To: Angie's List
Say NO to Rush Limbaugh disparaging Dolores Huerta & women in general
I am surprised and disappointed to hear that a company like Angie's List, with its business model that relies upon trust, is sponsoring the Rush Limbaugh show and even paying extra money to have him personally read your commercial. How can consumers trust a company that directly sponsors hate speech?
Rush has a practice of disparaging women. On May 29th, after President Obama awarded legend Dolores Huerta, the Presidential Medal of Freedom--the highest civilian honor in the United States--Rush Limbaugh again showed his true colors by using Dolores receiving this award as an excuse to go on the attack against women. On Rush's May 30th show, he said, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is now being rendered meaningless. It's just a political award. That's all it is. It's been politicized. It's another great tradition, institution down the tubes."
How typical of Rush. Scorning Dolores for being a single mother instead of recognizing that this amazing--and college educated woman--raised a remarkable family (Dolores’ children include a doctor, lawyer, teacher, chef, artist, executive director, etc) while pursuing a fierce determination to help people.
This was not an isolated incident. In March hundreds of sponsors pulled ads from Rush's show after he branded law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute.”
Rush Limbaugh does not exemplify the image the Angie's list wants to portray. You should not be sponsoring a show that disparages women. I respectfully ask you to pull your ads from his show. Surely you don't want to be identified with the values Rush spews? Angie's List has ignored the lessons that are implicitly understood by most mainstream corporations: that controversy can tarnish a company's brand and good name with consumers.
Rush has a practice of disparaging women. On May 29th, after President Obama awarded legend Dolores Huerta, the Presidential Medal of Freedom--the highest civilian honor in the United States--Rush Limbaugh again showed his true colors by using Dolores receiving this award as an excuse to go on the attack against women. On Rush's May 30th show, he said, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is now being rendered meaningless. It's just a political award. That's all it is. It's been politicized. It's another great tradition, institution down the tubes."
How typical of Rush. Scorning Dolores for being a single mother instead of recognizing that this amazing--and college educated woman--raised a remarkable family (Dolores’ children include a doctor, lawyer, teacher, chef, artist, executive director, etc) while pursuing a fierce determination to help people.
This was not an isolated incident. In March hundreds of sponsors pulled ads from Rush's show after he branded law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute.”
Rush Limbaugh does not exemplify the image the Angie's list wants to portray. You should not be sponsoring a show that disparages women. I respectfully ask you to pull your ads from his show. Surely you don't want to be identified with the values Rush spews? Angie's List has ignored the lessons that are implicitly understood by most mainstream corporations: that controversy can tarnish a company's brand and good name with consumers.
Why is this important?
I think we all can agree that Dolores Huerta, the UFW’s co-founder and president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation is an exemplary role-model of a good American. Dolores has spent her life sacrificing to advocate for workers, immigrants, and women’s rights. She has a fierce determination to help the impoverished and make the world a better place. She has received numerous awards for her courageous community service and fittingly enough on May 29th President Obama awarded her the highest civilian honor in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It was a very proud moment for all who believe in the power of nonviolent social change.
However, nationally syndicated talk show host Rush Limbaugh showed his true colors by using this award as an excuse to go on the attack against women—again—by disparaging Dolores receiving it. On Russ’ May 30th Show he said, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is now being rendered meaningless. It’s just a political award. That’s all it is. It’s been politicized. It’s another great tradition, institution down the tubes. "
Not only that but he insultingly said, "As a young adult, Huerta taught school—though she never had an education degree—until 1955, when, as a single mother of seven children—she now has eleven—she launched her career as a political activist. "
How typical of Rush. Scorning Dolores for being a single mother instead of recognizing that this amazing—and college educated woman—raised a remarkable family (Dolores’ children include a doctor, lawyer, teacher, chef, artist, executive director, etc) while pursuing a fierce determination to help people.
Please help us teach Rush Limbaugh that disparaging women is not the status quo-a lesson he should have learned back in March from the backlash he’s faced for branding law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute,” and more recently in his personal attack on journalist Tracie McMillan’s while commenting on her book on the food industry when he referred to her as an “authorette.”
Angie’s List—a popular source for information about local businesses—is a sponsor for the Rush Limbaugh show. Not only that, they pay for Rush to personally voice them over the air. E-mail them today and tell them that this is not acceptable. They should not be advertising on a show that disparages women. Please send your e-mail today by clicking on the green "participate" button to the top right. It will take you just minutes to help, but that help can have an enormous impact.
However, nationally syndicated talk show host Rush Limbaugh showed his true colors by using this award as an excuse to go on the attack against women—again—by disparaging Dolores receiving it. On Russ’ May 30th Show he said, "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is now being rendered meaningless. It’s just a political award. That’s all it is. It’s been politicized. It’s another great tradition, institution down the tubes. "
Not only that but he insultingly said, "As a young adult, Huerta taught school—though she never had an education degree—until 1955, when, as a single mother of seven children—she now has eleven—she launched her career as a political activist. "
How typical of Rush. Scorning Dolores for being a single mother instead of recognizing that this amazing—and college educated woman—raised a remarkable family (Dolores’ children include a doctor, lawyer, teacher, chef, artist, executive director, etc) while pursuing a fierce determination to help people.
Please help us teach Rush Limbaugh that disparaging women is not the status quo-a lesson he should have learned back in March from the backlash he’s faced for branding law student Sandra Fluke a “slut” and “prostitute,” and more recently in his personal attack on journalist Tracie McMillan’s while commenting on her book on the food industry when he referred to her as an “authorette.”
Angie’s List—a popular source for information about local businesses—is a sponsor for the Rush Limbaugh show. Not only that, they pay for Rush to personally voice them over the air. E-mail them today and tell them that this is not acceptable. They should not be advertising on a show that disparages women. Please send your e-mail today by clicking on the green "participate" button to the top right. It will take you just minutes to help, but that help can have an enormous impact.