Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk show host

Friday, November 23, 2007

We have a whole political movement in this country that’s based on getting rid of all judgments on

We have a whole political movement in this country that’s based on getting rid of all judgments on all behavior and replacing judgment with ‘tolerance and ‘understanding.’ However, there will be no tolerance of ministers.  There will be no tolerance for the pope.  There will be no tolerance for conservatives.  But there will be tolerance for all the depravity and all the debauchery that a society engages in.

The desire for acceptance from others is a natural human characteristic, and we’re all raised that way.  We want feedback from our parents, “Good boy, Rusty!” We want to hear all of this.  We want to hear how we’re good, and we’re raised to make people love us and like us.  We’re raised to not offend people so that we don’t embarrass the family or whatever. We’re all raised this way.  It leads to a dependency on this kind of thing, and some people are able to escape it on their own and other people aren’t and they become ruled and governed by it.  You said, “a life lived doing the right thing.” See, you’re immediately in a problem right there, especially because you’re a youth minister, because the liberals in this audience hearing you say that are saying, “What right do you have to lay claim to what’s right?  Who are you to tell us what the right thing to do is?”

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