Sarah Palin Calls Family Guy Joke a "Kick in the Gut"

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CBS News

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is continuing to use her high profile to bring attention to instances of misuse of the word "retarded" and disparaging portrayals of the mentally challenged.

Early today, Palin responded on Facebook to an episode of the Fox television show "Family Guy" that poked fun at Palin, whose son has Down Syndrome. The episode features a mentally challenged character who says her mother is the former governor of Alaska.

Palin said the episode "felt like another kick in the gut." She provided a statement from her oldest daughter Bristol, who wrote, "Shouldn't we be willing to say that some things just are not funny? Are there any limits to what some people will do or say in regards to my little brother or others in the special needs community?"

Earlier this month, Palin said that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel should be fired for an incident in which he referred to a group of liberals as "F-ing retarded." However, when conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh repeatedly used the word "retard" in a pejorative manner on his radio show, Palin chided the incident but on "Fox News Sunday" this week dismissed it as satire. She also refrained from asking her ally Texas Gov. Rick Perry to fire his top campaign consultant for demeaning use of the word.



Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/02/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6212912.shtml

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I just watched the clip and saw nothing for her to get offended about. Hey Sarah, guess whose network owns that show. Your employer & Buddy Rupert Murdoch. Bet if given the choice of appeasing you or pissing off Family Guy producers - he'll choose the producers, they make him more money.

[Cha]

1. palin the hypocrite..call for limpbaugh's firing and

then I'll think she's not a hypocrite.

[goclark]

20. Exactly! nt

[Naipes]

24. What's the problem?

Stephen Colbert called Sarah Palin a fucking retard on his show a week or so ago.

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/264042/february-08-2010/sarah-palin-uses-a-hand-o-prompter

[Cha]

40. So?

[Kadie]

51. But remember, Limbaugh's show is satire, Family Guy isn't.

:sarcasm:

:freak:

[merh]

91. She defended limbaugh's use of the word, said it was only satire.

Guess she has no problem with satire by a human turd and it offends her if a cartoon character is the source of satire.

Calling her a hypocrite is being too polite.

[T Wolf]

2. Isn't it more likely that a "special" child resulted from a father-daughter coupling than from

Caribou Barbie and that "father?"

Perhaps that is why the POS is so sensitive about the topic. It is an in-her-face reminder that she and her family are poster stars of dysfunction.

[LiberalFighter]

9. They have never provided a birth certificate of the child.

No record of the child ever being born.
Apparently never filed the necessary papers for insurance coverage.

[HopeHoops]

26. I still think it was Bristol's and Sarah faked pregnancy to cover up the "shame".

Just sayin'...

[Dr.Phool]

29. Maybe he was really born in Kenya.

Get Orly Taitz on this, pronto!

[jobwithout]

89. Because its none of our fucking business

[katandmoon]

19. NO. It is not likely at all. Down Syndrome is completely unrelated to incest.

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[MH1]

31. the probability of retardation in offspring is irrelevant

as to whether using the disabled or mentally challenged as the butt of jokes is acceptable.

I didn't see the clip so can't say whether I think it crosses the line. However I do think Palin is just a posturing hypocrite anyway.

[Bette Noir]

64. The show was offensive, but no more so than the typical "Family Guy" episode.

Why do I keep watching it? Oh, yeah-- because sometimes it's freaking hilarious.

[tavalon]

32. No, the dad is Levi

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[emilyg]

56. No correlation.

[mithnanthy]

79. ...or brother and sister....

Bristol's brother was sent away in the service around that time that she missed school for so many months before her 'brother' was born. They claim it was "Mono" (infectous mononuclosis) for all that time that kept her from school. I wouldn't doubt the Father-daughter relationship or that of Sarah and HER Father....he acted very weird around her during the campaign when her male 'handlers' tried to talk to her. He literally had his arms around her when they would approach her and he stared them down....what a low-life family. They disgust me just observing them.

[AngryOldDem]

101. Thanks for reminding me why I'm coming to DU less and less these days.

People bitch about Palin's "hypocrisy" but I wonder what the response here would be if similar jabs were directed toward those prominent liberals and progressives who have special-needs children? While we're at it, let's call up Maria Shriver and the rest of the Kennedy family so they can get in on this "harmless" bit of satire too.

