Tom Boswell on Limbaugh

Reality Test Results in Failure

By Thomas Boswell
Friday, October 3, 2003; Washington Post Page D01

*Emphaisis mine.

( To locate Rush Limbaugh, we need to go to an unsavory neighborhood at the intersection of political agenda, sports stupidity and racist comment. )

I know a lot of people on LJ probably don't care much about sports. And many of them won't care about Limbaugh. But, I do find this case relevant in real life. And I've certainly seen it in fandom. Limbaugh is a man so bent on his agenda that he remains willfully ignorant of reality, as borne out by this McNabb fiasco - to the point that he can't admit even the most assinine of comments are wrong. I've certainly seen it in fandom, with Spike fans hell-bent on defending the purity of Spike and Spuffy, despite the reality played out on screen. Now, not all Republicans are dittoheads. Not all Spike/Spuffy fans are dittoheads either. But, I'm bothered by folks who maintain ignorant views, scream them from the hilltop, and are unwilling to reconsider or admit to their flaws.

The great thing about sports, is that no matter how often or loudly one proclaims this the Red Sox year, when they invariably choke and lose, one cannot deny it.

Tom Boswell on Limbaugh

Reality Test Results in Failure

By Thomas Boswell
Friday, October 3, 2003; Washington Post Page D01

*Emphaisis mine.

( To locate Rush Limbaugh, we need to go to an unsavory neighborhood at the intersection of political agenda, sports stupidity and racist comment. )

I know a lot of people on LJ probably don't care much about sports. And many of them won't care about Limbaugh. But, I do find this case relevant in real life. And I've certainly seen it in fandom. Limbaugh is a man so bent on his agenda that he remains willfully ignorant of reality, as borne out by this McNabb fiasco - to the point that he can't admit even the most assinine of comments are wrong. I've certainly seen it in fandom, with Spike fans hell-bent on defending the purity of Spike and Spuffy, despite the reality played out on screen. Now, not all Republicans are dittoheads. Not all Spike/Spuffy fans are dittoheads either. But, I'm bothered by folks who maintain ignorant views, scream them from the hilltop, and are unwilling to reconsider or admit to their flaws.

The great thing about sports, is that no matter how often or loudly one proclaims this the Red Sox year, when they invariably choke and lose, one cannot deny it.