Rush Limbaugh Defends Video Game Free Speech

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punkrocker27

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-Zen- said:
1. Democrat has never meant 'for rights'. Examples: FCC. Prohibition. Arguable: Health care bill.
2. Republican has never meant 'for rights'. Examples: Patriot act.
That is, unless you mean the Civil Rights Act, which was voted for mainly by Republicans and a few Democrats who had the balls to go against their hard-line party? Just goes to show you how much things change...
 

archvile93

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HankMan said:
lacktheknack said:
HankMan said:
archvile93 said:
What did ou expect? Liberals are the ones that like to have the government tell you how to live your life, not republicans.
Yeah that whole CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE and that IF YOU ARE NOT WITH US YOU ARE WITH THE TERRORISTS bit were soooooooooooooooooo part of the liberal agenda.
The more shameless Liberals wanted everyone to believe they actually said this, yes.
So you're saying George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and Fox News are actually liberal?
And JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR: I KNOW Cheney doesn't support the amendment thing.
No, you're thinking of severe right-wing pyschopath republicans that the rest of us republicans don't like to aknowledge the existance of.
 

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Xzi said:
lacktheknack said:
Xzi said:
archvile93 said:
What did ou expect? Liberals are the ones that like to have the government tell you how to live your life, not republicans.
I lol'd. I suppose the Patriot Act was enacted to give us MORE freedom, then?
Because the Patriot Act banned various unhealthy substances, added curfews, disallowed communications between different groups, and - wait.

Not related.
You kinda left out some stuff. You know, like rendition and phone tapping. Just minor infringements on our rights...
It still has NOTHING to do with "telling us how to live our lives".
 

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archvile93 said:
What did ou expect? Liberals are the ones that like to have the government tell you how to live your life, not republicans.
I lol'd. I suppose the Patriot Act was enacted to give us MORE freedom, then? Clearly tapping everyone's phone was just an innocent prank.
For the last time, I don't recall ever saying republicans never try to give government more power, but don't even try to tell me that it's not democrats that usually do.
 

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So...he made sense once? Okay, maybe not once, but you get my drift.

That to me is hipocrisy. Why then does he agree with HMO's getting between you and your doctor wher ethey can shuffle you around 'till you end up with one that racks up your bills even more, or even in the whole "ground Zero Mosque" thing where it is okay to get between people's right to own property under the guise of "It's not the wise thing to do"? Hell, he doesn't even agree that healthcare is a human right.

If he comes out one day saying "I'm against drinking acid" does not mean he gets my props.

In short: fuck him.
 

Aulleas123

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He's right, you know.

This is a man that always manages to conflict me. I agree with about 50% of what he says, and disagree with the other 50%.
This is because you have a brain and know how to use it, not only that but you're pretty good at using it too. I'd like to say the same of the people who are clogging my home town of DC right now, but I cannot.

As a conservative who actually challenges some of the stuff that Limbaugh says on his radio program (yes, I listen), I can say that this gives me some reassurance. He consistently goes against the 'Liberal Bias in the media', it only makes sense that he'd go against the lunacy of restricting 1st Amendment rights for video games, just because they're a little too graphic or violent. He's always had the point of letting parents decide what their eight-year-old should buy rather than the government.

It's nice to have kids man up and admit when someone they normally are told to disagree with by friends and comedians.
 

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Xzi said:
archvile93 said:
Xzi said:
archvile93 said:
What did ou expect? Liberals are the ones that like to have the government tell you how to live your life, not republicans.
I lol'd. I suppose the Patriot Act was enacted to give us MORE freedom, then? Clearly tapping everyone's phone was just an innocent prank.
For the last time, I don't recall ever saying republicans never try to give government more power, but don't even try to tell me that it's not democrats that usually do.
Of course I wouldn't say that. But government having more power isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as that power is used for good. I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but hindsight is twenty-twenty, and looking back on it, I'd gladly take Bill Clinton in office for another three terms rather than what we got, wouldn't you? He left office with a government surplus on the table, and Bush turned it into a huge debt with a failing economy.
Your right, I'll just do what Clinton did to pay off my debts from now on. I get another loan and use to pay off the old one.
 

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This is ridiculous.

Anyone who is saying that they are surprised by this doesn't have enough education on politics (specifically Rush's stance on them) to claim an opinion.

