specialist f Says:
The only flaw with the “it was just a joke” line is that Oxy-rush,mann coulter and ilk are just NOT FUNNY!

Yeah, but in the Wingnut Welfare Society, you don’t have to actually be funny to be a comedian, as long as you ridicule liberals, minorities and those who can’t defend themselves.

Nice work, guys!

But to my point: WHO CARES?!?! Why is it that people who consider themselves “progressive” are so obsessed with political correctness? It’s tearing down the fabric of our society because it severely limits what can be construed as a joke. In PC world, the only things that can get by as PC in the way of humor are jokes that slander conservative ideology. And swiping at the same crowd just isn’t funny. The Daily Show is a perfect example: hasn’t been funny in years. Why don’t y’all just grow some thicker skin and live life without worrying what Rush, Sean, Neal, or anyone else says. I don’t care when your government-is-great heroes slander my champions of liberty…I do get upset when Al Gore slanders science with his global alarmist agenda. Or TIME magazine when they say Mr. Gore is the most influential scientist in the world, since when are lawyers with no scientific training considered scientists? How did a power point slide with at least 35 incorrect claims win Best Documentary (http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html)?

Hello? The president of the National Hispanic Media Coalition took exception to Limbaugh’s comment.

Obviously he disagrees with your characterisation of Limbaugh’s comment as “innocent” and “non-racist”.

And once again, your lame “explanation” is yours, not Limbaugh’s . Go peddle your babble elsewhere.

The old “preconceived notion that all conservatives are racist” defense. Fail!

One doesn’t need preconceptions about anyone to judge Lush Rimjob. His extensive library of hateful filth is quite sufficient to serve as a filter for further remarks. His “humor” stands on its own merits. If you like his style? Say so, and be done. If you want to argue that he means no offense? Get a clue. His job is, in his own words, “pissing people off”.

Lately, however, he has outdone himself in absurdity and “crossed the line”. It appears as though he is inviting censure to, no doubt, be able to play the censorship victim card.

Me, if someone asks me a direct question and I have a good answer for it, I like to shoot it right back in their face. Tends to shut ‘em up.

Even if I’ve answered it someplace else, I’m happy to copy-and-paste it in direct response to a question. I find it’s the most effective way to deal with it.

Of course, that requires that i have a good answer. I suppose if I didn’t have a good answer, I might be tempted to respond exactly the way the mouseketeer did.

But why should I be surprised? It’s not that bright but it is clever enough to recognize when it’s got no good answer. So the right-wing playbook says: “smear the other guy and claim that you already addressed the issue”.

Ah well, no sense in beating a dead mouse. They tend to get ground into the carpet.

Okay, I’ll go first:

the remark is racist because Rush meets a Latino man in a suit and says his instinctive response is that the man is a shoe-shine guy, not that he might be the Mayor of Los Angeles. Doesn’t mention anything about him that might be shoe-shiny, nor that he is in an area heavily populated with shoe-shine guys, so we are left to conclude that he bases this judgment on the gentleman’s Latino character.

Okay, your turn.

anymouse19: I apologise. I thought I was assisting you by offering you th opportunity to convince us. With all respect you have fumbled the ball.