Shultz was calling Ingram a slut as in, “you’re a slut”.
Limbaugh was calling Fluke a “slut” as in, “you’ve just described the lifestyle of a slut”.
Big difference. In Rush’s case, it was actually related to the topic being discussed. And anyone that is not married and needs $3,000 in contraceptives in three years could reasonably be called a slut.
Rush apologized for using the word. He didn’t apologize for the message. Shultz had to apologize period, because ALL he was doing was calling a person who he disagreed with a bad name.
Apples and oranges.
Rush apologized for using the word. He didn’t apologize for the message. Shultz had to apologize period, because ALL he was doing was calling a person who he disagreed with a bad name.
Apples and oranges.
I more or less agree with the article. You seem to have missed the fact that Fluke never claimed she was having all that sex. She said she "knew women who were paying $3,000 for birth control". Rush's first mistake was in referring to Fluke as the one "having all that sex".
His second mistake was in being so tasteless. He basically descended to locker-room style humor that was inappropriate. "Red" Ed Schultz' apology referred to the vile manner of his own words.
Rush's third mistake is that he basically handed this entire issue to the left. Their machine went into gear, and every cog played its part. Now a story that should be about what a fraud Fluke is, and people being forced to do something against their religious scruples (and therefore unconstitutional) has become "the right's war against women and contraception". This was an epic fail on Rush's part.
“Limbaugh was calling Fluke a “slut” as in, “you’ve just described the lifestyle of a slut”.
“Big difference. In Rush’s case, it was actually related to the topic being discussed. And anyone that is not married and needs $3,000 in contraceptives in three years could reasonably be called a slut.
Rush apologized for using the word. He didn’t apologize for the message”
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You are absolutely dead right when you write this.
What Rush says or doesn’t say does not change at Fluke is someone who engages promiscuously in recreational sexual activity and believes she or her friends ought to be subsidized by Americans for doing so. I wonder if she thinks I ought to be subsidized to pay for the gas of my 4-wheeler?
I would be so ashamed if she were my daughter. It is bad enough that she does this, but for her to be so shameless as to testify before a mock Congressional committee hearing is really over the top.
Maybe slut is not quite an accurate term for her, but I can tell you for sure that “proper lady” is far less accurate.