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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:03 PM Mar 2012

Limbaugh Advertiser: Coordinated Effort To Ruin My Company Is ‘Internal American Terrorism'

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/limbaugh-advertiser-tells-megyn-kelly-coordinated-effort-to-ruin-my-company-is-internal-american-terrorism

Limbaugh Advertiser To Megyn Kelly: Coordinated Effort To Ruin My Company Is ‘Internal American Terrorism’

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by Alex Alvarez | 3:39 pm, March 26th, 2012
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On Monday afternoon, America Live host Megyn Kelly spoke with Mark Stevens, the founder of the global marketing firm MSCO and an advertiser for Rush Limbaugh‘s radio program who says his company has been targeted by people who want to put him out of business for his connection to the outspoken conservative host.

Earlier, Limbaugh had addressed the matter on his show, where he said that Stevens believes there is a coordinated attack on his business spearheaded by a group he wouldn’t name, but that Limbaugh was happy to — Media Matters.

Stevens, for his part, firmly intends to “double down” against what he describes as an act of “internal American terrorism.”

“You don’t have to strap on a suicide bomber’s belt to engage in terrorism,” he told Kelly, “Terrorism derives from the term ‘to invoke fear in people.’ They’ve called my people and my company, they’ve called the women at my company, and told them they’re women haters, the most horrible terms. They’ve told me — these are tens of thousands of emails, by the way, most of them are positive but the small group — they’ve told us that we’re under surveillance. The email subject line says ‘citizen of the internet,’ ‘police of the Internet,’ ‘Mark, you’re in danger,’ ‘your house is going to be surrounded by buses,’ ‘your business is going to be destroyed,’ ‘your people are in trouble.’ This is terrorism. Why don’t we start calling it what it is?”

