Feminist mouthpiece Gloria Allred, in a letter on Thursday, asked the Palm Beach County Attorney’s Office to prosecute Rush Limbaugh under an 1893 Florida law for calling Sandra Fluke a prostitute and a slut. That law states: “Whoever speaks of and concerning any woman, married or unmarried, falsely and maliciously imputing to her a want of chastity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.”
Now I have little use for Limbaugh, referring to him as Roach Limburger, calling him a Texas Blivot (10 pounds of shit in a 2 pound bag) and referring to his dittoheads as dodoheads. However, while ole Roach should not have ranted against Fluke the way he did because that rant all but guaranteed the reelection of Obama, I am compelled to defend the Texas Blivot.
Fluke, a ‘reproductive rights activist’, said her fellow students at Georgetown were forced to use their own money to pay up to $1,000 a year for birth control or more than $3,000 while they were in law school. She whined that she was on a ‘Public Interest scholarship’ and she was forced to spend an ‘entire summer’s salary’ on contraceptives.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines slut as “a woman of loose morals.” And Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines slut as “a promiscuous woman.” Since every major religious faith considers sex outside of marriage to be immoral, both definitions pretty well describe Fluke, an unmarried woman who spends $1,000 a year on contraceptives.
Those of us from what Tom Brokaw called THE GREATEST GENERATION, as well as younger seniors, believe that a promiscuous single woman with a need for spending an ‘entire summer’s salary’ on contraceptives is simply put, a slut.
I realize there is a huge generation gap between us older Americans and the younger generation, but that doesn’t change the definition of a slut. And by her own words before a special congressional panel called by Nancy Pelosi, the law student pretty well described herself as being very sexually active. Considering that she is a single woman, Fluke fits the definition of “a woman of loose morals” and “a promiscuous woman”, i.e., a slut.
The county attorney’s office has forwarded Allred’s letter to the State Attorney’s Office which is responsible for criminal matters. Let’s hope the state attorney discards Allred’s letter into the trash bin where it belongs.
NOTE: ‘JC’, a PACOVILLA follower, was very critical of the 'ignorance' in what I wrote. Here are some excerpts of what he said:
“SLUT is a degrading, derogatory term used to demean, demoralize, and objectify women, including mothers, daughters, sisters and friends we all know. The term gets used as a way to hurt or degrade another, true or not.
……… And as for the promiscuous accusations of Ms. Fluke and all other women, it would seem once again, this topic is being discussed, debated and judged by lets just say, some ignorant men. YOU MUST TAKE A PILL EVERYDAY NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE SEX. Even if you have sex once a month, or no times a month, you must complete the cycle of pills.
……… Mr Limburger’s stinky term was meant to degrade, insult and objectify Ms. Fluke and Women in general, so that he could prove his opinion correct by degrading and berating Ms. Fluke, rather than use facts and the truth. This is common, rather than debate the issue, on equal ground, with facts or opinion, people will commonly try to place others on a lower moral or personal level, to prove themselves 'right' or win a debate.”
And here is a rebuttal from ‘1962’:
“JC, your mind is spending too much time in the Twilight Zone. That young woman went before Congress (and the American people) and basically stated she is having lots of sex and someone else needs to pay for her contraception. Limbaugh’s comments were directed at Ms. Fluke after she admitted in front of Congress of her promiscuity. She is law student, and if she is so smart, maybe she would have her boyfriend(s) pay for her contraception. And besides, take your own advice on name calling - you did call us a bunch of 'uneducated, ignorant' men.”
1 comment:
I do think the best thing that happened here was the mouthpiece lost some steam and he made the Republicans look bad and caused them to distance themselves.
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