On Tuesday, uber-conservative radio commentator/propagandist Rush
Limbaugh said this
about the Hurricane Katrina victims versus the victims of the recent
Midwest flooding crisis:
I see devastation in Iowa and Illinois that dwarfs what happened
in New Orleans...I see people working together. I see people
trying to save their property . . . I don’t see a bunch of people
running around waving guns at helicopters, I don’t see a bunch of
people running shooting cops. I don’t see a bunch of people raping
people on the street... I don’t see a bunch of people doing
everything they can . . . whining and moaning, “Where’s FEMA,
where’s Bush?” I see the heartland of America. When I look at Iowa
and when I look at Illinois, I see the backbone of America.
Mark Twain wrote "To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a
nail." To Limbaugh, who has a long history of racist comments, even
natural disasters are just another reason to let loose with racial
tirades. In Limbaugh's mind the mostly black, poor victims of
Hurricane Katrina were “people raping people on the street,” while
the mostly white, rural farmers of the Midwest are “the backbone of
America.”
But these comments are nothing new to anyone who has listened to
Limbaugh for more than five minutes. Which is why it's outrageous
that a big company like Barnes and Noble continues to be one of the Rush
Limbaugh Show Website's major advertisers. The money they spend to advertise
on his web site and show essentially funds Limbaugh and his
hate-filled rhetoric.
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