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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 01:20 PM
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Rush Limbaugh Is A Racist
 
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 01:46 PM
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 02:22 PM
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2. Out of that whole piece, the "slavery built The South" quote is the only one I can't source (yet).
Edited on Wed Oct-14-09 02:28 PM by Ian David
Mega-dildos to you for coming right here to keep us honest, though.

Anyway, it looks like that ONE quote may have come from an act of vandalism to Limbaugh's Wikipedia page.

But even if you're correct, it's both fair to correct the record, and a little like saying, "But I didn't kill THAT person."

Because Liberals (unlike Conservatives) actually CARE about Truth and Facts (maybe because Reality has a well-known Liberal bias) I'll try my best to track this thing down.

It'll be here, whether you're tombstoned or not.


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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 02:44 PM
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3. Even if that's not attributed to him, this is still worse
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WhoIsNumberNone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 04:04 PM
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7. I watched it-
The most sickening part is not rush's benightedly self-righteous commentary but the consertatards in the audience laughing like they were at a comedy club. Funny thing- he didn't seem to have any non-white people in the house that night... It's like casual night at the Klan lodge.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 04:41 PM
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8. Still researching attribution of that ONE quote. Meanwhile...
Edited on Wed Oct-14-09 05:15 PM by Ian David
... here's an oldie but a goodie:

He's a Nazi - Rush Limbaugh in his own voice!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbZNnrIBcbE






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jeremyfive Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 02:53 PM
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4. Racist Rush? Only if you listen to the Klansman.
10 Racist Limbaugh Quotes



It has come to my attention that some people are questioning the legitimacy of these quotes so I have decided to source them. Every quote was found in a book or reputable website.


Here’s Our Top 10 Racist Rush Limbaugh Quotes

1. I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark.

Source

Okay Rush, slavery was not a good thing for the millions of African Americans who were enslaved, raped and beaten. The streets weren’t at all safe for African Americans. Slavery not a bad thing? Someone should put Rush on a plantation for him to see how great it is. Keep on fear and race mongering Rush, you might get to Goebbels status.

2. You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray . We miss you, James. Godspeed.

Source

Martin Luther King is a national hero, not a black hero. Everybody in the United States celebrates his birthday, children are taught to look up to him as a hero in school. He’s earned the respect and admiration of the world and you believe the man who killed him was a hero? This is beyond racist. This is evil, mean spirited, subhuman. Praising the assassin of one of our great American heroes is beyond the scope of regular racism.

3. Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?

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No but I’ve noticed that all racist bigots think like Rush Limbaugh. Comparing a respected black politician and minister to common criminals is Jim Crow racism. Maybe all black people look alike to him, but I’ve never seen a picture of a wanted criminal that looks like Jesse Jackson. A serial killer that looks like Rush Limbaugh on the other hand.

John Wayne Gacy





4. Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela — who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.

Source

The communist connection is an old way of dealing with black leaders. They used it on Martin Luther King, they’re using it on Barack Obama and Limbaugh used it on Nelson Mandela. By siding with the racist apartheid regime over a world-wide symbol of peace and freedom, Limbaugh has shown he’s a global racist.

5. Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.

Source

Limbaugh is once again fear mongering and race baiting by associating professional black athletes with criminals and gangmembers. He continues the fear mongering association of good, decent, hard working African Americans as criminals.

6. The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.

Source

Now Limbaugh is saying that an organization with a storied tradition of representing the positive black people for change in their communities are criminals and rioters. An organization that has been represented by intelligent professional African Americans, that has played a part in the Civil Rights movement and continues to be an intelligent, concerned voice for the African American community is degraded to common criminals. There you go Rush. Keep racism alive!!!!

7. They’re 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?

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Decent human beings care Rush. Someone out of that 12% is the 00President of the United States. Not caring about black people? Even George Bush wouldn’t admit to that.

8. Take that bone out of your nose and call me back(to an African American female caller).

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Okay Rush that’s classy. The old African bone in the nose stereotype. Wasn’t funny when the racist white school kids called the black kids that and it’s definitely not funny when a grown man with audience of millions of easily influenced dittoheads says it either.

9. I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve.

Source

I wasn’t super offended by this, the whole black quarterback/coach thing has been going on for years in sports, but the quote was so offensive that Retired General Wesley Clarke said:

There can be no excuse for such statements. Mr. Limbaugh has the right to say whatever he wants, but ABC and ESPN have no obligation to sponsor such hateful and ignorant speech. Mr. Limbaugh should be fired immediately.

When a respected, retired general condemns the statement of a sportscaster, you know he’s gone too far.

10. Limbaugh attacks on Obama. Limbaugh has called Obama a ‘halfrican American’ has said that Obama was not black but Arab because Kenya is an Arab region, even though Arabs are less than one percent of Kenya. Since mainstream America has become more accepting of African-Americans, Limbaugh has decided to play against its new racial fears, Arabs and Muslims. Despite the fact Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law school, Limbaugh has called him an ‘affirmative action candidate.’ Limbaugh even has repeatedly played a song on his radio show ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ using an antiquated Jim Crow era term for black a man who many Americans are supporting for president. Way to go Rush.

So Rush Limbaugh has managed to make racist attacks on four of the most admired and respected people of African descent in the past one hundred years, in Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Colin Powell and Barack Obama. He has called for the assassin of Martin Luther King to be given a medal, and said slavery was a good thing.
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WhoIsNumberNone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:53 PM
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6. Small oversight...
You neglected to fill in the 'source' placeholders.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 05:16 PM
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9. Hey - if you call out Rush using things like "facts" and his "words"
he might sue you!

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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 11:39 AM
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10. Snopes says that two of the quotes are unverifiable
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/limbaugh.asp

I mean the slavery and 12% ones. If Limbaugh attacks the media for libeling him he should stop being a hypocrite and apologize for all the OTHER (verified) racist stuff he's said for two decades.
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jeremyfive Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 02:54 PM
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5. Isn't it natural that Rush should want to buy himself some strong black boys?
Isn't it natural that Rush should want to buy himself some strong black boys?
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