A.k.a. Bible Spice
A.k.a. Pit bull in lipstick (her own characterization)
A.k.a. Caribou Barbie
Ok, this one’s a challenge. How to distinguish stupidity
from lunacy? (Or for that matter, from malevolence – if Grey’s Law applied both ways, many people we’ve ignored would have to be
counted as loons). Ignorance tends to turn into lunacy when accompanied by
second-order ignorance,
at least, but this is probably not a necessary condition, although incompetence
at basic rational reasoning may perhaps be sufficient.
So Palin’s application for inclusion in the Encyclopedia
raises questions. I think we should disregard her ignorance,
vileness,
vacuity,
helpless blathering,
idiotic statements on the verge of meaninglessness, incompetence,
complete (and I mean complete) lack of self-awareness,
and her ability to talk into a camera for five minutes with complete confidence
without producing any meaningful content (which reflects badly on her followers
more than on herself), or even her rather obviously pathological habit of lying.
But stupidity and Dunning-Kruger are at least at work in this one,
and in this one.
And genuine insanity seems to run rampant here.
She had been noted for her creationist sympathies before she
burst into fame in 2008,
and is indeed on the record as a young earth creationist, Ken Ham-style,
as well as for peddling theocracy.
She is more extensively covered here.
We really can’t be bothered to rant at length about this one.
John Lofton thinks Sarah Palin is a liberal appeaser, by the
way.
Diagnosis: Serious loon. But the real problem is people like
this.
The appeal of Palin seems to be fading since she declined a run for
president, and her lasting influence is doubtful.
Here’s Palin saying something in a language vaguely resembling English, but making no sense if interpreted as being, in fact, English (not an uncommon phenomenon in this particular case). And here is a decent review of “Game Change”, the documentary about the rise and fall of Sarah Palin.
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