Rush Limbaugh is an isolated, frustrated man

[Aerows]

He can barely leave his home, and his studio is in his home.

I'm not picking on Otakus (sic don't know the plural), I'm mocking a person that has lashed out against fellow Americans.

Limbaugh has such an over-inflated ego, he makes RMoney look humble.

I stand with the Otakus Except Rush. He's a dimwit know nothing screaming and tilting at windmills at this point.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Must suck to be this wealthy and stuck in your estate-prison, fearful

of meeting non-dittoheads in public that would pop his gasbag....any video of that coward running from an honest public conversation would destroy the image he's cultivated for decades.

The man is a putz who hides behind his studio mic.

[Aerows]

4. He is

And it's his just desserts.

[Lawlbringer]

2. His studio is in his house?!

I had no idea. Is he a shut in? Or just a big fat lazy slob? or both?

[Aerows]

5. Both

Without wavering in conviction.

I used to live in Florida, and it was common knowledge that he couldn't take a step outside without being "protected".

If only his "protection" allowed him to visit the hot dog stand more often.

[cindyperry2010]

3. Funny I just thought he is a stupid fucking

bigot and an over blown windbag of an asshole

[Aerows]

7. Well

Apparently he knows it too since he can't leave the house.

That's a really fulfilling life for everybody.



Oh, and I don't disagree with your other statements. He's a windbag.

Welcome to DU!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. I'm surprised he drags his blubber out of bed to do his show

and isn't like one of those "Lazy Kings" of the early middle ages, who spent their entire lives in bed and had their beds dragged through the streets by oxen.

[white_wolf]

8. Rush is an anime fan?

Isn't that what Otaku means? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku

[Aerows]

10. No

It has a cultural meaning, as well. It defines one as a shut in that cannot process opinions and delves into a fantasy world.

The term is nuanced. I'll just sit here and hope that our resident expert on Japanese, Kami, since she's awesomely knowledgeable about Japanese culture, comes along and verifies what I said.

[JHB]

13. No, that's what it means in Japan

That's not what it means here. Different location, different connotation.

If you want to your message to be received as you intended, then use it in a Japan-centered board where everyone will understand the context.

Here, it's just a bunch of enthusiast, and what you have said doesn't impact Rush a bit, it smears them.

[Aerows]

14. I apologize

If I insulted you. I was merely stating it as I saw it.

I believed that Otaku meant an isolated person that could get beyond their own echo chamber - they get so deep into anime that they forget to listen to the real world.

Am I incorrect?

[JHB]

17. Oh, absolutely correct.

Ironically, I've never described myself as an otaku precisely because I knew the original meaning in Japan. But in the time since then it's become the de facto fandom term, so while it didn't insult me, I did feel the need to defend a lot of people I know who are are either ignorant of the origin or think of it as irrelevant to the borrowed word.

It's not as if meanings don't change from one place to another (e.g., in Japan, the borrowed word pantsu refers to underwear, not trousers).

[wandy]

11. I came up with that also. Nothing's broke as santorum still produces the correct results.

[all american girl]

9. I learned something new today

I had to look up what Otaku was...I feel so much smarter Thanks

[JHB]

12. May I ask you to change that heading. You are dumping good people in with Rush

Here in the States, "otaku" is the self-selected nickname for anime fandom, like "Trekkie" or "Trekker" was for that fandom.

I'm well aware of the origin of the term in Japan, but that is there and here it has different connotations.

Here, it includes many gregarious, creative people, many of them women, and you are putting Rush's face on them.

Please stop doing that. Despite your explanation, your point never quite catches up to the impact of the subject line.

You are smearing good people. Please don't.

And I think the collective term is otakudom.

[Aerows]

16. I did, because I wouldn't like to offend

My apologies that I used terminology that was harmful.

[JHB]

18. Thank you.

[Arugula Latte]

15. I hope he never has a moment's peace for the rest of his life.

I hope he is always looking over his shoulder and I hope he feels like he should always sleep with one eye open.

[lpbk2713]

19. May his final days emulate Howard Hughes

... with only a small fraction of the money.