Top Democrat Calls For Radio Stations To Drop Rush Limbaugh After He Suggested ‘No Means Yes’
A top Democrat on Tuesday called on radio stations to stop broadcasting the Rush Limbaugh Show after the conservative radio host mocked rape victims by suggesting that no means “yes.” Ohio State University’s new sexual assault policies require students to agree to sexual activity, rather than leaving it up to someone that can’t tell yes from no.
Think Progress reports:
On his show on Monday, Limbaugh claimed that requiring affirmative consent is an unreasonable standard because guys know that “no means yes if you know how to spot it.”
In the segment, which was first flagged by Media Matters, Limbaugh claimed that “seduction used to be an art” and college campuses are now making it into something that is considered to be “brutish” and “predatory.”
He suggested it’s unrealistic to require students to ask for permission every step of the way during a sexual encounter. “Are these not lawsuits waiting to happen?” the radio host said.
Limbaugh’s critics wasted no time calling for his removal, pointing out that his approach to sexual assault has no place in a society that’s currently grappling with the best way to respond to intimate partner violence and campus rape cases.
“There’s simply no excusing comments of this offensive nature, especially at a time where our country is having a long-overdue conversation about violence against women,” Democratic Congressional Committee Chairman Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) said in a statement. “Plain and simple — Rush Limbaugh is advocating for the tolerance of sexual assault and should be taken off the air immediately.”
The stations that still broadcast this man’s show, do not care about rape victims. This is hardly the first time Limbaugh has disparaged females. He called Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” in 2012 for a week straight. The list is endless.
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Duck September 16th, 2014 at 23:43
wow the article is from liberal land, wonder if they have unicorns there
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 01:12
Do you think his
statement should be ignored? Does it
really matter who is asking for this dipshit to be dropped? He advocates rape for crying out loud. did any of the conserv, wrong wing, repukes
ask for the same? If not, why not?
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 03:09
question. how would you feel if you were an advid listener and one of his faithful supporters/followers and you had a female family member that had been raped, then you hear this comment, how would you respond?
Duck September 16th, 2014 at 23:43
wow the article is from liberal land, wonder if they have unicorns there
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 01:12
Do you think his
statement should be ignored? Does it
really matter who is asking for this dipshit to be dropped? He advocates rape for crying out loud. did any of the conserv, wrong wing, repukes
ask for the same? If not, why not?
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 03:09
question. how would you feel if you were an advid listener and one of his faithful supporters/followers and you had a female family member that had been raped, then you hear this comment, how would you respond? do you think that a woman who as been raped has never been a conservative/repuke? are you ok with rape if it only happens to someone who is not involved in your political stance? every human being should be outraged.
Red Eye Robot September 17th, 2014 at 01:45
Still waiting for a top democrat to demand ABC remove Whoopie over “I know it wasn’t ‘rape’ rape. I think it was something else, but I don’t believe it was ‘rape’ rape,” Regarding Roman Polanski’s Drugging and raping 13 year old Samantha Galley
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 02:16
i agree. that was disturbing, the only difference is, she was not going on a rant advocating rape. she’s not out there politically as limp is either. nor is she a tod akins. In his eyes, if you get pregnant, it must
have not been rape. Now, while you’re
attempting to justify and support limp for his comment by bringing up whoopi’s comment,
suggest you don’t seem to have a problem with people advocating rape. As long as you can come compare someone else to that line of ignorance. were you upset about whoopi’s comment? If so, why are you in support of limps? . Do you have children? A daughter specifically? If she were going off to college, would you
excuse that nonsense?
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 02:18
by the way redeye… did the repukes, ask for her to be fired? i mean since you seem so upset about the fact 4 years ago that she wasn’t fired.
Frank Harrison September 18th, 2014 at 01:31
Did you actually listen to what Rush said, or going off the article written about what someone has interpreted what he said? Because if you haven’t actually listened toi the show clip, then your questions just substantiate my comments up above about this whole situation. And if that’s the case……….I forgive you. Now learn from it.
Red Eye Robot September 20th, 2014 at 12:38
Limbaugh was advocating rape? If you read the actual transcript you’d have seen he was sarcastically commenting on the mixed messages Society gives boys and young men about women. Goldberg on the other hand was dismissing the actions of a child rapist.
