C’mon. I stopped listening to ALL radio/TV ‘political’ talk show along time ago but I did listen to Rush for many years - I know his humor, I know when he is being facetious. He is being 100% facetious here.Make no mistake about it. Say what you want, do what you want, but I can’t take the hyper sensitivity anymore.
Rush is pointing out this very thing. Everything is about ‘race’ these days - the school bus story is a ‘non story’, this is kid crap that happens today and it happened 30 years ago, kids will be kids (I know, I moon-lighted as a school bus driver for years).The fight may have been over a girl or someone thinking the other stole something from the other.But in these days it sems everything is evaluated on ‘race’. Rush wasn’t born and raised on an island and he’s using this story to maker this very point. This is why Steele or Thomas etc are silent - they know the man, they know what he’s doing here.
‘We’ were told that when the first ‘black’ POTUS took office racism would finally be put to rest
in this country. The fact that things are still evaluated on skin color by the very people that say they are against racism (because they say so) keeps the fire burning. Rush has often lamented having to still use labels of ‘black’ and ‘white’. So much so that I’m in the habit of putting ‘black’ and ‘white’ in quotes and have done so for years, because I’m self conscious about using the labels - and I got this way from listening to “RUSH LIMBAUGH”. He has said that he will not lower himself to state ‘I’m not a racist’ as he feels to have to say so is demeaning and that he judges people on who they are and the content of their character.
He has gone on rants about using labels. This is a great illustration of why he’s always said that one needs to listen to his show for a few weeks minimally before deciding if he is ones cup of tea or not. This is just another assassination by sound bite. I’ve cut waaay down on posting here because I’m sorta out of the loop as I’ve virtually stopped watching any TV except TMC (no commercials - no BS). The same for radio, both talk and music. I’m coming out from under my rock here because when I see someone is being ‘wronged’ I have to speak up.
After reading the headline I was prepared to hear the worst so I initially thought ‘no sh*t, he’s gone off the deep end’. It took a second or two to reflect on what I know of Rush to realize I was giving him short shrift- he’s not Glenn Beck or Hannity.Upon the 2nd listen I had to laugh as it dawned on me that, in context, this most likely fit into the shows larger agenda for that day - taken out of context and upon only one listen, yes, it does not sound good. And in case I have to say it - I’m no racist.
I’ve done plenty of volunteer work over the years to help eradicate it both in this country and abroad - even staging ‘marches’. I’ll say no more as it kills me to have to say even this much !
IMHO the 24 hour rule should have applied to this story.