Bill O’Reilly, Jon Stewart, Don Imus….what do they have in common?
They’re all in the entertainment industry. They get paid to “entertain”. They entertain using different methods, but they all entertain.
I don’t like Rush Limbaugh. I don’t find him entertaining. I never have. Same with Andy Dick. Howard Stern doesn’t make my mop flop. I won’t “tune in” next time to listen to any of them.
My idea of entertainment is stuff that makes me laugh. Not stuff that’s going to enrage me or skeeve me out.
Rush really stepped in it this time. But he was only pushing the envelope. It’s what he’s paid to do. People on blogs and FB are screaming “free speech! free speech!” about the outpouring of disgust at his most recent faux pas, not taking into consideration that the other side has just as much right to that free speech as Mr. Limbaugh. They have the right to contact advertisers on his show and let them know if they continue to support him, that they’ll no longer buy their product.
I’ve read that Bill Maher was just as nasty about Sarah Palin. Howard Stern could be pretty nasty when he wanted to be. But the difference between Maher and Stern and Limbaugh, is if people want to hear what Maher and Stern have to say, they have to pay. Bill Maher is on HBO. Stern is on satellite radio. It’s only common sense to think that only people who are interested in what they have to say, will watch. Because they have to pay for it. I’m not going to pay for something I know will annoy me.
Jon Stewart makes me laugh. He makes me think. Jay Leno can be bland, he doesn’t make waves. Limbaugh’s claim to fame is his ability to enrage people. Both the people who agree with him and the people who don’t. You can see their anger in their online responses, I can only imagine their faces beet red, the veins popping in their foreheads, so angry they can’t speak straight, spittle flying from their mouths as they speak.
And Limbaugh is just creepy. His wanting a sex tape made so he can watch it? Huh? Really, Rush? Really? You think that’s funny? You and Andy Dick should go on the road together.
Just sayin’.
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