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Originally posted by dculkin
The thing that I find so comical about Limbaugh's tirade is that he thought that the most important wrong that he needed to correct that day was that black people have it too easy in this country. With everything else going on in the world, that is the evil he chose to fight? Give me a break.
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Give ME a break! He was hired by ESPN to be a sports commentator, and he was commenting on something he believed he had observed going on in sports and sports media. He was not being paid to "save the world".
He addresses the "important" issues at his other job (on his radio show)...
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Originally posted by dculkin
Of course Limbaugh's comments were racist. Don't you think that he intended his audience to view other black people in prominent positions, whether in football, business, politics, or whatever, as being the beneficiaries of preferental treatment?
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There ARE black people, AND people of other races, who are the beneficiaries of "preferential treatment" for various reasons. Pointing out this reality and encouraging people to examine the situation, circumstances, and the reasons for it is NOT inherently racist.
It's only seen as racist by two kinds of people: Those who walk around with a chip on their shoulder, actively LOOKING for something or someone they can label as racist. And then of course the other kind: Those who don't like Limbaugh and/or his politics. Those two are often the same person.
Mike