You Dirty Sluts

[Ibby]

I posted this to my Facebook and tumblr today. I'm reposting it here instead of current events or politics, because I think this isn't just political or newsy. This is a huge women's issue that transcends mere political debate.

WOMEN. LADIES. GIRL-FOLK. Do you use birth control? Are you a slut? If your answers were "yes" and "no", or even if you ever have used or plan to ever use birth control, and think that using that fact alone to brand you as a slut or a prostitute is not just appalling, but offensive to women everywhere... If you have a mother, or sister, or daughter, or girlfriend, or wife, who has taken birth control... PLEASE find a way to make your voice heard. Sign the petition to have Rush Limbaugh taken off Armed Forces Radio. Join the boycott and pressure against his corporate sponsors. And most important of all, let the extremists in the Republican party know that standing by such unabashedly sexist, discriminatory, offensive language or policies is unforgivable by anyone who knows a woman.

[sexobon]

WOMEN. LADIES. GIRL-FOLK. Do you use birth control? Are you a slut? If your answers were "yes" and "yes," PM me!

[Aliantha]

Well obviously Mr L would be happy with my choices lately. lol

[ZenGum]

I hope you're barefoot and making a sandwich.

[Aliantha]

well, I am barefoot, and I made taco's for dinner. We ate with our fingers. That probably qualifies.

[glatt]

I don't know anything about Armed Forces Radio. Is it supported at all by taxpayer money? If so, it shouldn't have any partisan stuff on it, unless it's balanced out with another extremist blowhard, but from the left.

[Sheldonrs]

I do not use birth control and I AM a slut.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

I do not use birth control and I AM a slut.

Yes, but are you a blowhard?

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

I do not use birth control and I AM a slut.

I would consider the fact that the slutty action you're involved in doesn't have any risk of producing a baby birth control.

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't know anything about Armed Forces Radio. Is it supported at all by taxpayer money? If so, it shouldn't have any partisan stuff on it, unless it's balanced out with another extremist blowhard, but from the left.

Armed Forces TV carries Fox and MSNBC shows for example. The problem is... IS there anyone as extreme as Rush on the left? Not just someone who's really far on the left - I mean EXTREME, as in, repeatedly and unabashedly calling a woman who testified about a friend of hers needing birth control for ovarian cysts a slut, regardless of the facts?

the partisanship isn't the issue. It's the offensiveness and disgusting personal attacks.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Ibram

Armed Forces TV carries Fox and MSNBC shows for example. The problem is... IS there anyone as extreme as Rush on the left? Not just someone who's really far on the left - I mean EXTREME, as in, repeatedly and unabashedly calling a woman who testified about a friend of hers needing birth control for ovarian cysts a slut, regardless of the facts?

the partisanship isn't the issue. It's the offensiveness and disgusting personal attacks.

Yeah, but do I pay for it with my taxes?

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by glatt

Yeah, but do I pay for it with my taxes?

Yes. Yes you do.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Ibram

Armed Forces TV carries Fox and MSNBC shows for example. The problem is... IS there anyone as extreme as Rush on the left?
the partisanship isn't the issue. It's the offensiveness and disgusting personal attacks.

The closest I can think of is Ed, used to be Ulbermann maybe. But no, neither went that far.

IMO, Rush shouldn't be on ANY radio.

[Ibby]

Originally Posted by classicman

The closest I can think of is Ed, used to be Ulbermann maybe. But no, neither went that far.

They're both loud and bombastic, and tend to have a rhetorical style similar to Rush's, but neither are particularly extreme by my reckoning. What exactly makes them extreme, other than being loud and slightly angry all the time?

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by classicman

The closest I can think of is Ed, used to be Ulbermann maybe. But no, neither went that far.

When Air America was on, Ed Schultz was the centrist. I haven't seen his TV show; maybe he's bumped it up a bit for them. At that time, maybe Randi Rhodes was the most extreme one in the lineup. At one point she called Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton whores. She was later fired by Air America, though there's dispute over whether that was the real reason.