Rush, Sluts, and the Left's Attempt to Distract from What's Really Offensive

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Monday, 05 March 2012

Rush, Sluts, and the Left's Attempt to Distract from What's Really Offensive

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It's pretty amazing to watch all this play out. This is exactly what I was talking about last week when I said that liberals attempt to use the virtue of conservatives against them. It's all-out war to liberals in the political world, and no contradiction is too brash for them to use. No trickery is too much, no double standard too obvious. And the sad thing is that conservatives let them get away with it. I'm looking at this fake outrage about Rush Limbaugh's comments and I'm shaking my head.

There's just no way - no way - that these liberals who are acting so offended are really offended. How many worse things than "slut" do they say about conservatives on a daily basis? Just do a quick Google search on some of the names liberal talkers have called conservatives just in the last six months and you'll see what I mean: racist, bigot, homophobe, terrorist. No way they are really upset or offended by Rush's comments. No way.

But they feign outrage. They call this Georgetown woman a "young girl" as though she's 8. She's a thirty year old woman for crying out loud. And they just go on and on about how awful and terrible and reprehensible Rush's "attack" was and I'm just sitting here saying, "There's no way conservatives are going to fall for this, are they?" Conservatives, don't let it happen. Don't fall for this. Boehner already did. He's already come out and said how inappropriate Rush's comments are. Notice liberals never do this. When have you seen Pelosi or Obama distance themselves from something Bill Maher or Chris Matthews or Mike Malloy have said? Malloy has called for conservatives to be murdered. Matthews has called Newt the devil. And I don't even need to broach the Maher topic.

Look at this story we had last week of what they said about a 14 year old Christian girl who testified against gay marriage. You've got liberals shouting about how they hope she gets raped by her parents and dies. So don't tell me that they've got all these fragile sensibilities about a 30 year old being labeled sluttish.

That's why this whole tendency of conservatives to fall over themselves saying how inappropriate Rush's comments were - it's just a classic liberal tactic in their war against conservatives to divide us and conquer. And we let them get away with it.

Listen, I can't stress this enough: what is offensive about this whole story is NOT what Rush Limbaugh said. What's offensive is the idea that responsible people in society should be forced to pay for the irresponsibility of others. What's offensive is this chick sitting there in front of Congress telling them how they should write laws that force others to pay for her and her friends' recreational sex habit. That's what's offensive, conservatives! The fact that Rush Limbaugh used a label for what the woman was describing is not offensive. Don't be distracted by that. It's what the left always does, and they are so much better at it than we in the conservative movement are. We let our virtue be used against us. Don't let that happen.

I'm not saying I would use the term. I wouldn't. I think there's no reason to personally insult someone. But you know what else I wouldn't do? I wouldn't sit in front of a Congressional panel and tell them I and my friends have a ton of extra-marital sex and want others to pay for it. That's what is offensive. That's what should have us all worked up. The media knows that. They are aware of it. So this is distract, divide and conquer. Don't let it work.

Posted by: Peter Heck AT 05:08 pm | Permalink | 12 Comments | Email

Comments:

Thank you, Peter. I commented on one of your other posts and want to do so again...I can't believe no one finds Fluke's behavior to be exactly what Rush named it as being. For goodness' sake, she is not a heroine, a girl, a poster child, a champion. She's someone who decided to harass the Catholic church and have recreational sex outside of marriage and make others pay for it. If anything, she's diabolically clever.

Posted by Pam on 03/06/2012 10:53:20

Peter, every time you open your mouth on this subject, you expose just how out of touch you are with the average female voter. This issue is not about recreational sex. There are a host of other health benefits associated with contraception use and regular OBGYN visits. Then again, folks like you on the fringe Right have already alienated Hispanic voters, African-American voters, LGBT voters, organized labor, scientists and academia. Might as well add women to the list as well.

