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Rush Limbaugh selection in children’s book competition causes a stir

I would never choose a book by a drug addict for my children to read.
 
So you are actually going to sit here and say that Rush doesn't cause division ????????

That's not what he said. What he did say was that unless Limbaugh has a Tawana Brawley incident on his resume, there's not much of a basis for comparison.
 
In reality, take a look at the FBI's most wanted list. Its islamists and leftists (environmentalists etc).

Sorry, its the left that has the problem with violence.

If you can listen to Rush and think that he doesn't promote bigotry then there is nothing I can do to convince you because bigots are almost always unable to perceive their own bigotry no matter how many facts they are provided.
 
If you can listen to Rush and think that he doesn't promote bigotry then there is nothing I can do to convince you because bigots are almost always unable to perceive their own bigotry no matter how many facts they are provided.

So anyone who doesn't agree with you must be a bigot because bigots dont know they are. I love your logical fallacy.
 
Are you a fan of Thomas Sowell? He's a classy and profoundly intelligent guy-but I dont see any love for him from the left.

I don't have a problem with Sowell, he at least can talk without screaming.

I'm not the left, I'm former conservative, now moderate and independent (and in my state, independents have more voters than the R's and the D's
 
I don't give a damn. There is no way I will give this hatemonger a dime. Nor will I even present anything written by him to my children. The man is a disgusting human being. At the end of the day honest or not, you are making this bastard richer.

Lets flip the script....

Suppose Al Sharpton did the same thing and wrote a children's book that is completely honest. Would you give his book the time of day?

I don't have kids. To answer your question, though, no, probably not but neither would I say how horrible the book is without having read it.
 
So anyone who doesn't agree with you must be a bigot because bigots dont know they are. I love your logical fallacy.

big·ot
noun \ˈbi-gət\ : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
Websters

Do bigots sound like self aware people to you?
 
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You can whine and complain and speculate all you want in an effort to diminish Rush's success, but you won't change a single fact:

Arbitron is the standard for radio ratings across the nation and it has put Rush at #1 in ALL major and medium sized markets in more than 600 stations across the nation.

Rush commands and gets the prime midday window for radio listening in every single one of those markets. They don't meet Rush's requirements, they don't get his program.

They are delighted to accommodate his requirements because almost every single station, no matter what its format or genre, who carries the Rush Limbaugh Program moves into the #1 slot in their market no matter where they started. It happened here in Albuquerque. It happened in Amarillo. It has happened time and again across the country.

Rush paved the way to put talk radio on the format and make it the most popular genre of radio. And because he plowed that field, it has provided opportunity for many hundreds, maybe thousands, of others to enter that genre as talk show hosts and facilitators. And even with all those others, some of them brilliant, entering the field, it has diluted his ratings a bit because there are only so many listeners to go around, but he has never lost his #1 rating.

And he has maintained that rating for more than 25 years which is nothing short of amazing.

Hate him if you want to. Join the chorus of haters who can't stand that he is successful and desperately want him to be unsuccessful. Who are willing to join all the dishonest stupid stuff that is said about him and believe those who claim he is failing or never was successful in the first place. Who want to diminish him, minimalize him, negate him.

But the facts speak for themselves. Love him or hate him, appreciate him or not, enjoy his style or don't, appreciate his content or not, you cannot take a track record like that away from him.

Not one word you said changes the reality and truth of my analysis. Not one single word.

You did not even attempt to begin to refute one word I said. All you did was hunker down in True Believer mode. Why is that? Is the kool-aid that strong with you?
 
big·ot
noun \ˈbi-gət\ : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
Websters

Do bigots sound like self aware people to you?

Stop hopping around. Your original statement was a false choice. Nothing you write afterwords changes this.
 
I would never choose a book by a drug addict for my children to read.
My sister is a recovering drug addict, and if she published a children's book, I'd buy it for my kids.
 
If you can listen to Rush and think that he doesn't promote bigotry then there is nothing I can do to convince you because bigots are almost always unable to perceive their own bigotry no matter how many facts they are provided.
This post is ironic.
 
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So anyone who doesn't agree with you must be a bigot because bigots dont know they are. I love your logical fallacy.
He didn't sound very tolerant. What's the definition of 'bigot' again?
 
big·ot
noun \ˈbi-gət\ : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
Websters

Do bigots sound like self aware people to you?
I would ask you to review your recent posts with these definitions in mind, but if you're correct about bigots then I doubt you would perceive the irony.
 
I would ask you to review your recent posts with these definitions in mind, but if you're correct about bigots then I doubt you would perceive the irony.

If thinking that being bigoted is bad, I plead guilty. I don't buy the argument that being critical of bigots is bigotry. That is a silly ploy intended to keep bigots from being held accountable for what they say or do. I have heard Rush and read many of his quotes and I know he is a bigot, or pretends to be one in the media. Most significantly, I saw all the fools who joined him in claiming that Sandra Fluke was a slut because she dared to advocate for subsidized birth control, which was an intentional threat to other younger women to shut up about politics or be slut-shamed.
 
Please, cuss me out. :lol:

I see no reason to lower myself with that sort of grade school bravado. Although I can see how it fits in with Limbaugh and the tactics of the far right that appeal to you.
 
He didn't sound very tolerant. What's the definition of 'bigot' again?
As posted in post #434
big·ot
noun \ˈbi-gət\ : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person; especially : a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)

: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance
Websters
 
If thinking that being bigoted is bad, I plead guilty. I don't buy the argument that being critical of bigots is bigotry. That is a silly ploy intended to keep bigots from being held accountable for what they say or do. I have heard Rush and read many of his quotes and I know he is a bigot, or pretends to be one in the media. Most significantly, I saw all the fools who joined him in claiming that Sandra Fluke was a slut because she dared to advocate for subsidized birth control, which was an intentional threat to other younger women to shut up about politics or be slut-shamed.

The sentiment of Rush's comments were spot on, I dont think I should have to subsidize anyone's contraception (or abortion for that matter), especially not an Ivy league college student. His choice to make it a personal attack was not.
 
If thinking that being bigoted is bad, I plead guilty. I don't buy the argument that being critical of bigots is bigotry. That is a silly ploy intended to keep bigots from being held accountable for what they say or do. I have heard Rush and read many of his quotes and I know he is a bigot, or pretends to be one in the media. Most significantly, I saw all the fools who joined him in claiming that Sandra Fluke was a slut because she dared to advocate for subsidized birth control, which was an intentional threat to other younger women to shut up about politics or be slut-shamed.

Sandra Fluke isn't a slut; that is true. She's an attention whore.
 
Doesn't take away from your Godwinning the thread. Have you read the books? I have no use for Limbaugh personally, but that does not mean he might not have a talent for writing interesting children's books, and I strongly approve of the notion of kid's books that promote an interest in history, so I am not going to jump to conclusions about them.

I'll admit, I haven't read them, nor do I care to.. However, I cannot picture Rush writing a book that didn't have some sort of bias to it, even (perhaps especially) being a childrens book.
 
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