September 17, 2009

Limbaugh may be deaf but...

... the lefties who try to read him are humor deaf. (Or they pretend to be for propaganda purposes.)

For reference, here's the full text of the monologue excerpted at that link.
Posted by Ann Althouse at 6:06 PM
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9/22/09, 3:59 AM
Mikio said...

pt.1
Maybe what we have here, is a failure to communicate...

Okay, you might be right. I understood your point but was so busy hammering away at mine I probably failed to acknowledge yours. So yes, I understand what you’re saying about Limbaugh’s beef with Obama and affirmative action being about discrimination specifically, and I agree, it’s a valid reason to be opposed to it. On top of that, it’s indeed non-bigoted.

However, and I acknowledge that that may well be one solid reason behind Limbaugh’s ire over Obama and affirmative action, I’m arguing there’s at least one more reason behind the connection he made and it IS bigoted -- namely, the reason I’ve been hammering away at.

Now while you may not think he’s seeing this in terms of black and white (people, literally), I contend he is. I don’t mean in a sharp dividing line kind of way, but more of a fuzzy one separating lots of common preconceptions and prejudices. And this is revealed by his history, his occupation, and indeed those two shrill, angry comments about Obama.

I already laid out what I still think are logical steps connecting those two specific thoughts of his (Obama only won because he’s black; he’s an affirmative action candidate) to an attitude about blacks in general -- now let me sew it up with one final part it just occurred to me was always there in my reasoning but perhaps needs to be expressed here to fill in gaps from your perspective. And this has to do with his occupation.

As a right-wing talk show host, one might say the right-wing talk show host, Limbaugh’s entire job consists of arguing how bad the left-wing are. His livelihood, his fame, his riches, have come from bashing them day in and day out. It’s his raison d’etre. He’s been at it for so many years, I have no doubt it has physically altered the synapses in his brain to think in very black and white terms.

In Limbaugh’s head:
Left/Liberal/Democrat = wrong, bad, evil, sad, stupid, black, moocher, thief, liar, etc.
Right/Conservative/Republican = right, good, righteous, happy, smart, white, provider, upstanding citizen, truthteller, etc.

9/22/09, 11:32 AM
Mikio said...

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9/22/09, 11:33 AM
Mikio said...

pt.1
Maybe what we have here, is a failure to communicate...

Okay, you might be right. I understood your point but was so busy hammering away at mine I probably failed to acknowledge yours. So yes, I understand what you’re saying about Limbaugh’s beef with Obama and affirmative action being about discrimination specifically, and I agree, it’s a valid reason to be opposed to it. On top of that, it’s indeed non-bigoted.

However, and I acknowledge that that may well be one solid reason behind Limbaugh’s ire over Obama and affirmative action, I’m arguing there’s at least one more reason behind the connection he made and it IS bigoted -- namely, the reason I’ve been hammering away at.

Now while you may not think he’s seeing this in terms of black and white (people, literally), I contend he is. I don’t mean in a sharp dividing line kind of way, but more of a fuzzy one separating lots of common preconceptions and prejudices. And this is revealed by his history, his occupation, and indeed those two shrill, angry comments about Obama.

I already laid out what I still think are logical steps connecting those two specific thoughts of his (Obama only won because he’s black; he’s an affirmative action candidate) to an attitude about blacks in general -- now let me sew it up with one final part it just occurred to me was always there in my reasoning but perhaps needs to be expressed here to fill in gaps from your perspective. And this has to do with his occupation.

As a right-wing talk show host, one might say the right-wing talk show host, Limbaugh’s entire job consists of arguing how bad the left-wing are. His livelihood, his fame, his riches, have come from bashing them day in and day out. It’s his raison d’etre. He’s been at it for so many years, I have no doubt it has physically altered the synapses in his brain to think in very black and white terms.

In Limbaugh’s head:
Left/Liberal/Democrat = wrong, bad, evil, sad, stupid, black, moocher, thief, liar, etc.
Right/Conservative/Republican = right, good, righteous, happy, smart, white, provider, upstanding citizen, truthteller, etc.

9/22/09, 11:42 AM
Mikio said...

pt.1
(Please don't delete or block this, Ms. Althouse, if that's why I had to change my name to get it to post.)

Maybe what we have here, is a failure to communicate...

Okay, you might be right. I understood your point but was so busy hammering away at mine I probably failed to acknowledge yours. So yes, I understand what you’re saying about Limbaugh’s beef with Obama and affirmative action being about discrimination specifically, and I agree, it’s a valid reason to be opposed to it. On top of that, it’s indeed non-bigoted.

However, and I acknowledge that that may well be one solid reason behind Limbaugh’s ire over Obama and affirmative action, I’m arguing there’s at least one more reason behind the connection he made and it IS bigoted -- namely, the reason I’ve been hammering away at.

Now while you may not think he’s seeing this in terms of black and white (people, literally), I contend he is. I don’t mean in a sharp dividing line kind of way, but more of a fuzzy one separating lots of common preconceptions and prejudices. And this is revealed by his history, his occupation, and indeed those two shrill, angry comments about Obama.

I already laid out what I still think are logical steps connecting those two specific thoughts of his (Obama only won because he’s black; he’s an affirmative action candidate) to an attitude about blacks in general -- now let me sew it up with one final part it just occurred to me was always there in my reasoning but perhaps needs to be expressed here to fill in gaps from your perspective. And this has to do with his occupation.

As a right-wing talk show host, one might say the right-wing talk show host, Limbaugh’s entire job consists of arguing how bad the left-wing are. His livelihood, his fame, his riches, have come from bashing them day in and day out. It’s his raison d’etre. He’s been at it for so many years, I have no doubt it has physically altered the synapses in his brain to think in very black and white terms.

In Limbaugh’s head:
Left/Liberal/Democrat = wrong, bad, evil, sad, stupid, black, moocher, thief, liar, etc.
Right/Conservative/Republican = right, good, righteous, happy, smart, white, provider, upstanding citizen, truthteller, etc.

9/22/09, 11:49 AM
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