Thread: Top 10 Racist Limbaugh Quotes

Rush is a worse first name than Rip

Are you sure he said all of that? He sparks world news controversy every time he says "Democrat" and a cuss word in the same sentence, but those insane quotes didn't make the news? Maybe he said those things, but I wonder about your source.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Are you sure he said all of that? He sparks world news controversy every time he says "Democrat" and a cuss word in the same sentence, but those insane quotes didn't make the news? Maybe he said those things, but I wonder about your source.

Got me wondering too, even though I definitely have a bias against him. (If somebody says anything supporting him, that person immediately has about as much credibility as Fox News.) If someone says that kind of thing anymore, it's certainly newsworthy. Then, whoever said it pretty much gets their ass beaten into the ground by the NAACP.

Originally Posted by Odd_Nonposter

If somebody says anything supporting him, that person immediately has about as much credibility as Fox News.

Even if somebody supports something he said that is right? Nobody is wrong about absolutely everything. For example, Hitler believed that 2 + 2 = 4. If anybody argues with that belief of his, I will take his side in that particular argument. That does not mean I support killing Jews or taking over countries in Europe.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Even if somebody supports something he said that is right? Nobody is wrong about absolutely everything. For example, Hitler believed that 2 + 2 = 4. If anybody argues with that belief of his, I will take his side in that particular argument. That does not mean I support killing Jews or taking over countries in Europe.

As someone who listened to Limbaugh regularly as a teenager and read a couple of his books, I'd have to say his credibility is so low that nothing he says should be repeated without finding an alternate, more credible source.

And I've heard him say #1 and #5.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

And I've heard him say #1 and #5.

That's really messed up. Why isn't Olbermann playing them every night? The only one I ever heard was the one about Donovan McNabb, which is pretty tame compared to most of them. If those quotes are on tape, Limbaugh's career could be destroyed in a day. Olbermann and Maddow could take him down in a hurry. Maybe they don't want to ruine him completely since his tamer comments are fuel for their careers?

I've seen footage of him saying #1, #7, and #10, where are videos of the rest of them? It's not news that Rush Limbaugh is racist, everyone who knows anything about politics knows that.

i fucking hate rush limbaugh. anyone hear wanda sykes make that one joke - "he hopes obama fails - i hope his kidneys fail, how about that!" haaaa

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

That's really messed up. Why isn't Olbermann playing them every night? The only one I ever heard was the one about Donovan McNabb, which is pretty tame compared to most of them. If those quotes are on tape, Limbaugh's career could be destroyed in a day. Olbermann and Maddow could take him down in a hurry. Maybe they don't want to ruine him completely since his tamer comments are fuel for their careers?

By what mechanism? You've been on the internet long enough to know what happens when you feed a troll. He would relish every nanosecond of negative feedback and sell it to his ol' boy audience as the PC police trying to keep him from telling it like it is. Do you think anyone who sponsors this guy would lose a dime from a NAACP boycott?

The sad truth is, he's telling his audience exactly what they want to hear.

Tausaur makes a valid point. Don Imus, for example, was fired (due to growing public demand and massive pressure put on the network demanding his termination) and went on to XM radio and now makes doubled the salary he did at the time of the "Nappy headed hoes" comment.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

The sad truth is, he's telling his audience exactly what they want to hear.

Most.. responsible..republicans don't want to hear this. It's disgusting.

Also, he doesn't want Obama to fail. He wants socialism to fail.

Originally Posted by Taosaur

By what mechanism? You've been on the internet long enough to know what happens when you feed a troll. He would relish every nanosecond of negative feedback and sell it to his ol' boy audience as the PC police trying to keep him from telling it like it is. Do you think anyone who sponsors this guy would lose a dime from a NAACP boycott?

The sad truth is, he's telling his audience exactly what they want to hear.

I thought I cleaned up my old naive ways of overestimating people's consciences, but I am still not totally sure that a large portion of Limbaugh's audience wouldn't think he is ridiculous for talking about slavery as a good thing and arguing that black people are irrelevant. I still don't think even most Republicans want to put somebody on a pedestal when he gets on the radio and says that stuff. I know he said Donovan McNabb was a bigger deal than he would have been if he was a white quarterback and maybe a few other things, but did he really say that slavery kept the streets safe? I think that and other quotes are probably bull shit mixed with things he really did say. (?) I am not sure of that, but it is what I would bet.

Originally Posted by Jeff777

Great progress America, keep up the good work.

What's sad is that America has got to be one of the least racist countries around.

Try going to some place like, oh, Korea, where people in the street don't even bother to pretend that they're not racist.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

What's sad is that America has got to be one of the least racist countries around.

Try going to some place like, oh, Korea, where people in the street don't even bother to pretend that they're not racist.

Who are they racist towards?

Originally Posted by Jeff777

Who are they racist towards?

Anyone who isn't Asian, but especially toward black people. I teach at a middle school where kids say, "Oh yeah? Well you're a black man" to each other as insults.

I'm white and half the male population here assumes I'm a prostitute. I try to date people, and their families are all "Ohhh you can't date her, she's a scary white foreigner, like from those movies we see on TV."

They refuse to let my friends into certain clubs because they're not Korean. If something like that happened in the states, there would be law suits, not to mention a ton of media coverage.

It's fucking insane.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Anyone who isn't Asian, but especially toward black people. I teach at a middle school where kids say, "Oh yeah? Well you're a black man" to each other as insults.

