{"id":7399,"date":"2015-01-08T17:22:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-06-15T19:50:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:50:40","slug":"my_reaction_to_leftist_comics_who_just_discovered_free_speech_is_under_assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/01\/08\/my_reaction_to_leftist_comics_who_just_discovered_free_speech_is_under_assault\/","title":{"rendered":"My Reaction to Leftist Comics Who Just Discovered Free Speech Is Under Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: For those of you new to this program, I want to try to tell you a little bit about what we do here. There\u2019s a new tune-in factor every day. People are finding this program for however and whatever reasons and they\u2019re tuning in, and every day, folks. Those of you who have been regular listeners here have to understand that there\u2019s a sizable brand-new tune-in factor every day, brand-new first-time audience members. And as those of you who have listened for any length of time know, this program is a continuum. It doesn\u2019t have topics where once something\u2019s discussed, everything that there is to say about it has been said.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t do guests. We don\u2019t do interviews. Well, rarely, when the president calls. But outside of that, we don\u2019t do interviews. Maybe somebody really guilt-trips me into helping them with their book. But beyond that, we don\u2019t do that. And so as such, for those of you tuning in on the first day, you don\u2019t have something that regular listeners have, and that\u2019s context.<\/p>\n


\nLike, I\u2019m gonna comment today on some things that happened yesterday, last week, last month, last year, two years ago, and people that have been here for a long time will remember and be able to place the comments today in context. You may be hearing them for the first time and they\u2019re mysterious, which is why I always say to new listeners it takes at least six weeks, minimum, daily devoted listening in order to be fully equipped and prepared to appreciate to the maximum this program, to understand it, to enjoy it, what have you.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying you can\u2019t do all that in one day, I mean, you will, you\u2019ll get hooked. But I\u2019m talking about really understanding it. So in deciding where to start with this today, and as a reminder to those of you who have been here for a long time and those of you the first day, what happens on this program? I\u2019ll spell it out for you. If I had to describe one thing that would characterize what happens on this program it would be react, as opposed to proact.<\/p>\n

And what I mean by that is, when I prepare this program, say last night when I\u2019m working on this program, I don\u2019t try to figure out what I can go after or who I can go after or what topic I think people need to hear about. I strictly react to current events. And current events compromise a lot of things. If, for example, people that I love, traditions and institutions I believe in, if they are under assault, I will come here and defend them. And oftentimes a spirited defense of somebody is misunderstood by somebody listening for the first time as an attack.<\/p>\n

There are no attacks on this program. We don\u2019t sit around, I don\u2019t sit around and design in advance people or things I want to go out and hit. This is a current events program, and it is as topical as anything can be. It\u2019s instantaneously topical. And so I judge primarily by what my interests are, what\u2019s the thing I am most interested in is what I will generally lead off the program with and then hopefully the entire three hours is devoted to things I care about because that\u2019s where the passion comes from. And if there\u2019s no passion, you\u2019re gonna get bored and not listen.<\/p>\n

I mean, it\u2019s impossible for me to be passionless, and I think it\u2019s impossible for me to be boring, but I don\u2019t assume that. I always assume that even I could be boring to some people. So it\u2019s a constant, ongoing thing. Show prep never ends, life is show prep, and show prep is comprised not of figuring out, “Who do I want to criticize tomorrow” or “what do I want to criticize,” but it is staying informed on virtually everything I care about so that if it comes up or it needs to be commented on, I am fully equipped to do so.<\/p>\n

For some reason I thought it was important to point this out, \u2019cause I know the new tune-in factor\u2019s through the roof here, and it actually has been for quite a while, I mean, above normal. And it\u2019s much desired by me that the new tune-in people hang around. I\u2019m trying to jump-start the six-week process here by giving you a little heads-up. It\u2019s impossible for you the first day to — if you haven\u2019t heard what happened yesterday, last week, last month, some of this is gonna sound Greek to you, because I assume, A, that you\u2019re very smart, B, that you are very informed when you arrive here, and I also assume that everybody listens to all three hours every day. Well, I do. You may think I\u2019m bragging, but I do, and that\u2019s how I do the program. I assume you know what I\u2019m gonna talk about.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m gonna tell you things you don\u2019t know in terms of providiing information, but I assume you\u2019re here. I assume if I say something in the third hour yesterday, I don\u2019t have to say it again in the second hour today. I don\u2019t do that kind of structure anyway. And sometimes I think I should, because it\u2019s obvious people do not listen to all three hours every day. It\u2019s not possible. But you who don\u2019t know who you are, and so do we.<\/p>\n

So, having said all that, I look at all of this going on today, and what I primarily look at is the reaction that other people are having and the way it\u2019s being reported in the media. And I just continue to find things fascinating about it in a less-than-enthusiastic way. For example, we still, even after everything that we\u2019ve learned, at the highest levels of our government, we still can\u2019t properly talk about this, or we won\u2019t.<\/p>\n

We won\u2019t characterize it for what it is. We will not learn from it. We will not properly inform other people of what it is and how this matters to us and how it relates to us. One of the things that I\u2019ve had a lot of e-mail about, and this happens frequently, “Hey, Rush, hey, Rush, did you hear what Conan said?”<\/p>\n

“No, I didn\u2019t hear what Conan said.”<\/p>\n

“Hey, Rush, hey, Rush, do you care what Conan said?”<\/p>\n

“Well, normally no, but what did he say?”<\/p>\n

“Hey, Rush, hey, Rush, did you hear what Jon Stewart said?”<\/p>\n

“No. I really didn\u2019t hear what Jon –”<\/p>\n

“Hey, Rush, hey, Rush, do you care what Jon –”<\/p>\n