To: WNTM 710
WNTM 710: Take Limbaugh Off the Air
Rush Limbaugh has been spewing hateful rhetoric for years, but his recent comments about Sandra Fluke went too far. It is time to remove his misogynistic, hateful show from our airwaves.
Why is this important?
Free speech is one of the pillars of our country. However, Rush Limbaugh has started using his show to attack, demean, insult and slander people. Women are especially being targeted, like Sandra Fluke. For her wanting to testify that contraceptive care should be available to students and employees of religious institutions and businesses through government subsidized insurance, Limbaugh called her a "whore" and a "prostitute." He then went on to say that she was "having so much sex" she could not afford contraception on her own. Then he presumed to know how her family felt and asked the country if they were "proud of their daughter?"
These statements crossed so many lines, and were beyond hateful and insulting. How would you react if this was said about your mother, wife, sister, or daughter? Rush Limbaugh has made it clear how he feels about women. His outdated, misogynistic, hateful rhetoric has no place on our airwaves. Here in the South, we are especially known for respecting women; by keeping Limbaugh on the air you are supporting what he says. Imagine him saying that about a woman you love, simply because she stood up for something she believed in. Not too long ago women had to stand together to fight for women's suffrage. I wonder what Rush Limbaugh would have said about that.
These statements crossed so many lines, and were beyond hateful and insulting. How would you react if this was said about your mother, wife, sister, or daughter? Rush Limbaugh has made it clear how he feels about women. His outdated, misogynistic, hateful rhetoric has no place on our airwaves. Here in the South, we are especially known for respecting women; by keeping Limbaugh on the air you are supporting what he says. Imagine him saying that about a woman you love, simply because she stood up for something she believed in. Not too long ago women had to stand together to fight for women's suffrage. I wonder what Rush Limbaugh would have said about that.