Sarah Palin is a celebrity and has made a target of herself by defaming the media at every turn, hence, retaliation.
If one is going to dish it out, they need to be ready to take it, too.
...Bill Maher wants the world to know that he’s no Rush Limbaugh. (click title to entry - thank you)
The liberal comedian, who has been ripped by the right for previously calling Sarah Palin a “c---” is arguing his name calling is completely different from Limbaugh, who branded Georgetown student Sandra Fluke a “slut.”
Maher told ABC News’ Jake Tapper on Thursday that Limbaugh’s insult wasn’t fair game because Fluke is a private citizen.
Limbaugh “went after a civilian about very specific behavior, that was a lie, speaking for a party that has systematically gone after women’s rights all year, on the public airwaves,” the HBO host argued.
“I used a rude word about a public figure who gives as good as she gets, who’s called people ‘terrorist’ and ‘unAmerican’... The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on political issues from getting called whores by Oxycontin addicts,” he added....
Is that a double standard? No. Celebrities do their job and conduct themselves to get attention and increase their followings and ratings. Politicians are basically the same way, especially when that personality is affiliated with Murdoch's media machine, which Palin is.
Ms. Fluke expected to be taken seriously when she testified. She never mentioned Rush Limbaugh or his sex life and whether he uses Viagra, keeps company with a troop of women or not. Ms. Fluke has conducted herself according to the demeanors of a women seeking recognition for the ISSUE AT HAND and not promoting a show or personality. The public forums under the Capital Dome should not be a place where women can be ridiculed because of testimony. Their reputations should not be ruined because of a political hack of the Right Wing. If every woman making testimony before the US Congress also risks ruining her life, that is oppression. It victimizes the victim and any media personality practicing it should be ridiculed along with the likes of Limbaugh.
This country is based in freedom of speech and if women become so aggrieved by coming forward they cannot be heard for the outcomes, they are truly second class citizens and victims to a media. A media, I might add, out of control when seeking caricatures of serious problems in our country rather than mature journalism.
