Rush counts on his listeners and fans having short memories. But I remember.
For example, I remember a few months ago when Rush played the disingenuous little boy with hurt feelings while asking why women don't like him. His own demographic statistics showed that women were far more likely to listen to his show, and to keep listening to his show, compared to men.
Well, here's a quote from yesterday's show:
some of the early feminazis trying to take over men's clubs because they claim they were being deprived of the opportunity to do business. The pressure was brought to bear that some of these men at big city men's clubs were forced to take women in. That's not the way to provide for cohesive getting along. I remember when the women got in there was one club, I think it was in San Francisco. It's a true story. One club in San Francisco, the men had their own exercise room and their own gym and their own sauna, and the women, of course, didn't because women weren't admitted in there. So then the feminazis got in there started demanding their own exercise room and sauna and so forth, and the men had to do it. It became a matter of law. So at this particular club, the men set up the exercise room and the first piece of equipment in it was a vacuum cleaner. Ha, ha! It was. Ha, ha, ha! I laughed, of course. I did laugh on the air. I'm laughing about it even now.
First of all, there's the characterization of supporters of equal rights and access for women being branded "feminazis." Obviously Rush is in favor of single-gender clubs, or else he wouldn't call their opponents names. This anecdote was told in the context of a story about a tennis match. I can only assume that Rush favors mens-only country clubs and sports centers, as well.
I wonder, what does Rush Limbaugh think of the African American people who demanded equal rights and access for non-whites? If someone protested the existence of a "whites only" water fountain, would Rush Limbaugh call that person a "racianazi"?
I can't say for certain, but I can say for certain that Rush feels that slavery "had its merits," and that James Earl Ray (the man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.) "deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor."
(I also find it interesting that "Nazi" is the term Rush uses to sling mud at the people who are attacking his status quo. The status quo of the rich white male. Which, oddly enough, is exactly the status quo that the Nazis sought to enforce. Just throwing that out there.)
Anyway, back to the quote. Rush says the men's clubs were "forced to take women in." He then adds a dollop of editorializing, "That's not the way to provide for cohesive getting along."
First of all, Rush is acting like he's weighing in on a contemporary issue. Second of all, NOBODY ASKED YOU, RUSH. Third of all, since he's talking about something that happened thirty years ago, we should easily be able to determine whether or not it is the way to "provide for cohesive getting along." Have there been any gender riots at the card rooms lately? When women eat at an expensive upscale steak house which used to be "men only," are they getting along with the male patrons?
I can only assume that Rush is not-so-secretly pining for the days of the "men only" club. Rush doesn't feel that women deserve equality, and he wishes they didn't have it. His opposition to not excluding people based on gender is so ridiculously antiquated that I honestly don't know what more to say.
Except to say that Rush, my dear, THIS IS WHY WOMEN DON'T LIKE YOU.
