2008 Woodie Awards
Democrats' letter of condemnation backfires
Brendan Block
Issue date: 10/26/07 Section: Forum
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The Democrats talk of tolerance and free speech yet their latest actions reflect a resurgence of McCarthyism in terms of the witch hunt they took to defame conservative talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh.
"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," said Voltaire.
Though over 250 years have passed since the death of Voltaire, we must remember his words when evaluating others' actions.
In the last few months, Democrats have tried to get both Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh taken off the air. Savage and Limbaugh, in my opinion, are two of the most valuable pundits among conservative thinkers.
Are liberals trying to stamp out all other opinion? Limbaugh thinks so.
"What I think people need to understand is that liberalism needs a monopoly with no counter offensive… to flourish," said Limbaugh. Debate on the issues must always ensue, not a monopoly of ideas.
Limbaugh, the most listened to radio talk show host in the nation, was caught in a particular debacle with Democrat Harry Reid, who accused Limbaugh of calling American troops who served in the Iraq conflict but are now against it "phony soldiers."
From the beginning, I was a little leery to automatically condemn Limbaugh, and decided to ascertain whether Reid had a valid point. After examining the context, I found it was obvious Limbaugh said nothing to that effect.
The crux of the controversy stems from one Jesse MacBeth, someone the Democrats were trumpeting who claimed to have been an Army Ranger and committed many atrocities in Iraq.
He was found to have never been an Army Ranger and was sentenced to five months in federal prison. ABC's "World News Tonight" caught whiff of his story and found many other people claiming to have served who never have served, yet profit from the anti-war movement with their lies.
With this background into the context in Rush's "phony soldiers" comment, it seems preposterous that anyone could disagree that people need to stop exploiting the true Iraq War veterans.
"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," said Voltaire.
Though over 250 years have passed since the death of Voltaire, we must remember his words when evaluating others' actions.
In the last few months, Democrats have tried to get both Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh taken off the air. Savage and Limbaugh, in my opinion, are two of the most valuable pundits among conservative thinkers.
Are liberals trying to stamp out all other opinion? Limbaugh thinks so.
"What I think people need to understand is that liberalism needs a monopoly with no counter offensive… to flourish," said Limbaugh. Debate on the issues must always ensue, not a monopoly of ideas.
Limbaugh, the most listened to radio talk show host in the nation, was caught in a particular debacle with Democrat Harry Reid, who accused Limbaugh of calling American troops who served in the Iraq conflict but are now against it "phony soldiers."
From the beginning, I was a little leery to automatically condemn Limbaugh, and decided to ascertain whether Reid had a valid point. After examining the context, I found it was obvious Limbaugh said nothing to that effect.
The crux of the controversy stems from one Jesse MacBeth, someone the Democrats were trumpeting who claimed to have been an Army Ranger and committed many atrocities in Iraq.
He was found to have never been an Army Ranger and was sentenced to five months in federal prison. ABC's "World News Tonight" caught whiff of his story and found many other people claiming to have served who never have served, yet profit from the anti-war movement with their lies.
With this background into the context in Rush's "phony soldiers" comment, it seems preposterous that anyone could disagree that people need to stop exploiting the true Iraq War veterans.
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