I Love that Rush Limbaugh Infomercial

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[true believer forever]

I actually think there are rules regarding this... so I’ll request once more that you refrain from responding to anything I post from here on. Thank you.

[zipper]

Go for it -- here's the one you violated with your ad hominem attacks.

Please enjoy our forum, but also please remember to use common courtesy when posting and refrain from posting personal attacks, profanity, vulgarity, threats, racial or religious bigotry, or any other materials offensive or otherwise inappropriate for a conservative family audience.

[true believer forever]

seems to me you missed the boat on “common courtesy” big time. This is the last I will post to you. I don’t have time to waste.

[zipper]

As I said, humor is a legitimate debate tactic. I defended Rush Limbaugh’’s marketing approach with vigor, while pointing out the flaws in your position, with humor.

You were the one that resorted to name-calling, when you should have been devoting your energy to bolstering your argument.

Then you threatened to try having me banned for responding to you, tit-for-tat. Nothing I did could be construed as harassment. The truth is, I was much more courteous than you. You changed your mind when I pointed out the rules regarding personal attacks.

Lesson learned for you.

[caver]

“All of these Freepers harping about Rush is troubling. Why are we so eager to kill off one of our own?”

There will never be a conservative elected because all conservatives think their candidate is the best, and they will not get behind one candidate.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"Liberty-conscious "conservatives" whining about someone selling goods illustrates the sad state of modern discourse"

By no means. You seem to be elevating the selling of goods to some sort of religious status. He can sell his book any way he wants. Doesn't mean I have to agree with his methods. Would you object to someone setting up a stand to sell pornography in front of a school? I don't see how you can, by your logic. An extreme example, but the logic remains unchanged -- ie that the selling of goods is an act that, by its nature, is above criticism of any form.

"Rush doesn't have a right to freedom from criticism. " ...super, somewhat the non-sequitur, not part of the argument, but bravo...."by whatever means possible"

Absolutely part of the argument. In fact, it is the argument. I'm not denying his right to sell books. Again, Rush can sell his books however he likes. I am responding to the fact that you seem to consider any criticism of marketing methods to be a sacrilege. I added to the phrase "by whatever means possible" to clarify that I do not object to commerce but rather the methods some employ during commerce, as the fact seems to be going entirely over your head.

"presuming the profit-seeker is unjust or inherently seedy buys into the language of the Obama "Post-American World" zombie. You read more like centrist-populist than conservative...and you're not tracking."

With all due respect, where the bleep did you pull that from? I never once said profit-seeking is unjust or seedy. I applaud commerce, I applaud profit. But I do not applaud some methods of profit-seeking. I do not applaud cheap, cheesy, or cutthroat methods of profit-seeking. Furthermore, you seem to think I want some sort of government action on the subject. I had attempted to give you enough benefit of the doubt, that it would be assumed in a discussion in a place such as this that government involvement was as a given totally outside the realm of the argument. But alas, that too appears to have gone over your head.

In closing, I think Rush is employing cheap marketing methods to sell his book. He has annoyed me enough with his constant yammering about his blasted book that I no longer consider it a good use of my time to listen to his show.