Rush Limbaugh Gets It “Right” on Peanut Allergies
I have never been, and probably will never be, a big Rush Limbaugh fan.
So you can imagine my skepticism in opening this link to his comments today on peanut allergies — fearing what he would say and how his followers would respond.
I was surprised and heartened by his response. According to Limbaugh, this issue is real and can be deadly if not dealt with in time. He highlights one of my deepest fears as a food allergy parent: mean kids using food to bully and harm others.
Contrast Limbaugh’s position on peanut allergies with this article from a steadfastly liberal magazine, Harper’s: “Everyone’s Gone Nuts: The exaggerated threat of food allergies.” Never have I read an article that got the whole food allergy issue so totally and completely wrong.
I usually love Harpers — and cringe at Limbaugh. Here is a case where the exact opposite happened. Seems ironic that the usually libertarian right wants to help us to protect food allergic kids, and the left thinks that this type of protection is excessive and unnecessary. In this case — the left got it wrong, and the right got it right.
So, from this reliable Limbaugh foe: mega dittos to Limbaugh for being so right on this very important issue.
May 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 pm
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May 24th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I’ve never seen the school/peanut allergy issue presented with bullying included. It start to makes sense.
I’ve run into absurd extremes before. Our daughter’s pre-school sent out a letter that since they had a child at the school who had a sibling with a nut allergy who WASNT at the school, no child attending school would be allowed to eat peanuts at HOME, let alone at the school. In other words, No peanuts in 3 degrees of separation from the allergic child.
There was an outcry and it was rescinded. It’s stuff like that that makes the issue seem silly and overblown. An allergic kid getting a PBJ smeared in his face - I understand the danger.
May 24th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Limbaugh’s right on just about everything else, too. You should actually listen to his program for an extended length of time, give it a chance.
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