Everybody just calm down! Here, have some fresh turkey... pinboy3niner Jun 2015 #31
Does word salad come with the turkey?? Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #34
Yes, and I also said..... Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #33
Well then she wont ever go away will she? Egnever Jun 2015 #43
I know about chronic 840high Jun 2015 #46
Sounds good to me.. Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #47
That's who was almost one heartbeat away from the Presidency thanks to the GOP stevenleser Jun 2015 #32
Agreed 100%! n/t Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #37
It blows my mind cwydro Jun 2015 #35
Yeah, I can't believe she wasn't vetted any better. McCain's staffed really dropped the ball Ghost in the Machine Jun 2015 #38
I've always respected McCain cwydro Jun 2015 #40
Wow you have a lot of tolerance Egnever Jun 2015 #44
I don't have it anymore. cwydro Jun 2015 #45
Nobody gives a damn what palin thinks, except the news articles, and you starting a thread on it. Travis_0004 Jun 2015 #42
 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
48. A question that would baffle Einstein himself
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 05:05 PM
Jun 2015

were he here to try and decode that blithering idiocy.

Warpy

(111,282 posts)
4. She's still got a big fan base out in rural fundieland
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:20 PM
Jun 2015

She speaks their language, even though most of it is word salad. Her 15 minutes are finished everywhere else.

Warpy

(111,282 posts)
9. Well, I wouldn't expect you to have stupid friends.
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:27 PM
Jun 2015

However, somebody is keeping her spouting nonsense and that's where they live, especially in the upper midwest where her accent isn't quite as grating to their ears.

I'm glad Tennesseeans can see through her to the grifter underneath it all.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
17. I have a VERY kow tolerance for stupidity! I have 1 T-shirt that says "C.S.I.", then under the big
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 08:49 PM
Jun 2015

letters it says "Can't Stand Idiots", and another that says "I don't have an ANGER problem... I have an IDIOT problem!".

I *had* some "stupid friends", but I have worked hard to educate them. Most were just politically apathetic or unaware, and just voted republican because that's what their parents, grandparents, other friends, etc. did. There were a few that I couldn't get through to, so I just kind of phased them out over the years.

I'm *always* spouting out "I just do NOT understand how ANYONE around here who is on welfare, food stamps, disability, SSI, Tenn-Care or who are working poor could *EVER* vote for a republican who views them as undesirables and would take away their benefits in a heartbeat if they could"!

That has gotten the attention of many around here, as there are a LOT of people on welfare, food stamps, Tenn-Care and/or disability/SSI and living in Government housing.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here though, so I will step down from my soap box now.

Peace,

Ghost

Warpy

(111,282 posts)
20. Keep up the good work
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 09:00 PM
Jun 2015

I do that, too, and leave my lefty magazines in laundromats, where I know people are bored enough to read them.

It seems to be working. It's getting really hard to find a Republican in my part of town.

JI7

(89,252 posts)
7. that person was the vp nominee on a major party ticket
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:25 PM
Jun 2015

And while that ticket lost they still got millions of people to vote for it and make her 2nd in line to be president.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
11. *WAS* being the opeative word here, and they lost in a landslide, so she should just slip back into
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:47 PM
Jun 2015

obscurity like she was before. But that's just *my* way of thinking....

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
25. Yes! Everytime I see John McCain on television, I think
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 09:22 PM
Jun 2015

this is a man who actually thought Palin was capable of being President of the US.

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
8. Steve Sailer's VDARE, a hate group full of bigots
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:25 PM
Jun 2015

has been pushing this line "to ratify the notion that men can magically become women" in comparing the Rachael Dolezal situation to Caitlyn Jenner. It's very trans phobic.

VDARE, for those keeping score at home: http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/VDARE

"Originally established in 1999 by the Center for American Unity, a Virginia-based nonprofit foundation started by English immigrant Peter Brimelow, VDARE.com is an anti-immigration hate website "dedicated to preserving our historical unity as Americans into the 21st Century." Now run by the VDARE Foundation, the site is a place where relatively intellectually inclined leaders of the anti-immigrant movement share their opinions. VDARE.com also regularly publishes articles by prominent white nationalists, race scientists and anti-Semites."

