More Advice From From the Know-It-Alls: Why We Mock Palin – Nicole O. Coulter – C4P

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These past few days, I’ve been honored to educate Palin supporters about what the ex-governor must do to shore up her credibility with us know-it-alls. I’ve attempted to tell her – and you, her irrational fans – how to impress us by evolving into more of what we like to see in typical politicians. I know you won’t listen, but we’re all about the giving.

But in a more genuine spirit of sharing, in my final know-it-all post, I’m going to sincerely attempt to answer the last lingering heart-wrenching questions you undoubtedly still have – with as little sarcasm as possible: Why do we mock Palin? What did she ever do to us? And will we ever stop mocking her?

What you have to understand is we’re not mocking, we’re observing and reporting. And what we observe unsettles us. We see someone we’ve never seen in politics before (a fearless outspoken Christian charismatic attractive conservative female governor who shoots moose and is raising five children, you’ve got to be kidding me!) and it just strikes us as completely out of place. Some have described this as a monster horror flick for us, but in a way, it’s like seeing Jackie Robinson stepping up to home plate for the first time in 1947. It terrifies us. Yeah, we know-it-all elites claim to be all about inclusion, but our politically correct philosophy actually is a twisted modern-day counterpart to the sad days of racism and segregation. Seeing people as members of identity groups – some worthy – some less so – animates our worldview.

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