How about damned stupid. The term blood libel has always been a clear indictment of Jews by Christians. It has never had any other meaning in common use.
Using this term is guaranteed to incite...and to what end?
More tone deaf stupidity.
And how would you, oh wise one, have responded? I can hardly contain myself in anticipation of your greatness./s
You are way off base with that post.
Troll.
Tell us you believe she meant to bring up the “clear” reference that you stated.
Never had any other meaning? Really?
I’ve heard it used many times to describe falsely accusing another of responsibility for heinous acts.
Disagree. Brilliance on the part of Sarah Palin.
More tone deaf stupidity.I assume that your attack also imputes "tone deaf stupidity" to the Instapundit, who used precisely that same phrase in a Wall Street Journal editorial two days ago:
Glenn Reynolds: The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel
Thus the term will resonate in the ears of the 80% of Jews who voted Democrat, and make them stop and think seriously about what their Democrat leaders and lapdog media are really engaged in here.
That is completely backwards. The phrase is most commonly used by Jews to point out false and defamatory statements made about them by others.
After some research on the term, “Blood libel,” you are correct about that term. And the enemedia’s obviously going to attempt to use those two words alone to attack her.
However, mvpel’s post #106 is correct, too. Jewish voters might not read into is as the enemedia will (as Anti-semetic). And if/when the enemedia does as they so willingly have in the past -going after Sarah for those two words, they might actually see her point a little clearer.
It might also create yet another firestorm amongst others. Increasing the anger towards the left for the pained and desperate volleys to knock Sarah down.
Sarah gained more supporters with this.
The left gained none.
Although the details have changed over the last millenium, the blood libel retains core elements of sadistic fantasy, psychological projection, and crass opportunism."
“blood libel” is also used to describe CURRENT Muslim conspiracies about Jews, so there’s another common use.
99% of everyday Americans have NEVER heard this phrase before, much less know what it technically means.
We ‘get’ BLOOD and we ‘get’ LIBEL, and now we ‘get’ BLOOD LIBEL—Sarah has hit this one out of the ballpark and into the history books.
I didn't know that. In fact, Jews are last thing on my mind when I hear that term. But then I don't indict Jews and don't hang around with those who do.
You couldn’t be more wrong.
Maybe she was borrowing from the WSJ's usage of it from a couple of days ago.?
From the WSJ
* JANUARY 10, 2011
The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel
Those who purport to care about the tenor of political discourse don't help civil debate when they seize on any pretext to call their political opponents accomplices to murder.
JOURNOLISTA talking point.
You are devisive hateful people.
Ain’t gonna work.
A poor choice of words that has come to haunt you. Seeing how it was used by the founder of Daily KOS in 2008 in this statement: 2010 will be primary season. . . . the corrupt, the tone-deaf, and the reactionary within Democratic ranks will face the possibility of primary battles.
If you'll scroll down, you'll see it's the third quote on the page. Ironic, isn't it, that in an attempt to criticize Sarah Palin, one falls into their own little trap of using leftist catch-phrases...
No, I don't mean to imply you're a leftist, or part of the anti-Palin cabal (although you make one wonder). But on this pro-Palin forum, you can expect to be picked clean, just as you attempt to do with her writing...
Grow up.
What is the literal meaning of the phrase?
It means libeling someone with a charge of murder.
What has the media done to Palin specifically and conservative Americans generally?
Libeled us with a charge of murder.
Good grief, can you PDS types think for yourselves anymore?
Red meat for her followers. They will follow her anywhere. Her movement is no longer about what is best for this nation, if it ever was. It is a kool-aid cult of personality.
She should have stayed quiet at this time, but she just could not. It always has to be about her.
The term “blood libel” has taken on a broad metaphorical meaning in public discourse. Although its historical origins were in theologically based false accusations against the Jews and the Jewish People,its current usage is far broader. I myself have used it to describe false accusations against the State of Israel by the Goldstone Report. There is nothing improper and certainly nothing anti-Semitic in Sarah Palin using the term to characterize what she reasonably believes are false accusations that her words or images may have caused a mentally disturbed individual to kill and maim. The fact that two of the victims are Jewish is utterly irrelevant to the propriety of using this widely used term.