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Limbaugh Calls for Segregated Buses After Belleville West Beating
The video of a white kid being beaten up by two Africa-American kids on a Belleville West High School bus last week has caused a stir online but thanks to Rush Limbaugh that boiling hot pot has been stirred into a crazy frenzy. On his radio show Rush Limbaugh suggested that in Obama's America the only way white kids are safe is if the country returns to its segregated roots.
Like a crazy rant right out of 1951 Rush Limbaugh announced that in "Obama’s America the white kids now get beat up," and then went on to suggest that segregating school buses would put a stop to all the senseless violence. After all, everybody knows that white kids don't bully each other, right? Stop the races from sharing a school bus and everyone will be safer!
If I ever thought that Rush Limbaugh might NOT be a moron he has finally opened his mouth enough times to remove all doubt. How he has taken this incident as proof that white people are not safe with a half-white President in the White House is beyond me. Sure Obama is also half African-American, and the first person of that race to become US President, but how does that translate into a country unsafe for white kids?
Rush Limbaugh doesn't just make me mad, he himself IS mad, and he is trying to spread that madness throughout the USA. Sadly, it is a madness that seems to be catching on and the sooner he stops talking the better. While police have said the Belleville attacks MAY have been racially motivated, this does not mean that all white kids have targets on their backs with President Obama in the White House. Not even close. Kids bully one another, using race as a reason or not, and segregating the school buses will do nothing to change that.
The way that Limbaugh incites anger against the President seems dangerously close to attempting to "influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion." In case you don't know, section 802 of the Patriot Act makes that an offense and labels it "domestic terrorism." Maybe it is time somebody finally put the Patriot Act to good use by employing it to silence the hate-filled, and increasingly mad, Rush Limbaugh.
hate radio host Rush Limbaugh jumped on the story and claimed that in “Obama’s America the white kids now get beat up.” Yesterday, Limbaugh proposed a solution to this problem — a return to segregated busing:
LIMBAUGH: I think the guy’s wrong. I think not only it was racism, it was justifiable racism. I mean, that’s the lesson we’re being taught here today. Kid shouldn’t have been on the bus anyway. We need segregated buses — it was invading space and stuff. This is Obama’s America.
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at 19:19 on September 17th, 2009
From Howard Dean:
Source: huffingtonpost.com
at 19:24 on September 17th, 2009
That man is sick, ill, morally corrupt!
at 19:31 on September 17th, 2009
lets segregate idiots like limbaugh who are inciting hate, put them with those who think the same way...hmmmmmm where...alcatraz might be available,,,,,,,,cut off rheir communication with the rest of thode who dont think as they do....they can create their own segregated society while the rest pf the world works to resolve differences, not creaye hate
at 19:32 on September 17th, 2009
Why anyone listens to this drugged out whacko is beyond me, he ranks up their with Mr. Consdecending Maury Povich and Springer. Anything for ratings,lets be sensational.
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Tom Aikins (not verified)at 20:02 on September 17th, 2009
What you have to realize about Rush Limbaugh is that he is, in essence, a clown. Think about it. What does a clown do? He tries to get a reaction from people, usually laughter, but a reaction nonetheless. That's all Limbaugh does but the problem with being a clown in front of the same audience all the time is that you have to keep getting more and more outrageous to get a reaction from people. If you don't, the audience gets bored and eventually tunes out. Remember the movie Network? It's a prime example of this point because the Howard Beale character had to keep getting more and more outrageous to maintain his ratings, to keep the audience interested. So does Limbaugh because ratings and money are all that matter to him. Let's face it. He has nothing else. No one will live with him. He's an ex-junkie and a fat slob. The only thing he has in his miserable life is his radio show so he will do anything to keep it on the air. Soon, he will go over the top and even his most ardent supporters will realize what a charlatan he is. This latest race remark -- not his first by a long-shot, going back to his Donovan McNabb remark a few years ago -- would seem to be pretty egregious to most halfway intelligent people but his audience has proven over the years that they are not at that level. However, he will overstep the mark even with the lunatic fringe that idolizes him someday and that will be his downfall. Couldn't come sooner as far as I'm concerned as he represents the most virulent form of hatred that exists in the U.S.
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An Obama voter becoming more and more saddened (not verified)at 20:13 on September 17th, 2009
I can't believe I have sympathy for his cause. I consider myself a rational person of adequate intelligence. However, hear me out...I went to public schools in the inner city of minneapolis and rode the bus everyday. I saw beatings and intimidation like this ALL THE TIME. I am white. I always stood up for myself, but that often meant fighting multiple assholes while the rest of the bus laughed while I fought for my right to exist. I never got my ass kicked like this kid, but I have seen kids get worse outside of the bus. I realize that blacks have suffered violence like this at the hands of whites for long periods in American history. But let's be honest, since Civil rights Whites have been getting worked over by blacks at alarming rates. Don't belive me? Check out the latest census statistics of crimes concerning black on white violence. The statistics are staggering. I omit them with the hope that you will do some research and become angry on your own. Regardless of you how you feel about Limbaugh and race relations, you cannot condone any racially motivated crime- and yet thousands of beatings and murders and rapes are tolerated each year. What is the solution? I believe the black community needs to stand alongside the rest of America when events like this take place. Where are black leaders crying for justice when the card is flipped? These kids should walk to school for the rest of their education. There is ZERO TOLERANCE for white kids, lets have the same for black kids when they decide to beat a person's face in simply for how they look. Reverse racism is very real (the term "Reverse racism is bullshit on it's own, but I digress). I cringe at the thought of segregation of transportation because it could mean...what do we segregate next? Still, my personal experience has taught me that many white children are very much in danger attending public schools. Let's not lose sight of the fact that thousands of white families PAY to keep their kids seperate for beatdowns like in Belleville. The private school industry has been making thousands off of this stance.... I do not think Whites and Blacks are destined to hate each other. These behaviors are taught and reinforced. Segregation won't help at all. But if there is no change from within the Black community I do not see any improvement soon. I sure as hell am not going to stand for my children to attend school with future criminals like these two pukes. The bystanders are just as sickening for their hateful smiles.
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deblancmusic (not verified)at 15:02 on September 19th, 2009
you have got to kidding me". in the history of all school massacre's they have always been perputrated by little white kids with access to their parents extensive gun collection.. never in school shooting history has a black child come to school with the intention of hunting down and murdering everything in sight... so in retrospect, the black child would be in more danger if he comes in contact with white children.... columbine etc etc etc.... if you don't believe me, then you google this topic for info........
at 21:31 on September 17th, 2009
I am listening to his "rant" just now and that was pure sarcasm and, frankly, Tina, I have to ask you if you have actually listened to the audio before going on your own rant about this.
It was completely and totally sarcastic. Period. Here is the transcript below.
He is angry, as I am, about those kids being beaten up and now the police, because the victim is white and the assailants black, deny that race had anything to do with it.
His point is that since the white kids are evil racists, you should segregate them from the blacks to protect the blacks by putting the whites behind bars in buses with guards.
That is not the point you imply that he made. Not at all.
Source: rushlimbaugh.com
at 13:09 on September 18th, 2009
Yes Roy C of course I listened, and I think the sarcasm you speak of is in the ear of the listener. I find nothing even remotely cute or funny in his presentation and while you feel it was sarcasm, I think it was racism disguised as cheekiness. Frankly, there are some things in life we don't need to look to excuse and his statements easily fall in that category. As you are so fond of pointing out with other members, racism comes in many forms. Just because it is sarcastic (which I think is a matter of opinion) does not make it less racist or less wrong.