Rush Did He Go Too Far?

Did Rush Limbaugh take his antics too far when Chinese President Hu Jintao was here in the U. S.?

Rush Limbaugh Boycott Gains Steam
By Judy Lin
Huffington Post
Jan 28, 2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Rush Limbaugh's imitation of the Chinese language during a recent speech made by Chinese President Hu Jintao has stirred a backlash among Asian-American lawmakers in California and nationally.

California state Sen. Leland Yee, a Democrat from San Francisco, is leading a fight in demanding an apology from the radio talk show host for what he and others view as racist and derogatory remarks against the Chinese people.
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"The comments that he made — the mimicking of the Chinese language — harkens back to when I was a little boy growing up in San Francisco and those were hard days, rather insensitive days," Yee said in an interview Thursday. "You think you've arrived and all of a sudden get shot back to the reality that you're a second-class citizen."

Rush continues to use language to disparage others even though the rest of the nation is trying to tone down the rhetoric, he still calls the opposition names and belittles them. However, it now maybe that he has gone too far.

Yee has been joined by Asian-American state and federal lawmakers who say Limbaugh's comments are inciting hate and intolerance amid a polarized atmosphere. A number of civil rights groups, including Chinese for Affirmative Action, Japanese American Citizens League and the California National Organization for Women, have joined Yee in calling on sponsors to pull advertisements from Limbaugh's program.
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"I want an apology at the very least," said New York Assemblywoman Grace Meng, a Queens Democrat. "Making fun of any country's leader is just very disrespectful for someone who says he is a proud American."
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"We need to stand up for civility and be respectful of one another. Otherwise the consequences are dreadful as we can already see in the death threats against Senator Yee," said Rep. Judy Chu, a Democrat who represents a large Asian district outside Los Angeles.

Rush’s antics has no place in today’s climate, it is from bygone era. It has no place in a civil debate.

Here are the audio clips...



Some say that he just used bad taste, but listen to his condescending tone and also do you really think he would have said the same thing if it was the president of France and they were talking French?