It would sound something like this "Rush is a conservative man with conservative values who believes in conservative ideas to preserve conservatism in conservative america. Conservatives are from heaven where conservatism reigns over conservaitve earth... therefore... conservative Rush cant be racist and conservative."
That's wrong. The BArak the Magic Negro song is most certainly racist. The clips played on the Young Turks show is definitely racist. He may or may not be racist, but he says racist things. But if the only thing that he had was the bone comment, does it really make it OK if he isn't as bad a racist but is still a racist?
He made other racist quotes, so if a few that he didn't say get attributed to him, it's easy to believe. It doesn't make it OK that a guy who said 10 racist things was accused of saying 12 racist things. So if we stick the 10 racist things he did say, where does that leave us, or the people defending him?
Magic Negro has been explained multiple times. I'm not following how Limbaugh's theory that groups race bait and manipulate portions of the population implicates him as a racist. Isn't just the opposite? Looks more like those gentlemen trying to impose their own interpretation over what he actually said.
Indeed. "In a statement released Wednesday evening by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts -- who is heading the group that hopes to buy the Rams -- he announced Limbaugh's official exit from the bid." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/nfl/10/14/limbaugh/index.html?cnn=yes
what troubles me is that the people that dont see him as a racist and want to ignore or downplay his statements, are the same people who QUICKLY dismissed Jermiah Wright for being crazy and anti-american he's a racial arsonist...who speaks for a lot of people. lots of america think exactly like him.
I think I did answer the question. How is it his job responsibility to try and have say over who owns the teams that employ his players? His players cause plenty of problems and his NFLPA will back up every one of them on every issue no matter how guilty or embarrassing to the league. According to the NFLPA, the players do no wrong. Can anyone honestly remember it functioning any other way? That memo took only twenty minutes but it is just the start. And he didn't even write that for public consumption. It was reported that it was a private memo which was leaked to the press (Mortenson reported this). He is pre-judging Limbaugh's fitness when in his corral, he has charge of guys like TO, Brandon Marshall, Donte Stallworth and others. He's got a right to his opinion but I object to his trying to stir up opposition to Limbaugh based on "legendary" evidence. I'm also dismayed by Goodell's public remarks.
giddyup has never heard of the hate monger he wouldn't defend. For a while I fell for his "aw shucks, can't we just have a nice conversation over hateful chain mail #513" act. But he is a fan of Coulter, Limbaugh and various other hate mongers. I call BS on the nice guy act. If you listen to these people and like them you are probably a racist and you are probably full of hate, even if you smile all day long and (yes) even if you have a black friend. Regardless of whether you quite fit the racist/hate monger definition though, if you listen to these people and you like them you are definitely a dick. 3, 2, 1 to resident Coulter/Limbaugh fan #1 playing the martyr...
I think I could even defend you, Batman, and you are as full of hate as anyone you accuse... and you don't even know it. You seethe hostility underneath your detached intellect. Don't you read anymore? I did listen to Limbaugh yesterday for about an hour because I happened to need to be in the car and I knew he would be addressing this issue, but I haven't listened to him regularly for about five years or so. I haven't even seen Coulter on the air in about a year, I guess. I am certainly a failed groupie... get your facts straight... or rather get some knowledge or better yet truth before you make pronouncements, dummy. If I were to be martyred, you'd have to take me down and that ain't happening because your accusations are only self-serving. Your brand of "tolerance" is no better than the kind you imagine you see all around you. Look in the mirror.
Mark Cuban's take on the Limbaugh candidacy: http://blogmaverick.com/2009/10/13/why-the-nfl-cant-let-rush-limbaugh-be-a-team-owner/ Oct 13th 2009 9:23PM First, let me say I love when I can talk about other leagues. It’s a freedom I really, really enjoy. But lets get to the issue. I’m guessing the NFL doesn’t really care about what Rush has said before on his show and on other platforms. If it were really an issue, they never would have let him in the broadcast booth a few years back. What they should be terrified about , and why they should keep him out, is what he might say AFTER he was an approved investor in the St Louis Rams. The NFL has plenty of owners who I am sure have very strong political opinions. I’m willing to bet that many of them back up those opinions with donations that are all part of the public record. I’m sure some of those probably don’t align with the best interests of the NFL or even the majority of their fans and customers. I can give you a minor example I have had with the NBA. I am never on the same page as the NBA when it comes to copyright issues. I believe we waste too much NBA money trying to fight piracy and other intellectual property issues. We have agreed to disagree on this and other issues. It’s not a problem. Nor do individuals who fall on either side of the copyright issue make their sports consumption decisions based on copyright positions. Its a great thing that we all just accept the fact that owners, leagues and fans can be on different sides of a variety of issues. We love our sports and want to reserve a spot for them away from life’s partisan issues and problems. Thank goodness for that ! The problem with Rush is that its his job to take on all of life’s partisan issues and problems. Not only is it his job to take on these issues and problems, its key to his success that he be very opinionated about whichever issues he feels are important to him and/or will cause his very large audience to tune in. Given that we will never know what the “next big issue ” in this world that Rush will be discussing on his show is, its impossible for the NFL to even try to predict or gauge the impact on the NFL’s business if something controversial, or even worse yet, something nationally polarizing happens. There is an unquantifiable risk that comes with the size of Rush’s audience. The wrong thing said on the show, even if its not spoken by Rush himself, about a sensitive national or world issue could turn into a Black Swan event for the NFL. Thats a huge risk that is not commensurate with the value a minority investment in a franchise brings. This isnt about Free Speech. Its about the NFL protecting their business. There is no reason to put it at risk. If Rush were to retire from his show, or become a local DJ in Sacramento, or just about anything else he may want as a vocation, then I dont think they would have any problem with him being an investor in a team. Given the current set of circumstances, they would be crazy to approve him as an owner. END I completely understand this point of view. I wish it would have been allowed to run its course without all the meddling by people who are not owners in the NFL. Yes, people have a right to an opinion and a right to express that opinion so it is hard to describe what opposition is appropriate and what is inappropriate but the way this devolved it doesn't feel right. It's a bit like children stomping their feet at the prospect of not getting their way.
