Sarah Palin wastes no time making it on the news once again. Only this time, her daughter Willow is the top story. So what’s the hype? Willow, age 16, called a schoolmate an inappropriate derogative term for a homosexual, “faggot”. I could go on and talk about how the media waste time into politicians lives with senseless stories about name-calling as in this example, however, I’m going to take a different route and join the band wagon by picking on Mrs. Palin mostly because of her response to this situation. What was Mrs. Palin’s response to the immaturity of her 16 year old daughter? By becoming even more immature. Sarah Palin responded to her daughter’s actions by pointing the finger and blaming the schoolmate as well as the media for causing her daughter to cognitively process an inappropriate label on a select group of already targeted individuals for hate crimes and reiterating that in writing through Facebook. It would be one thing to apologize for her daughter’s actions, which would have been in her favor by making her seem mature and responsible for other’s actions, but instead she blamed and denied any responsibility for her daughter’s actions. It should be a given that if you are a politician, with a well-known face at that, you should always take responsibility even in the small things and learn how to say sorry. Ok maybe I am being a little too hard on Mrs. Palin, she does have the media constantly watching her and her families every-move, but, name-calling on a social network and against a controversial group of people and not apologizing, what is she thinking?
Goodnight!
-Damian
http://www.queerty.com/sarah-palin-has-no-problem-with-daughter-willow-calling-facebook-kids-faggots-20101128/
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After reviewing this article it has made me think about how many different politicians get themselves in a rut and find some way to keep the blame from being on them. Politicians like Clinton and Nixon are just a few to name. Many politicians don’t want to ruin the image that they have simply because it could jeopardize their future especially if they want to run for President, Senate, etc. I can certainly see why Sarah Palin passed the buck, but being the kind of person that the media has seen her as she cannot afford anything else negatively scrutinizing her character. I think that her future as a representative of the U.S is continuing to go downhill. I also think that it would make future politicians more credible and trustworthy to take responsibility for their actions and how they affect others.
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