# Rush Limbaugh defends rapists and murderers **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 17, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946 "2011-10-17T19:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/21 "2011-10-17T21:47:22Z")
Yeha, but they’re _Christian_ rapists and murderers. And most of them are Children. Won’t someone think of the children rapists and murderes? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/22 "2011-10-17T21:49:23Z")
Actually, I don’t think he can lie very well. His lies are pretty transparent. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/23 "2011-10-17T21:51:09Z")
I’m actually going to bet (in the lame sense that involves no actual money) that Limbaugh backs this one out somehow; too many people who he (and his audience) would grant credit to (mainly evangelical Christian missionaries) can speak with some authority about what horrible people the LRA are. Witness Qin’s reaction in the Great Debates thread. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/24 "2011-10-17T21:54:26Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Yeha, but they’re _Christian_ rapists and murderers. And most of them are Children. Won’t someone think of the children rapists and murderes? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/25 "2011-10-17T22:02:14Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I’m actually going to bet (in the lame sense that involves no actual money) that Limbaugh backs this one out somehow; too many people who he (and his audience) would grant credit to (mainly evangelical Christian missionaries) can speak with some authority about what horrible people the LRA are. Witness Qin’s reaction in the Great Debates thread. I"d be happy if he came up with something simple like the following: “I’m sorry, but I’m a total partisan hack who babbles incoherently. I let my unreasoning hatred of Obama get in the way of any sense of facts or analysis or common sense. I’m a tool, a douchebag, a complete waste of skin. Goodbye forever.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/26 "2011-10-17T22:15:37Z")
I’ve never listened to him for more than a minute or two at a time, and probably not more than 15 minutes total. Has he ever back-tracked on anything, or does he just move on to something else? Did he make a big deal about this on his radio show? If not, then he can just sort of pretend it was some side issue on his web site of no real import. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/27 "2011-10-17T22:29:48Z")
And here I thought from the title of the thread that Rush was defending the Clintons ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/28 "2011-10-17T22:38:16Z")
> [@Scylla](#): > > And here I thought from the title of the thread that Rush was defending the Clintons And my first thought was Haliburton! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/29 "2011-10-17T22:38:58Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I’m actually going to bet (in the lame sense that involves no actual money) that Limbaugh backs this one out somehow However, I am willing to put up a similarly lame internet-bet that before he does, some moron on the internet somewhere will have gleefully leapt on this incident to try to argue that Obama’s attack on these Ugandan Christians is just further proof that he’s a secret Muslim. When it comes to the Obama-haters, there’s just no bottom to the stupidity. Some of the extremist Bush-haters could be pretty stupid themselves at times with hysterically exaggerated comparisons of Bush to Hitler and stuff like that, but at least they were reasonably grounded in reality on the fundamental issues of who he was and what he wanted. The extremist Obama-haters might just as well be claiming that Obama is **actually** Count Dracula attempting to turn the whole nation into vampires for all the sense they make about him. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/30 "2011-10-17T22:51:24Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Witness Qin’s reaction in the Great Debates thread. What thread? ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/31 "2011-10-17T23:06:11Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Oh, christ, not the “it’s legal so it’s okay” canard. > > I’m skeptical about whether he can lie, but that’s a fine line so whatever. He certainly is free to spout bullshit all he wants without fear of being arrested. He doesn’t get to be free from folks thinking he’s a shitstain for pandering to the people who love to eat his bullshit up. If enough people don’t like his bullshit, his show may get canceled. Happened to Imus. So yes, it is his fault he’s choosing to say bullshit, in the sense that the consequences for saying bullshit are on him. Fortunately for him, right now the primary consequence is a boatload of money. Dude, this isn’t about Rush’s lies. It’s about people can either buy into the program or not. _Rush can’t make you do anything_. If you accept Rush’s pronouncement’s–congratulations, you’ve made a choice! Was it a good choice? A bad choice? Time will tell; as well as your ability to learn from it. Hopefully, I hope you’ll understand that I’m pointing out choices we make and that Rush’s ideology is only a means to an end. I’ll be the first to admit, that not for the first time, I’ve had difficulty getting my main point across on this message board. My argument wasn’t a litmus test about Rush _per se_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/32 "2011-10-17T23:13:40Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > What thread? Obams [sic] Sends Ground Troops to Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/33 "2011-10-17T23:14:37Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Dude, this isn’t about Rush’s lies. It’s about people can either buy into the program or not. _Rush can’t make you do anything_. If you accept Rush’s pronouncement’s–congratulations, you’ve made a choice! You’re still deflecting away from the fact that he’s an unethical piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/34 "2011-10-17T23:16:40Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > You’re still deflecting away from the fact that he’s an unethical piece of shit. Okay, he’s a piece of shit. Happy now? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/35 "2011-10-17T23:18:29Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Don’t blame Rush for this. That’s ridiculous. Don’t blame him for something he says? Blame the people who listen to him? What’s wrong with blaming both, but a special blame on him since he’s the one who instigated the whole thing? Sure, he’s not the first person to spread lies and misinformation. So what? This is a particular case that is being called out, and Rush is the source. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/36 "2011-10-17T23:21:28Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Okay, he’s a piece of shit. Happy now? Quite. Really, the fact that he’s legally untouchable for his speech means that those who oppose him must exert their opposition via more speech. You can’t just leave Limbaugh or whoever’s peddling bullshit alone and assume the truth will eventually out. They’ve got to be called on it, even if only to try to persuade the audience away. And yes, I’m totally doing a pisspoor job of that, but I ain’t getting paid to elocute. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/37 "2011-10-17T23:52:11Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > Well obviously he wrote in English. He’s an American. Don’t you yurpeans insult the Lord. Everyone knows God wrote the Bible in American. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/38 "2011-10-18T01:14:03Z")
A repeat of his opposition to Clinton’s intervention in the massacre of Bosnians. “those people have been killing each other for centuries! Why should we make it our business?” “Not worth the bones of a Pomeranian grenadier,” unless it’s a Pomeranian puppy on Grenada that a Republican president wants to save. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/39 "2011-10-18T01:17:35Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Don’t you yurpeans insult the Lord. Everyone knows God wrote the Bible in American. Yeah, but the Holy Spirit sucks as an editor. Always running around with a sheet over his head… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946/40 "2011-10-18T01:36:03Z")
I’m quite glad he has acknowledged this, since for years on the SDMB whenever people have said ridiculous stuff like “if there are ordinary decent Muslims then why aren’t they apologising for [latest Islamist outrage]?” I’ve asked in return whether ordinary decent Christians have apologised for the LRA yet. Anyone else think that Rush should apologise on behalf of the LRA for all the child raping? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-defends-rapists-and-murderers/599946.md?page=3)