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Luminous Animal

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12. So what does it mean when people band together to defend a man?

Sun Mar 4, 2012, 02:45 PM

Mar 2012

What did it mean when people rose up to protest his racist remarks about Donovan McNabb and Rush was driven off ESPN and quashed his dreams of owning an NFL team? Did it make McNabb look weak?

No, it doesn't mean that women are weak. It means that we won't tolerate a very powerful racist misogynist bigot pig using a platform that wildly dwarfs anything that the average person has to distribute a position.

Defending Fluke or McNabb at the grassroots level means that hundreds of thousands of people can take control, even briefly, wield at least as much influence over the public discourse.

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Seems to me the Limbaugh/Fluke situation reinforces the whole "women are weaker" thing. [View all] dkf Mar 2012 OP

No, ProSense Mar 2012 #1

I don't think Limbaugh can be said to come out of this looking "powerful." Jester Messiah Mar 2012 #2

Yet Limbaugh doesn't need defenders. dkf Mar 2012 #8

wow, limpballs doesn't need defenders? newspeak Mar 2012 #9

I doubt he personally feels like he needs to be defended. dkf Mar 2012 #10

It's doing what forced him to apologize that is the victory. mmonk Mar 2012 #3

Maybe God/Fate will get pissed and deal with Limbaugh the way Breitbart was dealt with. Lint Head Mar 2012 #4

Carefully parsed it wasn't really an apology.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #5

Women look weak if ALL we'll accept is an apology mainer Mar 2012 #6

Who asked for the apology? DURHAM D Mar 2012 #7

The bigger picture to me is he/they blinked! madmom Mar 2012 #11

So what does it mean when people band together to defend a man? Luminous Animal Mar 2012 #12