en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/263320 Comments by trent1280 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment695025802 We must always oppose fairness. Tue, 6 Aug 2013 18:49:20 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment695025802 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694551143 ahh... but very ill-considered Tue, 6 Aug 2013 01:06:38 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694551143 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694535980 So do we have your word? As stem cell research continues to find solutions to intractable medical problems (you haven't kept up with the science), do we have your word? If you are sincere in your beliefs, will you promise to renounce and reject ALL stem-cell treatments that might one day cure you? You deliberately and grotesquely mis-represent the actual nature of the science and its technology, by the way, but we expect this. Mr Fox and his foundation have raised over $325 MILLION for Parkinson's Research. It is a stunning achievement. Now, let's compare that to Mr Limbaugh's good works... no? When Mr Limbaugh has raised as much money for Parkinson's research as has Mr Fox, he will have earned the dubious "right" to flail around in his studio, mocking him. Until then, he owes an apology. A decent man would have given it long ago. Tue, 6 Aug 2013 00:29:18 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694535980 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694531374 If Mr Limbaugh were "less crude", he wouldn't be Rush Limbaugh. If he didn't -- repeatedly -- demand to see the law student's non-existent "sex tapes", he wouldn't appear like a leering old voyeur. If he didn't -- repeatedly -- flail around his studio in mockery of someone with Parkinson's Disease, he wouldn't appear so heartless and cruel. But then again -- if he did none of these things, he wouldn't be Rush Limbaugh. Which is why you like him. Tue, 6 Aug 2013 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694531374 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694526777 "Exploits his condition", you say. Parkinson's Disease IS his condition, and it is a terrible affliction. Perhaps you would prefer that Mr Fox say nothing, and simply die without complaint. "junk science about stem cell research", you say. It is that science which is, already, moving us toward the particularization of treatment for individual patients. If ever you or yours should suffer from a disease made curable by the "junk science" of stem cell research, we trust you will do the right thing -- and refuse treatment. Anything else would be hypocritical of you. Even Nancy Reagan, understanding the possibilities and the science better than you do, adopted and supported Mr Fox's position on the matter. Luckily for the nation, science proceeds apace, and remarkable discoveries arise. Luckily for the nation, Mr Fox's foundation has -- so far -- raised and contributed over $325 MILLION to Parkinson's Disease research. It is an extraordinary achievement, and all since 2000. How much have you done? About as much as Mr Limbaugh, I expect. Tue, 6 Aug 2013 00:05:49 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694526777 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694522370 These incidents, just three among many, are enough to repel decent Americans. I am sorry to realize they don't repel you. Mon, 5 Aug 2013 23:54:29 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment694522370 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693534521 It should read "prescient". The word you mis-spelled, and mis-used, means foreknowledge. Why are the people who hold your extreme views such illiterates? Sun, 4 Aug 2013 08:24:44 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693534521 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693526507 Well... you could begin by learning how to spell, and by mastering the grammar and syntax of good English. That would be a start. Sun, 4 Aug 2013 08:06:10 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693526507 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693525979 You really aren't too bright. By choosing to withhold medical masking agents, Mr Fox appeared AS HE IS. He did not appear "more afflicted". He simply IS that afflicted. But you prefer masking. We understand why. You prefer ideology over science, and caricature over compassion. We understand why. Mr Fox is an actor who appears in film and television. It is necessary in his profession to conceal his symptoms. However, from time to time he allows the nation to witness the gravity of his disease. You don't like this. Neither does Limbaugh. We understand why. Sun, 4 Aug 2013 08:04:56 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693525979 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693521294 Mr Limbaugh destroyed himself. And he's done it more than once. His addiction to Oxycontin destroyed his hearing, and now requires him to use a cochlear implant. He destroyed his own hearing because of his own drug addiction. His crude comments about a female law student, demanding that she show him her non-existent "sex tapes", destroyed his credibility. By demanding to see her non-existent "sex tapes", he painted himself as a leering old voyeur. His caricature of Mr Fox, flailing around ridiculously in his studio, destroyed himself. He WAS wrong. He never apologized. He never will. He's not that sort of man. Neither are you, we gather. Sun, 4 Aug 2013 07:53:11 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693521294 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693515630 According to you, Mr Fox allowed the nation to see the reality of his disease. According to you, it would be better had he concealed its impact by using medical masking agents. According to you, it was insensitive of him to allow the nation to understand the cruel reality of Parkinson's. And, according to Mr Limbaugh, the only possible reply was to flail around in his studio like a marionette with cut strings. Or have you forgotten that part, too? Apparently so. Mr Limbaugh's crude and cruel caricature was part of a pattern. It is one