Taw changed the wording from 'followers' to 'listeners' suggesting that everyone who listens to Rush uses the word. That's certainly not accurate. I listen to him sometimes, but I don't agree with him. And I don't use that word.
--Jimbo Wales
The article states:
"It is not meant to suggest that radical feminists actually share the same beliefs as the German Nazis, as the National Socialist German Labor Party actually opposed feminism."
While this reasoning is sound, we see no evidence that Limbaugh does indeed make this argument. As is, it is an argument of the "It is not so because it cannot be so" type, i.e. "Limbaugh is of course aware of the horrible crimes of the nazis, how could he not?", the implication being that Limbaugh would not deliberately use a term like "feminazi" to invoke images of murderous gestapo troops, some of them no doubt inspired by sado-masochistic pornography consumed by his conservative right-thinking audience.
Present evidence that Rush Limbaugh has indeed clearly separated "feminazis" from real nazis in the article, or I will remove this sentence.
- You, of course, have evidence that "his conservative right-thinking audience" consumes (I assume that's the word you would have used had you been paying attention) "sado-masochistic pornography"?
- No, that's just my pet theory, that's why I don't include it in the article, smart man. -- Eloq.
- I'm sure he does intend to "invoke images" of murderous gestapo troops -- but it's still pretty clear that he isn't saying that the sort of feminists he's talking about actually adhere to the specific beliefs of the National Socialists. To suggest otherwise seems very odd to me. --Jimbo Wales
- The point is, we don't know to which extent Limbaugh wants this analogy to apply unless we have an actual quote on the matter.
- Well, in any event, I like the way you edited to satisfy all parties. :-) Do you listen to Limbaugh? He may be a big fat idiot, as the comedian says, but he's not stupid. If you asked him "Do you mean that feminists support the same ideas as the Nazis?" it's pretty obvious that he'd laugh at you. :-)
I think that
- He found a striking play on words, feminist + nazi = feminazi, which is simultaneously memorable, sardonic and ad hominem.
- He is comparing feminists to nazis, wrongly perhaps, for enforcing political correctness.
- The terms big, fat idiot and feminazis balance each other rather well.
Ed Poor
- See also : Rush Limbaugh
It's sad... there seems to be no sweet, nice, feminine, loyal, sincere women in america any longer. They have all been taken by the femminist tide. :(