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::Well, perhaps since you threw the [[Red Herring]] out there, you would tell us who he criticized/attacked/judged, in a like situation, over drug dependency? --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 20:56, 2 March 2009 (EST)
::Well, perhaps since you threw the [[Red Herring]] out there, you would tell us who he criticized/attacked/judged, in a like situation, over drug dependency? --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 20:56, 2 March 2009 (EST)
:::I'll respond since I was requested to. This [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1159 link] to Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting provides a concise summary of not just one, but multiple statements Limbaugh has made in the past attacking drug abusers. Considering that Limbaugh worked out a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid a trial and only have to undergo rehab, this statement highlights why I consider him a hypocrite on this issue:
:::I'll respond since I was requested to. This [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1159 link] to Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting provides a concise summary of not just one, but multiple statements Limbaugh has made in the past attacking drug abusers. Considering that Limbaugh worked out a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid a trial and only have to undergo rehab, this statement highlights why I consider him a hypocrite on this issue:
::: Basically, this is a man who had no sympathy for trying to understand the situations of others before condemning their use of drugs, and it was only when he was caught that he asked for the double-standard of a plea bargain for his situation, when "true" conservatives are supposed to accept personal responsibility for their actions. If people here want to brand entertainer Heath Ledger a drug abuser because he tragically used legally-obtained prescription drugs in a way that led to his death, why is there a reluctance to brand entertainer Rush Limbaugh a drug abuser because he admitted an addiction to ''illegally'' obtained drugs he was abusing? Isn't that the type of moral relativism that's frowned upon here? --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 09:36, 3 March 2009 (EST)
::: Basically, this is a man who had no sympathy for trying to understand the situations of others before condemning their use of drugs, and it was only when he was caught that he asked for the double-standard of a plea bargain for his situation, when "true" conservatives are supposed to accept personal responsibility for their actions. If people here want to brand entertainer Heath Ledger a drug abuser because he tragically used legally-obtained prescription drugs in a way that led to his death, why is there a reluctance to brand entertainer Rush Limbaugh a drug abuser because he admitted an addiction to ''illegally'' obtained drugs he was abusing? Isn't that the type of moral relativism that's frowned upon here? --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 09:36, 3 March 2009 (EST)
Equating drug dealers, crack dealers, speed dealers, addicts, pushers and pimps, is not the same thing as a person who has a painful disease and becomes addicted. Addicted, I might add, because a Medical Doctor over-perscribed, and got the person hooked in the first place. I think we can both agree there. What is surprising, but not, is a liberals lack of compassion they demand for common street pimps and pushers, yet when a conservative has the same behavior, you become harsh and even more judgmental than Limbaugh was. That is what I object to, DinsdaleP, your being a hypocrite, your double standard. The group you site is not known for being unbiased or even middle-of-the-road, and you know that. Taking statements, out of context, and from different time periods, is known as smearing. Limbaugh was ''technically'' a hypocrite. Like millions in this world, who say and think one thing unless and until they are walking in someone else's shoes. You added items, not in context, and without any explanation or more of one than to make the subject look bad. That is animosity. Two wrongs, never make a right. --[[User:TK|'''₮K''']]<sub><small><small>/Admin</small></small></sub><sup>[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</sup> 15:05, 3 March 2009 (EST)