This dude really, really hates Rush Limbaugh, and it looks like he's scouring the net for any mention of him and posting little diatribes. I suspected that before I looked at my stat counter ... and sure enough.
Whoomp! There it is. That's exactly what he is doing. Searching blogs for mentions of Rush Limbaugh and leaving his campaign calling card.
He has a blog called "Chasing Evil", and by looking at his tags, I'd say he's got classic Progressive Narcissist Syndrome. It's not just Limbaugh. It's Robert Spencer, Pam Geller, right-wing extremist, homophobia, neo-nazis, racists, and it goes on and on and on and on ...
His tag line is "Shining Light on the Darkness of Hate". Classic Progressive Cult Narcissist. Probably unsavable. Too bad. I hate to see that. He could have chosen to live a happier life.
So he has bought into the Progressive idea of the Right-Wing Boogeyman, and is on a crusade to get hit after hit of the relief that comes by countering it with his magic sword of self-righteousness.
He is Jeneane Garafaolo. Sad. Used to like her, too.
They see Hate™ everywhere they look like the John Birch Society is said to have seen Communism behind every tree. The want so desperately to find it and renounce it that they see it everywhere. But the real goal is not to end evil. It is to be seen renouncing it. No, they need the evil, or there'd be nothing for them to renounce. Which is why they make it up so often. It's easier.
Both of the initial comments he left on my blog made it a point to point out that Rush Limbaugh also had a psuedonym of "Jeff Christie" on one of his early DJ jobs. Well, he doesn't really go into when or where he used that name. He just seems to think it's important to mention it for some reason or another.
Starts out the first one:
"It seems to me that all the negative vibes this blowhard (Rush Hudson Limbaugh A.KA. Jeff Christie) has been spewing over these many years has come back to blow back on his face .... (blah dee blah dee blah ... he's fat, and hates everyone who isn't white and male, the whole litany), and 'all you have to do is listen to his daily prejudices (sic) filled sermons'."Well, I've been listening and haven't heard one yet.
Today he dropped by and left another comment on my last post, which only peripherally mentioned Rush and not the NFL, and he went on ranting about Michael Vick ... whom I'd never mentioned. Started out the same way:
"All this blowhard (Rush Hudson Limbaugh A.KA. Jeff Christie) has to offer is his money and his opinions,..."And ranting on about the NFL and racism and who's better qualified to own a team ... none of which I really give a rat's ass about. He also mentioned in the first one something about "cry baby" and in the second one something about Rush being "almost in tears"... (I listened to that entire show... he wasn't, this is delusional thinking to satisfy Paul's ego. He needs to believe Rush has been crushed. You know, after you build up too many delusions about the world you actually become insane. I'd watch those roadsigns if I were him.)
And then he points to a post from Charles Johnson (of LGF fame) about a bunch of documented, supposedly racist quotes to counter Rush's recent answer to a question -- "My racial views? You mean, my belief in a colorblind society?"
I've heard nothing from Rush so far that indicates that he doesn't, and found out a few things about him that support his claim that he does (believe in a colorblind society).
In fact, looking at Johnson's meticulously documented (by MediaMatters) list, the vast majority of them only someone who saw color before anyone else would assume they indicate racism.
Here's the list:
- On the Nobel Peace Prize: “I think Obama’s the second Kenyan to win.”
- “We are being told that we have to hope [Obama] succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles … because his father was black.”
- “I do believe” Obama is an “angry black guy.”
- “[I]n Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering.”
- “Obama’s entire economic program is reparations.”
- Obama is “more African in his roots than he is American” and is “behaving like an African colonial despot.”
- Obama is “Halfrican-American.”
- “Obama has disowned his white half … he’s decided he’s got to go all in on the black side.”
- Sotomayor “a reverse racist” appointed by Obama, “the greatest living example of a reverse racist.”
- Obama “wants us to have the same health care and plan that he had in Kenya” and “wants to be the black FDR.”
- Latching onto LA Times op-ed, Limbaugh sings “Barack, The Magic Negro.”
- “God does not have a birth certificate. Neither does Obama”; Obama “has yet to prove he’s a citizen.”
- Limbaugh on Gates controversy: “Here you have a black president trying to destroy a white policeman.”
- Limbaugh suggests Obama would not have acted on Somali pirates if he’d known they were “actually young, black Muslim teenagers.”
- Limbaugh suggests Democrats, media believe “you can’t criticize the little black man-child.”
- “The government’s been taking care of [young blacks] their whole lives.”
- “The days of [minorities] not having any power are over, and they are angry.”
- “[M]inorities never do anything for which they have to apologize.”
- Limbaugh: “The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.”
- Limbaugh says “NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips.”
- Limbaugh declares basketball “the favorite sport of gangs.”
- Limbaugh invented “racial component” to Hackett’s decision to withdraw from Ohio primary race.
- Limbaugh on Survivor series: “African-American tribe” worst swimmers, Hispanics “will do things other people won’t do."
- Limbaugh suggested Colin Powell only supported Obama because of race.
