Comedic dialectic can be more radical than serious dialectic, as when it
backfired on Imus.
Charles
^^^^^^
The Nation
BLOG | Posted 04/25/2007 @ 12:09pm
Rush's "Magic Negro" Routine
Adam Howard
Rush Limbaugh has obviously learned nothing from the outrage and anger
unleashed by Don Imus' unfortunate "nappy headed ho's" remark. Never one to
shy away from unfunny "humor", Limbaugh recently played a song parody on his
radio show in which an Al Sharpton impersonator (played with stereotypical
gusto) sings a song filled with idiotic assumptions about black people and
dripping with ignorance called "Barack the Magic Negro"
<http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/50979/> .
Perhaps this kind of garbage (set to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon") is
someone's cup of tea. Limbaugh does have millions of listeners and they do
adore of much of what the man says. Whether he's lampooning former President
Clinton's daughter
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/inaug/players/chelse
a.htm> or suggesting Michael J. Fox is exaggerating
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0610240206oct24,1,303529
9.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true> the effects of his
Parkinson's disease. So I don't expect his listeners to desert him over
this. What does surprise me is that Vice President Dick Cheney among other
major conservatives is still a regular guest on Limbaugh's show and I don't
anticipate the kind of repudiations that Don Imus received over his
transgression from him or anyone else on the right with regards to Limbaugh.
It is true that Imus was chided because he was on a national cable news
network and was perhaps less associated with being a provocateur than
Limbaugh. But I still think Cheney and his ilk should refuse to appear on
Limbaugh's show from now on. I wonder, will there be any outcry? Are people
becoming so desensitized to this now that they just don't care about the
inevitable phony apology and/or Al Sharpton protest. I'd like to see calls
for Limbaugh's removal not just from the black community but from the
supporters of the president and vice-president who are not racist, who don't
find "jokes" like "Barack The Magic Negro" funny.
But this will never, ever happen. Limbaugh's entire career and success is
based on being petty and juvenile, so one more stupid act will most likely
change nothing. Personally, I'm just disheartened that so soon after the
Imus controversy came and went the so-called shock jocks and right wing nuts
went right back to business as usual, didn't blink an eye and continued to
use racism to insult and humiliate.
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You've got to be kidding us! Comparing calling collegiate black women as
whores with calling a shooting star black pol a "Magic Negro"?
Oh, I get it! You must be the Entertainment Section writer for The
Nation....consider my leg pulled!
Posted by HAPPY 04/25/2007 @ 2:41pm | ignore this person
Adam,
For the love of the First Amendment STOP IT.
There is an off switch on the radio.
Imus is a talentless piece of crap and Limbaugh is drug addicted hack, but
I'll defend their right to be offensive and or racist. I won't listen to
them, but let's not make political incorrectness a defacto crime that needs
to be punished with firing.
Posted by FREEDOMPLEASE 04/25/2007 @ 2:41pm | ignore this person
Where is FRANKGRITS commentary on this? He is a daily Rush listener!
Posted by RIO BRAVO 04/25/2007 @ 2:58pm | ignore this person
Adam, if you don't like it, don't listen to it. Yes it does seem Rush
learned nothing from the Imus incident, or at least he didn't learn to be
cowed by the PC police. Thank God for that.
Posted by CHIP THORNTON 04/25/2007 @ 3:04pm | ignore this person
Yes, there is an off switch on the radio, and many have used that switch.
Still, it is appropriate to point out the bigotry of those celebrities who
practice it; otherwise one would think bigotry is acceptable.
Perhaps the commercial sponsors of Mr. Limbaugh's show will be civic minded
enough to cancel their advertisements that support the bigotry espoused on
the Limbaugh Show.
Does anyone know who are the sponsors of the Limbaugh Show?
Posted by ORAIBI1952 04/25/2007 @ 3:04pm | ignore this person
If I did ORA, I wouldn't tell you. That would be my contribution to fighting
suppression, as your next action , (I assume because of your question) would
be to enhance it. Frankly I hope the sponsors are farsighted ballsy types
who won't pull their adds, unlike the cowards in the Imus case.
Posted by CHIP THORNTON 04/25/2007 @ 3:23pm | ignore this person
This topic was first written in the LA Times. Where is the criticism of the
LA times? Why do you just criticize conservatives? steelhead
Posted by STEELHEAD 04/25/2007 @ 3:29pm | ignore this person
Limbaugh is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else. Far scarier
are the people who don't know that they are idiots. Due to conservative
bungling the political pendulum finally seems to be swinging to the left.
This is sorely needed to weed out the corruption that this country has
suffered thru since 1994. However, the new powers that be are being forced
by voices on the left to be more concerned with knee jerk reactions to Don
Imus and Rush Limbaugh. I hope the left wing of this country will refrain
from burying us all in another dictatorial PC craze like they did in the
early 90s. We cannot survive another right wing / independent backlash
against the shrill, sanctimonious voices of the PC crowd. Not everyone
shares your taste or opinions. GET OVER IT.
Posted by SDSLAW 04/25/2007 @ 3:30pm | ignore this person
Rush's Bit about the reverand Al and reverand Jesse is even funnier......
Posted by DAVEBARLETT 04/25/2007 @ 3:31pm | ignore this person
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