Heroic anti-misandrist tells it like it is

[badbabysitter]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...luke-slut_n_1311640.html?ref=canada&ir=Canada


Rush Limbaugh called the woman who was denied the right to speak at a controversial contraception hearing a "slut" on Wednesday.

Sandra Fluke, a student at Georgetown Law School, was supposed to be the Democratic witness at a Congressional hearing about the Obama administration's contraception policy. However, Darrell Issa, the committee chair at the hearing, prevented her from speaking, while only allowing a series of men to testify about the policy. Fluke eventually spoke to a Democratic hearing, and talked about the need for birth control for both reproductive and broader medical reasons. She mentioned in particular a friend of hers who needed contraception to prevent the growth of cysts.

To Limbaugh, though, Fluke was just promoting casual sex.

"Can you imagine if you were her parents how proud...you would be?" he said. "Your daughter ... testifies she's having so much sex she can't afford her own birth control pills and she wants President Obama to provide them, or the Pope."

He continued:

"What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex -- what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex."

Limbaugh then said, "ok, so she's not a slut. She's round-heeled." "Round-heeled" is an old-fashioned term for promiscuity.

Limbaugh's comments came on the same day that Fluke was mentioned during a debate in the Senate about the so-called "Blunt Amendment," which would override Obama's contraception rule. Sen. Barbara Boxer brought up Fluke's testimony, recounting what she would have said at the Congressional panel if she had been given the opportunity.

 

[richard_daily]

LT is Rush Limbaugh?

 

[CandiCame]

Here's what I don't understand about conservatives. It's OBVIOUS that you aren't going to change your body's chemical make-up for birth control when you can just use condoms or spermicide. I really think that this entire "controversy" could be erradicated by calling hormone therapy hormone therapy. I mean, the only reason it was ever billed as contraception was to sell it- the primary medical reason is now and always has been- for HORMONE THERAPY. Endometreosis, ovarian cysts, hell, even menstrual regulation for folk are all reasons I've known people to be on hormone therapy. I don't know a single person who's ever used it for "birth control". It says right on the instructions that you can't use the pills for birth control, my ex used to be on them, and they make it extremely clear that it's a synthetic hormone, and you have to use a "backup" method like condoms or spermicide.

I don't know much about Limbah, but that's an obvious ratings ploy. He's trying to piss people off, because then people who don't watch his show go, "Huh, I wonder why everyone's so pissed off? I should watch and find out."

Most obvious ratings ploy ever. Hell, he probably used the word "whore" so much because that's a keyphrase that gets youtubed with a high frequency.

 

[badbabysitter]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...dra-fluke_n_1313891.html?ref=canada&ir=Canada


Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh drew sharp criticism from Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and others on Wednesday when he called Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student, a "slut" and a "prostitute" for publicly advocating that employers cover contraception in their health plans. But instead of apologizing for his offensive comments on his show Thursday, he geared up for round two.

Channeling Foster Friess, a main financial backer of former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), Limbaugh said that he would "happily buy [Sandra Fluke] all the aspirin she wants" to put between her knees in lieu of contraception.

He then expanded his offer to the whole university:

"A Georgetown coed told Nancy Pelosi's hearing that the women in her law school program are having so much sex they're going broke, so you and I should have to pay for their birth control. So what would you call that? I called it what it is," he said. "So, I'm offering a compromise today: I will buy all of the women at Georgetown University as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want."

Limbaugh, of course, was referencing the controversial comment Friess made in February, when he referenced the "gals" in "his day" who put aspirin between their knees in lieu of using contraception.

Fluke's testimony in the hearing was not, as Limbaugh claimed, about the fact that she's "having so much sex she's going broke buying contraceptives." She told the story of her friend who had an ovary removed because the insurance company wouldn't cover the prescription birth control she needed to stop the growth of ovarian cysts.

Limbaugh concluded his sexist rant by insisting that if women want their contraception covered, they should post pornographic videos of themselves online. "So Miss Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here's the deal," he said. "If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch."





Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh drew sharp criticism from Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and others on Wednesday when he called Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student, a "slut" and a "prostitute" for publicly advocating that employers cover contraception in their health plans. But instead of apologizing for his offensive comments on his show Thursday, he geared up for round two.

Channeling Foster Friess, a main financial backer of former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), Limbaugh said that he would "happily buy [Sandra Fluke] all the aspirin she wants" to put between her knees in lieu of contraception.

He then expanded his offer to the whole university:

"A Georgetown coed told Nancy Pelosi's hearing that the women in her law school program are having so much sex they're going broke, so you and I should have to pay for their birth control. So what would you call that? I called it what it is," he said. "So, I'm offering a compromise today: I will buy all of the women at Georgetown University as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want."

Limbaugh, of course, was referencing the controversial comment Friess made in February, when he referenced the "gals" in "his day" who put aspirin between their knees in lieu of using contraception.

