# I pit Rush Limbaugh for being an idiot about birth control **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593 "2012-03-02T22:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/41 "2012-03-03T01:41:53Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Do I recall correctly that Scylla has daughters? They will be taught not to have sex. They will not need to learn about contraception or the HPV vaccine or any of that liberal stuff. They will not have sex because their father will shoot off his car mirror while trying to hit their husbands. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/42 "2012-03-03T01:42:29Z")
What’s cracking me up is this image of guys laughing at what Rush Limbaugh said about this young lady, and then grabbing a gun if someone said the same thing about the young lady they hold near and dear to their heart. Who they know good and well uses birth control. That’s hilarious to me. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/43 "2012-03-03T01:43:37Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Yeah, that’s Planned Parenthood’s website. I’ve already said that PP is not remotely easy for every woman (or even most women) to get to. Have any sites for normal pharmacy prices without insurance? I have to drive 50 miles to get this one Italian ice I really like. Must the government sponsor another franchise that is more conveniently located for me? I guess I could give up the ices, but you could give up the sex, or just buy rubbers. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/44 "2012-03-03T01:44:49Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > This has nothing to do with taxes, no matter how many times morons insist it does. > > And am I to presume that you’ll one day not be proud of your daughters if they have sex? What in the unholy fuck is WRONG with you people? I sincerely hope that your junk rots and falls off from lack of use, because you certainly don’t deserve to get fucked by the 50% of the population you so clearly hold in contempt. The fuck are you talking about? PP gets $360 million a year from various governments. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/45 "2012-03-03T01:44:58Z")
Great day in the morning, folks. The backlash really has hit, hasn’t it? Used to be, back in the 50s or thereabouts, that men could call women sluts or whores for having sex out of wedlock, but the downside to that was that they couldn’t expect women to provide them with sex out of wedlock. (Not the “nice ones”, at least.) Then the Sexual Revolution and Women’s Liberation came along, and sex out of wedlock became part of the generally accepted social norms, along with demands for gender equality. Men who wanted sex without marriage stood a better chance of finding “nice” women who also wanted sex without marriage. But the downside to that—although lordy, we didn’t realize that the guys would really consider it a downside!—was that men couldn’t call women sluts or whores anymore for being sexually active. Women claimed the right to sexual freedom in consensual adult relationships of our choice, and any guys who thought that was something to insult us for were sexist pigs. Most men had the decency to realize that if they considered sexual freedom a good thing, then it wasn’t right or fair to sneer at women for feeling the same way. Nowadays, though, there seems to be a double whammy in expectations about women and sex. Women are still expected to have sexual relationships without marriage, but somehow it’s become (at least somewhat) socially acceptable again to call them sluts or whores if they do. How the living hell did **that** happen?!? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/46 "2012-03-03T01:45:04Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > I have to drive 50 miles to get this one Italian ice I really like. Must the government sponsor another franchise that is more conveniently located for me? I guess I could give up the ices, but you could give up the sex, or just buy rubbers. You’ve been here eleven years. Maybe you should give up trying to _fight your ignorance_. I think you’re ignorance all the way down. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/47 "2012-03-03T01:45:17Z")
> [@](#): > > I have to drive 50 miles to get this one Italian ice I really like. Must the government sponsor another franchise that is more conveniently located for me? I guess I could give up the ices, but you could give up the sex, or just buy rubbers. Were you born this stupid, or did you have an unfortunate accident at some later point? ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/48 "2012-03-03T01:47:10Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > The fuck are you talking about? PP gets $360 million a year from various governments. That’s nice. We’re talking about _insurance_, you numb fuck. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/49 "2012-03-03T01:48:54Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > How the living hell did **that** happen?!? It happens for the reason same that we tell women not to be so smart while putting her down for being so dumb. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/50 "2012-03-03T01:50:33Z")