- Limbaugh: Gates is an “angry racist.”
- Limbaugh called illegal immigrants an “invasive species.”
- Limbaugh repeatedly calls Native Americans “Injuns.”
- Limbaugh says Democrats’ interest in Darfur is securing black “voting bloc.”
- Limbaugh says that if “feminazis” had remembered to oppose “affirmative action for black guys … they wouldn’t face the situation they face today.”
Now first ... in a color blind society -- that is to say a society that doesn't believe that people of one race aren't inherently "bettter" than people of another, we could all criticize, lampoon, & observe facts and trends about anyone regardless of their race.
I submit that if we can't criticize a black man, or if we have to walk on eggshells when we criticize a black man, but not when we criticize a white man... then there is a huge conflict of interest in electing a black man. However, most conservatives reject the idea that one race is better than another, and so the fact that we elected a black man isn't a problem. And thus we feel that he is as subject to criticism for things we disagree with him about just like any white man.
But progressives don't. They've cultivated this double-standard and are using it to their advantage. But it will only work if we accept their premises... that any criticism of a black man, any lampooning, noticing any facts that might not be flattering ... indicates racism.
So let's go through them, one by one, shall we?
On the Nobel Peace Prize: “I think Obama’s the second Kenyan to win.”
Where's the racism? Is it racist to call someone whose father was Kenyan a Kenyan?
“We are being told that we have to hope [Obama] succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles … because his father was black.”
Well... aren't we? And isn't that why? After all, if we don't, what we hear is RAAAACISSSSTTTT!!!
“I do believe” Obama is an “angry black guy.”
Is Obama black? Is it racist to observe or indicate that fact? Did he look up to a Black Nationalist preacher for 20 years? So ... it's an opinion. Not racism.
“[I]n Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering.”
And again, how is this observation/opinion racist? This was a reference to an actual recent incident on a school bus in St. Louis. What do leftists mean by "social justice" .... lots of things. Are we not supposed to talk about motives and social constructs when it's black kids ganging up on white kids? Or are we not even supposed to bring such incidents up?
“Obama’s entire economic program is reparations.”
Social Justice. Spread the wealth around. Economic Justice... I think it's fair to form that opinion. As I recall, Obama's problem with reparations is that "they don't go far enough."
Obama is “more African in his roots than he is American” and is “behaving like an African colonial despot.”
Suppose we had an Italian conservative president whom the left thought was acting like a mob boss. Think it'd get brought up?
Obama is “Halfrican-American.”
Oooh! Ow! A silly pun! Waaaah!
“Obama has disowned his white half … he’s decided he’s got to go all in on the black side.”
"Typical black person" would be deemed "racist". "Typical white person" -- not racist. Is this colorblind? No. It's color-conscious. Did he say he thought black people were inferior to white people? No. He threw his grandmother under the metaphorical Progressive bus. His grandmother was white. This is what Rush was talking about. Did it not happen?
Sotomayor “a reverse racist” appointed by Obama, “the greatest living example of a reverse racist.”
I think the evidence supports this (maybe not the greatest living example -- I'd reserve that for Jackson and Sharpton). She said she'd take race into account. Not quite that bluntly, but almost.
Obama “wants us to have the same health care and plan that he had in Kenya” and “wants to be the black FDR.”
Rush believes single-payer government health care would be as crappy as a Kenyan plan. He [Obama] is black. He wants a single-payer healthcare system. And he doesn't want it to be private. And he wants to be FDR. If he were tall, maybe he'd want to be the tall FDR.
Latching onto LA Times op-ed, Limbaugh sings “Barack, The Magic Negro.”
Must we go over this again? The op-ed itself was written by a Black Man. Rush was making fun of the entire concept. Not black people... or Barack, even, necessarily. Rather, the white progressives that bought into the myth.
“God does not have a birth certificate. Neither does Obama”; Obama “has yet to prove he’s a citizen.”
And where, exactly, does race come in to this tounge in cheek statment of opinion?
Limbaugh on Gates controversy: “Here you have a black president trying to destroy a white policeman.”
Well, he did call him "stupid" without (according to Obama himself) knowing the facts ... based on the fact that he's white and Gates is black.
Limbaugh suggests Obama would not have acted on Somali pirates if he’d known they were “actually young, black Muslim teenagers.”
Limbaugh is using a humor device known as "irony". That we bend over backwards to pretend not to notice that there is a problem in that demographic in many parts of the world. Like France, for instance. But I think 99% of Americans (you never say 100%) were behind Obama on that one. Including me. And Rush Limbaugh. And I'm sure he made that clear.
Limbaugh suggests Democrats, media believe “you can’t criticize the little black man-child.”
Obviously, he's right about that. Hence the John Birch-like witch hunt of people like Paul. And Charles.
“The government’s been taking care of [young blacks] their whole lives.”
For a hugely disproportionate number of them, this is sadly true. And it's not good for them.
“The days of [minorities] not having any power are over, and they are angry.”
