luxuryrules
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This wasn't an event that was designed for media consumption.
The Limbaugh speech was from a conservative, to a room full of conservatives. There's no spin, BS, or deception going on because he's speaking to the choir. He's speaking with the intention of reaffirming what they believe.
You yourself went through great effort here to make sure we are aware that his speech was in a different context than in his show (which is meant for media consumption). And now you're telling me it's the same?
It is different. I can see that by watching his speech on youtube and comparing it to listening to his radio show - and yes, I listen. My opinion isn't shaped by soundbytes as you seem to think; rather, I get the great pleasure of hearing him blab away about the conspiracies the Democrats are pulling over us while my coworker listens to him ten feet behind me. On his show, he is a lot more incindiary and spends a lot more time claiming the Democrats are plotting and scheming all kinds of evil ideas - it's like reading a newspaper tabloid. Refreshingly, the speech lacked much of that and, not surprisingly, I enjoyed listening to the speech about a million times more.
And no, the feminist comment doesn't insult me, but I do find it to be rather ignorant on his part. I hope it was a joke, but, having never heard him say it and only seen it in text without context, I have no way of knowing for sure if it was or not.