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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLimbaugh says Soros, 'Democrat Party', Hillary paid "mindless twats" $$$ billions to protest.
This morning, less than 10 minutes into his first program, Rush Limbaugh, on 600 radio stations, called the protestors mindless twats.
A short time later he said the Washington protestors were so packed in it was sardine city, can you imagine the aroma? Limbaugh said.
Sorry. Why repeat what he says? Because there is no single voice in media more responsible for this mess were in, and because 88 major universities support 257 of his 600 radio stations and something can be done about that.
Paraphrasing Limbaugh:
-- Feminazis, he says, are now surpassing men in vulgarity and disgusting behavior.
-- Feminism is a movement that allows unattractive women to feel good.
-- career deranged leftists mindless, childish behavior cry and whine and moan
Saturdays protests were incredible for encouraging citizens and Democratic representatives to fight Trump and the Republicans. They sent a message to news editors and producers everywhere. They sent a message to Republican congressmen and senators in general and give courage to the few Republicans who might cross the isle for votes on Trump cabinet members, Obamacare, and Supreme Court justices.
One of the most important functions of Republican media is to minimize, short circuit, and shout over the feedback that a healthy functioning democracy depends on. Like protests.
Now, just like with Occupy Wall Street and when millions of protestors who got into the streets to try to stop the Iraq disaster, a few hundred national and local blowhards on 1200 radio stations are doing that again.
They get a free speech free ride on the only major medium with no political counterpart, to attack and mischaracterize protestors, their tactics, and their objectives. They intimidate and enable media and politicians to ignore protestors. They encourage local officials and police to break the protests up. They will go on for weeks if they need to until the images of hundreds of thousands of peaceful American demonstrators fade, are replaced by pictures of a few idiots and agent-provocateurs breaking store windows, and things are back to normal.
For months Limbaughs even been claiming anti-Trump protestors were bought and paid for by Hillary Clinton and George Soros. Last week, before the march, he even suggested the protestors were getting $1500 to $2500 each. So 3 million protestors would cost George Soros about $6BIL!
(Suggestion: next time you get into an argument with a Republican turn it to Limbaugh and point out what a liar he is to keep saying the protestors were bought and paid for.)
And, according to Limbaugh, the dishonest liberal media compared Trump and Obama inauguration crowd sizes by using a photo taken three hours before Trumps inauguration with one taken at the moment of Obamas inauguration! That will be repeated at the dinner table, on the bus, and in the workplace until it is true for tens of millions.
The amazing thing is that at least 257 of the 600 or so Limbaugh stations that have been blasting the country with this kind of crap for the last 30 years depend on at least 88 universities to broadcast sports on them. Sure, its Limbaughs right to be a lying asshole on the radio, but that doesnt mean those universities have to keep helping RW talk radio attract advertisers to pay for it.
Students and communities can force discussion of these absurd relationships between publicly funded universities and radio stations that deny global warming, try to defund and privatize public education, and spew misogyny all day. Those relationships are completely antithetical to the values and goals usually stated in university mission statements.
Those 88 universities are legitimate locations to protest the Trump agenda until they begin looking for apolitical alternatives to broadcast sports.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)Gothmog
(145,553 posts)lapucelle
(18,319 posts)crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)And list some of his sponsors?
certainot
(9,090 posts)a few of those universities even just started talking about looking for apolitical alternatives to broadcast sports
look at states like michigan and NC and penn where one or two schools doing the right thing would scare off a lot of advertisers
ALABAMA 8 Auburn 3, Alabama 2, Southern Alabama 2, Troy 1
ARIZONA 2 Arizona St. 1, Arizona 1
ARKANSAS 3 Arkansas 3
CALIFORNIA 5 San Jose State 2, USC 2, Fresno St. 1
COLORADO 4 Air Force 2, Colorado 1, Colorado State 1
CONNECTICUT 1 Connecticut 1
FLORIDA 20 Florida 10, Florida St. 4 Miami 2, South Florida 2, Central Florida 2
GEORGIA 14 Georgia 7, Georgia Tech 5, Georgia Southern 2
IDAHO 7 Boise St. 4, Idaho 3
ILLINOIS 7 Illinois 7
INDIANA 11 Notre Dame 6, Purdue 4, Indiana 1
IOWA 5 Iowa 4, Iowa St. 1
KANSAS 4 Kansas St. 2, Kansas 1, Wichita St. 1
KENTUCKY 3 Louisville 2, Kentucky 1
LOUSIANA 3 LSU 2, La.-Monroe 1
MARYLAND 2 Maryland 2
MASSACHUSETTS 1 Boston College 1
MICHIGAN 19 Michigan St. 11, Michigan 7, Western Michigan 1
MINNESOTA 4 Minnesota 4
MISSISSIPPI 6 Mississippi St. 3, Mississippi 2, Southern Miss 1
MISSOURI 6 Missouri 6
NEBRASKA 6 Nebraska 6
NEVADA 1 Nevada 1
NEW JERSEY 2 Rutgers 1, Seton Hall 1
NEW MEXICO 3 New Mexico 2, New Mexico St. 1
NEW YORK 7 Syracuse 6, Army 1
NORTH CAROLINA 16 North Carolina 8, North Carolina State 3, Duke 3, East Carolina 2
OHIO 10 Ohio St. 6, Toledo 1, Dayton 1, Bowling Green 1, Xavier 1
OKLAHOMA 5 Oklahoma St. 3, Oklahoma 1, Oral Roberts 1
OREGON 12 Oregon St. 7, Oregon 5
PENNSYLVANIA 14 Penn St. 11, Pittsburgh 2, Temple 1
SOUTH CAROLINA 4 South Carolina 2, Clemson 2
TENNESSEE 7 Tennessee 4, Memphis 3
TEXAS 16 Texas A&M 9, Texas Tech 4, Texas 1, Texas Christian 1, Baylor 1
UTAH 1 Utah St. 1
VIRGINIA 6 Virginia Tech 5, Virginia 1
WASHINGTON 6 Washington 5, Washington St. 1
WEST VIRGINIA 2 West Virginia 1, Marshall 1
WISCONSIN 5 Wisconsin 5
malaise
(269,157 posts)lies or as they call them 'alternative facts'
pbmus
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GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)There he goes projecting again. He is the ultimate mindless twat, as are his listeners.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Prince gone, David Bowie gone, Lemmy gone, Glenn Frey gone, Alan Rickman gone. But Rush Limbaugh and Ted Nugent are still alive!
MountCleaners
(1,148 posts)I'd be careful about calling the opposition "ugly". Not PC, but just sayin....
Initech
(100,102 posts)I'd call them "traitorous fucking assholes". But that's just me.
Initech
(100,102 posts)Go away Limbaugh, your hatred helped cause this mess.
manicraven
(901 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Rush didn't know his fans were this stupid. He knew they were fucked in the head but he was oblivious as to the depth of their ignorance and depravity. He's going to step it up a notch.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)This paid troll, paid protestor things is getting really old. They need to come up with something fresh.
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)Guess the twats just took the money and did not show up. What I saw was a tremendous group of mindful citizens exercising their right of free speech and assembly
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Soros plus endless repetition of Madonna's comments. O'Reilly and Limbaugh are just fucking disgusting.
Paladin
(28,272 posts)Rush: you're old, fat, and ugly. And these new comments about the marches confirm that you're getting as crazy as trump. Please go away.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)And when he dies, I will hire Russian prostitutes to piss on the grave.
ncgrits
(916 posts)Oldish lady shakes fist at cloud!