Why Was Don Imus Fired, But Not Rush Limbaugh?

[kellyb]

So you'll have no problem quoting Rush where he called this woman a slut, then? I'm glad to hear it, and I'll wait right here until you post the transcript.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1311640.html

"It makes her a slut" around 3:51 mark.

[Lulu]

So you'll have no problem quoting Rush where he called this woman a slut, then? I'm glad to hear it, and I'll wait right here until you post the transcript.

My god. You are lazy too. What is wrong with you?

That's the picture of me that they have posted on their letter! (laughing) Does that not look like Nosferatu? I look like Klaus Kinski in the movie Nosferatu! Okay, that's that. I'm gonna zoom back out now and get the Dittocam back -- if it'll work -- back at its normal frame. There we go. Three ... two ... one. There we go. Let me read the letter to you. "What does it say about the college co-ed Susan (sic) Fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex. What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She’s having so much sex she can’t afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex.

"'What does it say about the college co-ed [Sandra] Fluke, who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex -- what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute.' I am absolutely repulsed right now. Sandra Fluke, the courageous Georgetown Law student who had the strength to stand up in Congress against Republican attacks on birth control coverage, is now under attack from the right wing. First, House Republicans refused to let [her] testify. Now, they think they can shame us into silence." They go on to ask for money. "Defeat Anti-Women Republicans. Contribute. Deadline Midnight Tonight." It's just hilarious. What...? I want to know: Ms. Fluke, who bought your condoms in junior high?

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/20..._fluke_remarks

[Šñøü†ê®]

Imus called a team of black players, "nappy headed ho's" for absolutely no reason which is racist and sexist. El Rushbo suggested that Ms. Fluck is essentially making herself a ho in asking the public to pay for her sexual activity.

[antiquity]

I'd guess there are two things going on there. One is that a lot of people don't even know who Schultz even is (I'd never even heard of him before this thread) and another is that what he said wasn't quite as frothing-at-the-mouth-rabid-rant like Rush's diatribe.

The vast majority of DA members know who he is on both the right and the left. Try to keep up.

Well TT and CR might not know, as they are still trying to find the Air America station on the radio.

[kellyb]

The vast majority of DA members know who he is on both the right and the left. Try to keep up.

Well TT and CR might not know, as they are still trying to find the Air America station on the radio.

Why should I keep up with who people like that are?

[optimus]

My god. You are lazy too. What is wrong with you?

Yeah, but he was speaking rhetorically. Rush wasn't actually calling her a slut, he was just saying that it "makes her a slut" because she must be paid to have sex. /DngrMse



Watch...

[Lulu]

Yeah, but he was speaking rhetorically. Rush wasn't actually calling her a slut, he was just saying that it "makes her a slut" because she must be paid to have sex. /DngrMse



Watch...

Huh. Oh yes I see the difference.

I figure DngrMse is busy hollering at his woman to make him a sammich and bring him a cold beer while he's watching UFC right now.

But we'll wait and see what he says...

[caddis]

Why Was Don Imus Fired, But Not Rush Limbaugh?

Because Rush was right

Imus couldn't prove the women with nappy hair were ho's. On the other hand, the woman complaining to Congress because John Q Public should be paying for her sexual lifestyle is a 7 on a the slutability scale

[jwreck]

Huh. Oh yes I see the difference.

I figure DngrMse is busy hollering at his woman to make him a sammich and bring him a cold beer while he's watching UFC right now.

But we'll wait and see what he says...

NASCAR, not UFC. Let's keep the stereotypes straight.

[Zordar]

I don't think Imus should have been fired. I don't really think any of them should be fired for free speech. However, there should be repercussions such as advertisers pulling out, fewer viewers, shows demoted to lesser times of day, etc. I guess the advertisers pulling ads is a biggie since Rush has officially apologized.

You're right, of course, but that's not petty enough to work in our society. Try again.

[DngrMse]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1311640.html

"It makes her a slut" around 3:51 mark.

He asked, 'does that make her a slut'?

But thanks for playing.

[DngrMse]

Huh. Oh yes I see the difference.

I figure DngrMse is busy hollering at his woman to make him a sammich and bring him a cold beer while he's watching UFC right now.

But we'll wait and see what he says...

I don't respond to posts remotely connected to Optimus. If you have an original thought you'd like to bring up, feel free.

[optimus]

He asked, 'does that make her a slut'?

But thanks for playing.

Hahahah! What a predictable little right wing troll.

[Truth Teller]

Perhaps you lefties can answer this question: Why wasn't Ed Schultz fired when he called Laura Ingraham a slut?

Is anybody here defending that?

And then there's the issue of Sarah Palin during the '08 campaign. People screaming 'cunt' at her, even wearing t-shirts with the word 'cunt' emblazoned on the front at her appearances.

Ingrham and Palin are public people,you can legally say and do anything you want to a public person, this woman Limbaugh degraded was not a public person,nor were the women Imus degraded.

I don't think Imus should have been fired. I don't really think any of them should be fired for free speech. However, there should be repercussions such as advertisers pulling out, fewer viewers, shows demoted to lesser times of day, etc. I guess the advertisers pulling ads is a biggie since Rush has officially apologized.

I guess several of Limbaugh's advertisers are pulling out.

Imus called a team of black players, "nappy headed ho's" for absolutely no reason which is racist and sexist. El Rushbo suggested that Ms. Fluck is essentially making herself a ho in asking the public to pay for her sexual activity.

Huh. Oh yes I see the difference.

I figure DngrMse is busy hollering at his woman to make him a sammich and bring him a cold beer while he's watching UFC right now.

But we'll wait and see what he says...

Because Rush was right

As in being right-wing,not as in being accurate.

[Šñøü†ê®]

[jwreck]

Ingrham and Palin are public people,you can legally say and do anything you want to a public person

FALSE.

[Lulu]

Yeah, but he was speaking rhetorically. Rush wasn't actually calling her a slut, he was just saying that it "makes her a slut" because she must be paid to have sex. /DngrMse



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Well, good call. Exactly as you said. Never mind the inconvenient fact that Rush's official transcript from his own website contradicts this, but touche.

[Freedom&Liberty]

Ingrham and Palin are public people,you can legally say and do anything you want to a public person, this woman Limbaugh degraded was not a public person,nor were the women Imus degraded

Fluke testified to congress. How much more public can one get?

[DamnYankee]

Rush was right, even though he apologized for using such language.

Fluck is a slut.

Hey, that rhymes.

[Lulu]

Ingrham and Palin are public people,you can legally say and do anything you want to a public person, this woman Limbaugh degraded was not a public person,nor were the women Imus degraded.

No. You are completely wrong. I'll go ahead and speak for the vast majority of women, but we're a little tired of the accepted misogyny. Calling a woman "cunt, slut, cum slurping whore, etc." really speaks more about that person than the woman that hatred is directed towards. It's low class, it's disrespectful and it's trashy. One can disagree with a woman but it should never be accepted on either political side for a man to call a woman disgusting names. I'm sort of shocked you'd suggest this is acceptable.

I come from a world where that kind of talk directed towards women is NEVER acceptable. The women in my family would never accept that kind of name calling in front of them. So I wonder about the character of those who throw "slut" so freely around. I can't imagine that a man has any respect for women at all when they can throw "slut" or "whore" at someone they know nothing about.