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Friday, April 25, 2008

Where the IOKIYAR Rule must end
Posted by Jill | 10:05 AM
It's kind of hard to justify incitement to riot, even by the IOKIYAR rule:

Talk show host Rush Limbaugh is sparking controversy again after he made comments calling for riots in Denver during the Democratic National Convention this summer.

He said the riots would ensure a Democrat is not elected as president, and his listeners have a responsibility to make sure it happens.

"Riots in Denver, the Democrat Convention would see to it that we don't elect Democrats," Limbaugh said during Wednesday's radio broadcast. He then went on to say that's the best thing that could happen to the country.

Limbaugh cited Al Sharpton, saying the Barack Obama supporter threatened to superdelegates that "there's going to be trouble" if the presidency is taken from Obama.

Several callers called in to the radio show to denounce Limbaugh's comments, when he later stated, "I am not inspiring or inciting riots, I am dreaming of riots in Denver."

Limbaugh said with massive riots in Denver, which he called "Operation Chaos," the people on the far left would look bad.

"There won't be riots at our convention," Limbaugh said of the Republican National Convention. "We don't riot. We don't burn our cars. We don't burn down our houses. We don't kill our children. We don't do half the things the American left does."

He believes electing Democrats will hurt America's security and economy and appeared to call on his listeners to make sure that doesn't happen.

"We do, hopefully, the right thing for the sake of this country. We're the only one in charge of our affairs. We don't farm out our defense if we elect Democrats ... and riots in Denver, at the Democratic Convention will see to it we don't elect Democrats. And that's the best damn thing that can happen to this country, as far as I can think," Limbaugh said.

Later, Limbaugh downplayed his "dreaming of riots in Denver" statement, and said that he wasn't calling for riots and was referring to warnings of trouble if superdelegates decide the nomination at the Democratic National Convention.

Limbaugh's comments prompted Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper to say: "Anyone who would call for riots in an American city has clearly lost their bearings."


Bullshit he wasn't calling for riots. What he's calling for is for his listeners to pretend to be Democrats, just as they've done during the primaries while crossing over to vote for Hillary Clinton, and start riots while posing as liberals.

Whether Limbaugh's idiotic, slobbering, mindless, chickenshit listeners are willing to risk getting arrested, even for show, to fulfill his dream remains to be seen. But as Richard Blair at All Spin Zone says:

Someone needs to tell me the difference between Rush Limbaugh and Moqtada al-Sadr (above and beyond the fact that al-Sadr is an ordained cleric, and Limbaugh is just an ordained asswipe). And I want to know how Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Ann Coulter, etc. etc. can continue getting away with inspiring their listeners to violence, yet are never called on it by either the Republican Party leadership or law enforcement authorities.

If you feel so moved, you can contact the Colorado Attorney General's office and express your concerns. At a minimum, inciting to riot is a serious offense. When the call goes out from someone like Limbaugh who has legions of loyal dittoheads hanging on his every word, it's very, very likely that his "call to arms" could motivate some right wing crackpots to action.

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Blogger Bob said...
It certainly would be interesting if the Justice Dept. & DHS took Limbaugh's words as seriously as they take a group of guys playing paintball & drinking beer in Pennsylvania.
4/25/08, 3:22 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...
Perhaps Limbaugh needn't bother.
4/25/08, 3:47 PM  
Blogger Distributorcap said...
he does this all the time and gets away with it

because IOKIYAR

excuse my language
but he is a fat fucking drug addict who needs to be.....
4/26/08, 12:08 AM  
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