Limbaugh says the "nags" at the National Organization for Women are "a bunch of whores to liberalism"

And for which Brown apologized. Limbaugh, on the other hand, is predictable as always. Whenever someone on the other side of the political aisle makes an off-color or ill-advised statement, Limbaugh will use it as permission to spew the phrase out relentlessly. He's like a kid who hears his father curse and takes that as permission to repeat it ad nauseum.

And Mr. Anonymous Chickensh!t is apparently jealous of him......

Please tell me how the hell you consider yourself a conservative. I m looking for specific stances on issues you lean to the right on.

This isn't about Thomas. I used her as example, yes, but you're missing something:

Say something "offensive" about Jews? (Thomas, Sanchez): YOU'RE FIRED. (Although I don't either of their remarks were actually OFFENSIVE.)

Say something offensive about Gays? (Savage): YOU'RE FIRED.

Say something offensive about Blacks? (Imus): YOU'RE FIRED.

AND I'M OK WITH ALL THAT! That's all exactly as it should be.

By why should ANYONE filling that same role as a PUBLIC FIGURE weighing in on our POLITICAL DISCOURSE, be allowed to say something every bit as offensive about WOMEN and (you watch...) get a pass for it?

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What does he have to say to get in trouble? "C*nt$?"

Keeping a job on the radio or on TV isn't a first ammendment right. The 1st Ammendment states that Congress shall make no law to abridge the freedom of speech. It says NOTHING about a loudmouth on the radio or TV saying something offensive and not getting fired for it. You wingnuts really don't understand the concept of the 1st ammendment or the consequences your "free speech" may cause you.

This isn't a First Amendment issue, CMP. We're not talking about the government making Rush get off the radio. The First Amendment only guarantees the rights of a citizen's freedom to speak without fear of Government interference. I can petition the radio stations who play his garbage and ask that he be taken off the air in an exercise of MY freedom to speak. They can, and should, take him off the air. He is adding to the lack of reasoned discourse in this country. Free speech does not mean freedom from criticism.

This has nothing to do with "differing opinions,"it has to do with lies and incitement of fear, hate and anger.

Just to clarify... I'm not suggesting that the GOVERNMENT pull him off the air. This is not a first ammendment issue. His right to vomit this rhetorical bile is not in question, nor is the fact that he makes a lot of dough for Clear Channel, etc... That not being disputed in the least. Nor is it relevant.

And that's the same for Helen Thomas: She wasn't forced out, or prosecuted, by the Gov't, so there was no 1st Ammendment issue there either.

That's not really what I'm asking. What I'm asking is, WHERE IS THE PUBLIC OUTRAGE?

Where is the PUBLIC, MARKET pressure that was brought to bear on not only Thomas, but Rick Sanchez, Don Imus, Mike Savage, Glenn Beck? Why does Limbaugh get a pass? Becuase "at times [he] is thoughtful and different from others"?! You just described.... EVERYBODY! And almost everybody ELSE can make thier "thoughtful" point without calling the moderns Women's movement a "bucnh of whores!"

Where's the PUBLIC outrage? Where's the MARKET pressure?

Fine, you can sargue that Beck, Savage and Imus aren't as "thoughtful," and that can be debated. But actually, even Savage can be go along, making a resonable point and then suddenly go from zero to psychotic in 2.4 seconds. Point is: As "thoughtful" and "different" as he can be, he's still been fired. And in terms of actual contributions to public discourse, I dont think you can reasonably argue that Limbaugh has done more than Helen Thomas, either strait up or releative to his less offensive contemporaries. He's more influential, I'll grant you that, but (as Brian Griffith saud above) Helen Thomas was an award-winnign JOURNALIST. Limbaugh is no more than a provocative bloviator.

And as for having "differences of opininon?" I ain'texactly calling for universal group-think here. If you want to have a thoughful discussion about equality, or a woman's place in society, or of gender roles, or of "women's issues" in general, FINE, we can do that and we can allow a lot of latitude for many different positions that are worth debating. But saying "they're a bunch of WHORES" has NO PLACE in that discussion! That's not an "opinion," it's raw, unadulterated, mysoginistic HATE. And THAT is NOT an "opinion" that we need to (or should) consider, as a society.

I'll finish with this: I used to think he was "thoughful" too, and that he made a lot of good points, despite being a hearltess, abrasive jerk. What I didn't realize, at the time, was just how often, and how eggregiously he was demonstrably LYING. Then, years later, I found this website...

(That, and I aced a graduate-level macro-economics course. That was pretty much the end of the Right, for me!)

He's not "thoughtful," dude. That's nonsense. What he IS, is "good at fooling you." That's it. There's nothing he says that isn't better said by other, far better informed, far more educated, far more intellectually honest, far less offensive people.

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All opinons on the man aside, WHERE IS THE PUBLIC OUTRAGE?! Why should he get keep getting a pass for this?!

Remember, the radio does have an off button.

And so does Rush's coclear implant....

nice try the govn isnt trying to shut him down.

He didn’t call them whores in the sense that they take money for sex he called them whores to liberalism which is completely different.

First off Ed, Limbaugh is NOT the spokesman or voice for all Conservatives.

Yes, I know this, Derek.

But I think you know what I'm saying here. You can't deny his influence on the Right, the Republicans, and the larger "Conservtaive Movement."

The man farts and half the country moves to the Right.

That may not be a reality that either one of us - me as a left-center guy or you as a right-center guy (correct?) - is happy to acknowledge. But it IS still the reality of it.

I want to know why the GENERAL PUBLIC will keep letting him get away with a comment like this, unscathed. Hey, maybe they won't! But given his LONG history of crap like this, I'm not holding my breath that he'll be held accountable to the same standards as so many others, both greater and lesser than he.

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No public figure should call a Woman's group, "Whores." Why is that any better than calling the NAACP a "bunch of N!gger$?" What's the difference?

a private entity has the authority and the right to squash someone's opinion if it brings negative attention to their organization.

i agree about the helen thomas resignation. i was no fan of hers but i'm tired of people either apologizing for some tiny thing that may of offended some little group and/or getting fired for it. to me its like when someone sues someone over nothing and they settle because its easier. get some backbone people and stop being so outraged about nothing.

Again Limbaugh did just call them straight up whores. He called the whores to Liberalism.

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