British Sarah Palins Tired Of Facebook Harassment

by Ray Rahman | 12:42 pm, September 22nd, 2010

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While Sarah Palin may be popular with various groups of Americans, there’s one group of Britons with whom she is becoming increasingly unpopular: people named Sarah Palin. Esquire reports that “the Sarah Palins of the world are not exactly enjoying this election cycle.” Snippets from the Facebook messages received by random Palins include: “You should never have been born,” “You bitch,” and “You’ve insulted every single black American.”

That sort of online hatemail is certainly unwelcome in anyone’s inbox, regardless of their name, but it seems that the confusion generally bears more quotidian fruits:

“In everyday life in England it’s fine, the odd comment — everyone thinks they’re the first,” says a Sarah Palin from outside of Manchester. “But on Facebook it’s just a right pain in the rear end.”

And it’s not just hatemail either. A West Derby resident named Palin mused that “90 percent of her fan base must be blind or illiterate.” And some of the Lady Palins across the pond wish they could monetize their monikers:

“If I had a pound for every time I have heard someone crack a joke about my name, I would be the proud owner of a Bugatti Veyron,” says one Palin from Brighton. “My name is actually not the same as hers either — I am a Sara, not a Sarah.”

Of course, while being named Sarah — or Sara — Palin can be a nuisance, it’s still the heritage of these women, and none of them have any interest in changing their name. In fact, some have had to fight with Facebook to just use it. A Manchurian Sarah Palin had to wrangle with administrators from the social media platform to prove that her name was, indeed, Sarah Palin. “They didn’t grasp that I’m English [and] live in England,” said this Palin. “She is of no consequence to anyone here.”

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Big Eddie

If you’re getting hatemail , ladies , it’s not from Palin fans . It’s from the dimbulb nasties who despise and curse her . Direct your ire accordingly . Cheerio !
AFM

I petty to poor ladies. Now you know how the majority of people in america think she is a liar and a sinner. I hope that god puts america’s Sarah Palin right where she belongs come judgement day. I am sure she won’t have to sit under her tanning bed either. The sad thing is even my relatives that live accross the pond wonder what is wrong what her and why do people idolize her. I tell them it doesn’t take much to entertain the masses. They think americans are pretty stupid wanting to support this woman. I can’t disagree with them either. If you bother to ask any tea partier or even Palin what exactly do you want to cut they just generalize they have no specifics. People are to dumb to see that. Why is it you won’t see O’Cracker even go on Wallace’s show on Fox. He is a real journalist. Tea party candates can’t handle the real questions. They get softball questions from Hannity and the idiots in the morning. You know Douchie, dumb and dumber.
jk76

what the hell is a bugatti veyron

that’s all i got, maybe i can add that people say her followers are ‘dumb’ etc., well now you’ve seen her detractors.
stoogedudes

I can understand the frustration they must be feeling. But for people to say “You should never have been born,” “You bitch,” and “You’ve insulted every single black American.”, that’s just downright nasty.

Thankfully she didn’t have a name like Sarah Smith.

I imagine the surname Palin is fairly common in England. One of the all-time comedy greats from England shares that name…

Of course I’m talking about Michael Palin from Monty Python.
jk76

AFM said:
I petty to poor ladies. Now you know how the majority of people in america think she is a liar and a sinner. I hope that god puts america’s Sarah Palin right where she belongs come judgement day. I am sure she won’t have to sit under her tanning bed either. The sad thing is even my relatives that live accross the pond wonder what is wrong what her and why do people idolize her. I tell them it doesn’t take much to entertain the masses. They think americans are pretty stupid wanting to support this woman. I can’t disagree with them either. If you bother to ask any tea partier or even Palin what exactly do you want to cut they just generalize they have no specifics. People are to dumb to see that. Why is it you won’t see O’Cracker even go on Wallace’s show on Fox. He is a real journalist. Tea party candates can’t handle the real questions. They get softball questions from Hannity and the idiots in the morning. You know Douchie, dumb and dumber.

wow missed this….the doctor will see you now
philipjames

Lets see…. idiot, stupid, hateful liberals post crap on sites with Sarah Palin on them and the baloney being pushed is that Sarah Palin is at fault???
how about the useless excuses for human beings who post these hateful comments?
oh, wait… they are liberals and since liberals have no moral compass, it doesn’t matter…. there is no shame for a liberal.
stoogedudes

philipjames said:
Lets see…. idiot, stupid, hateful liberals post crap on sites with Sarah Palin on them and the baloney being pushed is that Sarah Palin is at fault???how about the useless excuses for human beings who post these hateful comments?oh, wait… they are liberals and since liberals have no moral compass, it doesn’t matter…. there is no shame for a liberal.

Please don’t lump all liberals in as having no moral compass because of the actions of a few jerks. It’s bull-feces.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

jk76 said:
what the hell is a bugatti veyron

It’s an expensive sports car, possibly the world’s fastest.
let-me-explainify…

“They didn’t grasp that I’m English [and] live in England,” said this Palin. “She is of no consequence to anyone here.”

she’s of no consequence to anyone* here either!

*anyone with a brain
njoy-d-ride

Well, I think its safe to say that some people are SCARED S#*TLESS by Sarah Palin. Still you think they would have the sense to check and see that their message is going to the right person…

Each of these people need to GOOGLE THEIR OWN NAME. It’s amazing! I found out that I was half my age and hung with some really attractive people,,,

Hey stoogedudes, lumping people together is prevalent on both sides of the isle.

let-me-explainify, your “*anyone with a brain” argument is juvenile. If you can’t come up with something better, I suggest you just keep your fingers still and don’t embarrass yourself.
Phocus2

“And it is written…the left shall show the right just who it is they fear the most”. And so it is. Most lefties sound like they only have one hand free while typing their drivel and panic induced hatred. Live it up losers…your side is about to experience one big ripping flame out.
Clearbrook

The wrong here is not in anyone named Sarah Palin. It lies, in fact, in those *haters* who are just so blind, they have no idea of who they are accusing of what and are so mindless, that they cannot care, unless they have been told it is appropriate *to* care. And NO, that is not all Liberals, and NO there are those on the right who should not throw stones here. However, I do see one side that is dominated by logic that fights with this, and one side steeped in emotionalism that sees nothing wrong with such hypocritical behavior. I’ll let you, kind readers, see if you can figure out which side is which!

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