Big-league sport in America very selective about "hate speech"

We read:

"Conservative radio maven Rush Limbaugh was denied a piece of the NFL St. Louis Rams last year when complaints about his racial opinions made him unacceptable as an owner. Now, website RespectTheGreatGame.com is wondering why the same sports leagues that rejected Limbaugh are employing liberal agitprop meister Keith Olbermann-- whose blog appears on the MLB.com website and who hosts NBC’s NFL coverage on Sunday nights.

They point out that Olbermann (who features a Worst Person In The World segment) regularly demonized former U.S. president George Bush with Nazi references, has objectified women “a big, mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it” and described Massachusetts senator Scott Brown as “an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.”

Is it sarcasm when Olbermann says it but hate speech when Limbaugh tweaks the icons of the left?

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Posted by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.).