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- From: grendel@camelot.bradley.edu (Alyosha Bourgea)
- Subject: Re: Here Are The Undeniable Truths of Life
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 23:10:05 GMT
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- In <69483@cup.portal.com> sjthomas@cup.portal.com (Stephen J Thomas) writes:
-
- I used to think Rush was pathetically laughable.
-
- I no longer think so.
-
- I think he is pathetic, and ugly, and not a laughing matter.
-
- >Rush Limbaugh's 35 Truths
- >
- > 1. The greatest threat to humanity lies in the nuclear arsenal of
- > the Soviet Union.
-
- Even when it was a political power, this was untrue. The greatest threat
- to humanity lies in those humans who are in power, wherever and whoever they
- may be.
-
- > 2. The single greatest threat to the free people of the world is
- > posed by the Soviet Union.
-
- What does he mean by "free"? Capitalist? The people of the FSU were not
- prisoners. They did not consider themselves prisoners.
-
- > 3. Peace does not mean the removal of nuclear weapons.
-
- Nope, but the presence of nuclear weapons is less peaceful than their absence.
- Why? Because they are tools of war, and war is by definition not peaceful.
-
- > 4. Peace does not mean the absence of war.
-
- Peace is greater than war. The lack of war does not guarantee peace, but the
- presence of war prohibits peace.
-
- > 5. War is not obsolete.
-
- Unfortunately, no. This is a testament to the slow pace of the evolution of
- human consciousness.
-
- > 6. Ours is a world governed by the agressive use of force.
-
- yes.
-
- > 8. Peace cannot be achieved by developing an understanding of or
- > with the Russian people.
-
- Bullshit. By failing to understand them, we make them the faceless enemy,
- who are much easier to destroy. Their propaganda mills do/did the same to
- us.
-
- > 9. Americans opposing America is not always courageous. Sometimes
- > it is dangerous.
-
- Yes, and sometimes Americans supporting America is dangerous. Nothing is
- absolute. Protest is the active exercise of constitutional rights, but more,
- it is the practice of democratic action. It is _patriotic_ to disagree.
- That's what America is all about. If we go on and on about how we're the
- only nation to allow its citizens complete freedom (unlike the FSU) and then
- we censor or chide our citizens when they use their freedom to disagree
- rather than accept authority's decisions, aren't we being just a bit
- hypocritical???
-
- >10. Communism kills.
-
- Life kills, Mr. Limbaugh. So does capitalism, i.e., a drug dealer killing
- a former customer who is about to inform on him, in order to protect his
- financial security. Control kills, whatever form it may manifest itself in--
- authority, money, government, weaponry, et cetera. Communism ain't unique.
-
- >12. Freedom is God-given. It is the natural state to which humans
- > yearn.
-
- Fuck God, freedom is human-given. We give ourselves individual freedom,
- and if we have an intelligent government, they give us societal freedom.
-
- >13. To the Soviet Union, peace means the absense of opposition.
-
- Believe it or not, the SU, Former or no, does/did not speak with one voice.
-
- >14. To free people, peace means the absense of threat and the
- > presence of justice.
-
- Again, I take issue with the "free people" euphemism, especially in light of
- number 12. If Limbaugh argues that freedom is God-given, then everyone's
- a free person, right? Unless God doesn't love the Soviets...
-
- >15. The peace movement in the United States, whether by accident
- > or by design, is pro-Communist.
-
- No. Limbaugh seems to have a tendency to use blanket terms and huge
- generalities to classify what he does not understand. The peace movement is
- far too large and fragmented to ever be supposed to speak with one voice.
- As a peace activist, I can attest from an insider's point of view that there
- are Communists in the peace movement, as well as socialists, anarchists,
- transcendentalists, Christians, capitalists, and lots of other folks.
- The only time the peace movement ever comes together to produce a significant
- activity, it is usually quite mainstream, as in a huge organized demonstration
- in Washington to protest the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Is legal
- protest against nuclear weapons pro-Communist? I think not.
-
- >16. The collective knowledge and wisdom of senior citizens is the
- > most valuable, yet untapped, resource our young people have.
-
- Untapped, yes. Most valuable, no.
-
- >20. There IS a god.
-
- This is an undeniable truth of life for Mr. Limbaugh. It is not for me.
- There is not, has never been, and never will be any proof for the existence
- of a supreme being. It's a matter of belief, not truth.
-
- >21. Abortion is wrong.
-
- Single mothers living in poverty with six starving children is wrong.
-
- >22. Morality is not defined by individual choice.
-
- "To those who say I can't impose my morality on others, I say, just watch me."
- Rush Limbaugh knows what's best for me? I think not.
-
- Morality is relative, as is everything else.
-
- >23. Evolution cannot explain creation.
-
- Creation cannot explain evolution.
-
- >24. Feminism was established so that unattractive women could have
- > access to the mainstream of society.
-
- Absolute bullshit, possibly the most offensive of Limbaugh's bogus "truths".
- Limbaugh insults and ignores what he does not understand or what makes him
- uncomfortable. He prefers to wallow in his own illusions. This contention
- of his is so repugnant as to almost not be worth the time it takes to respond
- to it, but I assure you that even the most attractive woman won't make it
- into high-level business or govermental office without the push of feminism.
- Ugly men have been making it big for a long time. Feminism isn't about looks,
- it isn't about brassieres, it isn't even about job opportunity. Rush doesn't
- have the first, crudest inkling of a clue on this matter.
-
- >25. Love is the only emotion that cannot be controlled.
-
- Limbaugh seems to control it well enough.
-
- >26. The only difference between Mikhail Gorbachev and previous
- > Soviet leaders is that he is alive.
-
- The only difference between Rush Limbaugh and George Wallace is that he's
- overweight.
-
- >27. Soviet leaders are actually left wing dictators.
-
- Believe it or not, not all Soviet leaders are any one thing.
-
- >28. Despite what they are teaching at the University of Missouri,
- > Abraham Lincoln saved this nation.
-
- Debatable. He didn't fight the CW single-handed. He was also a racist,
- a waffler, and many other lovely things.
-
- >30. The United States will again go to war.
-
- No doubt.
-
- >31. To more and more people, a victorious United States is a
- > sinful United States.
-
- To me, a sinful United States is a victorious United States!!!
-
- >32. This is frightening and ominous.
-
- Rush Limbaugh is frightening and ominous.
-
- >33. There will always be poor people.
-
- Only as long as there is capitalism.
-
- >34. This is not the fault of Malcolm Forbes, Ronald Reagan, Rush
- > Limbaugh, or any other rich person.
-
- No, it is the fault of the system which Forbes, Reagan, et al take
- advantage of.
-
-