I think you misspelled “Republican” in the last word of your sentence there. Because I can’t imagine the Legions of Dittoheads giving a wealthy liberal a pass for drug addiction…
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Ok I didn’t look at your link, I just assumed that you posted the relavant part. Again we find out what happens when one assumes.
Though I didn’t hear the quote you cited, I must point out that it was the conventional media that was reporting that blacks were raping, looting and the like, which was later found to be mostly untrue. The issue Rush would have with these (assumed) criminals is the culture that created them, which Rush blames the democratic party for. He really feels bad for people who are told that they are not good enough to compete with whities, and that their only hope is the democrats - it is this culture he is condemning if I know Rush.
Yes I agree and I withdraw that part of my statement. But in the same light a statement that is actually true could show one race ‘superior’ to another in some aspect, and though that statement is racist, it is not bad or wrong - it’s just a true fact, to deny it is the wrong.
In what respect? Again his beef w/ drug users is that they leach off the public dole, which Rush has not.
Well not exactlly, but close, it’s OK if you don’t burden society. Something that I would think liberals would agree with. If you can use drugs and not take a dime of public assistance what right does the gov’t have to stop them.
I have been listenign to Rush for many years and have heard some of the cites on Wiki, and they appear to be accurate, the big issue is they are taken out of context - big time.
Guinastasia What if it’s true?
Example please. What is this truth you seem to believe exists?
It seems to me that such truths are more a matter of by the grace of god…as opposed to a matter of ‘superiority’.
I promise you dollars to donunts, you switch the positions of this ‘superior’ group with those who are not and you’ll see we’re all pretty much the same, when the tides rise and our children are crying for food.
YMMV, of course.
Well, again, no offense, but first I would like it established that he really said this before we start arguing about “context”.
Regards,
Shodan
It is hypothetical question
FWIM’s the info from Rush about the situation is:
Rush will pay the cost the prosercution - $30,000
He will take random drug tests for 18 months
He will not own a firearm
He will continue treatment
The charge of doctor shopping for (either 14 or 40 - sounded too simular) pills will be dropped in 18 months.
There was no arrest
Rush spent ‘millions’ on lawyers
As for a Rush is concerned the legal battle is over
Sauce for the goose…
I disagree with you on this point. That’s one of his beefs. Another one is that they are not locked up.
Of all of the angles on junkies, Rush uses the very narrow one that coincidentally mimicks (or excludes) his situation. It’s a way of excusing his hypocracy.
I have listened to Rush but am no expert, did he say it was ok the take drugs providing you can afford it before he was outed?
Now rather than not burdening society, it’s “not taking a dime of public assistance”? The definition continues to narrow.
I assert it is burdening society in many other ways not included by Rush.
This is the crux of it for me. I believe in Rush’s right to opinion. I agree that the government has no right to tell me I shouldn’t take drugs. But Rush lives in the same US as I do and for now it’s illegal.
He should have to pay for breaking the law like everyone else. Maybe he should use his money and influence to change the laws.
Hombre as pointed out, not just by me, the issue of drugs and drug use has never been a big, or even little, issue with Rush, he just hasn’t said a lot about it over the years.
If you heard this in context you have one on me.
you know it’s funny, people jump all over Rush claiming hypocracy, when it is a issue he hardly ever mentions.
Nope - nothing narrowed, nothing changed, still from the same line that Rush used - you don’t live your live in a vaccum.
Ok with out going into details, I’m sure you can, and I’m sure that Rush might not agree that your definitions of burdening is the same as a potential productive member of society having to live off the public dole due to a drug addiction.
Well though he didn’t lobbie for legsliation, he did help the common man who might find himself in a simular situation. There is now legal precident, or at least a precident set for making deals for with the prosecutor. Sort of like how OJ now opened up the door to throw out DNA evidence.