What a Charming Family the Palins Are

[Trigger warning for homophobia and homophobic slurs.]

Raw Story: Palin's daughter uses homophobic slurs to attack critic on Facebook.

In an apparent effort to defend her mother, Sarah Palin's daughter Willow labeled one critic a "faggot" and said he was "so gay" on her Facebook page after he said that her mother was "failing" on her new TV show.

The comments were posted by Palin's 16-year-old daughter Willow Palin on Facebook. They came in response to a Facebook user who updated his status to read, "Sarah Palin's Alaska is failing so hard right now."

The user, Tre, is believed to be a student who went to school with Willow. He was writing in response to Palin's new Discovery Channel TV show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska." The comments were first highlighted by TMZ.

"Haha your [sic] so gay," Willow typed in response. "I have no idea who you are, But what I've seen pictures of, your [sic] disgusting … My sister had a kid and is still hot."

She added later: "Tre stfu. Your such a faggot."

Bristol also joined in, commenting: "You're running your mouth just to talk shit," and Willow later added: "Sorry that you guys are all jealous of my families [sic] success and you guys aren't goin to go anywhere with your lives."

One doesn't have to be the kid of a famous person to understand how difficult it is. The notoriety of being a member of the Palin family would be tough to handle at any age, no less at 16, and, for most of us, it sucks to hear people say negative things about one's parents. Navigating all of that isn't easy.

THAT SAID, even a teenager is capable of getting angry and being defensive and even flying totally off the handle without peppering their speech with homophobic epithets. Especially teenagers who aren't raised in a home where hating gays, or "hating the sin," or whatthefuckever, is acceptable. I would suggest that the anti-homophobic bullying discussion the entire country has been having still hasn't made it to Alaska yet, except that I know that it has. It just hasn't made it to the Palin household, apparently.

We all know there are different rules in "Sarah Palin's Alaska." Mavericky blah blah.

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