I remember the totally justifiable outrage when Rush Limbaugh called a preteen Chelsea Clinton ugly. Making sport of a retarded child, or using that child to get back at an incompetent parent, goes **way** beyond any line Rush crossed all those years ago. These children do not ask for the hand in life they were dealt -- be it Chelsea Clinton in 1993 or Trigg Palin today. Let them alone. Going after the kid to score points against Mom or Dad is cowardly and indefensible.

[xultar]

3. But if Rush had done it, then it was satire. STFU Palin. I admit

it was in poor taste but that is what Family Guy is all about...

Futhermore they did it for a response mainly CUZ Family Guy has jumped the shark.

But it just proves how low Palin is to have to respond to a jumped the shark show.

[catbyte]

4. Enough with the faux outrage, Sarah

I, for one, believe Levi Johnston when he said she called her kid, Tripe, Trig, whatever, "My little retarded baby". It rings true and sounds just like something she'd say, so boo fricking hoo, Sarah.

:boring:

Diane

Anishnabe in MI

[Make7]

5. She watches Family Guy? Cool... ( n/t )

[monmouth]

6. Saw a pic of the little guy and he is adorable. This was over the line...n/t

[Sans Culottes]

38. Which is *further* over the line, monmouth?

Seth turning the tactics of the "shock jocks" back onto them, or Palin's insufferable Munchausen-by-proxy?

[monmouth]

61. Seth is under the impression he is always funny. This time it

was a huge fail. No taste, no class and completely insensitive... Bash Palin all you want but her baby should be off limits, all babies should be off limits. I'm surprised you question it.

[bc3000]

66. but it was satire! Palin had said satire was ok.

why do the rules keep changing?

Also, the concern for the infant is a little exaggerated. Infants can't understand family guy. I'm sure Trig was not offended.

[Arkana]

70. The character on the show was female. Trig is a boy.

And Sarah deserves ridicule for her use of Trig as a prop.

[Divine Discontent]

77. He's not as funny as he used to be, but the show is wildly satirical.

They actually made the special needs girls tough, as she dumped Chris. There was worse things in that episode that were slams against other types of people, but it's understood by adults that it's nasty satire. Which is still satire. Palin should have just rolled with the punches. It wasn't that bad of an episode - I'm sure they could be overwhelmingly worse than this to her if they wanted to.

[Sans Culottes]

81. The only baby I saw was Stewie.

I didn't hear the name "Trig".
I didn't hear the name "Palin".

I saw a female adolescent, described as disabled who none-the-less acted as any "normal" teenage girl might act, IF she was a spoiled little princess intent on demanding attention. The character *actually* represents Palin herself, a spoiled, self-absorbed brat with limited intellectual ability but a compulsion to manipulate everyone she comes into contact with.

Apt and witty, in my opinion.

Satire is not kind. If Trig was loosely alluded too, it serves to underscore Palin's disgustingly cynical pandering of the disabled child in her possession. I think her campaign alone constituted abuse.

Munchausen-by-proxy exists, and Palin should be a documented clinical example.

"...all babies should be off limits." In what way was Trig Palin injured by the parody of his mother? Don't you think that any real injury to Trig was caused by Palin dragging him as a prop down her campaign trail? Don't you see that she's still only using him, feigning indignation? As been mentioned elsewhere in this thread, she has made excuses for Rush Limbaugh's insensitivity, yet was outraged at FG's jibe. I don't believe her.

Seth, by exposing her, may possibly save Trig from being exploited in the future.

Except she's still getting sympathy from folks like you.

Where Seth failed is obvious. Satire always runs the risk of being misinterpreted. His presentation was a bit too subtle.



I guffawed.

[semillama]

97. +1000

Excellent post, I agree completely. If anything, Seth McFarlane should be commended for an overall positive depiction of people with Down's Syndrome as being as human as anyone else.

[emilyg]

57. Agree 100%.

[LynneSin]

98. So you're ok that Limbaugh uses the term all the time (I mean Sarah says that's ok)

She said LImbaugh is Satire.