Former Republican here. Even in my former years it was obvious to me that Limbaugh was a world record asshole. He just gets more stinking and gaping as the years pass. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/51 "2012-03-03T01:50:40Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > PP gets $360 million a year from various governments. I’d like a cite. Then I’d like a cite that other various governments are not trying to remove funding from PP. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/52 "2012-03-03T01:53:01Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > I have to drive 50 miles to get this one Italian ice I really like. Must the government sponsor another franchise that is more conveniently located for me? I guess I could give up the ices, but you could give up the sex, or just buy rubbers. You probably couldn’t find sex if you drove to the other side of the world. Even if you could afford to pay lotsa’ good Yankee dolla for it. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/53 "2012-03-03T01:53:33Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > {snip}, if insurers are required to pay for your Viagra, why shouldn’t they pay for her contraceptives? I edited out the rest because this, to me, sums up the whole debate. I question, if Rush is as smart as he proclaims .. why must he resort to name-calling. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/54 "2012-03-03T01:53:48Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > This whole contraception mandate is a bunch of free-riding bullshit. Her taxes don’t pay my electric bill and mine damn well shouldn’t pay for her pills. Her parents must be so proud. You mean, because she’s using responsible family planning and courageously speaking out about a public policy issue that’s important to a lot of women? Well yeah, if she were my daughter I’d be proud of her for that. Or were you in fact sarcastically attempting to imply “Her parents must be so ashamed and embarrassed because she’s making it clear that she’s a FUCKING SLUT and a **WHORE**!!!11!!!”? Because she, you know, uses birth control like a responsible adult? Holy hell. It really has come to this, hasn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/55 "2012-03-03T02:06:01Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > So what he does make up this issue that “Hey, Catholic universities should have to offer birth control” which he knows is unconstitutional, but it’s the gesture that counts, and if they can’t do it, then insurance companies can, right? 28 states have had this requirement for decades. Why doesn’t the US Constitution apply to them? > [@](#): > > The whole point is to get a Republican to say that this is not a good idea on so many different levels, or openly denounce her and then we can trot out the old > > REPUBLICANS HATE WOMEN meme (which we need to do every election year.) It’s funny, _because it’s true_. Or at least, people will believe it is true about Republicans, just like they will believe that Democrats will raise their taxes, _whether they do or not_. > [@](#): > > don’t who the dumbest morons are > > Is it the stupid easily manipulated women for whom this is targeted, who seem to enjoy the passive aggressive manipulation and are drawn to it the way a hooker is drawn to the abusive charisma of her pimp? Democrats? Manipulating people? The devil you say! Republicans never do that, I’ll wager! > [@](#): > > Is it the stupid Republicans who actually rose to the debate to say that this was a bad idea somehow not sensing the trap? > > Or is it you people… who think this is real? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/56 "2012-03-03T02:26:17Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > > [@Hyperelastic](#): > > > > I have to drive 50 miles to get this one Italian ice I really like. Must the government sponsor another franchise that is more conveniently located for me? I guess I could give up the ices, but you could give up the sex, or just buy rubbers. > > Were you born this stupid, or did you have an unfortunate accident at some later point? Both. Neither of those things by itself can account for that level of stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/57 "2012-03-03T02:43:51Z")
Bringing my kids into it is pretty low. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/58 "2012-03-03T02:46:50Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Bringing my kids into it is pretty low. So is calling a woman a “brazen slut” because she lost an ovary and was used as a punching bag by scum like Limbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/59 "2012-03-03T02:48:00Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > Bringing my kids into it is pretty low. That girl you called a brazen slut? She’s somebody’s kid. Suck it up, scumbag. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593/60 "2012-03-03T02:51:48Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > That girl you called a brazen slut? She’s somebody’s kid. Suck it up, scumbag. I judged her by her actions. I expect others to judge my daughters by their actions, not mine. Even here. Even you. I expect you to get that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-rush-limbaugh-for-being-an-idiot-about-birth-control/614593.md?page=4)