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i'm a bottle
12/08/09

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There is no one else other than Sarah Palin who can so arouse the humours of a young Jacobin.
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Maxichamp
12/08/09

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Palin should have the Nation of Islam provide security for her.
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mimigoliath
12/08/09

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Can I send him an old-fashioned fan letter? Like in the mail? It's so nice to get mail that isn't a bill or a credit card offer, and I'd like to brighten his day with some gratitude.
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BlinkyMcChuck
12/08/09

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This is like the shoe-thrower.
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Helio
12/07/09

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I'm really baffled not by all the praise for the thrower, but of all the concern trolling. I wonder if I would feel different if the hopeful recipient of the tomato had been, Hillary Clinton or maybe Denis Kucinich, I would feel as indignant that people were cheering on this "act of violence."

Honestly, I don't think I would be similarly be up in arms. This act is tantamount to those ativist groups who douse furried runway models in paint or that Iraqi journalist who threw his shoe at Dubya or that person who cracked an egg on Ahnold during his press junket/campaign for governor.

In this country, we are alternately over-babied and over-armed. A tomato is not a dirty bomb or a gun. There are acts of protests that may ruin garments, and sting eyes, but that don't necessarily shut down discourse. I'm not saying liberals have found a new weapon to use in the culture war against the teabaggers but there's a hell of a lot of difference between a few of us cheering on an errant tomato thrower and prominent political figures (not necessarily palin) advocating revolutions against the government and the president. Don't fall for her martyr routine and chill out.
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Lysergic Asset
12/07/09

@Helio: You, my friend, are a true diplomat. So well-said.
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Xylo
12/07/09

@Helio: Waitaminnit. I didn't say a tomato is a dirty bomb or that I fell for her martyr routine. I'm saying that a tomato dropped on someone's face from two stories up could put out an eye. A smooshy tomato thrown from a chair in the first row: probably not so bad. But we should stick with tradition, there's nothing wrong with the tried-and-true cream pie. It makes a better statement.
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andymetzger1234
12/08/09

@Helio: I haven't commented before, at least since the new comment system went up, but I'm not a troll.

I am all for fighting speech with speech. This flies in the face of that.

To have some fool throw a tomato is one thing. That people have rallied around that juvenile and violent act is what bothers me.

Please tell me where this leads? One person chucks a tomato; what is next?

It's not enough to say you disagree with what she says. The essence of our democracy is that people are allowed to say things that are abhorrent to others.
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Helio
12/08/09

@andymetzger1234: You imagine someone is going to pull out their gloc after dodging a tomato? If they do, this is exactly what I mean by our society being 'over babied and over armed.' It's the same society in which schools stop playing dodgeball and starting food fights are a suspend-able offense. These slights, which do have violent aspects have become so so conflated with real, physically harmful violence that you fear (perhaps rightly) what the reaction may be.

After getting hit with a tomato, one of two reactions spring to my mind. The recipient wipes the shit off their face and moves on (or get their body guards t0 cover them up) or they grab the nearest tomato and have at it. Maybe I'm being too idealistic but until they start legislating "Tomato Control Laws" (which Palin would be against, surely) and I see "Get Guavas Off Our Streets" campaigns, we should all remain calm.

Sorry I called you a troll. If anything, you seem overly sincere.
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misha trotsky
12/08/09

@andymetzger1234: " Please tell me where this leads? One person chucks a tomato; what is next?"

Pies.
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andymetzger1234
12/08/09

@Helio: Overly sincere... I can live with that. But I'm not afraid of anyone getting hurt by a tomato.

It's wrongheaded to encourage physical attacks against people who don't share your politics, especially during a time of political tension.

I don't see how you can argue with that.
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Helio
12/08/09

@andymetzger1234: You don't see how? We have been arguing about it for the last 10 hours and you're the only one who is not yet convinced.
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ClockOnTheStove
12/07/09

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I call shenanigans. Lutefisk? Sure. A hotdish? You betcha. Lefsa? Fine. Tomatoes? Meh.
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karmasutra är svensk
12/08/09

@ClockOnTheStove:

Eh, lefsa would be kind of lame. I vote gravlax, Jansson's frestelse, or princesstårta.
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kappakappaspankme
12/08/09

@karmasutra är svensk: Nej. Chokladbollar.
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RandomLunatic
12/07/09

