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I have listened to him. On economic policy, I agree with many things he says. After all, I am a fiscal conservative. On the social side, he tends to get under my skin (no pun intended).... When he was asked about Kobe recently, he automatically associates Kobe with Mike Tyson... He was speaking about Tupac Shakur and did not even have the courtesy to pronounce his name correctly while insulting him... It is the way that people start addressing people by other than their names, the sweeping generalizations that I object to. I understand that he is exercising his right as a commentator... I also do not demand or expect political correctness from anyone. However, as I have said many times, the level of hostile discourse where people can not discuss an issue of importance is made more difficult because of people on the left and the right who forget that people's lives and identity are important... The de-humanizing act of taking away a person's name and grouping them into an undesirable category needs to be worked on...
By the way, he was just unpleasant with F. Lee Bailey (Flea) for defending OJ (who I think did it or knows who did)...
BTW, what is a "Haole"?

Me, I am not angry about much...Nor do I feel like a victim... I do not mind, however, pointing out when someone does more harm than good...

'Haole" literally means "foreigner" but in current Hawaiian style pidgin, means "whitey". And as concerning Rush's mispronunciation of Tupac Shakur (or similar incidents) I am sure he would be similarly slighting (if there was a slight) towards, say, Eminem, or anyone who glorifies a low-life of violence. hatred, or mayhem. Have you listened to Rush a lot? Because I have, (although not in the last 2+ years, since I moved to a small valley surrounded by mountains and I can barely get any radio stations except *GAG!!* NPR ) I think your're misreading Rush. He doesn't respect that "gangsta culture" or wannabes of such "culture". It's not a black thing, it's a general low=life thing. There's plenty of haole boys who follow that "gangsta wannabe" route, and they're poor miseries too.

One's birth circumstances are not inescapable, that is one thing Rush says. It makes it harder to escape from, if a person is born to a single drug addicted mother in a ghetto (for instasnce) but not impossible. God gives us free will, although not all equal hands of cards. Some people are born with a silver spoon (but maybe a set of kook parents!) and some are born in a broken poor family (but maybe a great grandparent who makes a difference!). So everyone has their conditioning that gives them challenges in life.
Regards.