Sarah Palin Facebook Page Deleting Negative Comments About Giffords Shooting

As debate continues to swirl about Sarah Palin's influence on Jared Lee Loughner, the young man accused of killing six people at an event for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday, one place where the debate is not welcome is on the former Alaska governor's Facebook page.

A post at Obama London, a blog of "Barack Obama supporters in the U.K," chronicles the deletion of comments from Palin's Facebook page since the former Alaska governor was first criticized for the Giffords shooting by Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas on Saturday afternoon.

Palin and her staff are known for editing critical comments on her Facebook page, so it's not surprising to see the comments disappear. However, the London-based blog zeroed in on one particular comment left by one of Palin's 2.5 million friends that was not deleted. Written by a woman named Tina King, the comment concerned the death of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, one of the six people killed Saturday.

"It's ok. Christina Taylor Green was probably going to end up a left wing bleeding heart liberal anyway," King wrote. "Hey, as 'they' say, what would you do if you had the chance to kill Hitler as a kid? Exactly."

Obama London notes that other comments made about the shooting, before and since, have been deleted by Palin's editors with great efficiency, then concludes:

I don't really know what to make of this. Sarah Palin has the right to edit her Facebook profile - it's not technically a public platform, it's a privately owned space. But the fact someone has a right to do something doesn't mean it is always a good idea, and I think that someone who aspires to public office has an especially strong responsibility to try and engage with the public at large - not just those who agree with them. But still... she's not currently in any form of elected office and she can do what she likes. But I find her team's editorial judgement to say the least ... odd.

What do you think? Does King's comment strike you as earnest or sarcastic? What does the failure to delete the comment suggest to you? Leave your thoughts below.

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