9 Ways to Get Booted Off Palin's Facebook

No. 9: Get a little too Jesus-y
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 4, 2010 10:42 AM CDT
9 Ways to Get Booted Off Palin's Facebook
In this June 25, 2010 file photo, Sarah Palin holds out her palm to show the notes on it while speaking at a fundraising dinner at California State University, Stanislaus in Turlock, Calif.   (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

It would appear that only the cheerleaders ever post anything on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page (“Palin 2012!!!!”) but the truth is, comments that don’t fit the page’s rah-rah image are simply deleted. Slate developed a program to capture comments before they were removed, and analyzed the roughly 10% that got the boot over a 12-day period. Here’s what they found:

  • Mean comments about Palin are deleted: “I do not like you or agree with any dumb thing you say or do.”

  • Comments disagreeing with Palin are deleted: “I can't believe Sarah endorsed Ayotte. Ayotte is not a Momma Grizzley.”
  • Comments agreeing too rabidly with Palin are deleted: “Do us a favor Sarah, trap a few Wolves and ship em to D.C., they do eat Rats don't they?”
  • Comments that get too religious are deleted: “The ones I feel for is one day those in the media that are doing the way they are will come down .you are a threat to them and their evil ways. David only needed 5 stones to bring down the giant. and i belive those five stones had on them five letters JESUS.”
For more, read the complete article. For Jon Stewart's take on that whole “Mama Grizzly” notion, click here. (More Sarah Palin stories.)

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