# CNN Poll; Almsot half of respondents think Rush Limbaugh should be BANNED from radio

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**Created:** [March 13, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-almsot-half-of-respondents-think-rush-limbaugh-should-be-banned-from-radio/615613 "2012-03-13T02:48:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-poll-almsot-half-of-respondents-think-rush-limbaugh-should-be-banned-from-radio/615613/54 "2012-03-14T10:26:02Z")

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> [@BrassyPhrase](#):
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> I can’t stand the guy, but no way in hell should he be banned. I love free speech more than I hate him and his bs.

This, but more importantly this:

> [@Are Republicans That Afraid of Limbaugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-republicans-that-afraid-of-limbaugh/615018/65):
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> I’ve always thought that _Limbaugh_ isn’t really the problem. He shows us what the problem is. The fact that there are millions of angry white men that think that kind of ugly material is hilarious or important would be true even if Limbaugh retired and went far, far away. (And the search for his successor would begin instantly.)

So not only would banning Rush violate one of the most important Constutional rights of Americans, it wouldn’t do any good. Rush is a symptom, not a cause.

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