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From author Joe McGinniss, who was besieged by Sarah Palin’s fans after she portrayed him as a wannabe pedophile when he rented the house next door to hers:
Look, this is a pain in the ass for them. I understand that. If I were her, I’d be upset. I’d be annoyed. But I’d be an adult about it, and I would figure out, okay, how can we resolve this in a way that’s not going to make into something that everybody gets obsessive about? By being here I have learned things, and I’ve gotten an insight into her character, into her ability to incite hatred, that before I only knew about in the abstract.
Dave Weigel has the rest here.
