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Sarah Palin used the term [[blood libel]] when condemning a (liberal?) viewpoint that political rhetoric itself was to blame for the Jeffords shooting, quoting Ronald Reagan: "We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." [http://thepage.time.com/2011/01/12/palin-journalists-and-pundits-tried-to-manufacture-a-blood-libel/#ixzz1BgzpxmnR] Apparently some Jewish groups feel the term ''blood libel'' is sacrosanct and must never be used except when directly referencing the antisemitic charge that Jews use dead Christan babies' blood to make matzoh crackers. [http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/12/sarah-palin-critics-blaming-political-right-for-shootings-commi/] No one who actually follows her position statements on Jews and Israel could think for a moment that she had anything less than genuine respect and love for Jews and Israel: more than Obama, if her statement about Jerusalem is any guide: "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, not a settlement." [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/140652]
 
Sarah Palin used the term [[blood libel]] when condemning a (liberal?) viewpoint that political rhetoric itself was to blame for the Jeffords shooting, quoting Ronald Reagan: "We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." [http://thepage.time.com/2011/01/12/palin-journalists-and-pundits-tried-to-manufacture-a-blood-libel/#ixzz1BgzpxmnR] Apparently some Jewish groups feel the term ''blood libel'' is sacrosanct and must never be used except when directly referencing the antisemitic charge that Jews use dead Christan babies' blood to make matzoh crackers. [http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/12/sarah-palin-critics-blaming-political-right-for-shootings-commi/] No one who actually follows her position statements on Jews and Israel could think for a moment that she had anything less than genuine respect and love for Jews and Israel: more than Obama, if her statement about Jerusalem is any guide: "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, not a settlement." [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/140652]
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::I don't think so. An offensive phrase is really just an artifact of the time in which it was used. To use it as such, as an artifact, '''is no more offensive than photographic or literary portrayals of hatred.'''--[[User:AnthonyDW|AnthonyDW]] 12:53, 21 January 2011 (EST)
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