|
Steve RIP
|
10-06-2011, 11:05 PM
I know a lot of you don't like, or agree with, Rush Limbaugh, but Rush has always been an unalloyed fan of the Mac, of Apple, and of Steve Jobs. Here's his encomium, ad lib as usual:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2011/1...ptionalism /Mr Lynn
10-07-2011, 12:03 AM
mrlynn wrote: I'm non-plussed. I don't "dislike" Rush, I ignore Rush because he's not entertaining and lacks insightful opinions and swaps in convenient platitudes. So let me state that preface. He loves the products and thinks Jobs was a great capitalist because he knew how to sell. And that all of his success was "despite liberalism" when in fact his political and social mores were the very things that propelled him to dream and reach his goals. Sorry if you're a fan but instead it reads like a stereotypical bigot who's amazed minorities can read and is "happy" for them with childlike wonder.
10-07-2011, 12:12 AM
Winston wrote: If my experiences are any guide, it was probably tears for a combination of things. And there may have been good reasons to hold in your emotions when you were in NH. Don't ever feel ashamed about feeling emotion. Good luck. - Winston Thank you for that. I needed to hear it. : }
10-07-2011, 12:28 AM
deckeda, I think you misread Rush, perhaps because you don't listen to him, but this is not the place for that discussion. I also wonder about your claim that Steve Jobs's "political and social mores were the very things that propelled him to dream and reach his goals." My impression is that it was more his desire to "be all that he could be," the pursuit of excellence, which Rush finds great men have in common. I think what you miss is that Rush is a huge fan of Steve, not just of the products, though these were (and remain) the result of that uncompromising pursuit.
/Mr Lynn
10-07-2011, 01:41 AM
Though I read through it quickly (and so may not have picked up on what deckeda did), I too kinda read it like you did Lynn. It struck me as one of Rush's bette works, and I too sensed he had great admiration for Steve (though I did notice that Rush seemed to think Steve's politics were contrary to his success with Apple and therefore kinda a slam on liberals..only time where his bias seemed to cloud his writing...I personally don't see contradictory behavior on Steve's part). I think most of the time, Rush is just doing his job (as Steve once put it to the Engadget reporter), but this was a case of Rush truly being free and clear.
10-07-2011, 01:50 AM
Remember, too, that this is a transcription of off-the-cuff remarks, not a written piece. Rush spent the better part of an hour talking about Steve and Apple.
/Mr Lynn
10-07-2011, 03:39 AM
mrlynn wrote: People make these things we buy. Those people believe certain things about how the world works---about how they want it to work and should work and what they can offer, should offer to make it happen. Begin a fan and being truly respectful based on an understanding for one's success are very different things. Rush is clearly the former but just like anyone else, can't respect what he doesn't understand or appreciate. He has admiration for Jobs' success but his respect is tied only to that, and more than once discredits the possibility---if not probability---that all that came from within Jobs wasn't an important part of that success.
10-07-2011, 03:48 AM
deckeda wrote: Sorry if you're a fan but instead it reads like a stereotypical bigot who's amazed minorities can read and is "happy" for them with childlike wonder. And there goes the rationality. |
|
« Next Oldest | Next Newest »
|
