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What is different from what is happening to Rush Limbaugh and what happened to the Dixie Chicks?

Well, the Dixie Chicks, in their position as singers, criticized the President in a foreign country in war time, and suffered a huge fan backlash; Rush made a debatable assertion about some sports writers in his capacity as sports analyst during the NFL season and is being called a racist by opportunist people who have always hated him and who are trying to ruin his career.

You're right, it's the same!

Just for the sake of argument, let us say that he is not a racist. It is like someone who commits a speeding violation. They broke the law but they are certainly not a criminal. However, if they continue to break the law and not pay their tickets, that is a different matter.

I have heard enough comments from him to know that he tends to take a condescending tone at times toward black people and I am not easily offended...

Perhaps, I could concede that Rush Limbaugh is not a racist but he made a racist statement. I do not believe that he should be defined by this one statement but by his history of statements on racial matters before he be judged. That is why I would love to hear his views on title XI, desegregation, etc...

On the Dixie Chicks issue, I agree that they are different based on your position. I was referring to the similarity that Rush and the Dixie Chicks both made statements that did not necessarily have anything to do with the primary purpose for which they were on camera (although I would admit that he did improve ESPN's ratings)...

Just so we are clear, I do not think he should have quit... I do think he should have stood his ground and created a body of work in sports commentary so that we could see a pattern of objectivity and fairness as opposed to a pattern of insensitivity and race baiting.

I hope he reconsiders...

And as a former serviceman, I have a much greater problem with the Dixie Chicks behavior also.... I have stated on several occassions that they misused their celebrity...