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Im not a fan of either. I just happened upon this on the radio today. I started to turn but it was a like that train wreck you cant look away from.
Radio interview today edited by the Rush Limbaugh show:
Charlamagne asked Limbaugh why he was speaking out against George Floyds killing, when there have been several other cases of police brutality before it. Limbaugh explained he was never tolerant of any of them, but was finally fed up.
I know that youre going to disagree with me on this to me this is not America, Limbaugh added before claiming the United States is the greatest nation in the history of the world.
Charlamagne quickly pushed back, pointing out that America is only great for certain people and adding that racially charged incidents and fatal arrests do in fact represent the United States
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Charlemagne then asked how Limbaugh was planning to use his white privilege to combat racism and prejudice in America.
I dont buy to the notion of white privilege, Limbaugh answered. I think thats a liberal, political construct right along the lines of political correctness. Its designed to intimate.
Charlemagne called him delusional and explained that white privilege is the fact that police officers would not have treated a white man the same way they treated Floyd.
Limbaugh pushed back and said that if what happened to Floyd happened to a white person, the world would not have heard about it. The Breakfast Club hosts claimed that if a white man died at the hands of the police, the officer in question would already be charged with murder.
Rush gets one in thats particularly egregious and they overlook it: he says that the economic distress is caused by unnecessary shut downs by the states.
https://www.mediaite.com/radio/audio-charlamagne-tha-god-calls-out-delusional-rush-limbaugh-for-white-privilege-in-stunning-interview/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-breakfast-club-battles-rush-limbaugh-in-truly-wild-chat-youre-being-delusional?ref=home
TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)(I want to have some bubbly ready in the fridge, that's all)
live love laugh
(13,074 posts)for naught.
UTUSN
(70,641 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 2, 2020, 11:05 AM - Edit history (1)
at the end, when he asked for a repeat visit, they said, "Not if we're going to dance around the topic of White supremacy."
live love laugh
(13,074 posts)He felt he had the advantageand ultimately he did simultaneously streaming the conversation to his listeners while carrying Trumps water.