we have seen many times. In "your circles", it evidently passes as good comedy. For decent Americans, it was a disgusting and cold display, motivated by political ideology and personal malice. Mr Fox did not "deliberately allow his condition to worsen." That is a false claim, and you know it. He deliberately removed the masking provided by medication, so that the nation could see the nightmare of his disease, and the reality of his condition. I gather that you prefer falsity and concealment. In that context, your admiration for Mr Limbaugh makes perfect sense. Sun, 4 Aug 2013 07:39:42 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693515630 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693440051 "One" nasty remark? Surely you joke. I don't endorse Mr Maher's crudity any more than I endorse that of Mr Limbaugh. To fair-minded people, they are peas in the same pod: crude-minded entertainers, first to last. If your best defense of Mr Limbaugh is that Mr Maher is even worse, you stand on a poor platform indeed. Sun, 4 Aug 2013 04:18:49 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693440051 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693438186 Limbaugh openly mocked someone suffering from Parkinson's Disease. The fact that he is "popular" in your circle says as much about you as it does about him. Do you also enjoy people who mock victims of multiple sclerosis? Cerebral palsy? Cystic fibrosis? There is nothing "funny" about such diseases, no matter what Mr Limbaugh believes. Sun, 4 Aug 2013 04:13:44 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693438186 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693193035 It is reassuring to see that not even one of Mr Limbaugh's "dittoheads" has attempted to explain or excuse his unconscionable comments about Mr Fox and Parkinson's Disease. Those comments were disgusting, and emblematic. No decent person can defend them. A decent person would have apologized, long ago. Sat, 3 Aug 2013 16:47:54 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment693193035 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment692796876 This would be the same Rush Limbaugh who also mocked Michael J Fox, and accused him of "wild exaggerations" in regard to his Parkinson's Disease? The same Rush Limbaugh whose childish displays saw him flailing around his studio, pretending to be Mr Fox, "pretending" to have symptoms of Parkinson's? THAT Rush Limbaugh? He was jerk enough to mock a man with a terrible disease. He has yet to be man enough to apologize for it. Sat, 3 Aug 2013 01:38:02 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/02/what-rush-limbaugh-hath-wrought-talk-radio/#IDComment692796876 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/08/is-rickperry-a-viable-2016-contender/#IDComment676004990 Mr Tobin is much too hard on Rick Perry. Even Perry's opponents will admit that he is as intelligent, well-read, well-travelled, thoughtful, inquisitive, and hard-working as Sarah Palin. Tue, 9 Jul 2013 01:24:08 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/07/08/is-rickperry-a-viable-2016-contender/#IDComment676004990 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/26/on-doma-scotus-follows-the-culture-gay-marriage/#IDComment668786886 As many of us have predicted for a long time, the decisions today were almost inevitable. As even Rush Limbaugh (married only four times) has admitted, the advocates for marriage equality got it right, and framed the debate in their favor. Opponents of marriage equality got it wrong, and tried to frame it as an issue of Old Testament morality vs Modern Times. America is a fundamentally progressive nation, with a tilt toward libertarianism. We always believe in hope, and reinvention, and progress. As a people we are always on the move. Ours was the first inter-state highway system in the world -- for a reason. We are always moving forward. Today's decisions apply to civil marriage ONLY. They protect the rights of churches, mosques and synagogues to marry whomever they please -- or do not please. Homophobes lost these decisions because even their own kids don't believe a word they say. Their own kids are the GLEE generation, growing up quite happily with gays as friends and classmates and American Idols. They are unafraid, and over 70% of them now support marriage equality. "With liberty and justice FOR ALL" was further embedded in the American ideal today. Good for all of us. Mr Tobin got it right. Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:51:07 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/26/on-doma-scotus-follows-the-culture-gay-marriage/#IDComment668786886 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/13/why-palestinians-block-wall-changes/#IDComment661245827 Agreed. Equally phony assertions on the parts of the deluded religionists (all of whom claim to speak for God), and the psychotic militarists (all of whom claim to speak for the forces of history inevitable). Live and let live has always seemed like a very decent American value. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:04:24 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/13/why-palestinians-block-wall-changes/#IDComment661245827 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/13/why-palestinians-block-wall-changes/#IDComment660753558 The salient difference is this: Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot did not pretend to be on a Mission From God, nor to have His Direct Voice, nor to be engaged in His Morally Necessary Genocides. Religious hypocrites are in an entirely different class of warmaker, altogether. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:13:22 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/13/why-palestinians-block-wall-changes/#IDComment660753558 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/13/why-palestinians-block-wall-changes/#IDComment660719506 No wonder so many prefer Christopher Hitchens' solution to such endless religious warfare... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:52:07 +0000 http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/06/13/why-palestinians-block-wall-changes/#IDComment660719506