The blue check mark brigade lost their collective s*** today after this tweet showed up on Sarah Palin’s timeline:
Trump Gives Speech to the People of Poland, Says 14 Words That Leave Americans Stunned https://t.co/8iKHEQemn9
— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) July 7, 2017
You see, “14 words” is considered a white supremacist slogan and everyone was sure the former governor of Alaska and candidate for V.P. had inserted it as racist dog whistle:
Wondering why her tweet doesn't make sense? It's a dog whistle to white supremacists. https://t.co/hTjytl9I3P https://t.co/wUSZEzQyIv
— Brad Walsh (@BradWalsh) July 7, 2017
Jesus fucking christ, 14 words, really??
This isn't a racist dogwhistle, this is a racist airhorn. https://t.co/6OgNDr4AFG
— Generic Soy Milk (@EmilyGorcenski) July 7, 2017
"14 Words" is a reference to the most popular white supremacist slogan in the world https://t.co/YSdfY8fHLf
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) July 7, 2017
Except, Palin didn’t write it. The text in the tweet comes from the article’s share headline (it does not match the article’s actual headline) and it was generated when she shared the post to Facebook, which then auto-posted to Twitter:
just FYI, it does appear the Palin "14 words" tweet came from the article's default social share, meaning she didn't write it herself pic.twitter.com/43n3vl9KUV
— David Mack (@davidmackau) July 7, 2017
Here’s the source code:
https://twitter.com/colinjones/status/883410116082630662
So, when does she get her apology?
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/883403192322543616
Banner day, MSM:
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/883423260540645379
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This is worst thing Palin's done since she shot all those people in Arizona.
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 7, 2017
Of course, they won’t issue Palin an apology but instead will call her stupid:
The Palin 14 words thing was apparently some Facebook auto post thing, so go back to thinking she sucks for the usual reasons & not that one
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) July 7, 2017
Looks like Palin echoed Nazi meme out of stupidity, not malice: https://t.co/1cTUNkzSUy
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 7, 2017
Two options
—Too ignorant to know "14 Words" is an extremely prominent white supremacist slogan
—Knowlingly tweeted white supremacist slogan https://t.co/g7IWkoCxIr— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 7, 2017
And for what it’s worth, the website has since denied any racist intent and identified the quote the headline was referring to:
YoungCons sent a statement to the Daily Beast denying any racist intent behind the "14 words" language. https://t.co/BZqsOb2Uxb pic.twitter.com/J02W9vjof5
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 7, 2017
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