I've been gone a few days swamped at work and this is what I come back to?

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16. Well,

"Why does it matter if it's 1 time or 53 times?"

...the OP is certainly a convoluted way to claim that what Limbaugh did is the same as everything else. Here you are trying to claim that a single incident or two from the past is the same as a vile ongoing assault on a private citizen.

This is the equivalency that has been made to cover Limbaugh's ass: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002379474

No one is giving anyone a pass, but the constant claims to that effect and putting people in the position of refuting them is nothing but pure obfuscation. If you want to condemn someone, do it, but do it without straw men.

In fact, the other people being dragged out to provide cover for Limbaugh didn't spend the last week engaged in vile non-stop attacks on women.

Maher is an asshole who defended Limbaugh. Maher is also an asshole who was removed from the public airwaves and Taibbi is a writer for a magazine.

Maybe those insisting on drawing false equivalencies could demand that Limbaugh get the same treatment as Maher.

Have you signed the petition: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002406945