According to the
StopRush Database, six sponsors are back on the Rush Limbaugh Show for special Valentine's Day promotions. (Two of the six companies, 1800Flowers and Pro-Flowers, never really left.) The folks at
BoycottRush posted the names of these six sponsors, and the protesting public immediately began contacting/boycotting these companies via Facebook posts, tweets, emails, and phone calls.
There are many reasons for this protest. Many believe Rush Limbaugh promotes, and provokes racism, homophobia, and misogyny. Thousands of malign Limbaugh quotes have been documented. He calls children on government-assisted lunches 'wanton little waifs and surfs,' implies gay men are 'pedophiles,' calls women 'semen receptacles,' and calls documented immigrants a 'lazy', 'invasive species' of 'mollusks' and 'spermatozoa'. This kind of hate speech can lead to bullying, abuse, violent hate crimes, and murder.
The various campaigns against Rush Limbaugh have been highly effective according to Wall Street Journal numbers published last week. Concerned consumers simply want his hate speech off public radio. They are telling sponsors they will not buy from companies that support hate radio, and they plan to buy from competitors and small local, independently-owned florists/gift shops.
Here is a list of the six Rush Limbaugh sponsors compiled via StopRush, FlushRush, and BoycottRush.
ProFlowers
https://www.facebook.com/...
https://twitter.com/...
dchaplin@providecommerce.com
800.580.2913
http://stoprush.net/...
1-800-FLOWERS
http://www.facebook.com/...
http://ww11.1800flowers.com/...
https://twitter.com/...
mediainquiries@1800flowers.com
invest@1800flowers.com
1-800-716-4851
http://stoprush.net/...
Shari's Berries
https://www.facebook.com/...
http://www.berries.com/...
https://twitter.com/...
dchaplin@providecommerce.com
cssocial@providecommerce.com
1-877-BERRIES
http://stoprush.net/...
Pajamagram
https://www.facebook.com/...
http://www.pajamagram.com/...
https://twitter.com/...
800-448-3757
http://stoprush.net/...
Vermont Teddy Bear
www.facebook.com/VTTeddyBear
http://www.vermontteddybear.com/...
https://twitter.com/...
marys@vtbear.com
1-802-985-3001
http://stoprush.net/...
Shane Co
http://www.facebook.com/...
http://www.shaneco.com/...
https://twitter.com/...
http://stoprush.net/...
For an extensive Rush Limbaugh sponsor List: StopRush.Net
For those who defend Limbaugh's 'Free Speech,' many protestors stress they ardently agree with free speech and are practicing their own First Amendment rights via protests, petitions, and boycotts. As for
Limbaugh's idea of free speech, here is a small sample of why the boycotters are relentless. This quote was recorded by
Media Matters.
“There was a cover story on me coming out of one of the big news magazines, and it was going to totally mischaracterize me and what I do and how I do it. And we found out who was writing it and made a couple phone calls to the person writing it. And we said, ‘You know what? We're going to find out where your kids go to school. We're going to find out who you knocked up in high school. We're going to find out what drugs you used. We're going to find out where you go to drink and do -- we're gonna find out how you paid for your house. We're going to do -- and we're going to do exact -- and we're going to say that, you know what? You are no different than Al Goldstein. You both masturbate. You're no different than Al Goldstein, and you're both journalists, and so forth.
And the guy started screaming on the phone, just went – ‘You can't do that.’ We said, ‘Watch us.’ And it changed the tone of the story by about 60 percent, I would say, from what it was going to be." -Rush Limbaugh, October 16, 2007
And so the boycott continues. To join this highly effective protest:
Sign: Limbaugh Sponsor & Clear Channel Petition
Visit/Like: BoycottRush Facebook Group
Join: The Fight To Flush Rush
Visit: StopRush.net for an extensive list of Limbaugh Sponsors
Twitter: #FlushRush and #StopRush
Rest in peace Kossack, Richard Myers. We will finish this.
Special thanks to Freya M. and the StopRush volunteers who work hard monitoring, documenting, and publicizing Rush Limbaugh sponsor info.