Fair warning, this morning being what it has, I've managed to work myself up into a bitchy froth and reading the news only added to it. Let's dive right in shall we?
You'll recall that less than a week ago the travesty which passes for comedy on Fox called 'Family Guy' decided to fall in line behind every other leftist in the country and address a very important political issue head on. Of course I am speaking of Sarah Palin's son Trig, who happens to live with Down Syndrome. Yes, thank G_d we have such brave souls on the left who are willing to address the really important issues of the day, like making fun of a political opponents child who is mentally handicapped. The episode in question portrays one of the main characters, Chris, dating a girl who is revealed to have down syndrome. While revealing details about herself, she drops this line:
"My dad's an accountant, and my mom's the former governor of Alaska."This is what passes as humor from the cesspool known as Hollyweird. Sarah Palin for her part was rightfully outraged:
She said she was too ticked off to respond personally --"felt like another kick in the gut," she said -- so on Palin's Facebook page her daughter Bristol said, in part, "People with special needs face challenges that many of us will never confront, and yet they are some of the kindest and most loving people you'll ever meet. Their lives are difficult enough as it is, so why would anyone want to make their lives more difficult by mocking them?"There appeared to be the end. A prepubescent boy's sense of humor which had been fashioned into a 'sitcom' takes a stab at a former candidate for Vice President's mentally handicapped son. The former candidate responds, rightfully so. Thus ends the saga, right?
Wrong. Enter Andrea Friedman, an accomplished actress who also lives with down syndrome. Not content sitting by and allowing this disgraceful episode to pass by, she pens a response to Palin's outrage calling the joke "sarcasm," read below:
"I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor. I thought the line "I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska" was very funny. I think the word is "sarcasm".
In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. My mother did not carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way former Governor Palin carries her son Trig around looking for sympathy and votes."
Timeout. I am about to disembowel this woman. And, since she happens to be the most intelligent person that the left has to offer, I declare this the definitive take down of all lefties. From this point forward, should some moonbat show up trying to spread the shit which proceeds from their mouths as intellectual and insightful, I will simply refer them back to this post, and ignore them. /Timeout
"Hey, look! It's okay for Andrea to make fun, cause she's handicapped, too! We did it, we're completely covered on this one! If the right comes back at us, we'll accuse them of hating the handicapped!"
Hey Andrea, quit being a tool. You can have any opinion you want, but do you really think that you are doing yourself or any other person with down syndrome favors by ripping on an infant who happens to have down syndrome? Really?! If you really cared about the advancement of people with down syndrome, you'd be railing against the idea of anyone making fun of any person who has down syndrome for any reason. Instead you're falling in line with all the other lefties justifying the behavior because you disagree with Palin's politics. It's this mentality which allows outbursts like Rahm Emanuel's to be far too commonplace in our society. Shame on you.
What those the left do not seem to comprehend is that it's not okay to make fun of a minor person who has no control over their circumstances. In this case, Trig does not have the ability to control what his mother does with her life, nor what she does with him, nor does he have the ability to control his mental handicap. And for G_d's sake, the kid is a MINOR. You want to make fun of a candidate, go for it. They chose the public life and sought out all the attention it brings, both good and bad. But leave the kids out of it. Of course we on the right have no room to talk, since we have been relentlessly bashing Frances Quinn Hunter, ever since we found out she was the daughter of John Edwards. Oh wait, that's right, we haven't.
Let's go ahead and dispell the notion that Sarah Palin is using Trig to 'get votes.' Can anyone help me out here? What office is it that Palin is seeking? Anyone? That's right, she's not. She's a private citizen. Regardless, in at least one blog, Andrea Freidman's response was paired with this photograph. Based on the age of Trig in the photo, it's obvious that the picture was taken during a book signing stop, and NOT a campaign rally. So nice try on the justification there, but all the left has proven, once again, is that they have no respect for life, whatsoever. They consider Trig Palin a post cervical fetus, who should have been aborted.
You want to hurl insults at a public figure, go for it. You want to make fun of a person seeking public office, it's your right. You want to make fart jokes and idolize Noam Chomsky and call it great TV, you have that right under the First Amendment. You also have the right to belittle a little boy with down syndrome because you disagree with the politics of his mother. That doesn't make it right and you should have more class, but then again, this is the left we're talking about.
"Hey! While we're out bashing a mentally handicapped minor child, let's revive the original birther movement and question Trig's maternity!!! ALRIGHT!
Damn, you guys on the left really know how to party. All that's left is to drag out Andrew Sullivan's lame ass...
-UPDATE
And right on cue...
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