I don't really know any one who admits to listening to Limbaugh, but I never thought you did. <G> Forgive me if I offended you?
You're right, of course, it is dangerous even when those stereoypes are "positive" like clever Asians, happy fat people, Afro-Americans dance well. Those stereotypes are a burden too, causing us to treat them Pity an average Asian, the depressed fat man, the the black man with a small, o never mind.
But we can't really discuss each individual, so we generalize, and facts are that there are enough listeners out there to keep Limbaugh on the air and make his books best sellers. There is politics in churchies who feel justified in enforcing their morality because they believe they know god's will. Some see an adulterer as unfit to be president. Some spend their weekends parading gruesome giant color abortion photo placards in front of the mall where I live. Some think one toke makes you insane, that to be gay is a lifestyle choice, they do. Those people are out there. They didn't vote for Gore. They feel Bush owes them some kind of reciprocal support.
If this close election means Bush is on a short leash, well I'm glad for that. |
