From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: The "Dittohead" Label (Re: Tax Fairness)
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Date: 10 Aug 92 18:48:02 PST
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In article <nate.450@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle) writes:
> larry@peak.psl.nmsu.edu (Evil Engineer doin' it the Cowboy Way) writes:
> >tedr@athena.cs.uga.edu (Ted Kalivoda) writes:
> >   Zack (and all other abusers), it is time to put a stop to the use of the
> >   term "dittoheads."  It smacks of sophomorism and does not become a fine
> >   intellectual as yourself.
>
> >Gosh, Teddy. You must not be a Rush Limbaugh fan. The term dittohead was
> >not originated by us evil liberals - it is what the rabid Rush fans call
> >themselves. Not a derogatory term! Check it out..
>
>     I'm afraid Larry's right, Ted. Dittohead is a proud and respectable
> label which even appears to be useful in Rush's marketing (since he has
> commercials which advertise "Dittohead" paraphenelia).
>
>     I would say that what you're objecting to is not so much the word
> "Dittohead" as the implicit assumption on the part of Zack (and perhaps
> me too) that "Dittoheads" are brainless automatons who follow Rush's
> commands without question. If that's the impression I have conveyed then
> I humbly apologize.
>

I say, if the shoe fits, wear it.  I do not consider myself a dittohead,
so I don't feel any insults... :)  In fact, I have SOOO much vision, you
can read in my posts what Rush WILL be talking about in a few days :)  Actually,
I shouldn't put a smiley on that whole sentence - I follow current events
closeley, as does Rush - I just tend to talk about things sooner...  Anyhow,
Rush agrees with ME, not visa versa :)

>     Fortunately however, since we've all gotten so much practise reading
> every other word of Mike Schwartz's posts looking for satanic messages, it
> should be a trivial exercise at this point to read through rude and
> argumentative posts looking for the faint traces of intelligent ideas. Of
> course, I don't expect to see that many intelligent ideas hidden in rude/
> argumentative posts, but then I didn't expect to find satanic messages in
> Mike's articles either...
>

Don't laugh too hard - I already got ONE piece of E-Mail where the guy cut
out a few words of one sentance to make a satanic message out of what I
wrote.  THe sentence was the very one where I claimed you could cut out
every other word... :)

And Nathan - I hope you enjoyed MY joke.  My sense of humor may be a little
TOO subtle for some to understand...

And for what it's worth, I seriously try to be a gentleman and avoid calling
people names...  If I do not succeed, I certainly apologize!  However, there
is a HUGE difference between name calling and labeling someone.  And if I,
for example, mention the derogatory (<- subtle humor, folks) Liberal - it
is a label of significant description.  If the shoe fits, wear it.  And DEFEND
your position.  Name calling gets ME nowhere...

> --
> Nathan Engle                        Software Juggler
> Psychology Department               Indiana University
> nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu      nengle@copper.ucs.indiana.edu

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