AnneFrance’s post, if I recall, was an indictment of the US as a whole. At least that’s the gist that I recall. It was just nasty and mean-spirited; she could have made her point without being so arrogant, I thought.
Moreover, she used her post to go after Palin’s daughter Bristol at the same time. It was indeed a malicious and nasty post and it richly merited the downdings it received.