Red Eye Robot September 17th, 2014 at 01:45
Still waiting for a top democrat to demand ABC remove Whoopie over “I know it wasn’t ‘rape’ rape. I think it was something else, but I don’t believe it was ‘rape’ rape,” Regarding Roman Polanski’s Drugging and raping 13 year old Samantha Galley
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 02:16
i agree. that was disturbing, the only difference is, she was not going on a rant advocating rape. she’s not out there politically as limp is either. nor is she a tod akins. In his eyes, if you get pregnant, it must
have not been rape. Now, while you’re
attempting to justify and support limp for his comment by bringing up whoopi’s comment,
suggest you don’t seem to have a problem with people advocating rape. As long as you can come compare someone else to that line of ignorance. were you upset about whoopi’s comment? If so, why are you in support of limps? . Do you have children? A daughter specifically? If she were going off to college, would you
excuse that nonsense?
whatthe46 September 17th, 2014 at 02:18
by the way redeye… did the repukes, ask for her to be fired? i mean since you seem so upset about the fact 4 years ago that she wasn’t fired. if you believed she should have been, do you think limp should too?
Frank Harrison September 18th, 2014 at 01:31
Did you actually listen to what Rush said, or going off the article written about what someone has interpreted what he said? Because if you haven’t actually listened toi the show clip, then your questions just substantiate my comments up above about this whole situation. And if that’s the case……….I forgive you. Now learn from it.
Red Eye Robot September 20th, 2014 at 12:38
Limbaugh was advocating rape? If you read the actual transcript you’d have seen he was sarcastically commenting on the mixed messages Society gives boys and young men about women. Goldberg on the other hand was dismissing the actions of a child rapist.
Diz September 17th, 2014 at 16:30
Obviously the man has heard ‘yes’ so few times that it’s understandable he wouldn’t realize there’s a difference between the two.
Diz September 17th, 2014 at 16:30
Obviously the man has heard ‘yes’ so few times that it’s understandable he wouldn’t realize there’s a difference between the two.
Frank Harrison September 18th, 2014 at 01:09
Wow. Disagreement brings the fascists out of the wood work in a hurry. What I want to know is…..how top is this guy Israel? Does anyone other than his hometown know he’s in congress? Or is that the nature of the liberal machine? Speak up against a known liberal antagonist, and suddenly you become a top democrat.
Frank Harrison September 18th, 2014 at 01:09
Wow. Disagreement brings the fascists out of the wood work in a hurry. What I want to know is…..how top is this guy Israel? Does anyone other than his hometown know he’s in congress? Or is that the nature of the liberal machine? Speak up against a known liberal antagonist, and suddenly you become a top democrat.
Frank Harrison September 18th, 2014 at 01:26
You know, you liberals are so predictable. Let me spell out the logic here. Instead of ignoring Limbaugh’s comments, your leadership brings these comments out into the open, so those who hate him can talk about him, those who love him can talk about him, and those that didn’t know or care, will now listen to him. By doing so, you’ve just made the undecideds empowered to claim to Nielsen that they listen to him, thereby increasing his listenership, therefore making him a bigger radio hero to be listened to. Now please note, it is this same tactic that you use with equally as much passion to make celebrated legends out of people like Ted Bundy, John Gacy, Adam Lanza, the dude from Colorado who I had forgotten about, and a whole lot of other shooters who wanted to become famous for mass killings and championing your gun control agendas. This is how stupid you are. Your leadership points this out, you keep screaming out their names to your gods (Satan, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, etc). They become more famous, and they never leave the spotlight. So congratulations, you’ve guaranteed that Rush will get another big contract, make more money, and be on the radio for a very long time. And your leaders love this, because they know they can get you to do this every single time. I’d laugh at you, but it just isn’t funny. So I’ll forgive you instead, and see if you ever learn your lesson.
fancypants September 18th, 2014 at 13:58
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/chi-limbaugh-consent-nfl-20140917-story.html
Rush ; “How many of you guys in your own experience with women have learned that no means yes, if you know how to spot it?”
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RexHuppke : None.
I am 43 years old and have never known a guy who has learned that no means yes, regardless of said guy’s spotting ability. That is a preposterous thing to say.
No, quite simply, means no. It does not mean maybe. It does not mean I’ll think it over. And it most certainly, 100 percent, does not, under any circumstances, mean yes. It is the opposite of yes. It is the absence of affirmative.
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Rush ; “Let me tell you something, in this modern world, that’s simply…that’s not tolerated.”
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RexHuppke; You’re correct. That’s because what you’ve described is rape, and rape is illegal and abhorrent. That’s why nobody should tolerate it. At all. Ever.
———————————————————————–
Rush; “People aren’t even going to try to understand that one.”
