From: nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: A step too far...
Date: 13 Nov 92 15:03:32 GMT
Organization: Psych Department, Indiana University

ae642@yfn.ysu.edu (Kelley Miller) writes:
>Limbaugh has gotten to the point where even the most conservative person
>is becoming disgusted with him.

    This is your first error. I am not disgusted with Rush and I'm far 
from being conservative.

>Has he nothing better to do then insult a child who has no political clout,
>who has done nothing controversial, whose only "offense" has been to be the
>daughter of Limbaugh's political nemesis?  

    That's about the size of it. I would agree that the tactic doesn't 
reflect very favorably on Rush or his allies, but I have better things 
to do than to try to save Rush from impugning his own reputation.

>He has gone beyond the bounds of commentator and satirist, and become instead,
>a public nuiesense.

>It's time to bring the bastard down.

    I totally disagree. IMHO it's time to give him all the encouragement 
and leeway that he wants. With any luck he'll bring himself down, but 
hopefully not before he's shown everyone how he's gotten to the point of  
making war on little girls.

>Beginning tomorrow, I begin organizing a boycott of all business enterprises
>which support or promote Rush Limbaugh.

    Great. Rush will love it. He'll get free publicity, you'll do all the 
work, and it's extremely unlikely that it will have any negative effect on 
Rush's ratings or his earnings.

>If we work together, in a concerted effort, we can remove this idiot from
>the public domain, and send a warning to others who do the same.

    I am frankly appalled with this statement. I may not agree with Rush 
Limbaugh, and certainly some readers of this post will consider my reasons 
for supporting him cynical in the extreme, but Rush is perfectly welcome 
to exercise his freedom of speech. I would also like to point out that 
in simple terms of effectiveness, Rush will do far more damage to his own 
position left to his own devices than he will ever do if you somehow 
succeed in muzzling him. The American public doesn't need to be protected 
from hearing Rush Limbaugh. In order to know what Rush is they need to be 
able to hear him for themselves.

>As a note to the Limbaugh fans:

>Those of you who will decry this movement will make claims that we attempt
>to limit Mr. Limbaugh's first amendment rights.  Not so.  We have no
>desire to shut him up, we just make it plain that we feel this type of
>"journalism" has no place in America.

    Once again, I'm appalled. Do you not feel that there's a certain 
internal inconsistency to this position?

>If Mr. Limbaugh wishes to speak, let him.....
>...On a soapbox on the street with the rest of the doomsday crowd.

>More to follow....

    I can hardly wait.

>-- 
>*...your Friendly Neighborhood Atheist  //   No God, Know Peace   /\     * 
>*                    Kelley L. Miller  //  Know God, No Peace    /P \    *    
>*                  ae642@yfn.ysu.edu  //                        /____\   *
>*****************  James Trafficant for US Senate, 1998  *****************

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Nathan Engle                        Software Juggler
Psychology Department               Indiana University
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