I don’t agree with your assertion that Rush is vulgar, or “not so vulgar” as you put it. The worse thing I’ve ever heard Rush say that could be construed as “vulgar” is: “bend over, grab the ankles, and enjoy it.” Well, I guess you could say that’s vulgar but he was making a valid point, which I’m sure any and everyone listening knew what he meant. For the life of me, I’m at a loss for what else Rush has said that could be taken as vulgar.
“For the life of me, I’m at a loss for what else Rush has said that could be taken as vulgar.”
I don’t mean to say he’s vulgar in the sense that he uses naughty words. I don’t know how often he’s dirty, and I don’t keep logs on the programs I’ve listened to. But nevermind. It’s beside the point. I use the term vulgar in the wider sense of common. Maybe not so far as to be coarse or crude, but definitely uncultivated and lacking in subtlety.
Of course, it can be fairly argued that possessing fine taste is not relevant to Limbaugh’s career. That listeners don’t tune in expecting cultural criticism on the level of William F. Buckley, to take a recent conservative as example. That he does exactly what he’s supposed to do, and exceedingly well. He appeals to as wide an audience as possible in as short an amount of time as radio allows.
I say that no matter how well he does it, that enterprise is vulgar. Not any less vulgar than what we see on a daily basis on CNN, for instance. But vulgar nonetheless.