Haters go nuclear over Sarah Palin's Columbus Day tweet

Palin-haters on Twitter have always been a particularly vile species of troll, but it seems like they brought a little extra crazy to the party for Columbus Day. Here’s the tweet that started the frenzy:

Happy Columbus Day. Thank goodness for the determination of all bold explorers and innovators—yesterday and… http://t.co/cE4vypCb

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) October 8, 2012

That’s it, just a few words about a legitimate national holiday — which of course was more than enough to generate frothing at the mouth from the darker corners of the Twitterverse.

@SarahPalinUSA its easy to see why the Native Alaskan tribes hate u. You're an idiot just like Columbus.

— ?J?anna? (@jojo880) October 8, 2012

Suits you right to celebrate land theft and murer :3 MT @SarahPalinUSA Happy Columbus Day. Thank goodness for determination of all explorers

— Homocarnula (@HomoCarnula) October 8, 2012

Say it with us now: “Murder, M-U-R-D-E-R, murder”. If you must insult, at least do it in proper English.

@SarahPalinUSA Columbus was an ethnic cleanser. He killed many, many ppl. When are you celebrating Hitler Day? You're a Hillbilly idiot!

— psychedelicatessen (@MentalRiot) October 8, 2012

https://twitter.com/MickeyBPowerPop/status/255381419587694592

https://twitter.com/andrewrleighton/status/255373931379298307

https://twitter.com/_AKA_DJ/status/255380976065208320

Really? So, Palin Derangement Syndrome was just about Columbus Day? I guess that settles that.

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Also, there was this guy:

https://twitter.com/neonblueclock/status/255370982393536512

Yes, it’s just a standard-issue hate tweet by a purple egg — but in this case it was tweeted 46 times (we counted), sometimes with strings of numbers and extra punctuation to avoid spam filters.

https://twitter.com/neonblueclock/status/255371633190133760

Trust us, it’s not that she can’t handle you — it’s just that you’re an annoying troll.

https://twitter.com/neonblueclock/status/255371904343498752

https://twitter.com/neonblueclock/status/255373075934220288

https://twitter.com/neonblueclock/status/255372714003533825

https://twitter.com/neonblueclock/status/255372809847599104

Classy. Really classy. We’re sure you really broke through some walls of censorship today with all of your obscenities.

Keep up the good work, haters! We at Twitchy are happy to publish all of it so that that world knows just how intelligent and civilized you are!