————————————-
RexHuppke; Right again! Because there is nothing to understand. It’s the idiotic babbling of a man whose entire worldview will, in less than a generation, vanish in a poof of irrelevancy.
——————————————————-
Rush; It used to be that it was a cliché. It used to be part of the advice young boys were given.”
——————————————————
RexHuppke; Wrong on both counts, sir! It was never a cliché to suggest that no means yes if you know how to spot it – if anyone ever did say that, it was just a really, really stupid, awful thing to say. And anyone who has ever offered that as “advice” to young boys is a bigger idiot than you, which I honestly didn’t think was possible.
————————————————————-
Rush; “That’s what we’ve got to change. We have got to reprogram the way we raise men.”
———————————————————–
RexHuppke; O.K., I’m going to agree with you there. Granted, you said that with a high-level of sarcasm, but it is indeed true that we need to change how we raise men, or at least how we raise some of them.
That’s the only way to ensure we don’t wind up with more men who believe an excuse for hitting a woman is, “She started it.” That’s the only way to ensure we don’t wind up with more men who offer excuses for rape.
In a nutshell, Mr. Limbaugh, that’s the only way to ensure that we don’t wind up with more men like you.
Frank Harrison September 18th, 2014 at 01:26
You know, you liberals are so predictable. Let me spell out the logic here. Instead of ignoring Limbaugh’s comments, your leadership brings these comments out into the open, so those who hate him can talk about him, those who love him can talk about him, and those that didn’t know or care, will now listen to him. By doing so, you’ve just made the undecideds empowered to claim to Nielsen that they listen to him, thereby increasing his listenership, therefore making him a bigger radio hero to be listened to. Now please note, it is this same tactic that you use with equally as much passion to make celebrated legends out of people like Ted Bundy, John Gacy, Adam Lanza, the dude from Colorado who I had forgotten about, and a whole lot of other shooters who wanted to become famous for mass killings and championing your gun control agendas. This is how stupid you are. Your leadership points this out, you keep screaming out their names to your gods (Satan, Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, etc). They become more famous, and they never leave the spotlight. So congratulations, you’ve guaranteed that Rush will get another big contract, make more money, and be on the radio for a very long time. And your leaders love this, because they know they can get you to do this every single time. I’d laugh at you, but it just isn’t funny. So I’ll forgive you instead, and see if you ever learn your lesson.
fancypants September 18th, 2014 at 13:58
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/chi-limbaugh-consent-nfl-20140917-story.html
Rush ; “How many of you guys in your own experience with women have learned that no means yes, if you know how to spot it?”
——————————————————-
RexHuppke : None.
I am 43 years old and have never known a guy who has learned that no means yes, regardless of said guy’s spotting ability. That is a preposterous thing to say.
No, quite simply, means no. It does not mean maybe. It does not mean I’ll think it over. And it most certainly, 100 percent, does not, under any circumstances, mean yes. It is the opposite of yes. It is the absence of affirmative.
————————————————–
Rush ; “Let me tell you something, in this modern world, that’s simply…that’s not tolerated.”
—————————————-
RexHuppke; You’re correct. That’s because what you’ve described is rape, and rape is illegal and abhorrent. That’s why nobody should tolerate it. At all. Ever.
———————————————————————–
Rush; “People aren’t even going to try to understand that one.”
————————————-
RexHuppke; Right again! Because there is nothing to understand. It’s the idiotic babbling of a man whose entire worldview will, in less than a generation, vanish in a poof of irrelevancy.
——————————————————-
Rush; It used to be that it was a cliché. It used to be part of the advice young boys were given.”
——————————————————
RexHuppke; Wrong on both counts, sir! It was never a cliché to suggest that no means yes if you know how to spot it – if anyone ever did say that, it was just a really, really stupid, awful thing to say. And anyone who has ever offered that as “advice” to young boys is a bigger idiot than you, which I honestly didn’t think was possible.
————————————————————-
Rush; “That’s what we’ve got to change. We have got to reprogram the way we raise men.”
———————————————————–
RexHuppke; O.K., I’m going to agree with you there. Granted, you said that with a high-level of sarcasm, but it is indeed true that we need to change how we raise men, or at least how we raise some of them.
That’s the only way to ensure we don’t wind up with more men who believe an excuse for hitting a woman is, “She started it.” That’s the only way to ensure we don’t wind up with more men who offer excuses for rape.
In a nutshell, Mr. Limbaugh, that’s the only way to ensure that we don’t wind up with more men like you.