My thoughts on Rush Limbaugh

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32. And this is why women have increasingly lost ground in quest for equal rights.

Because some feel they and their issues are expendable in the interest of some other cause. Even a decade ago, calling a young woman a "slut" and ridiculing her for support of contraception would have been unheard of. Now, we are supposed to just ignore that. Because, apparently, women, their rights, their dignity-- are all expendable.

I have frequently heard young girls snicker and ridicule the concept of "women's lib" and smirk at those older women who try to explain what is happening with the dismantling of abortion rights, anti-discrimination laws, and continuing inequality in pay. Sadly, when they come to realize these 'uncool old" ladies were right, it will be too late. And, like it or not, a gas bag like Limbaugh, who has long been a very influential voice in RW politics wields power to influence opinion and to foster bigotry, misogyny, and even overt hatred of women. And, he DOES.

If we, as progressives, can not be bothered to stand up for a young woman willing to speak truth to power, exactly what DO we stand for?