I'm white and half the male population here assumes I'm a prostitute. I try to date people, and their families are all "Ohhh you can't date her, she's a scary white foreigner, like from those movies we see on TV."

They refuse to let my friends into certain clubs because they're not Korean. If something like that happened in the states, there would be law suits, not to mention a ton of media coverage.

It's fucking insane.

People like that should be purged from the Earth. You may call me naive and deluded but, I'd like to live in a world where we've evolved past such illogical and irrational primitive ways of thinking.

Originally Posted by Jeff777

People like that should be purged from the Earth. Call me naive and deluded, but I'd like to live in a world where we've evolved past such illogical and irrational primitive ways of thinking.

Amen.

But I try to remind myself that the reason they act like this is because they don't have the benefit of experience with different cultures and races... what we in the states have had for quite a long time now. Remember that pretty much the first time Korea opened its doors to outsiders was after the Olympics in the late 80s.

*sigh* Sometimes it just really sucks to seemingly step back in time by living in a country like this. Even forgetting the racial problems, people here are SOOOO sexist. Don't even get me started on that one.

The States look pretty good to me right about now.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Amen.

But I try to remind myself that the reason they act like this is because they don't have the benefit of experience with different cultures and races... what we in the states have had for quite a long time now. Remember that pretty much the first time Korea opened its doors to outsiders was after the Olympics in the late 80s.

Hm, I didn't know that. A bit of a history lesson for me.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

*sigh* Sometimes it just really sucks to seemingly step back in time by living in a country like this. Even forgetting the racial problems, people here are SOOOO sexist. Don't even get me started on that one.

The States look pretty good to me right about now.

Yeah, I've heard about the sexism there. But remember you came there to do a job and Mes doesn't rattle

I love my country. Though we've made great strides in terms of racial and gender equality...we still have a pretty lengthy road ahead of us as a nation (and human race for that matter). Just the same though...I'm really really ecstatic I was born here as opposed to being born in a land that lacks racial and cultural diversity. I think it's racial and cultural diversity that shows the uniqueness of the human race. That's something to be marveled, not afraid of. I suppose as more people let go of fear and their hateful indoctrinated ways of thinking...they'll come to realize that.

I'm not rattled. All things considered I'm having the best time of my life here. Despite everything, there are some amazing people here who at this point I can't even imagine life without anymore.

I think it'd be cooler to be born somewhere that was not diverse at all... and then as an adult travel to a place like the States and have a big epiphany or something. Hehe.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

I thought I cleaned up my old naive ways of overestimating people's consciences, but I am still not totally sure that a large portion of Limbaugh's audience wouldn't think he is ridiculous for talking about slavery as a good thing and arguing that black people are irrelevant. I still don't think even most Republicans want to put somebody on a pedestal when he gets on the radio and says that stuff. I know he said Donovan McNabb was a bigger deal than he would have been if he was a white quarterback and maybe a few other things, but did he really say that slavery kept the streets safe? I think that and other quotes are probably bull shit mixed with things he really did say. (?) I am not sure of that, but it is what I would bet.

Well, I haven't been able to dig up audio/video of #1 (like I said, I heard him say it about 15 years ago, so it's a bit of an oldie), but here's a more recent and even kookier example of him riffing on why black people are angry, left behind, and hate America (see? He starts out in a twisted Neighborhood of Make Believe before he even gets around to saying crazy shit):


Keep in mind when we're talking about Limbaugh's audience, we're not necessarily talking about "most Republicans." This guy jabbers on for hours and hours almost every day, and even a lot of the folks who back him up never hear more than a sound-byte here and there. The people who actually tune in on a daily basis are constantly reinforced in the belief that they're an embattled minority of right-thinking people under assault by gays, feminists, Jews, liberals, atheists and blacks who hate America and want to abolish Christianity and the family. Seriously. Which is not even to say that they're bad people: my old landlord was a Baptist, dittohead ex-cop, and a real stand up guy. He had a very generous and tolerant personality and he and I would have friendly conversations about politics, social issues, and even religion despite disagreeing on almost every point. He was also a textbook "I have nothing against black people, but..." racist.

He looks like a success story.

Look at that cigar.

Success.

Originally Posted by Jeff777

People like that should be purged from the Earth. You may call me naive and deluded but, I'd like to live in a world where we've evolved past such illogical and irrational primitive ways of thinking.

Isn't that considered racist? Or some kind of hate speech?

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Anyone who isn't Asian, but especially toward black people. I teach at a middle school where kids say, "Oh yeah? Well you're a black man" to each other as insults.

I'm white and half the male population here assumes I'm a prostitute. I try to date people, and their families are all "Ohhh you can't date her, she's a scary white foreigner, like from those movies we see on TV."

They refuse to let my friends into certain clubs because they're not Korean. If something like that happened in the states, there would be law suits, not to mention a ton of media coverage.

It's fucking insane.

I have heard that a lot, especially in Japan. I've heard about stories of people who went to Japan, and they were basically treated like some kind of animal. In the "Oh hey, look at the silly white man" kind of way. They were treated rudely by shopkeepers, and people refused to help them. It's pretty bad in a lot of parts of Asia, but it's not so bad in places where they are used to American tourists.

Originally Posted by Elis D.

Isn't that considered racist? Or some kind of hate speech?

I'm prejudice towards prejudices. So I suppose so. xD