Rush Limbaugh says the darndest things

[A Theist]

You're confronted when someone on the left did the very thing you condemned the conservative for.

One more time...

A political attack =/= a personal defamation of character.

The Ed Schultz case you cited is an example of a potty mouth. He was unprofessional. His language was inappropriate. His choice of words was obnoxious. But there was no defamation of character.

The Limbaugh case is an example of defamation of character combined with a creepy proposition to boot.

Same word. Not the same thing. Remember, Limbaugh wasn't condemned just for using the word "slut". He was condemned for his defamation of character and his creepy proposition.

Find some other way to absolve him.

You're wrong and you're in denial. Schultz is just as guilty. The term has a particular social stigma attached to it. Schultz is just as guilty as Limbaugh when he used the term 'slut' to defame and disgrace Laura Ingrham on air.