11/15/2023 0 Comments Things rush limbaugh said![]() ![]() Never let an academic itch go unscratched, or something like that. He thought it would be good for the students but, more importantly, he thought it would be good for me. I asked the late Henry Berger, WU history professor, what he thought, and he enthusiastically encouraged me to do this. (There is, at the root of it I suppose, a certain unsuspected sentimentality that governs what we want to know and how we want to know it.) Finally, I thought our students might benefit by reading conservative arguments without any filter of liberal or leftist interpretation or disapproval. That is, they strongly disliked or distrusted White liberals, but from very unlike perspectives. Also, I suppose I wanted to understand my past, for I grew up among urban working-class people, Italian and Black, who were, in different but compelling ways, conservative. The reason was, in part, to understand America’s culture wars better by learning more about the side I knew less well. I had known for some years, probably since 2010, that I wanted to develop some courses on American conservatism. It just so happened we had a very diverse staff: gay, straight, Black, white, Asian, it didn’t matter, as long as you were good at your job. He wanted his staff to be excellent, so he hired excellent people. Rush didn’t have a racist bone in his body. Rush on the Radio: A Tribute from His Sidekick of 30 Yearsīy James Golden, aka Bo Snerdley (2021, All Seasons Press) 326 pages including notes and acknowledgments.Īs a Black guy, a proud African American, it always infuriated me to hear my friend called a racist. ![]()
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