"Oh!" She thinks. "Mosque.... #Muslim...#WorldTradeCenterSite....#9/11...#(insert random vague weapon reference, such as reload or stab)..." This requires, no effort to evaluate what we see relative to our beliefs or biases, or to imagine what other possible stories or values underlie the thing. What it does is resonate with others who agree and anger those who don't and perplex those who care for the deep over the superficial.
Alas, this shallowness is everywhere. Where a #blackwoman is fired for #Racism against a #whitefarmer without carefully considering the facts.....erupting furor right and left... doesn't it just get the juices flowing?!
Considering Depth requires some effort, some facing of ourselves, soul searching, taking the perspective of another. I don't think Sarah Palin is cognitively incapable of doing these things, just that it requires too much effort or doesn't pay off in the stirring up of her supporters (or detractors... after all.... all publicity is good publicity).
We have seen depth. What comes to mind is Barack Obama's speech about his then Pastor and the subject of racism. No big sound bites, but satisfying thoughts to consider. Maybe also his speech to the Arab World early in his presidency... not simple, not showy, not likely to generate exciting sound bites, but, as Jon Stewart said, "Wow! He's treating us like adults!!!"
I exhort you, #SarahPalin (look it up..) Repudiate the shallow. Go a little deeper. Please.
