What I learned from Limbaugh calling Fluke a slut.

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  1. Kranes56

    Kranes56 Banned

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    I would say a majority of posters here, have some sort of opinion upon what Rush Limbaugh said in respect to Sandra Fluke. Some say it was uncalled for, others say it was wrong when he apologized.

    But I'm not here to talk about that. I'm here to bring some other point up. Insulting. It's been going on. It's something we never notice. Why? Because we see it all the the time, from everyone. From Ubama, to *********s, both sides have made remarks similar to these. But when Limbaugh called Miss Fluke a slut, something snapped.

    Both sides began looking back at insults, and completley ignoring they're own insults. For instance, the right wing went to Bill Maher, and demanded an apology from him. But those same people who want Maher to apologize, are the people make the insults in the first place.

    The left wing, they want an apology, but refuse to stop the name calling too. They're milking this for all it's worth, conviently ignoring all the times they called the right conservtards, or *********s, or right wing nutjobs (The last one is mine)

    I don't know why but the insults, seem to ruin many arguments, because they post vile stuff to begin with.
     
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    Interesting, isn't it, when the same people bashing Rush for being insulting to Fluke are guilty themselves of using the same level of dialogue towards their own political opponents.

    Indeed, "slut" is tame compared to what many on this board use on a day-to-day basis.
     
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    Yeah, I'm upset when either side does it.
     
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    The outrage is not only about the word "slut" but also in response to the presumption made that use of birth control is equal to promiscuity, and that promiscuity, or rather, the individual right to engage with willing partner in sex at any time, (preferably in private), and as many times as the two desire, is immoral, thus such persons should be labeled with a vulgar term.

    Its the same response to the term FemiNazi, which is a presumption made that women who do anything other than what the Victorian Era notion of what a woman should do, are somehow so threatening to men,that they are equivalent to Nazis.

    Fortunately, for all to see, the subconscious desires of Rush Limbaugh, were revealed in his statement of wishing to see pornographic representation be displayed in video form, so as to compensate him for his share of cost for birth control. And the absurdity, evidence of his mental deterioration, is demonstrated by another erroneous presumption that paying for anothers birth control entitles him to voyaristic privileges.
     
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    Sadanie Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I don't disagree with most of your comments. . .except that. . .

    Could you explain why you cannot show enough respect for the POTUS (if not for the man, at least for the position) to call him by his REAL name?

    And. . .if you accuse President Obama of having made insults similar to Rush's toward ANYONE, would you please post a factual link. . .or have the decency to withdraw your own insult toward our President?
     
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    I believe he was talking about posters who go around calling him Ubama as if that is some sort of insult, but I may be wrong.
     
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    I find it funny that right wingers point to Bill Maher not realizing that he calls himself a libertarian which is also right wing!
     
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    Too bad we offend your virgin ears. As George bush used to say - If you can't take the heat, don't close the barn door.
     
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    He may call himself a libertarian but he did just contribute a million dollars to Obama's Political Action Committee.
     
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    Maher did apologise .. so did Letterman and Schultz..

    Rush said he was sorry he had sunk to the level of the Left.
     
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    Great post!
     
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    Maher's apology was "I'm sorry there are people so stupid they didn't know i was joking".

    As for Lush ******, he should not have apologized. A woman who spends $1000 a year on birth control, is a slut.
     
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    Slut means promiscuous, though it's obviously an incredibly vulgar and inappropriate term. Who is to say she's not in a committed relationship and spending hundreds of dollars a year on birth control.
     
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    Donald Trump donates money to the right wing Club of Growth as well as Democrats.
     
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    Maher is not right wing in any way. He hates the right. Listen to his show it should take about a minute for you to see it
     
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    You can get pill for less than $10 a month at walmart. I think she is a sex addict or just a lying liberal with an agenda against the catholic church
     
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    I have not posted about this before because I don't see how anyone would be surprised by Rush Limbaugh saying anything. Rush says what a certain section of the conservatives are saying and thinking themselves. He does not represent the majority of conservatives. Not many on the Left can really match his vehemence though. I am sure most everyone has heard the diatribe he went into on the Fluke girl, it got very personal and demeaning. Their are probably a few pundits on the left who have talked about a conservative that way, but I have never seen it. Yes the liberals call lots of people whores, but they are usually talking about pandering politicians. They make sly,malicious and insulting comments about conservative politicians and supporters, but its usually zingy one liners not non stop ten minute insult fest. To be honest though, I really don't get upset about what Rush says on his show.
     
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    I watched his "Politically Incorrect" show a few times. If you did and have followed his career ever since you would know he endorsed racial profiling at airports, supports the death penalty, and partial privatization of Social Security. All hardly examples of liberalism.
     
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    Although I agree that members on this board use a language that could be of better quality, it's not the same as publicly made statements by people and of people who have influence and whose remarks can cause long lasting damage to the recipient.
     
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    He spews hat towards GOP all the time. He is a liberal hack. A few libertarian views does not make him conservative.
     
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    Yet it is OK for Fluke to condemn the church that provides her education?
     
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    How so? The president of Georgetown Uni supported her.
     
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    Your point being that she is now a celebrity?

    I haven't made any mention of her other than that she has been publicly insulted and is now in the public forum as a result. Had Limbaugh not made the remarks that he did, would you be asking the same question or would you be totally unaware of it?
     
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    I would be aware. She as a law student.She should read the constitution. She should go to a state run school if she hates the Catholics so much.
     

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