In other news. 24 companies have bailed on Limbaugh.
Wow. I never would have thought this would have occurred even a week ago.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
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Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Mar 06, 2012 7:58:41 am PST #25386 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2012 8:01:40 am PST #25387 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm just really confused because I thought he'd said much worse before this. Was this the first time he'd said something hugely misogynistic? Was it just homophobic crap before?
smonster - Mar 06, 2012 8:03:09 am PST #25388 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Part of me is like, "woo!!" and part of me is like, "WTF took you so long??" (re: ditching Limbaugh)
Burrell, that is so annoying. Ugh.
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2012 8:04:59 am PST #25389 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm just really confused because I thought he'd said much worse before this.
Maybe it just reached critical mass.
Amy - Mar 06, 2012 8:05:29 am PST #25390 of 30001
Because books.
Limbaugh's whole career is based on making inflammatory statements, but I don't think he ever attacked a non-celeb or pundit so viciously before.
Ugh on the lice, Burrell. We've dealt with it once or twice and it's such a pain in the ass.
le nubian - Mar 06, 2012 8:06:56 am PST #25391 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
some analysis of the response is that social media is the difference this time. twitter accounts for all the companies have been BOMBARDED (as well as their FB accts). they can't escape it.
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2012 8:07:38 am PST #25392 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm just really confused because I thought he'd said much worse before this. Was this the first time he'd said something hugely misogynistic? Was it just homophobic crap before?
x-posty....
Well, AFAIK he's never attacked someone who wasn't a celebrity or politician like this before.
A lot of people are crediting social media for this (and of course social media wasn't as pervasive in years past).
I wonder if enough women were just angry and freaked out already over the recent Catholic birth control kerfuffle, the trans-vaginal ultrasound bill, etc.
Tom Scola - Mar 06, 2012 8:10:13 am PST #25393 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Facebook. Limbaugh was used to saying what he likes, and having the ability to control what people say back to him. It's harder to do that nowadays.
Consuela - Mar 06, 2012 8:10:18 am PST #25394 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Was this the first time he'd said something hugely misogynistic? Was it just homophobic crap before?
I think the turning point is that (a) he said vicious and personal statements about a "civilian" individual, not a faceless "they", and someone who isn't a public figure; and (b) he ran afoul of the same population who responded during the Susan Komen/Planned Parenthood kerfuffle. Women give a damn about birth control (just like we care about breast cancer), regardless of our political leanings, and we don't take well to being called promiscuous for using it.
Also, he so clearly got the facts wrong--in multiple ways--that he looks not just like a bully, but an idiot.
Laura - Mar 06, 2012 8:12:18 am PST #25395 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Whether it was the non-celeb attack, or the social media slamming of the advertisers, or just good sense, I say hooray! That level of hate just should not be on the air. I believe in free speech so it only makes sense to make sure the stations carrying his vile program and the advertisers supporting it hear the free speech loud and clear.