Irony of Rush Limbaugh's comments today

[CANDICE]

Do all of you Rush hater's actually listen to him on a regular basis? You are all full of your misconceotions of him being a racist and all of your other ideas of what "Republicans" are!! Listen to the guy for a few days before you start mud slinging and talking shit you know nothing about. Sure, you may not agree with him politically but get your facts straight before you personally attack someone for drugs.......oh wait, I forgot.......steroids are legal. And he did take responsibility for his drug use, fessed up to it on the radio and said he would not play victum because he chose to do it and had no one to blame but himself.

 

[Fragadelic]

i like how he really never took any personal responsibility for his massive drug problem. that shit is probably why he lost his hearing for that short time.

You are right on the button about the sides from the stuff he was on.

 

[the nature boy]

Do all of you Rush hater's actually listen to him on a regular basis? You are all full of your misconceotions of him being a racist and all of your other ideas of what "Republicans" are!! Listen to the guy for a few days before you start mud slinging and talking shit you know nothing about. Sure, you may not agree with him politically but get your facts straight before you personally attack someone for drugs.......oh wait, I forgot.......steroids are legal. And he did take responsibility for his drug use, fessed up to it on the radio and said he would not play victum because he chose to do it and had no one to blame but himself.

BS. he blamed it on his back problems.

 

[atlantabiolab]

BS. he blamed it on his back problems.

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Is this not a legitimate reason for opiate use?

Rush's dilemma is due to his ignorant stand on drug use, not the fact that he used drugs. Because he was wrong in his belief, does not mean that he was wrong in his actions.

I still hold that because he believed that others should be penalized for drug use, then he should also be punished.

 

[the nature boy]

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Is this not a legitimate reason for opiate use?

use? or abuse?

I could give a rats ass about people who abuse drugs. I've abused them myself. but I do give a shit when these people like rush who stand on their moral soapboxes fuck up (william bennet is another good example). it makes my day. he derves all the shit he gets, and more. he should be in prison.

 

[atlantabiolab]

Its fine if Rush wants to attack the left, but its often racial and minority groups which Rush chooses to attack.

This is by default, since these groups congregate heavily on the left. This is like asking why do so many stereotype gangta rappers with young black males .

Why is it that Republican has to equal racist and homophobe?

Because the left has been amazing in their propaganda effort in labeling Republicans with these monikers. Few remember that it was not long ago when this was the label of the Democratic Party.

Apparently I'm not allowed to use quotes from him according to you, but what point does it serve for him to not attack the left based on the merits of their arguments, but on racial, ethnic and minority stereotypes? In my previous posts I provided carbon copy examples of where he attacked people based solely on their race or minority group and not their ideology. Personally, I am not a racist and don't find racist jokes to be humorous....if you can find me someone who is also not a racist, but loves to tell racist jokes in a mean spirited fashion then you win.

I am not going to apologize for every action the man has ever taken. He has more than enough examples to take up a lifetime to apologize for, but it is his decision to make them and he has this right. Where you are wrong is your insinuation that this is the crux of his show, that all of his discussions on air are based in hatred of minorities, gays, or whatever group you wish to concoct. The overwhelming time is spent on ideology and the specific actions some are taking to promote a left-leaning ideology. I am sure I can find some off remark by any person you wish to name, but such remarks do not express the totality of their beliefs. This would be different if we were talking about people such as David Duke or Tom Metzger or Louis Fahrakan, since their remarks are consistantly expressed in most of their discussions.

Comparing gay marriage with polygamy is the same stupid argument republicans have been using ever since the issue has come up. Its apples and oranges....maybe next we'll have men marrying cows too. Its not the same thing and you know it.

Stating it "is not" does not make it so. In fact polygamist marriage is at this very moment being challenged in court due to the recent Texas ruling. Its only apples and oranges in its specifics, not in the general.

You missed my point....all other things being equal, blacks and gays are still second class citizens compared to a white man with equal ability. You know this

All things are not equal, life is not a study where you can adjust for confounding variables. There is variation in all aspects of life: gender, race, status, abilities, etc.

How about also the Army's don't ask don't tell policy?
Its interesting that during the war the army discontinued discharging gays and lesbians for being gays and lesbians, but during peace time it is common practice for any known gay and lesbian to be dishonorably discharged. So in essence, gays and lesbians are good enough to die in the army, they just aren't good enough to serve and receive benefits. So theoretically, a soldier could serve bravely throughout the Iraq War and then following his break from duty and the end of the war he could be dishonorably discharged and receive no benefits for all of his service.

Last time I checked military service is not a right. How many men have been denied entrance due to health aspects, flat feet, etc.? But it is ironic that you mention the military, since it is a branch of government, the very government that the left wishes to force some agenda on the private sectors of society, yet it does not accept the ideas that it forces onto its victims.

 

[spin721]

Take it from someone who knows....

When you are on drugs, especially that many....you aren't living your life and acting the way you should. You aren't even running you life. The drugs run your life. The only thing you think about from the time you wake up is how many pills you have left, where to go to get more, how many to take to make you feel (normal after a while)....it takes over your life and you say and do shit that you can't even explain.

Been there, done that. It sucked!

 

[kingsbury]

from the bottom

Last time I checked military service is not a right. How many men have been denied entrance due to health aspects, flat feet, etc.?

My point was not that military service is a right its that its a site of discrimination...the example I was speaking of being particularly disgusting. Secondly, people denied entrance to the military because of physical deficiency are so treated because they have a handicap which would preclude them from doing many of the tasks required by the army. However, gays and lesbians have no physically limiting handicap and the only reason which they are discriminated against in the military is because of whom they are sexually attracted to.

All things are not equal, life is not a study where you can adjust for confounding variables. There is variation in all aspects of life: gender, race, status, abilities, etc.

I think it is possible to create a hypothetical situation in your mind where all things would be equal except for race and gender. My point being that racism, sexism, and discrimination of other kinds does still exist. I think republicans like to act like these things have been eradicated.

I'm aware of the mormon man charging that he has a right to a polygamist marriage based on the Lawrence vs Texas ruling. Civil marriage for gays and lesbians and all other attempts whether they be for bestiality, polygamy, child marriage, etc are totally unrelated. The issue at hand is gay marriage and republicans are simply bringing up all these other unsavory topics to dissuade americans into believing that there will be some kind of "slippery slope" if civil marriage is granted to gays and lesbians. The slipper slope theory is logically false and issue we're talking about is gay marriage and nothing else.

You're correct, the majority of Limbaugh's time is not spent directing hateful comments at any particular group. The majority of his time is spent talking about the days' news. However, I doubt you could find as many ignorant and hateful quotes coming out of the mouth of say Diane Rehm or Terry Gross on NPR. The fact is that Limbaugh is not allow in making ignorant comments, its seems that Michael Savage has made his career out of saying ignorant things to piss people off. The list could go on and on of republican commentators who say ignorant offensive things on a regular basis.....now finding a liberal democrat with the same mainstream appeal and the same zeal for offensive commentary would be nearly impossible.
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Few remember that it was not long ago when this was the label of the Democratic Party.

Actually it was quite long ago that democrats were also the party of discrimination...back in the '50s and '60s...this caused a split between the DixieCrats and the northern dems....the dixiecrats basically absorbed into the republican party. And intolerance is not a label that someone has just put on the republican party. The label of intolerance is based on republican policy and agenda not on some liberal conspiracy

.The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit.
--Rush Limbaugh about offensive and ignorant radio hosts we should start a thread on Michael Savage....he makes Limbaugh look like a puppy

I guess thats just another isolated quote and not further evidence that limbaught is anti-gay. But if we really want to talk dog