:eyes:

[liberal N proud]

7. But it is a cartoon

Satire, Cartoon, what's the difference?

She does not know when to STFU

[jmowreader]

75. Here's the difference

Family Guy is satire. Sarah Palin is a cartoon.

[liberal N proud]

76. Yup

[otohara]

102. Hey Sarah, Take It Up With Your EMPLOYER - FOX

make a statement Sarah, quit your job with this evil corporation!

[superduperfarleft]

8. Bwahahahaha!

Sarah Palin vs. Family Guy will be awesome.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. "My kid has more chromosomes than your kid!"

-Sarah Palin.

[Roland99]

11. The Twit manages to keep herself relevant

*sigh*

[Name removed]

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[NJmaverick]

13. Palin is a rotten person that deserves more kicks in the gut

[NJmaverick]

22. I didn't know pit bulls were so damn whiney

[tridim]

14. I'm guessing that messing with Family Guy is worse than messing with Letterman.

Seth should make Palin a regular character. She'd be a perfect companion for Mayor West since they're both batshit insane.

[keroro gunsou]

34. however...

mayor west is at least funny.

[martymar64]

83. Adam West is much more likeable too!

I'd love to hear some of his Hollywood stories. I bet he has some good ones.

[indy legend]

86. I see a future episode.

Sara Palin, Michelle Bachman and Mayor West in a bat-shit crazy three way. Giggity.

[onehandle]

15. Professional victim, Sarah Palin. nt

[Cha]

42. That's exactly right..1/2 term gov of Alaska..whined

her way out of serving full term..ever since she got on the scene she's been whining about something.

First it was "Obama is just a community organizer":cry:x( :cry:

[tinrobot]

99. Drama Queen extraordinaire...

She either attacks to create drama, or is a victim to create drama.

[No Elephants]

16. More double standard. Republicans have been mocking Democrats about being "P.C." for a long time.

As though being concerned with hurting other people were some kind of foolishness.

But, now that Sarah Palin wants everyone to be P.C., every time she gets offended (or, as with Limbaugh, doesn't get offended) it's news?

Meanwhile, we're at war in at least two countries, which never gets covered, our economy is in the hopper and congress hasn't passed new laws to prevent another bailout. About 50,000 die every year from lack of health care. A snowstorm leaves kids without food because all the food some of them get is from the school cafeteria. Etc.

What the hell is wrong with media in this country?

What the hell is wrong with us that we accept infotainment instead of the kind of news that helps us be citizens?

[Moostache]

55. I missed that same memo...

I do not care one tenth of one shit about ANYTHING on the MSM or on network TV or the so-called "news" that gets broadcast.

Our entire profit-driven, infinite-growth-inside-a-finite-system world is a cesspool in need of a reboot. The extinction of humanity will be the best thing to happen to the planet in eons; and perhaps, just perhaps, evolution will produce something wiser and saner next time around - so that those beings will realize using our decayed carbon matter in infinitely stupid ways is something that is to be avoided at all costs.

George Carlin (may he rest in peace, and always be remembered fondly and with a smile) was 100% right about many, many things; but, his take on the environment rings truer and truer with every passing year: "Save the planet? The PLANET ain't going anywhere....WE ARE!" As corporations increasingly tighten their death grip on all of civilization, the magnificence of our technology will fade away and the lost opportunity of what could have been will only serve to make the last generation of humans more indignant at our current stupidity.

To those future generations, I can only say I'm sorry. I tried, but I am failing.
To the current people obsessing over the perceived "insult" to a media-made vapid caricature, I can only again say I'm sorry. But in this case I am only sorry for your pathetic existence, and the fact that you continue to waste additional natural resources keeping your useless meat locker of consumption alive.

[proudohioan]

17. Hearing Sarah Palin's voice is like a kick in the gut.

Get the fuck over it, Sarah! It's not always all about YOU!!!!

[Champion Jack]

18. Awwww call the Waaaaaaahmbulance!!!

Here's to many more kicks in the gut for the quitter from Wasiller

[Dr.Phool]

Quick! Somebody tell her about South Park.

