Sarah Palin Defends Daughter’s Use Of “Faggot” By Explaining That Tabloids And Hateful Blogs Report Lies About Family Everyday

Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and failed Republican vice-presidential candidate, defended her daughter’s casual use of the word “faggot.” Two weeks ago, while the TLC reality show Sarah Palin’s Alaska premiered, a young man named Tre posted to his Facebook that “Sarah Palin’s Alaska is failing so hard right now,” prompting 16 year old Willow Palin to post “Haha your (sp) so gay” and “Your (sp) such a faggot.” Willow, through her sister Bristol, offered an awkward apology, however, Sarah Palin, appearing on Fox News, told a completely different and false narrative, Mediaite.com reporting she said to Sean Hannity “People probably think that my greatest frustration is the lies that are told in the tabloids and on hateful blogs full of anonymous sources about my family … and there are constant everyday lies that we have to read that are out there in the public. But my family and I…thick skin…we can take it, you know…we can take what the haters say despite the fact that there’s injustice in the situation. I mean, look at the other day. Willow, finally, my 16 year old, she had had it up to here with somebody saying very, very hateful things about the family and saying mean things about her little brother Trig, and Willow finally responded and she used a bad word when she responded in defense of her family. And her response became national news, even hard news copy it turned into, so that’s ridiculous and I had to explain to her, “Willow, there is no justice here but you have to just zip your lip and let’s move forward.” Unfortunately, Trig was never mentioned in any of the exchanges and while it may appear to be good parenting to point out that “faggot” is a “bad word” it is far, far from the point.