From: Judy Folkenberg 



Randall Parker wrote:

> To repeat what I told Gary Wiltshire in another thread:
>
>

Yes, I say what you wrote Gary.


> >>>The whole problem with the "he is against this and
the hypocrite did it"
> argument is that people often do things that they and many others think
> are bad things to do. Lots of sinners know that they sin. Should we
> prefer or expect the sinners to instead label the sins as virtues or as
> morally neutral acts?

Come on, Randall, that misses the point.  Limbaugh went far beyond labeling. You can
label all you want, but that's NOT what Limbaugh did in his radio shows. Limbaugh
said (from the W. Post) "we should convict them (drug users) and send
them up the
river."  That's not mere labeling.

It's one thing to say you shouldn't do something and then do it yourself.  It's an
entirely other issue to peach on and on against individuals (the person, not the act)
who commit certain acts, to say they're morally inferior (and thus you are morally
superior) and to say they should go to jail.  Nah, I don't buy your argument at all.
He's said over and over and over again:  Drug abusers belong in jail.  Not rehab, but
jail.  He's abused drugs for five years.  I think he should practice what
he preaches.

BTW, I believe Limbaugh broke Federal laws in buying these drugs off the street.

Judy

>
>
> I know someone who is addicted to one drug which she started taking
> while in an extended period of pain from a medical condition who admits
> her addiction is a problem and who is, at the very same time, even more
> worried about a friend of her's who is abusing an even more harmful
> drug. I find her worries and sense of failing to be eminently sensible.
> At the same time i recognize that she's got an addiction that she
> doesn't sufficient will or strength to break free of. Tragic. Since I've
> tried and failed at considerable expense to help her out of other
> destructive modes she's gotten into I am not optimistic about success
> with her latest problem.
>
> Judy Folkenberg wrote:
>
> >
> > Rich Gauszka wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>>While I am no fan of Rush Limbaugh I found this part
of his addiction
speech
> >>
> >>well done. (Hopefully he means it)
> >
> >
> > I remain unimpressed.  I love it.  Rush is a druggie  and a huge
hyporcrite!  He
> > once said that he thought drug addicts should "be sent up
and put in jail."
If
> > he practices what he preaches, should he serve time in jail?   First
Bennett,
> > now Limbaugh.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> >>
> >

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