“Melissa Harris-Perry” producer Jamil Smith is right. Even if you don’t seek out articles about the Palins and avoid Talking Points Memo like the plague, today’s post by editor and publisher Josh Marshall, “Sarah, Bristol & The Recurrence Of The Eternal Victim,” needs to be read, if only as a reminder that the Left’s myth of a conservative war on women is as perfect an example of projection as exists.
If you just can’t bring yourself to click over to TPM, this tweet neatly sums up Marshall’s piece.
https://twitter.com/jeffneufeld/status/525797768531435520
And who better has it coming than “a buffoon of almost world historic proportions” like Sarah Palin and “battering woman” Bristol, right?
@jeffneufeld @JamilSmith @mikefreemanNFL not really violence against women if the woman attacks someone. But keep trying.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/kt1434/status/525831968261304320
No, no, no. Hitting women: wrong, every time. RT @joshtpm: not really violence against women if the woman attacks someone. But keep trying.
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) October 25, 2014
Marshall writes that “it kind of goes without saying that if news emerged that Bristol had been assaulted by a boyfriend or spouse or really anyone else, no one would be laughing. Indeed, I’m not sure anyone now is laughing so much as standing back agape and marveling.” Tell that to CNN’s Carol Costello, who laughed on air at an audio recording suggesting Bristol Palin was assaulted by a man at a brawl in Anchorage.
This is quite possibly the best minute and half of audio we've come across in a long long time #PalinBrawl #CNN http://t.co/qb4fByzzie
— Carol Costello (@CarolC) October 22, 2014
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We could wrap up the post with Smith’s call to never hit a woman, but quite a few more tweeters disgusted at Marshall’s views want to weigh in as well.
Just read @joshtpm 's post justifying violence against conservative women. He really is a despicable person. (And no, I won't link to it)
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/525653685716525057
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/525659292213325825
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/525661318682931200
https://twitter.com/mikeparanzino/status/525831565142532096
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/525665256094187521
But it’s not just any woman; it’s a Palin. And as Marshall writes, “I don’t blame or care if the Palins are defending themselves or making up stories or doing whatever else. That’s just the drama and involuntary performance art that makes up their public lives.”
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/525759884352970752
Hey @joshtpm why do think it's funny & OK for ANY WOMAN to be assaulted by a man? What happened to @BristolsBlog is horrific! #WarOnWomen
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) October 24, 2014
.@joshtpm is definitive proof that as long as you support Democrats, you are allowed to say anything you want and your career won't suffer.
— (((AG))) (@AGHamilton29) October 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/525808368834072576
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/525810430296735744
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/525812494196281344
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/525813886432587777
Do you Palin devotees really believe what you’re hearing on that recording?
They've really convinced themselves that someone attacked or hit Bristol Palin. I guess you gotta make the facts fit.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 25, 2014
Chicks always lie about that crap. MT @joshtpm They've really convinced themselves that someone attacked or hit Bristol Palin.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 25, 2014
@exjon @joshtpm all Bristol has to do is prove it's more reasonable than not that she was threatened.
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) October 25, 2014
#YesAllWomen RT @GPollowitz @exjon @joshtpm all Bristol has to do is prove it's more reasonable than not that she was threatened.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 25, 2014
@exjon @GPollowitz So his argument is we should presume women are liars?
Okey dokey.
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) October 25, 2014
So, @joshtpm thinks that women lie about violent assaults? Huh. #YesAllWomen #UniteBlue
— jon gabriel (@exjon) October 25, 2014
Well, it's been fun. Still, responsible white leaders need to stand up and denounce the kind of violent culture the Palins represent.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/525828064962293760
https://twitter.com/costrike/status/525819744252080128
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