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This was an act of sheer idiocy and shouldn't be applauded in any way. Dude gave Palin what she desperately craves, a kind of justification for her self-pity and claims of victimhood. If this guy's background comes out and it's hyper-liberal in some way, he will have handed the morons and wingnuts who support Sarah Palin all the ammo they need.
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misslinda
12/07/09

@RandomLunatic: Take a look at his mugshot. That guy is not a liberal. His neck is too thick, his haircut is too buzzed, and his face is too squished. He's a corn fed football playing (not baseball, if it were baseball he would've made that shot) deer hunting tomato tossing good ol' 'merican Republican who is pissed of that this person is hijacking the political discourse of the country that he so dearly loves.
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MrInBetween
12/07/09

@misslinda: You're right. No self-respecting liberal would throw a tomato. A liberal would throw an avocado, or maybe a mango.
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RandomLunatic
12/07/09

@misslinda: Wow, as a liberal who played football in high school, frequently shaves his head and is a crack shot with my Smith & Wesson .357, I have to say you have a point there.
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RandomLunatic
12/07/09

@MrInBetween: Or just hammer-throw a big ole Trader Joe's bag filled with "organic" kiwi, starfruit and casaba melons.
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Lysergic Asset
12/08/09

@MrInBetween: Perhaps a very small papaya.
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WFROSE
12/08/09

@RandomLunatic: Ah, but do you use your Smith and Wesson to kill deer?
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RandomLunatic
12/08/09

@WFROSE: No, just tomatoes.
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Halo_Override
12/08/09

@RandomLunatic: Do you mean you just use your gun to kill tomatoes, or you just use tomatoes to kill deer? Both are admirable.
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RandomLunatic
12/08/09

@Halo_Override: Yes.
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GlasgowRose
12/07/09

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La Tomatina. Olé!
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Lucky
12/07/09

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I'm wondering if Rush Limbaugh will be quoting this post tomorrow.
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Lysergic Asset
12/07/09

@Lucky: At this point, I think the headline is going to be splashed across Fox News to further the canonization and/or beatification of Ms. Palin.
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heywhat
12/07/09

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Isn't this really going to make her look even more like a hero to the "base"? She already has the victim act down pat. I can already see her and the Republicans spinnning this to their advantage.
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Lucky
12/07/09

@heywhat: She's going to be right up there with Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior by tomorrow.
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Lysergic Asset
12/07/09

@Lucky: Or else He'll be down here, defending her.
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Aaron Altman
12/07/09

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I don't think Gawker should be condoning throwing anything at anyone, for fuck's sake. And Adrian, if you wanna feel what it's like to get a tomato thrown at your face, stand at the bottom of that staircase inside Gawker HQ and ask a colleague to do it from the top flight. See if it's still funny.
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anchower
12/07/09

@Aaron Altman: He tried it. Said it was funnier than he could have imagined.
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Xylo
12/07/09

@Aaron Altman: I agree. A tomato in the face from two stories up, sheesh. Now, a small cream pie in the face, hand-delivered; that could be a thing of beauty.
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Aaron Altman
12/07/09

@Xylo: Agreed. And Sarah would roll right along with it. "This is some good Redi-Wip, you betcha!"
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Aaron Altman
12/07/09

@anchower: Police report or it didn't happen. :-)
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Lysergic Asset
12/07/09

@Aaron Altman: No comment, just long time, no see! Hope all is well with you.
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Xylo
12/07/09

@Aaron Altman: "Yumm! Have you seen Todd??!"
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Aaron Altman
12/08/09

@Lysergic Asset: Same here, pal!
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Trai_Dep
12/07/09

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Are we really sure it was a human tomato thrower, and not the revenge-minded brother of one of those Thanksgiving turkeys that Palin so cruelly slaughtered last year?
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CumaeanSibyl
12/07/09

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No one's answered the important question yet: fresh or rotten?
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Dot
12/07/09

@CumaeanSibyl: The tomatoes or Palin?
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CumaeanSibyl
12/08/09

@Dot: The tomatoes. I know about Palin already.
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Trai_Dep
12/07/09

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Adrian - any news on the condition and health of the other tomato?
I'd like to think he survived and is enjoying a well-earned vacation in Napoli.
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Trai_Dep
12/07/09

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I'm hoping desperately for the Iraqi Shoe Thrower and our erstwhile Tomato Projectionist to meet, find they have much in common (but not TOO much), then move in together in a zany, yet heart-warming sit-com.
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