The Government runs two aspects of our lives, Fiscal, and Social. Rush has a clear Conservative(read: less Government) view on both aspects.

Free speech is a Social issue, and therefore Rush wants less Gov. restriction on it.


THIS IS NOT UNEXPECTED HE WAS ALWAYS ON YOUR SIDE! (for this issue at least)
 

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But government having more power isn't necessarily a bad thing as long as that power is used for good.
Handing more control over one's institutions to the state is nothing more than a loss of liberty. Couching in terms like 'good' or ?responsibility? or 'welfare' while making it sound more palatable does not negate the loss of freedom entailed.
 

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Credge said:
In this thread: About three people who understand current politics and everyone else living under a rock.

Here's a hint to help those with modern US politics (modern being in the last 100 years, but primarily in the last 20 years):

1. Democrat has never meant 'for rights'. Examples: FCC. Prohibition. Arguable: Health care bill.

2. Republican has never meant 'for rights'. Examples: Patriot act.

3. Modern Democrats are uber-liberal. There are a plethora of in-context quotes and books (FROM THEM) that espouse them for being communist sympathizers.

4. Modern Republicans are uber-liberal-lite. There are a plethora of in-context quotes and books (FROM THEM) that espouse them for being communist sympathizers-lite. There's a reason the tea party exists and if you think it's anything other than the Republicans no longer holding the values that they held 20 years ago... you're what Lenin would call a 'useful idiot'.

For those of you who are "YAY COMMUNISM", that's real cool. All those video games you enjoy and love? That's pure capitalism.

Rush Limbaugh is pro-capitalism and pro-constitution. This being a shock to anybody shows both a lack of understanding of the stances that Rush Limbaugh holds but also a lack of understanding of modern politics.
This. Especially the point about the Communism, Capitalism, and video games.
 

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Think about it: before this whole video game law debacle, has he ever spoken out about how violent video games corrupt youth?

He is a console gamer, a quiet player. He lurks throughout multiplayer gaming communities without a mike and with an alias. He may not be pundit we want him to be, but he is the pundit we deserve. He is our silent guardian. Our dark knight.

*roll credits*
 

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I can't say I like the guy, but hot damn, I can't hate him anymore.
Not to hate on you, but he supported videogames once and that's all you really needed to let bygones be bygones? Seriously?

The world is bigger than videogames.
 

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Xzi said:
Cocamaster said:
Xzi said:
archvile93 said:
What did ou expect? Liberals are the ones that like to have the government tell you how to live your life, not republicans.
I lol'd. I suppose the Patriot Act was enacted to give us MORE freedom, then? Clearly tapping everyone's phone was just an innocent prank.
"The Act was passed by wide margins in both houses of Congress and was supported by members of both the Republican and Democratic parties."

"In July 2005, the U.S. Senate passed a reauthorization bill with substantial changes to several sections of the act, while the House reauthorization bill kept most of the act's original language. The two bills were then reconciled in a conference committee that was criticized by Senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties for ignoring civil liberty concerns."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act
Exactly. The Patriot Act was bullshit, and Democrats are spineless, so they weren't about to stand up against something introduced by Republicans.

Point is that neither party is looking to give you more freedoms or breathing room unless it suits their needs.
There's certain issues that, if they come to public attention, are potential political suicide to oppose. If you vote against the Patriot Act, then you're not for protecting Americans. If you voted against the California video game bill, then you're for kids playing violent video games. It's populist politics. If a political issue is reduced to a simple, clear moral choice, politicians will be spineless and vote with what the people demand... even if they know it's wrong.

Until recently, indoor prostitution was legal here in Rhode Island. This stems from some court case from several years back. No one really cared enough to re-write the prostitution laws to make it illegal again, so for many years it was perfectly legal. Eventually an underage girl was arrested who was working (legally) as a stripper and suddenly the legal status of prostitution became a huge issue, as strippers and prostitution so often go together. The law re-criminalizing prostitution was passed with no opposition, because what politician in his/her right mind wants to be seen as in favor of underage prostitution, because that's what every attack ad would be.

And you know these guys knew about the legal status of prostitution. Until it became a public issue, they didn't care. Once it became one, they had no choice but to support the "moral" stand demanded by the public.