The episode where Cartman tried to enter the Special Olympics.

If she opens her big idiot mouth, they'll go after her with a vengeance.

[Kolesar]

21. Free publicity for a Fox Network TV show

and free publicity for Sarah the terror

[sui generis]

23. they're lampooning a caricature

not a real person - poor poor victims. Just makes you want to slap 'em and say snap out of it.

The fact that Murdoch is the head evildoer in this equation is even more retarded . . . . anyway weren't they talking about Bristol, and not the other one? :evilgrin:

[Bluenorthwest]

25. She used her family as props

She did that. From day one. Once you do that, they are public fodder.

[johnaries]

27. The more she complains, the more Family Guy will push that

button. Because that just makes it more hypocritical and more ridiculous. If she appreciates satire, Seth McFarland will be GLAD to give it to her!

[Mnpaul]

39. watch for an episode

that deals with people writing on their hands :)

[Jennicut]

28. Nice double standard. Rush uses satire but a liberal leaning show is not p.c. enough.

She is full of crap.

[Canuckistanian]

30. Yes, but it was done SATIRICALLY

So by her standards, it's OK.

[ThisThreadIsSatire]

33. Sarah's child is mentally challenged...

and we should not disparage those who suffer or are otherwise 'challenged' through no fault of their own.

Sarah, on the other hand, is NOT mentally challenged, but rather a f@#!&%g retard...

[thereismore]

35. But if it's satire it's OK, right Sarah? nt

[David__77]

36. Sissy pansy martyr...

She better toughen up.

[LanternWaste]

37. Battle between the two lowest common denominators...

A battle royale between the two lowest common denominators of U.S. pop culture. Regardless of which side eventually claims victory, it's still a failure...

[Vidar]

41. Tasteless person vs tasteless show: Hobson's choice.

[RZM]

78. I'm assuming

you mean this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes

and not this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hobson

[Sentath]

106. No, this one

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson's_choice

Edits explained: I'd make it a live link, but DU escapes the apostrophe and kills the link.

[RZM]

107. Thanks

Hadn't heard of that

[Vidar]

108. Oops. Thanks for the correction.

[euphoria12leo]

43. Sarah should STFU

and go relax on one of those back wood Grifter properties she had hidden. She can hunt and fish and run around screaming with a towel on her head and little else. She can scream about how she lost to Obama and can't get over it. And scream about how every one is to blame for everything that has gone wrong in her life. Release some of the psychotic behavior she continues to show to the public. Leave us alone before we become just as crazy as she is.


Batshit :crazy: Sarah

[buff2]

45. I get so tired of her always belly aching about what others say.....

and look at the filth that has easily rolled out of HER mouth. Hypocrite complaining asswipe.:mad:

[SemperEadem]

47. shut up, quitter

nothing a hypocrit says should be given any kind of credence.

[denverbill]

48. Wow. Her base must be really messed up by this.

Talk about Political Correctness run amok.

I will give her one thing: I think Family Guy making a joke about the kid is inappropriate.

Unfortunately, since Sarah decided any use of the term (except by Republicans) was a personal insult to her child, it kind of minimizes the impact of her whining.

I think we should all try not to use terms like 'retarded' when describing Republickers and Teabaggers. For example, you could call Republican proposals for health care reform 'triggy' instead.

[Guilded Lilly]

50. GO AWAY, Mrs. First Dude. (n/t)

[marshall]

52. Maybe she wants us to start referring to it as the "r" word

But I have more of an issue with the use of the "f" word. I know it's old fashioned and the word has become at least as socially acceptable as "ain't" (just going by the number of times a day I hear it), but it still grates on me. Especially when people in authority use the word.

[Deep13]

53. S.P. to world: "Pay attention to ME!"

Yeah, Family Guy is tasteless humor. It always has been. You either like it or you don't. Whatever. I just get the feeling that she is expressing outrage just because she knows it will get her free media attention. She doesn't go nuts (at least not publicly) whenever someone calls her crazy or stupid. That would draw attention to her being crazy and stupid. But riding public sympathy for a special needs child has no downside.

