Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Moving on to what?
I regularly get emails from MoveOn.org, a site that sends around typically left-leaning, socially progressive petitions. So earlier today I was all set to sign a petition to cancel Rush Limbaugh's radio show for his comments to Sandra Fluke. To recap, Fluke was set to speak about the need for women to have birth control subsidized by employers, but she (and all women, in fact) were barred from what became an all-male panel regarding women's health. Fluke spoke out about it and drew the ire of conservative media personalities.
So there I was, all set to add my name to the pool of normal, rational people who want what can only be described (in Al Frankin's words) as ten pounds of shit in a five pond bag off the ear, when I decided not to sign. Limbaugh isn't actually an enemy to liberals - he is one of our closest friends.
Social issues simply don't have the power to galvanize conservatives any more, particularly now that labor unions and health care (things conservatives enjoy as much as everyone else) are under fire. That being the case, Limbaugh's brand of bigoted commentary is not drawing in a significant number of new people to the Republican fold, and is most likely driving more people away. In an objective sense, Limbaugh is helping the Democrats win in 2012. Thanks, Rush!
In a more subjective sense, what one can infer from the backlash against Fluke (from personalities like Bill O'Riley as well) is that this is how conservatives deal with and relate to women. The only way to handle women, to them, is through fear and intimidation, relying on outdated misogyny like slut-shaming, where you warn a woman that if she has multiple sex partners or is perceived as having multiple sex partners, she will become a social pariah for not having "good moral character." When a woman doesn't do what you tell her to, it's permissible to insult and goad her into submission (the irony of the comments is that Limbaugh is saying that prostitutes are the only ones smart enough to practice safe sex. He should know, right?)
And I'll bet you cash money that Limbaugh et al wouldn't have a problem if their health carriers were made by the government to pay for Viagra. So it becomes the old hypocritical argument of, "I don't want to pay for someone else to have sex, but everyone can pay for me to have sex."
The latest polling show that women are leading the charge against the right, and Limbaugh and those who follow him in trying to scare women out of politics, scare women away from their own rights, are only ensuring their own defeat later this year. So Rush, I won't throw my name in to cancel your show just yet - just keep up the damn fine work.
So there I was, all set to add my name to the pool of normal, rational people who want what can only be described (in Al Frankin's words) as ten pounds of shit in a five pond bag off the ear, when I decided not to sign. Limbaugh isn't actually an enemy to liberals - he is one of our closest friends.
Social issues simply don't have the power to galvanize conservatives any more, particularly now that labor unions and health care (things conservatives enjoy as much as everyone else) are under fire. That being the case, Limbaugh's brand of bigoted commentary is not drawing in a significant number of new people to the Republican fold, and is most likely driving more people away. In an objective sense, Limbaugh is helping the Democrats win in 2012. Thanks, Rush!
In a more subjective sense, what one can infer from the backlash against Fluke (from personalities like Bill O'Riley as well) is that this is how conservatives deal with and relate to women. The only way to handle women, to them, is through fear and intimidation, relying on outdated misogyny like slut-shaming, where you warn a woman that if she has multiple sex partners or is perceived as having multiple sex partners, she will become a social pariah for not having "good moral character." When a woman doesn't do what you tell her to, it's permissible to insult and goad her into submission (the irony of the comments is that Limbaugh is saying that prostitutes are the only ones smart enough to practice safe sex. He should know, right?)
And I'll bet you cash money that Limbaugh et al wouldn't have a problem if their health carriers were made by the government to pay for Viagra. So it becomes the old hypocritical argument of, "I don't want to pay for someone else to have sex, but everyone can pay for me to have sex."
The latest polling show that women are leading the charge against the right, and Limbaugh and those who follow him in trying to scare women out of politics, scare women away from their own rights, are only ensuring their own defeat later this year. So Rush, I won't throw my name in to cancel your show just yet - just keep up the damn fine work.
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