Rush Limbaugh"s "apology"
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 3:39 pm
It seems to me that rather than a true apology (e.g. "I'm sorry that I insulted and harmed you by calling you a slut"), Limbaugh merely expresses regret regarding his act of choosing words. He denies making a personal attack; he admits to making only "insulting word choices".
Under Minnesota defamation law, Limbaugh's statement (A statement attributing unchastity to a woman) is defamatory per se. As to how serious it is to attribute unchastity to a woman, note the last sentence of this Minnesota law. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id ... retraction
I heard Limbaugh speak over two or three days. He is a despicable blackguard for making the statements and for his insincere apology. I think I'll now boycott him and listen to Minnesota classical public radio as I walk in the morning.
a·pol·o·gy
[uh-pol-uh-jee] Show IPA
noun, plural -gies.
1.
a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another: He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apology
Limbaugh's on air statement: ““What does it say about the college co-ed Susan (sic) Fluke who goes before a Congressional committee and says she must be paid to have sex?” Limbaugh said Wednesday. “What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She’s having so much sex, she can’t afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. What does that make us? We’re the pimps.”
Limbaugh’s “apology”: “For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke.
I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit?In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone’s bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level.
My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rush-re ... dra-fluke/
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/ ... _from_rush
Under Minnesota defamation law, Limbaugh's statement (A statement attributing unchastity to a woman) is defamatory per se. As to how serious it is to attribute unchastity to a woman, note the last sentence of this Minnesota law. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id ... retraction
I heard Limbaugh speak over two or three days. He is a despicable blackguard for making the statements and for his insincere apology. I think I'll now boycott him and listen to Minnesota classical public radio as I walk in the morning.
a·pol·o·gy
[uh-pol-uh-jee] Show IPA
noun, plural -gies.
1.
a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another: He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/apology
Limbaugh's on air statement: ““What does it say about the college co-ed Susan (sic) Fluke who goes before a Congressional committee and says she must be paid to have sex?” Limbaugh said Wednesday. “What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She’s having so much sex, she can’t afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. What does that make us? We’re the pimps.”
Limbaugh’s “apology”: “For over 20 years, I have illustrated the absurd with absurdity, three hours a day, five days a week. In this instance, I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation. I did not mean a personal attack on Ms. Fluke.
I think it is absolutely absurd that during these very serious political times, we are discussing personal sexual recreational activities before members of Congress. I personally do not agree that American citizens should pay for these social activities. What happened to personal responsibility and accountability? Where do we draw the line? If this is accepted as the norm, what will follow? Will we be debating if taxpayers should pay for new sneakers for all students that are interested in running to keep fit?In my monologue, I posited that it is not our business whatsoever to know what is going on in anyone’s bedroom nor do I think it is a topic that should reach a Presidential level.
My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rush-re ... dra-fluke/
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/ ... _from_rush
