A humorous turkey pardon that featured Sarah Palin has endured as a meme that appears to reappear every November.
Sarah Palin, an American politician, was elected as Alaska’s ninth governor in 2006 and held the position until her departure in 2009. She was the state’s first female and youngest governor ever.
She and U.S. Senator John McCain ran for the Republican nomination for vice president in 2008 but were defeated by Joe Biden and Barack Obama of the Democratic Party.
In addition, Palin is a reality television star, author, and commentator. In addition to hosting Sarah Palin’s Alaska (2010–11) and Amazing America with Sarah Palin (2014–15), she offered political commentary for Fox News from 2010–15.
She also wrote her memoir Going Rogue, which has sold over a million copies, and ran the short-lived internet TV channel the Sarah Palin Channel (2014–2015) via TAPP TV.
Is Sarah Palin Meme Related To Her Turkey Video?
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The former governor of Alaska was the focus of a humorous and satirical turkey-pardoning film during the 2008 Thanksgiving holiday.
Following her loss in the 2008 presidential race, Palin visited a turkey farm in her native Wasilla, Alaska, to pardon a local bird, as is customary for governors.
She seems unaware that a guy is butchering a turkey behind her while she discusses her symbolic pardon and other political issues.
Unknowingly speaking as a turkey was being severed from its neck by the metal cone of doom in the background, Palin praised herself as a “friend to all creatures great and small” and made her statements.
The man throwing the birds into the machine makes a funny face at Palin and the camera.
The entire video and the images that followed became the subject of many amusing and original memes. People rapidly uploaded amusing and pertinent backdrop photos and videos.
Sarah Palin Meme: Accused Of Mocking People With Down Syndrome
Another meme involved Sarah Palin, although this time she was the meme’s maker. The former governor of Alaska received criticism for a meme that was uploaded to Instagram. They feel it denigrates those who have Down syndrome.
In October 2018, Palin published the image implying that Democrats are seen as spoilt children because her son Trig, who was 10 at the time, had Down syndrome.
In the midst of ongoing protests over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court and allegations of sexual assault, it was done. Kavanaugh is an American lawyer and jurist.
The meme included images of a youngster with Down syndrome crying in an effort to juxtapose how protesters perceive themselves and how they actually appear.
Initially, Palin did not recognize the boy in the picture as Trig, her son. The online audience responded in various ways.
That’s her kid; she doesn’t view him as impaired, one person who defended Palin’s meme wrote. She was merely making a statement about adults acting like children.
“She can’t show a picture of her son crying like a baby?” another user commented. All I can see is a young child arguing in a shop.
But not everyone shared the same viewpoint. Many others charged Palin with making fun of those who suffer from the disorder.
Why would you relate this to your son who has developmental delays, someone asked. Why are you acting this way?
A disgruntled commenter remarked, “This is a disgrace and demeans all developmentally disabled.”
Some people were confused and unsure of their emotions at the same time, with one saying, “I love you, Sarah, but I don’t get it.”
Given that Palin has a son who has the Syndrome and has been vocal about her support for those who have the disease, it was unlikely that she meant any offense.
She also attacked a 2010 Family Guy episode that featured a character who had Down syndrome.
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