Again. This statement is racist how? He didn't say he was angry.
“[M]inorities never do anything for which they have to apologize.”
Because Progressives like Paul will always make excuses for them and tell us it's The Man's fault for looking at him wrong. Or his great grandfather looking at his great grandfather wrong.
Limbaugh: “The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.”
You mean they haven't? Or it's just racist to say that they have? I'm confused.
Limbaugh says “NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips.”
He was talking about unsportsmanlike conduct, unnecessary roughness, taunting ... unprofessional behavior on and off the field. Now... are you saying that this behavior is there because they are black? Because that would be racist. Limbaugh didn't say that or indicate it anywhere. Or are you saying the Bloods and the Crips are really just a bunch of nice guys you'd let take care of your daughter for the weekend?
He also said just moments before that that he thought LaDanian Tomlinson was the classiest player in the NFL. Question for ya. What color is Ladanian Tomilinson? I know. Do you? (hint: it ain't white).
Limbaugh declares basketball “the favorite sport of gangs.”
I don't know if it is or not. Do you? Is he wrong? Is it bad to like basketball or something? Because somebody needs to tell all the white people in Indiana.
Limbaugh invented “racial component” to Hackett’s decision to withdraw from Ohio primary race.
Don't know anything about this. But "the racial component" gets thrown at whites all the time. Do you believe that there aren't black racists? Someone who believed in a colorblind society wouldn't.
Limbaugh on Survivor series: “African-American tribe” worst swimmers, Hispanics “will do things other people won’t do.”
I never watch Survivor. Is he wrong? Was he talking about observed behavior/abilities of the people on the show? Is it racist to observe differences in how different groups behave? Because we're gonna have to shut down a bunch of social science departments at a bunch of colleges if that's true. -- Say......
Limbaugh suggested Colin Powell only supported Obama because of race.
And that is Limbaugh's opinion. Does it mean he thinks that black people are inferior to white people? Explain how.
Limbaugh: Gates is an “angry racist.”
Sure seemed to me Gates was quick to judge the cops based on the color of their skin. And he sure talks a lot about race, and not in a happy way.
Limbaugh called illegal immigrants an “invasive species.”
What do you call people who illegally cross your country's borders in large numbers? "Invasive" is apt. "Species"? A metaphor. They come in, set down roots, and cause problems ... remember, they broke the law getting here. That causes all kinds of problems. Ask government officials and law enforcement.
Limbaugh repeatedly calls Native Americans “Injuns.”
"And if it weren't for the injuns, who befriended them, and gave them coats and skins and taught them how to fish, and share their food and corn with them, the Pilgrims wouldn't have survived." - Rush Limbaugh (right there in the Media Matters link LGF provided)Does that sound racist to you? Sounds like admiration to me. It appears "injuns" is a quirk word of his. It could actually just the way he pronounces "indians". I don't know. But I doubt he thinks there's anything inferior about their race.
Limbaugh says Democrats’ interest in Darfur is securing black “voting bloc.”
Pundits and strategists talk all the time about demographics and what appeals to them. White males, hispanics, white middle class moms ... whatever. Means nothin'.
Limbaugh says that if “feminazis” had remembered to oppose “affirmative action for black guys … they wouldn’t face the situation they face today.”
In his 1992 book, Limbaugh wrote that there were probably fewer than 25 real "feminazis" in the country. In other words, he's talking about a group of hard-core, militant, male-hating feminists ... that unfortuntately came to dominate the movement (which drove so many women away from it). What Rush is saying here is that there's a potential conflict between affirmative action for females because there's also affirmative action for black males. A silly point to make, really -- but it still doesn't say that he thinks blacks are inferior to anyone else. Ergo, not racist.
Context, context, context, people -- and common sense.
Now, why would two prominent black economists, Walter E. Williams and Thomas Sowell, guest-host an evil white racist's show? Why would he have a black call screener who has his own spots on an evil white racist's show? Why do I hear black callers calling in who listen to him all the time and seem to be huge fans? Why would Ken Hutcherson defend Rush and say he's a close friend ... of an evil white racist?
No, this is all about self-aggrandizing, self-centered, religious progressive zealots preachifying the way they resent conservative Christians preachifying to them. Each rant is like a drug hit of self-righteousness for them.
Which is sad.
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream is here if so many of our black bretheren would stop looking at themselves as victims and say "Yes I Can" and go do. There are many black leaders saying just this, but they are villified as "Uncle Tom"s. And there are lots of white conservatives who would reach out to them if they'd wipe the angry -- kick it to the curb.
I will never convince Paul he is wrong. That's not the exercise here. He, like a crack cocaine addict, would need long, intense therapy to give up his addiction -- only his is to condemning other people for the purpose of being seen doing it. He will continue to invent evil even where there is none for this purpose.
Limbaugh's bombastic and prone to hyperbole. He's not my cup of tea, but he's not evil. I doubt I'll continue my subscription beyond a month.
But there is another side to the story, another way of looking at things. That's my take. Your mileage may vary.
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