Perhaps they are reading the post as a kind of Bulverism? As if you had written "you are only saying "X" [that Gov. Palin's character flaws, moral failings, and areas of incompetence are not nearly as egregious as her myriad detractors claim] because you have "Y" personal flaw.
If so, they're right to ignore the "Y" [the guilt over and lust for the power of infanticide] and stick to the claim of fact: Governor Palin is every bit as vile as her detractors claim.
But since it would be hard to compare being tempted by one's family ties into using your power to fire a man who is thoroughly deserving of being fired (even if no-one you knew had ever crossed his path); or making two or three poor appointments out of dozens, (which you then correct, when it becomes clear you erred) to the record of nearly every other U.S. Governor; Republican or Democrat... it's clear that, indeed, something is warping the perspective and the judgments of those calumniators. Unfortunately, in addition to having this modest perspective drummed out of any news anyone is likely to have consumed (most newspapers, magazines and television) there are very many people who believe that having certain policy positions (anti-abortion, pro-gun rights, etc.) automatically makes the holder thereof a person of egregious character, probably both hateful and stupid.
Thus your post would appear to have discovered what "Y" is, and is enlightening, and worthy of being addressed on it's own merits, is very unlikely to be appreciated by anyone at all--!
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If so, they're right to ignore the "Y" [the guilt over and lust for the power of infanticide] and stick to the claim of fact: Governor Palin is every bit as vile as her detractors claim.
But since it would be hard to compare being tempted by one's family ties into using your power to fire a man who is thoroughly deserving of being fired (even if no-one you knew had ever crossed his path); or making two or three poor appointments out of dozens, (which you then correct, when it becomes clear you erred) to the record of nearly every other U.S. Governor; Republican or Democrat... it's clear that, indeed, something is warping the perspective and the judgments of those calumniators. Unfortunately, in addition to having this modest perspective drummed out of any news anyone is likely to have consumed (most newspapers, magazines and television) there are very many people who believe that having certain policy positions (anti-abortion, pro-gun rights, etc.) automatically makes the holder thereof a person of egregious character, probably both hateful and stupid.
Thus your post would appear to have discovered what "Y" is, and is enlightening, and worthy of being addressed on it's own merits, is very unlikely to be appreciated by anyone at all--!