[Xipe Totec]

54. Do I perceive a whine?

I say this with all due respect to Hillary Clinton... but when I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism or you know maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think you know that doesn't do us any good – women in politics, women in general wanting to progress this country.

- Sarah Palin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Y8FKAsxmk

[Stumbler]

58. Am I the only one?

I'm sorry, but am I the only one callous enough to note she said "another kick in the gut"? I'm not sure when the first one happened, nor am I'm certain about what causes Down Syndrome, but... uh.. yeah... That's all I wanted to say.

[emilyg]

60. If you're not certain - don't post.

[name not needed]

73. .

:rofl:

[WorseBeforeBetter]

87. Stealing a page from Baby Beck's playbook, eh? (n/t)

[snooper2]

59. I guess she's never read this uncyclopedia entry ...

:hide:

Trig Palin (Ironically named, since he will never master Trigonometry) is a hilariously retarded demon child made up of a little of Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin, Fred Phelps, and some semen forced out of Todd Palin's penis. He is Bristol Palin's first child and is the first grandson/fifth son of 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

There has been some debate over whether or not Trig Palin actually has down syndrome. Some observers claim that Trig's unusual appearance is due to the fact that he is Asian.

One possible cause of Trig Van Palin’s mental retardation is incest. Another likely cause is Trig's father is Special Ed from Crank Yankers.

Conception
Trig Palin was conceived in June of 2007 when her soon to be teenage mother, Bristol Palin, got obscenely drunk at a party and decided to act on a dare from her friends. Britstol's friends dared her to have sex with a retarded chimpanzee as a joke. But to their surprise, Bristol actually went through with it. Bristol claims to have no memory of this event since it is likely she blacked out during the sexual act.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Trig_Palin

[Mz Pip]

62. Sarah should take it up

with her bosses at FOX. It's their show.

I watched the clip. I didn't think it was particularly funny but "Family Guy" always does push the limits.

It will be intereting to see what FOX does with this.

[Bette Noir]

63. The best way to avoid being offended by "Family Guy"

is to not watch it. This advice also holds for "American Dad" and "South Park."

If Sarah is so sensitive, she'd better get out of public life. No one will bother her, if she limits her activities to dressing moose.

[benld74]

65. ITS A CARTOON SHOW!!!

If u go that far how about the violence on
Tom And Jerry Cartoons
RoadRunner and Coyote
The Three Stooges singing, We are morons tried and true!
Fer Keerist sake!

[mitchum]

67. Simple Sarah wishes she had gone for the kick in the gut option...

rather than the perilous plane flight option she chose in hopes of having an "accidental" termination of the pregnancy.
I guess hindsight is 20/20.

[Vi_Subversa_rules]

68. Chill out a little, Palin

I saw the clip and am very familiar with the show. I also work with people with developmental disabilities and I become very angry when someone picks on them. The only thing I thought was wrong is that they threw in the line about her mother being the former governor of Alaska. For one thing, it didn't even fit there considering that Trig is a boy, and it also was a very cheap jab at Palin. I don't like her. I think she would be this country's demise if she did become president but it isn't cool to use anyone's child whether they have a disability or not in a joke. I also think she set herself up for it, though, with all the whining she does. The thing about Family Guy is that they make fun of everyone and in light of that, they were actually pretty cool in how they portrayed the character with downs syndrome. I still like the show and I will continue taking it as it is: a satire.

[Arkana]

69. Don't pick a fight with Seth MacFarlane, Sarah.

You will NOT win.

And Seth will fucking WRECK YOUR SHIT.

E: This was such a blatant troll that even Palin shows how goddamn stupid she is for taking the bait--Seth MacFarlane was WAITING for an excuse, and he just got it.

[jmowreader]

71. Bristol, you stupid shit, drop the fucking pretense.

Everyone in the world that doesn't worship at your mother's feet has figured out Trig is your first son. PLEASE quit insulting our intelligence by calling him your little brother.

[katandmoon]

74. Bristol didn't write that statement any more than her mother writes the ones under her name.

Palin's Facebook statements are ghostwritten by the former administrator of a Palin fan site.

