Posted on 02/07/2020 9:51:05 AM PST by Altura Ct.
So that the right-wing, faux-outrage crowd does not have a meltdown, let me be clear: I am sorry to hear talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh has cancer. Any decent person should hope he has a full recovery. His health condition, however, does not excuse a career of hate-filled racism, homophobia and misogyny, nor remotely justify giving him a high honor in the form of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That honor has been granted to patriots and heroes, human rights leaders and artistic trailblazers, ranging from Rosa Parks to Elie Wiesel to George Balanchine.
The Post reports:
[Critics] pointed to the time Limbaugh — a divisive media figure who has been accused of racist and sexist remarks — called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” because of her support of women’s access to birth control. Or when he promoted the debunked birther claim that former president Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Or when he questioned why Native Americans would be upset about their forced removal and ethnic cleansing since “they all have casinos.” Or when he compared asylum seekers coming to the U.S. border to the invasion of Normandy. Or when he said that actor Michael J. Fox was faking the symptoms of his Parkinson’s disease.
Lists of some of Limbaugh’s most hateful utterances are being circulated to underscore a simple truth: He is the embodiment of divisive, hateful right-wing media rhetoric, which, just like Trump, casts Democrats as evil and the media as enemies of the people.
In a sense, Limbaugh is the perfect idol for Trump and his cultist followers, who seal themselves off from reality and immerse themselves in conspiracy theories. A president who considers himself as president of only his supporters and who has debased and cheapened our language
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
By Jennifer Rubin (again).
Pitiful and pathetic human.
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Repeat after me: “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” “I will never, never, never read the Washington Post.” . . .
From the mouth of a worthless piece of human debris.
Uhh, you want to see who David Duke endorses these days?
David Duke praises Rep. Ilhan Omar
https://apnews.com/a97b8b2d48c163c5965c2574ccbbe3d3
You know how far left The Compost is when their token “ Conservative” is Rubin.
Wow.
I’m not reading this.
Just the headline.
These people are truly unbelievable.
“Washington Poo”
(Snicker, snicker)
They don’t get RUSH, they don’t get Trump, they will be scratching their heads when Trump wins again.
Ms. Rubin, please give examples of Limbaugh’s racism.
Barak the Magic Negro, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton mocking do not qualify.
And other global heroes such as Ellen Degeneres and Robert DeNiro...who did...what, again?
“Yet a surprisingly large number of Obama’s Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients turned out to be campaign donors for both Obama and his hand-picked successor, Hillary Clinton. At least 17 of his donors received the honor, including tennis star Billie Jean King, author Toni Morrison, former President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, actress Meryl Streep, musician Stevie Wonder, actress Barbara Streisand, director Stephen Spielberg, singer/songwriter James Taylor, actor Tom Hanks, basketball legend Michael Jordan, actor Robert De Niro, singer/singwriter Bruce Springsteen, the aforementioned Gateses, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, and architect Frank Gehry.”
Past Medal of Freedom honorees include: Bill Cosby, Ellen Degeneres,
Jesse Jackson, Gloria Steinem, Joe Biden, and Gloria Estefan. Rush Limbaugh is classing up the joint.
I must have missed that show.
ML/NJ
this hour’s winner of the Goebbels Award for Big Lie Nazi-style Propaganda?
I guess that is all the left needs...an accusation.
Next best thing. Give it posthumously to Robert Byrd.
Maybe the severely butt-hurt common tater needs to get a real job?
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