Has juvenility ever harmed Rush Limbaugh’s effectiveness or his success?
He does parodies, makes up nicknames (N.A.G.s, Joe Bite Me, etc), and employs a very childish delivery at times.
Like it or not, ordinary people relate to that sort of thing. I haven’t changed my way of expressing myself much since Jr. High School and nobody ever calls me on it. It’s just part of later-day American informality.
Being too stiff-assed on this forum seems to be favored by some and that’s their choice. All we’re doing here is expressing our opinions on a message board and not writing research papers or engaging in high class journalism.
Rush is not an even comparison, as he is skilled and discerning in his use of name calling. I wasn’t referring to his type.
For example, calling Lindsay Graham Lindsay Grahmnisty is extremely clever, descriptive, and mocking all at the same time. It’s a very good use of the art of name calling
That’s why I carefully said that not all name calling it bad.
However, there are lot of people who can’t come up with a clever name, but name call anyway with something really lame. It comes across the same way the overuse of four letter words comes across.