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"In the early 20th century the progressive movement was caught up in a racist pseudo science called Eugenics. (There is no evidence to suggest that Eugenics was a progressive movement. In fact during its heyday it was widely accepted all over the world.) The core idea of Eugenics was to use birth control, abortion, and selective breeding to weed out the so-called "unfit." To create a, quote unquote, 'cleaner human race.' The idea of course is horrifying. And it was this very drive to create a 'cleaner,' or purer race, that led ultimately to the Nazi Holocaust. One of the foremost American leaders of this horrid Eugenics movement was a gal named Margaret Sanger. (Yeah as it turns out she was NOT one of the "foremost American leaders.") You may have heard her name because she went on to found Planned parenthood. This is the foundation of Planned Parenthood. The nation's largest abortion provider. Margaret Sanger? She specifically wrote about her belief in using abortion to reduce the numbers of minorities, and immigrants, in order to create, what she thought of, as a 'cleaner,' or rather a 'whiter' race. (No that's false, in fact Sanger was vehemently against abortion and argued that use of birth control, which she recommended for all races, would make it increasingly unnecessary.) She was essentially a racist, white supremest, in her theories and in her writings. Look it up. ( I did!) But instead of rejecting Margaret Sanger, and her hateful ideas about race, well Left Wing progressives actually revere her. (Tape of Hillary Clinton saying she admires Margaret Sanger.) She's a heroine in their eyes. They love her. In fact one feminist wrote in the New York Times that 'Margaret Sanger should replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty dollar bill.' Well this must never happen, We should never admire someone whose life's work was built on racism. And bigotry. That says a lot about those who support Margaret Sanger, and her beliefs, and this new drive to replace Jackson on the twenty dollar bill with this racist."
As it turns out this attack of racism against Margaret Sanger is a very aggressive meme started by the anti-choice crowd and it has spread like wildfire. So of course Palin has to sprint after that bandwagon and hp aboard.
But is it true?
PBS has reported that while Sanger DID align herself with Eugenics in 1920's and 30's, it does not seem that she was focused on preventing the birth of more minorities, but instead on restricting the birth of what she termed "defectives." Most likely referring to birth defects.
Another researcher and educator at The Daily Kos found the evidence to support Sanger's racism to be paper thin.
A little Googling makes it pretty clear that Palin's argument, like all of her arguments, is based on misinformation, lies, and the cherry picking of actual facts.
As for not admiring someone "whose life's work was built on racism" that more or less describes a certain President we all know.
Courtesy of Slate:
It was unfathomable that thousands of Native American men, women, and children were forced to march West, sometimes freezing to death or starving because U.S. soldiers wouldn’t let them bring extra food or blankets. It was hard to hear that the Choctaw Nation lost up to a third of its population on the death march. It was disorienting to learn that what amounted to ethnic cleansing had come at the insistence of an American president.
But then it was lunchtime, and we pulled out our wallets in the cafeteria. Andrew Jackson was there, staring out from every $20 bill. We had been carrying around portraits of a mass murderer all along, and had no idea.
Andrew Jackson engineered a genocide. He shouldn’t be on our currency.
You know I have a very simple formula for determining who actually is, or is not, a racist.
If Sarah Palin supports them, then they're probably a racist.
If she attacks them.....well you can do the math.
(H/T to Wonkette.)