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
12. Thanks for the info and links...
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:52 PM
Jun 2015

I hope that *I* didn't offend anyone! That certainly wasn't my intention if I did.

Peace,

Ghost

Starry Messenger

(32,342 posts)
14. No, I was just adding some info!
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 08:05 PM
Jun 2015

I've seen a couple people here trying to make this comparison, and I'd like people to know where it is coming from!

Initech

(100,082 posts)
41. Now that's what I call BULLSHIT!
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:23 AM
Jun 2015

And to quote George Carlin, "a big, steaming pile of grade A American bullshit."

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
13. Well, you know the old sayings.. "Everyone is entitled to their own opinions" and...
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 07:57 PM
Jun 2015

"Opinions are like assholes... everyone has one, and some of them stink!"



 

randome

(34,845 posts)
15. Is it really rambling if that's her only way to communicate?
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 08:27 PM
Jun 2015

That's like faulting a blind woman for not being able to follow the plot in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
22. But... but... She's supposed to be College Edumacated! A babbling brook knows no other language
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 09:05 PM
Jun 2015

and it's still just a babbling brook. It may get louder/noisier when it floods from a storm, but it's still a babbling brook when all is said and done....

I will politely disagree with your analogy. You can't fault the blind woman, of course, but you CAN fault someone who has supposedly been higher educated but can't form a coherent sentence... kind of like GWB. I only have a high school education, but have a Master's Degree from the School of Hard Knocks, and I can form more eloquent speeches than both of them put together.

Peace,

Ghost

NJCher

(35,688 posts)
27. I'm pretty sure her degree was in communication
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 11:13 PM
Jun 2015

I have a degree in communication and I have a wide circle of professional colleagues with the same degree.

None of us, not even at our drunkest, would ever communicate that poorly.


Cher

Initech

(100,082 posts)
26. Anyone else find this comparison incredibly disturbing?
Sat Jun 13, 2015, 10:16 PM
Jun 2015

The right is trying to make a comparison that simply isn't there - and they're coming off as racist and sexist at that.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
36. Sorry, I didn't see this earlier for some reason.... Yes, it is disturbing, and someone pointed out
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:02 AM
Jun 2015

upthread about the hate group involved in the comparison...

Peace,

Ghost

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
29. Because I can??
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 12:01 AM
Jun 2015

Did Skinner, Elad or EarlG appoint you to the position of "Post Patrol Officer"?? No?? Okay, then! Why did YOU bother to respond??

Ghost

 

840high

(17,196 posts)
30. This is why I asked...
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 01:57 AM
Jun 2015

From your op
"I have no comment other than "When the hell is this batshit crazy person going to realize her 15 minutes were up years ago and most people don't give a damn *WHAT* she thinks".


Obviously you gave a damn to give her more exposure.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
33. Yes, and I also said.....
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 02:53 AM
Jun 2015
Hey, Sarah?? Half, if not more, of the people who follow you on Facebook and Twitter only do it so they can get a good laugh at your moronic, word salad ramblings. GO AWAY!!


There are people here who love to laugh at, and mock, her word salad blatherings. I like to watch an idiotic meltdown once in a while myself. I live in chronic pain and it does me wonders to just get a good laugh once in a while...

Sorry I was snarky before...

Peace,

Ghost

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
43. Well then she wont ever go away will she?
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:55 AM
Jun 2015

As long as she continues to get reposted every time she squaks she IS still relevant.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
32. That's who was almost one heartbeat away from the Presidency thanks to the GOP
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 02:22 AM
Jun 2015

Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:01 PM - Edit history (1)

In a way, she is the perfect poster child for the know-nothing party the GOP has become since 1980.

Ghost in the Machine

(14,912 posts)
38. Yeah, I can't believe she wasn't vetted any better. McCain's staffed really dropped the ball
Sun Jun 14, 2015, 03:09 AM
Jun 2015

on that one, although her implosion and never-ending meltdown does give us a few moments of comic relief.

Peace,

Ghost

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