Posted by Rosie the Riveter on 03/06/2012 16:51:59

LOL. I'm a female voter, and Peter Heck is right in the middle of mainstream. No way he's out of touch. Well, I take that back. He's out of touch with radical feminists like Fluke, and apparently you. But there are a lot of religious moms around the country who don't want the government involved in dictating all this. Peter Heck is mainstream conservatism. If there's any fringe here, it's the fringe left that thinks they are a lot more numerous and "mainstream" than what they are.

Posted by June on 03/06/2012 17:14:55

Well, June, that's nice. But frankly, irrelevant. It's very easy to point to anecdotal evidence to attempt to strengthen an otherwise weak case. But, I prefer to look at the world more empirically. You see, in every Presidential election since 1980, a greater proportion of women than men have preferred the Democratic candidate. It's what is known as the Gender Gap. One has to think that when those on the fringe right-- like Peter-- call a woman speaking in favor of contraception use "a slut," that gap will continue, if not increase.

Posted by Rosie the Riveter on 03/06/2012 17:42:55

And Peter is mainstream? Thanks for the laugh! LOL!!! But then again, you seem comfortable labeling someone you know nothing about as a "radical feminist" simply because she stated there are other health benefits associated with using certain types of contraception and regularly visiting the OB-GYN. So, you'll have to forgive me if I choose not to agree with your myopic labels.

Posted by Rosie the Riveter on 03/06/2012 17:43:22

Of course there is the gender gap. Women think emotionally. Liberals rely on emotion to make their case because logic fails them. And no, I didn't call you a radical feminist because you said there were other benefits to birth control pills. Everyone knows that, and it was a red herring - as much of those other uses are already covered by insurance. But that's relying on logic to know that - a problem for the left. I implied you were a radical feminist because you are supporting a radical feminist like Sandra Fluke.

Posted by June on 03/06/2012 19:35:04

"a woman speaking in favor of contraception use" Thank you, Rosie, for so vividly demonstrating precisely the lie the left is trying to advance in this debate. Fluke was NOT merely speaking in favor of contraception use. She was testifying that others needed to pay for college kids' contraception use. $1000 a year of it, to be exact. So you'll have to forgive us if we choose not to take your misleading posts seriously.

Posted by Truth Detector on 03/06/2012 19:42:52

No, June, try again. That is not a red herring, as all private plans do not include contraception coverage. As a result, women have been denied preventative treatment for conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome. That's the core of motivation for getting contraception covered. It's distortions from the right that make this about sexual promiscuity. Next time, if you are going to lecture someone on misusing logic, please first ensure you actually know how to use it correctly. And, are you implying conservatives do not rely on emotion?! Get real, both sides do it equally.

Posted by Rosie the Riveter on 03/06/2012 21:57:33

Finally, since you acknowledge a gender gap exists, you must certainly agree it's incredibly dumb political strategy when people like Heck and Limbaugh call women sluts. By doing so, they only demonstrate how out of touch they are with MOST women voters (eg, the majority of women voters... not the minority, like you, who support fringe right-wingers).

Posted by Rosie the Riveter on 03/06/2012 21:58:35

Truth Detector, yes-- Fluke was speaking in favor of contraception use and arguing it should be covered under all private plans because it is cheaper than not doing so. No secret there. In response, Heck somehow seemed to contort the situation to imply that "contraception" could ONLY mean "condoms"... and then took it beyond the realm of sanity by extrapolating that this woman-- who he has NEVER MET and knows nothing about-- must be having sexual intercourse three times a day... and is clearly a slut. So, please tell me, who is the one misleading people here???

Posted by Rosie the Riveter on 03/06/2012 22:05:08

Rosie you are putting words into Peter's mouth. Rush called her a slut. Peter did not. Peter pointed out that demanding others pay for you and your friends' recreational sex habit is offensive. You don't think it is? That is unless you believe that those who seek access to free contraceptives in their college years only do it for conditions like polycystic ovary syndrome. How you aren't embarrassed to even intimate that is beyond me.

Posted by Maria J. on 03/07/2012 08:14:42

Heck implied it and passively looked the other way when all of his dittoheads said it outright. Nice try, Maria.

Posted by Rosie the Riveter on 03/07/2012 16:28:27

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