Fluke's testimony in the hearing was not, as Limbaugh claimed, about the fact that she's "having so much sex she's going broke buying contraceptives." She told the story of her friend who had an ovary removed because the insurance company wouldn't cover the prescription birth control she needed to stop the growth of ovarian cysts.

Limbaugh concluded his sexist rant by insisting that if women want their contraception covered, they should post pornographic videos of themselves online. "So Miss Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here's the deal," he said. "If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch."

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which has raised a significant amount of money and gained support in the wake of the recent battles over birth control, circulated a petition on Thursday to ask Republican leaders to denounce Limbaugh's tirade.

“Rush Limbaugh has come to Republicans' defense in their war on women," said Jesse Ferguson, a spokesperson for the DCCC, "but now the real question is whether Republicans are willing to stand up to him and his repulsive attacks on women."

UPDATE: 3:45 p.m. -- More than 75 Democratic lawmakers signed a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday expressing outrage over Limbaugh's comments.

"On his February 29, 2012 show, Mr. Limbaugh repeatedly used sexually charged, patently offensive, and obscene language to malign the character of this courageous young woman who has chosen to be the voice for many of her peers," the letter says. "This kind of direct attack on a private citizen is unacceptable. Mr. Limbaugh is as free as any American to speak his mind about the political and social issues of our time, but using his radio show as a means for blatantly insulting a hard-working American with obscene and indecent language because he disagrees with her personal choices is an abuse of the public airwaves."

UPDATE: 4:15 p.m. -- Sandra Fluke responded to Limbaugh's comments in a statement on Thursday.

"I thank the thousands of women and men, including members of Congress, Georgetown University students and faculty, and total strangers of all political stripes across the country who have offered kind words and support following recent egregious personal attacks," she said. "We are fortunate to live in a democracy where everyone is entitled to their own opinions regarding legitimate policy differences. Unfortunately, numerous commentators have gone far beyond the acceptable bounds of civil discourse. No woman deserves to be disrespected in this manner. This language is an attack on all women, and has been used throughout history to silence our voices. The millions of American women who have and will continue to speak out in support of women's health care and access to contraception prove that we will not be silenced."

 

[CandiCame]

BBS, you're making me sad. Stop it.

I cannot deal with that level of stupidity. This is seriously a language issue. We need to stop calling these medications "birth control". It would make these people sound like the monsters they are.


I mean, "That girl is on birth control! She's a slut!" Already sounds dumb as hell.

"That girl is on hormone therapy! She's a slut!"

Goes from "stupid" to "evil".

 

[CandiCame]

Also, what is this aspirin thing? I asked my grandpa and he said that he didn't know. Birth Control pills in his days were the same they were today, as far as he knew, but he stayed out of it, and I should to, because it's none of our business, and if a woman wanted to know, she would tell us. And even then, she needs to tell her girlfriends first. Why the fuck was I asking him about this? What was wrong with me? Did I start my period?

So I went to my grandma. She said that she had never heard of the aspirin thing, but went on to tell me that in her day, people used to use 7-up for birth control. They would "flush" (I think that means douche) with 7-up because the acid in it would kill the sperm. That sounds stupid to me. I inched away from her, extremely disturbed, and closed the door to my room.

I had to hear about douching from my grandma. MY GRANDMOTHER DOUCHED WITH 7-UP AND I KNOW THAT! BECAUSE OF YOU!

I want you to know that I will hate you. Forever.
And I still don't know wtf the aspirin thing is, but I'm positive that aspirin won't do a damn thing and if people think it will, we need a vast educational campaign. That must have been a northerner thing. And you can't absorb it anyway. If you held your knees that close together, you'd have to bend over to fuck- did they think that you couldn't get pregnant in that position or something? Because that's stupid, but I know people who think that certain positions are better for conceiving, so I could see people thinking that certain positions are worse. It's still wrong, but that's the only thing I could come up with that made the slightest bit of sense.

 

[hummermania]

The girls were supposed to place the aspirin between their knees while seated and hold on to it so that it could not fall to the floor, rug, car mat, beachsand, etc.

With this accomplished, it was theorized that she could not spread her legs for sex.

 

[CandiCame]

The girls were supposed to place the aspirin between their knees while seated and hold on to it so that it could not fall to the floor, rug, car mat, beachsand, etc.

With this accomplished, it was theorized that she could not spread her legs for sex.

Are you fucking serious? That sounds like a bad joke! I learned about my granny's vagina and all I get is some fucktarded "sit down and don't fuck" bullshit!

OK, I'm officially pissed off. To whom do I direct this anger? This is a seriously fucked-up situation!!

Edit: Also, couldn't you push her knees closed to her chest if she's sitting down like that? Your hand would help hold her knees shut, and you could still get to the vagina. They make bondage equipment that ties above and below the knee. That wouldn't be any more effective then that sex toy, just harder to do.