It behooves us as people of conscience to prevail upon the airwaves to free us from the tyranny of hate speech. Rush Limbaugh and his ilk are the engine that drives the hate speech. He needs to be taken down from his pedestal and shown the door to oblivion.

Women and men who care for women and all who care for civility, let us join together and a turn off our radios and TV’s whenever and wherever they allow his brand of hateful discourse. The American political system has been stymied and virtually destroyed by the mushrooming fungus of hate spewing from his mouth. Men have become more and more insensitive to the needs of women and children. It has become fashionable to rant and rave against people of sensitivity and taste, and to replace civil discourse, with wanton spewing of hate-filled hyperbole.

A return to reality and graciousness is in order. If we want to live in a better world, we need to make it better by refusing to listen to those who would destroy our better natures. If it doesn’t sound right, it probably isn’t. If you don’t think your great-granny would have wanted you to hear it when you were 8 years old, then it probably is not a respectful thing to say. If we do not demand the building up of community and the promise of a better world for our children and grandchildren, then who will?

We need to take a Brillo pad to the airwaves and rid them of Rush. Free speech ends when it crosses the line and foments hatred and hurts others. Many people have been fired for saying less incendiary things about other groups. Why is hate speech against women tolerated? Our world and our society deserve better. We are better people than this. Limbaugh should be fired.