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October 02, 2003
Dave Scully Supports Rush Limbaugh
Rush is no racist.
Rush's intent was to be honest,
not disrespectful. Rush grew up
in Missouri, not in Newark like me.
Cut him some slack.
He was doing his job:
criticize, praise, say stuff about
football and football players
and managers and media and
whatever else he can think of
to keep the patter and chatter going
for hours and hours during the game.
I could just imagine myself
doing sports analysis:
"There goes another big, fast guy
down the field with with a bunch
of big, fast guys after him.
They got him. OOh, that's gotta
hurt, Bill."
They can't just sit there behind
the mike and say nothing. Singers
gotta sing. Comedians gotta joke.
"Professional Sports Analysts"
gotta analyze. Problem is, Rush
is used to cutting-edge political
and social analysis.
Rush was trying to spice up
the talk with a thoughtful
comment entirely appropriate
for his show of political and
social analysis. But the sports
audience just wants to burp and
oogle over fast, strong guys.
Wrong venue, yes, but not
intentionally offensive
and certainly not racist.
If Rush were chatting with his friends
Thomas Sowell, or Walter Williams
or Ward Connerly, each an
Afro-American, they would have
thoughtfully considered Rush's
opinion, and responded with an
honest and thoughtful evaluation.
Rush has good insights into the
dynamics and motives of media people.
They would have respected Rush's remark
as a thoughtful comment on the ways
of the media, on which subject Rush is
an authority.
Rush, in turn, would
have respectfully received their response,
and, knowing Rush, probably disagreed with
whatever he could about their response.
If he couldn't find anything to disagree
with, he would have energetically joined
in their opinions against the liberal media.
That's what he does. He's an idea guy
and a professional showman. He has to
keep people interested, be exciting,
and, yes, controversial.
Yes, Rush should have known better.
And maybe he did, but just wanted
to try to change things by
going out on a limb and
actually saying what he thought.
What a revolutionary idea !
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