[tonekat]

72. Suddenly Sensitive Sarah?

Hang on, we'll call a WAAAAAAAAMMMMMBULANCE!

[JI7]

80. she lost any crediblity on this when she refused to criticize Limbaugh

and in fact praised him for what he said. fucking hypocrite.

the outrage is phony anyways.

[Odin2005]

82. making fun of the disabled is WRONG, period.

[MadMaddie]

84. Yea and "Pallin around with terrorist", is just another hello to

her....Palin is going to attempt to take on all "Non-Palin lovers"....she is going to lose this battle...

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

85. Fuck "Family Guy" and fuck Palin

Family guy is hackneyed, unoriginal drivel whose creators make up for any real writing talent by going for deliberately offensive laughs.
The show has a long history of making fun of the disabled.
The joke wasn't funny and was cruel. Palin or not, it was poking fun at someone who didn't deserve it.
That said, Palin long threw away the phony "righteous outrage" when she gave every rightwing radio prick a pass for similar content. And she's all too willing to use her kids as props to further her career.

[marshall]

88. Unfortunately Trig will need to get used to those kicks in the gut

The world is a tough place.

[Green_Lantern]

110. that's a bad message....

We shouldn't purposely pick on mentally disabled kids to get them used to it.

[Name removed]

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[meowomon]

92. Family guy is crass.

They make fun of everyone. I hate it and love it at the same time.

[Ian David]

93. Fuck you, Sarah Palin. It's satire, so it's okay. Like when Limbaugh did it. n/t

[ehrnst]

94. She just howled to Hannity about the Teabagger's 1st amendment rights...

And how they should be allowed to spout their racist garbage about Obama.

[classysassy]

95. In search of votes so early in the game

why does this woman continue to use her children to try and garner votes,lady have you no shame?.

[superconnected]

100. She's a publicity whore. She's using the kids for political postering.

I'm still wondering which of her daughters is a hockey player, since she was a "hockey mom".

[hamsterjill]

96. Just turn off the television or change channels.

This joke was certainly not in the best taste, but I am frankly sick and tired of Sarah's feigned outrage over stuff like this. She is using these volatile words simply to gain attention for herself, and that makes her as bad as anyone she criticizes in my view.

The Family Guy has a right to free speech, and if she or anyone (including myself) doesn't like what is being delivered on the television, then she or anyone need only to turn the television off or change channels.

To constantly rail about words that are poorly chosen rather than to concentrate on the harder questions is a real copout, and it shows Palin's inability to deal with the harder questions because she chooses to focus on things like what someone said.

Put on your big girl panties, Sarah, and grow up. Quit hiding behind your children, and then complaining that others are saying things about your children.

[superconnected]

103. Topic should read: Anti-pc crowd mad that tv show mocking America is not pc. EOM

[EvilAL]

104. They should put her on and

have "Down Syndrome Girl" kick her in the gut for some reason.

If she was more offended by the "alaska" joke than the "down syndrome girl" song she's fucked.

[maxsolomon]

105. why is Bristol making a statement on the issue?

someone pry that poor girl away from raising her little brother. she has her own kid to raise, and that's enough for a teenager.

[Steerpike]

109. A difficult situation.

Apparently The cognitively delayed girl in the cartoon was being witty when she said her mom was the former governor of alaska. And she was portrayed in a semi positive light. So Sarah was being fairly disingenuous regarding this situation...someone on another blog captured my feeling on the issue...here is a quote from their post...

“retard” falls into this category. It’s a word intended to belittle and denigrate–and like any of those words, it’s worst when it’s applied to someone who may see the word not as an insult, but as reality.

Having said that, though, I think that banning the word is about as futile as Prohibition was–someone once said that you can’t legislate morality. I think the same thing goes for respect. It’s something you either believe is important, or it’s not. Retard is an ugly word–but in the end, it’s just a word, and it speaks far more loudly about the person using it than it does about the person or ideas to whom it is applied."

I remember taking my daughter to the public playground for the first time and how the other kids and some of the parent treated her. She was isolated by the herd. She sat down in the sand all alone, and played by herself...in a playground crowded with a hundred children. My heart broke watching her. If you had a daughter or a child like her...yours would too.