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To: jude24
Rush is getting to be hard to take. This indeed was a big deal.
17 posted on 02/02/2004 7:31:38 PM PST by Paul_B
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To: Paul_B
I know Rush sometimes highlights absurdity by being absurd, but he seemed to be ridiculing people who were rightly outraged.

He seemed to be saying that we all live in a sewer anyway, so we should just sit back and live in the filth without whining. Maybe some people live in the toilet and think it's no big deal, but others value family time in front of the TV during the Superbowl. It is a tradition with some families, and to suggest that outrage is uncalled for is beyond ridiculous.

Well, fortunately, a very huge number of people were properly outraged and went into action. Our local news broke in an said the phone lines were burning up at the local CBS affiliate, and it had all been hostile feedback to this garbage that was intentionally thrown in the faces of the Superbowl audience.

It was an intentional, stealth maneuver, and now it is compounded by intelligence-insulting lies.

Sorry, the proper response to the outrageous is to be outraged.

I rarely disagree with Rush, but I think he really missed the mark on this one. But admittedly, maybe I just misunderstood what he was trying to say. I hope so.

26 posted on 02/02/2004 7:46:32 PM PST by SerpentDove (Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Don't louse it up.)
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To: Paul_B
I don't think his point was it wasn't a big deal -he was being sarcastic.

What I got from what he said was that we shouldn't be surprised. This has been going on more and more blatently, and nobody seemed to notice or care - and suddenly it pops up on a family show and everyone is horrified.

Society is getting more and more tacky and crass and it seems nobody has really been noticing, and suddenly Janet exposes her breast on TV and where has everyone been the last few years?

The commercials were disgusting and juvenile, the half time show decadent, and this is where we are as a culture - how many parents let their kids watch MTV where this sludge is pumped out 24 hours a day and they don't KNOW what is happening?

It's like the dog has been making in the porch and nobody ever noticed, and suddenly it made in the living room in front of company and it got stepped in. And people suddenly start screaming at the dog like they never knew it was making in the house.
28 posted on 02/02/2004 7:48:17 PM PST by I still care
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