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Originally posted by Titen-Sxull
In terms of free speech they have the same rights. In terms of their ethical responsibility to the public, or to rely on facts instead of throwing around insult, they are different.
Denying the importance of the context of these comments is pointless. Of course they have the same right to free speech, they can both say whatever they want, but in the end Rush is going to have stricter consequences than Maher.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
It's no more justified than what Maher called Sarah Palin and for what reason Maher called her that. But all things considered, Maher's term is slightly more vulgar. I have zero respect for Maher.
Originally posted by ThirdEyeofHorus
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
It's no more justified than what Maher called Sarah Palin and for what reason Maher called her that. But all things considered, Maher's term is slightly more vulgar. I have zero respect for Maher.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Bill Maher insulted an individual.
Rush Limbaugh insulted an entire gender.
Yes...there is a bit of a difference.
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Bill Maher insulted an individual. Rush Limbaugh insulted an entire gender. Yes...there is a bit of a difference.
Originally posted by KeliOnyx
He is entitled to have this opinion.
Trying to come up with ways to defend Rush is just not worth the effort.
Originally posted by nunya13
You would have a better argument if maher had said that women who breast feed in public are lazy and disgusting and should become porn stars if they want to flash their naked breasts in front of strangers. Or if he said that its as easy to be a mother as it is for a dog.
On the same token, if rush had stuck to his unfactual rant about having to take so much birth control becasue of having so much sex and tax payers shouldnt have to pay for that, this thread wouldnt even exist. Its all about delivery.
Rush said point blank, that if i, as a woman want insurance to cover my monthly birth control cost (though i refuse to take it for persnal reasons unless medically necessary) then i am a slut and a prostitute. A far cry from calling someone lazy, which rush does on an almost daily basis and no one tried to get him off the air for it.