Yes. One-time derogatory comments that were uncalled-for. Not twelve hour insult-a-thons (four days of three hour shows - and no, I don't think he spent the full time on this).
No two events are ever exactly the same. The Left takes turns making vile comments. Is that better?
It's never been done before by anybody on either side of the political spectrum.
Again, no two events are ever exactly the same. Are you saying that Rush's swinishness in this case is worse than anything the Left has done?
And those direct quotes made by leftists weren't accompanied by hours of misleadingly telling us what the conservative said, when the conservative didn't say it, as the actual basis for defamatory comment.
It's true that many posters made incorrect and unfair statements about Flake's testimony. But did Palin say "I can see Russia from my house?" Of course, that's not a quote using gender slurs, but I think if I had the time and energy, I could find a lot of lies of all kinds in such places as Daily KOS.
More subtly, they keep quoting parts of Rush's apology while omitting the best part:
"I acted too much like the leftists who despise me. I descended to their level, using names and exaggerations to describe Sandra Fluke. It's what we have come to know and expect of them, but it's way beneath me. And it's way beneath you. It was wrong, and that's why I've apologized, 'cause I succumbed. I descended to their level. Don't be mad at them or mad at her. Everybody here was being true to their nature except me. I'm the one who had the failing on this, and for that I genuinely apologized for using those words to describe Ms. Fluke."
I agree.
As you noted, we have posters here saying that Rush said was "factual," "appropriate," etc. That is really outrageous, and it contradicts what Rush himself said.
But I do not believe Rush's insults were worse that what the Left has been doing for so long. As evidence, I offer
Do you Remember? Playboy's Hate Rape Against Conservative Women
Rush: “Everybody here was being true to their nature except me.”
“it contradicts what Rush himself said. “
Not really. Rush was definately speaking between the lines. He was supporting his notion that Fluke is a slut but that he usually is a bigger man than to call her one. He knows liberals are sluts and that their entire being is about “do it if it feels good”. To know Rush is to know this.