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I assume that Palin's pit bull comparison is meant to tell the world "if you're one of the bad guys, don't mess with me, I'll kick your ass, even though I am pretty and nice." There is a tendency that I seem to notice coming more from conservative figures (though I am sure this happens both ways round) to couch things in "good guy white hat vs. bad guy black hat" terms. For moderately wimpo/leftish types like me, this sort of rhetoric makes the speaker sound a) guilty of oversimplification and b) potentially dangerous.
Most of my family are conservative, and they are wonderful, compassionate, caring people to whom I owe my life. But I really don't get why they are so fond of political "don't mess with me, shoot the wounded, you bad guys better run" talk. Mostly just a matter of style, I guess. (i am often kidded by them for being a Mr. Softee.)
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