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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
What I think some of you are doing and I understand it, in your attempts to clarify and explain his words, is that you are softening what he says.
But I honestly believe that some of you are closing your eyes to what he is really saying underneath his 'noble' disagreement he has with the president.
Some of you simply don't want to believe that that's what he meant.
Some of you want to believe that he is more progressive than what his merits (or demerits) says about him was well meaning in his words.
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I have no doubt Rush Limbaugh is a prejudiced angry old douche bag (although I also have no doubt that at least some of his provocative language is carefully crafted to 'offend' to increase ratings).
Even with that lens, I think you are 'hardening' this specific statement unnecessarily. There is probably a racial subtext, but I don't feel it is to the level you're raising it.
It has nothing to do with "nobility" and everything to do with pragmatism.