Rush Limbaugh Defends Video Game Free Speech

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RDubayoo

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The Obama admin did not do this. It's the state of California, specifically Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, who is serving as the plaintiff. The Obama administration has had absolutely nothing to do with this.
California's legislature is controlled by the Democrats and Schwarzenegger is considered by many (including me) to be a RINO who only acts conservative now and then to get votes, but then makes numerous concessions to the left. He's barely a Republican at all, to be honest.

Maybe that didn't convince you. Well, try this: Try to get into a townhall meeting featuring Barack Obama, and ask him about the anti-game law. If he doesn't give a definitive answer, which is likely, then guess what? He could care less what happens.

That's wrong! There's no cause/effect relationship between right or left wingers and freedom of speech cases. The one network that's come down hardest on video game free speech in that they've been making up ridiculous stories for years about how video games are killing our children is the Conservative network Fox News.
It's true that the network tends to pander towards conservative people and features conservative commentators, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are conservative themselves. I would say that they are more likely to look for attention-grabbing headlines that shock their viewers rather than seriously assess a claim like "videogames kill people" or whatever. It's a tabloid mentality, not a conservative mentality, in other words.
 

RDubayoo

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MikailCaboose said:
RDubayoo said:
Admittedly, he's not always right. He starts saying some ridiculously stupid things whenever the issue of evolution comes up. I can't defend those kinds of statements nor do I intend to.
What did he say about evolution? (I've never heard that, because I'm never around to hear him)
Basically, he believes in Creationism and scoffs at the very idea we may have been descended from primitive mammals. He also tends to say things like "Would you REALLY want to be descended from monkeys/pond scum?" which misses the point. Maybe I'd prefer to have mystical dragons as ancestors. Doesn't matter. It isn't true. And if scientific evidence demonstrates that our distant ancestors were, in fact, apes, then it doesn't matter one bit what we'd prefer. Anyway, that's the kind of thing I can't defend because it's dumb and downright embarrassing.
 

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You know despite me being on the complete opposite of the political spectrum as Rush I have to admit he is a smart guy. Hes just using his smarts for the wrong side but I'm not here to talk politics. Bravo Limbaugh.
 

Double A

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minimacker said:
Well, I...

*Golf clap*

I'm now politically confused.
Why should you be? Conservatives are big fans of the Constitution, Liberals are the ones who like to change it so much to increase government control.

Limbaugh is a jerk, but even a jerk realizes how stupid this law is.
 

Burningsok

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OceanRunner said:
Even the most extreme political figures can understand some things in gaming. Jack Thompson once defended Mass Effect during the seXBox furore.
But... that... can't be right... that's...imp...impossi...*head implodes*
 

VanityGirl

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In theory, this shouldn't surprise anyone.
Republicans should traditionally want little to no government involvement with it's people's lives.

Of course, I don't know much about Limbaugh... yay?

Also:
Sir John the Net Knight said:
I've been saying to you people forever that the dems were not in the corner of gamers. You didn't believe me. That's alright, I understand how and why you don't. But it's when you grow up you figure out who's with you and who's against you. It's a learning experience. Don't feel bad about it.

After all...

[/QUOTE]

Ha! You are right about that. But sadly, when people think Republican, they think "Crazy conservative Christian who wants everything banned and hates everyone".
 

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So the enemy of my enemy is my friend....
Why does he choose to speak up now, Oh wait, he was probably too hooked into FO: New Vegas to be worried, he probably has the most pimp bad karma character ever
 

tehroc

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Rush's personal political views are not the same as the views expressed on his show. He offers a product (neocon talk radio) to his target demographic (right-wingers). As much as I dislike his show, even I take his bile with a grain of salt.
 

Awexsome

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Well... guess he's not crazy ALL of the time.

Although this does match up with their stance on "less government regulation"

In the past people like Rush have always backed down from standing up for rights like this since they'd argue that protecting the free speech of something like games was immoral or sinful.

He's still batshit crazy... But I guess it isn't all just propaganda from him.
 

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thublihnk said:
JWW said:
thublihnk said:
JWW said:
The Great JT said:
Link [http://kotaku.com/5677274/rush-limbaugh-defends-video-games-free-speech-says-this-is-where-the-battle-is]

I don't know what to think about this. I mean, I really hate Rush Limbaugh's pro-right wing politics, and therefore he is defending video games' rights to free speech.
Corrected.
Hardy har har. It's not a left/right issue, it's a matter of common sense and the constitution, which unlike certain crazies on the television will have you think, both sides support equally. That is to say, they both take equally giant missteps.
I agree. But he still supports freedom of speech due to his right-wing politics.
That's wrong! There's no cause/effect relationship between right or left wingers and freedom of speech cases. The one network that's come down hardest on video game free speech in that they've been making up ridiculous stories for years about how video games are killing our children is the Conservative network Fox News.
Read what I wrote, because I get the feeling that you didn't even skim it. I never said that believing in free speech in video games was a purely right wing position.

His politics ---> Lead him to believe things ---> One of these things is that video games should have the right to free speech

Many other right wingers have politics ---> That lead them to believe that video games should not have the right to free speech

Many leftists have politics ---> That lead them to believe that video games should have the right to free speech

Get what I'm saying? I agree with you, my point was that support of free speech in video games is not contradictory to right wing politics. I was clearing up the same assumption that you just believed (mistakenly) that I was making about leftists.
 

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I agree with Rush Limbaugh... uh... that felt so dirty coming off my tongue... like i just puked up 10 ciggarette butt's, and a clump of hair :p
 

ANImaniac89

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Good we need support from wherever we can get it.
And any moron thats whining because its Rush Limbaugh who is siding with us, well at this point you don't deserve to enjoy gaming so I want you to line up any piece of gaming culture you may own I'm talking consoles, games, computers, memorabilia,etc and I want smash your head into every single item till they are rendered completely unusable. Because if what I've read is true if we lose, the entirety of the games industry will be royally fucked and your bitching about who wants to defend our hobbies.

Fuck every day I read about the fun new ways that the current government is trying to make 1984 a realty we have ACTA, the anti-gaming laws and now I have even begun to hear stories of upcoming forced nanochip implanting that will transmit personal information that will boil every citizen down to a list of stats in a computer data base, and will also control our ability to buy and sell goods....... Dude I think I'm starting to become a little paranoid but with good reasoning I think, I mean half this shit reads out like a biblical prophecy about the Apocalypse.

but I guess I've kind of going off topic (sorry)