Several years ago, a dear cousin of mine, much to the chagrin of his conservative father, defaced a bumper sticker supporting a famed ultra conservative radio talk show host. Originally, the bumper sticker proclaimed "RUSH IS RIGHT." With the work of a fat black magic marker, my witty cousin corrected the bumpersticker: "RUSH IS HIGH." Little did he, his right-winged father, or the rest of the American public know that years down the line, Rush Limbaugh would really be high on OxyContin and attending rehabilitation for his very public addiction. After watching the news today, it is apparent that my cousin WAS right again. How high does one have to be to accuse someone (Michael J. Fox) with Parkinson's Disease that they are "faking" the characteristic tremor associated with the illness?
Like ADoD, I was enraged enough to want to throw a shoe or three at the television. I declined only because our television is close to shitting the bed anyway. I don't think it would survive under rapid-shoe-fire.
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What's disheartening is that Mr. Limbaugh expected everyone to be forgiving of his disability -- addiction -- when he made it public. He accuses Michael J. Fox of letting himself be exploited. Well, what does Limbaugh himself have to say about exploiting his own disability to regain political clout even as he discounts it in others? Sad. Sad. Sad.
Rush makes my skin crawl (both the guy and the band, actually...) and I, too, was outraged when I heard about his accusations toward Mr. Fox yesterday. Rush is such a jerk!
-Lori
For my students, I've assigned a summary and response paper for a commentary on NPR.ORG by someone who specializes in disabilities studies and responded to Limbaugh's attack on Michael J. Fox. I think it's a pretty damn good response:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6383374
Wow. Thanks, ADoD. The audio really brings up a lot of interesting points.
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