{"id":20572,"date":"2014-09-18T12:25:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T19:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=20572"},"modified":"2014-09-18T16:43:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T23:43:55","slug":"rush-limbaughs-defense-for-his-justification-of-rape-makes-matters-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=20572","title":{"rendered":"Rush Limbaugh’s Defense For His Justification Of Rape Makes Matters Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Rush Limbaugh took to the air to vindicate every rapist who ever claimed that the woman “really wanted it,”<\/em> he found himself the subject of widespread revulsion and ridicule – again. His comment that “No means yes, if you know how to spot it,”<\/em> gives permission to assault women after they’ve explicitly asked to be left alone. According to Limbaugh, those with advance perception skills know what women actually want and to deny these male mind-readers satisfaction “takes all the romance out of everything.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Rush<\/p>\n

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was one of thousands of critics blasting Limbaugh for his boorish advocacy of violence against women. As a part of their campaign to publicize Limbaugh’s comments, they sent emails to supporters that included a petition to persuade advertisers to shun Limbaugh. It also included a request for donations, as do all DCCC emails. Not surprisingly, this produced a response<\/a> from the Limbaugh camp complaining that he had been taken out of context and that…<\/p>\n

“The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee emails about Rush Limbaugh are an intentional lie, using 10 words carefully selected from his full comments to imply the opposite of what he actually said.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nowhere in the response did Limbaugh’s spokesman indicate what the alleged lie was. Nor did he bother to put Limbaugh’s remarks in what he considered to be the proper context. And as to whether a full reading of Limbaugh’s remarks would reveal that he was saying the opposite of what was implied, well, you can listen to 346 words and decide for yourself:<\/p>\n