Blood Libel

As I mentioned Sarah Palin's invocation of the the blood libel trope was wildly inappropriate.  Since then, Conservatives and others have been busy defending and justifying the comment and generally looking like buffoons.  Jeffrey Goldberg, who admits that Palin's usage was "gross," suggests that Palin's misuse of the term will create a teachable moment.  This is singularly and fantastically wrong. Any discussion that surrounds Palin functions like a blackhole into which facts fall and never emerge.  It's not just that she is a walking fact-free zone, it is that her defenders have no interest in facts; for if they did, they wouldn't defend her.  It's a fact.