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Re: rush limbaugh IS a bigot (was re: limbaugh)

> i think rush limbaugh is a bigot - and i have proven it.

unfortunately you have not read on!
> 
> >Maybe some, I will grant that, but how many more of you are speaking out
> >of absolute ignorance?
> 
> oh me!  me!  bullshit!  rush limbaugh is a bigot.  the label is perfect.
> he is intolerant of other viewpoints.  he is homophobic his rhetoric is
> metaphoric and violent against homosexuality.  he has said, "we will stamp
> out gays in the military, we we stamp them out."  while simultaneously
> demonstrating (on his show) by stomping his foot on the ground.

First, this is the official policy of the armed services, sure it 
is now don't ask don't tell, but when the find out people get booted (or 
stamped out...
There is a large difference between intolerance and disliking.  Rush does 
not like that view point; however, he is tolerant (i.e. he will listen to 
it) he allows gay people on his show, this alone proves my point.
If you want to broaden the definition of bigot to include Rush Limbaugh, 
then you better watch out because it would probably include you as well 
(reread your post and check out the tone if you do not believe me).

> hmm...stephanie ross, professor at the university of missouri at st. louis
> claims that these metaphors are exactly what creates the violence and
> oppression in our society.  in her essay, _how words hurt_ she illustrates
> that these metaphors which are entrenched in our society crush the context
> of those they afflict:

I am not going to argue a quote, we all have access to tons of 
information that can say anything.  I could even someone to disagree with 
this viewpoint, but that really is irrelevant

> 
> "This is the important difference between
> Baker's account of the offensiveness of
> certain idioms...the implications of dead
> metaphors are known or accessible to their
> speakers, while etymological details often
> are not.  To see this, note that dead
> metaphors are those which have become
> trite and commonplace.  Tenor and vehicle
> have been associated so frequently that
> their juxtaposition no longer seems
> illuminating....metaphorical identifications
> oppress and offend."
> 
>   i tend to agree with her.  the metaphorical construction of his rhetoric
> may be a simple statement on his talk show TO HIM, but the dead metaphor
> that he is using oppresses those who he 'disagrees with.'

i forget who posted it, but checkout your login name, if you really 
believed this crap, then why is "wipeout" your name...and the response 
that you gave was that only a feww intellectuals knew what you were 
saying....if you really believe what you quoted, then you should know 
that the relative nature of your harm is a shit answer, that is like a 
murderer saying well at least i didn't eat them like jeff dahmer did, 
that person is still a murderer.

I guess I will offer a quote, although I am not sure of the source, but I 
learned it somewhere between nursery school and kindergarten..."sticks 
and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me!"

> 
> rush limbaugh is a bigot.  simple.
> 
> he is as evil as they come

you live in a sel delusional world if you believe that rush is as evil as 
they come...ever heard of hitler or satan?

> he deserves any kind of condemnation that he gets.  sorry
> that you disagree.  you have the right to do that.  however, i believe that
> i have met your challenge.  you lose.
> 
i guess you'll have to try again another time,..i remain unconvinced, but 
then again if rush is your version of the world's most evil person I 
doubt you could convince me!

Jonathan Honiball


> 
> jason griffith
> siu
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> no tolerence for the progressive alternative.
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>                 bad religion
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