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Limbaugh Advertiser: Coordinated Effort To Ruin My Company Is ‘Internal American Terrorism' (Original Post) Hissyspit Mar 2012 OP
Free speech - it cuts both ways Politicub Mar 2012 #1
Mark Stevens is commenting about this on his FB page right now BuddhaGirl Mar 2012 #55
I commentd on his page, bet it gets taken down fast. era veteran Mar 2012 #64
so... it's only capitalism when it works in their favor and makes them richer? n/t Sheepshank Mar 2012 #2
Exactly! nt tsuki Mar 2012 #24
Oh how rich! GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #3
cry babies..... madrchsod Mar 2012 #4
yep... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #47
In this case maybe it's "..lay down with Hogs,.." Cobalt-60 Mar 2012 #52
Errrm. Yeah? So what, dickwad? bluerum Mar 2012 #5
No - the fact that right wing hate radio continues to thrive is internal American terrorism. Initech Mar 2012 #6
exactly lunasun Mar 2012 #61
Hmmm..yeah, that kinda how women see it these days too from the Republican Taliban MichiganVote Mar 2012 #7
Maybe these "capitalists" would like the government to force us all to listen to Limbaugh tularetom Mar 2012 #8
Ironic that Limpy doesn't see hate talk radio has a bunch of right wing terrorist. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #9
‘to invoke fear in people.’ UpInArms Mar 2012 #10
it works! hauweg Mar 2012 #11
My Dad had an old saying guitar man Mar 2012 #12
Free speech and the free market. Deal with it MSCO. tridim Mar 2012 #13
Dear Mark Stevens abelenkpe Mar 2012 #14
+1 freshwest Mar 2012 #37
What right wingers are saying now is the "Free Market" = "Terrorism". Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #15
Well, it always has been. freshwest Mar 2012 #38
A Concerted Effort Yes. Terrorism No ProfessorGAC Mar 2012 #16
I know this is serious, but varelse Mar 2012 #17
Only when they're directed at Real Americans nxylas Mar 2012 #67
Rush's sponsor is a marketing firm called MSCO. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #18
You would think that a company that worked tsuki Mar 2012 #26
Hey! That's *global* marketing firm MSCO ikri Mar 2012 #33
Don't forget to add Rush demanding all women on the pill submit online porn for his viewing. freshwest Mar 2012 #39
Not only calling Ms. Fluke slanderous/insulting names xtraxritical Mar 2012 #62
MSCO has an interesting website.... hayrow1 Mar 2012 #19
nice try asshole....it's called capitalism spanone Mar 2012 #20
It's entirely your choice. No one is holding a gun to your head. lpbk2713 Mar 2012 #21
Performance art at the sublime level. salin Mar 2012 #22
this idiot likely made it a whole lot worse by going on the show and crying about it.. frylock Mar 2012 #23
i guess i support terrorism then.... spanone Mar 2012 #25
Make sure this is bookmarked nobodyspecial Mar 2012 #27
Is it time for a little ... ... bayareaboy Mar 2012 #28
“Terrorism derives from the term ‘to invoke fear in people." W T F Mar 2012 #29
But calling a woman a slut is okay?? proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #30
Yeah. . .so?? bobhuntsman Mar 2012 #31
So sez the American terrorist himself! NICO9000 Mar 2012 #32
No Rush. It's something you know NOTHING about: Democracy. n/t librechik Mar 2012 #34
Only the Paranoid Survive bucolic_frolic Mar 2012 #35
So this must mean Limbaugh is a terrorist himself considering what he said about the Dixie Chicks. cstanleytech Mar 2012 #36
It's the not-so-invisible hand of the free market, giving you the finger. gkhouston Mar 2012 #40
“You don’t have to strap on a suicide bomber’s belt to engage in terrorism,” he told Kelly, geardaddy Mar 2012 #41
The invisible hand smacked you upside the head. The market doesn't want anywhere near you. (nt) ehrnst Mar 2012 #42
Someone better call this guy the WAAAAAAHHHmbulance... Taverner Mar 2012 #43
If only I could find a link to a picture of that thing to post, I would. freshwest Mar 2012 #68
Poor Stevens surely is not a dumb f***, but has he started calling Rush's indepat Mar 2012 #44
He has it wrong--terrorism is using airwaves to spread hatred, racism, and bigotry... lastlib Mar 2012 #45
Boo-hoo. Go wipe your tears on Limbaugh's boxers. caseymoz Mar 2012 #46
Free Speech is terrorism? What about corporate free speech? Is that terra too? McCamy Taylor Mar 2012 #48
If it's not been vetted/copyrighted by the GOP, Inc., yes. You've been warned! freshwest Mar 2012 #69
That's what consumerism does, dipshit! Earth_First Mar 2012 #49
welcome to the whims of the free market, stevens. noiretextatique Mar 2012 #50
Let the Republicons pick up the loss in revenue...just like they said they would do with Komen. Contrary1 Mar 2012 #51
It's the smallest taste of their own medicine Cobalt-60 Mar 2012 #53
Free market capitalism The Wizard Mar 2012 #54
Sarah Palin tweeted out a tweet tonight ... Tx4obama Mar 2012 #56
I'd reserve the title of internal terrorist for abortion doctor killers. Bolo Boffin Mar 2012 #57
What a Dumb Ass. Droping a bomb from an unmand drone is Terrorism. Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #58
So by Stevens' "reasoning"... tex-wyo-dem Mar 2012 #59
So people and women are not the same thing at MSCO? Rex Mar 2012 #60
And what about Libaugh's attacks on women, on African-Americans, on the poor, JDPriestly Mar 2012 #63
Americans have the right to decide with whom they want to do business. avebury Mar 2012 #65
economic terrorism is when onethatcares Mar 2012 #66
Credo Action is asking people to phone KFI Radio in L.A. to protest pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #70
 

GopperStopper2680

(397 posts)
3. Oh how rich!
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:07 PM
Mar 2012

This is just too rich to be believed! For two decades Limberger and his Pundit Pals have waged a war of social terrorism against the poor, the lower class, the minorities, etc and now that he's finally getting his comeuppance he wants to cry et tu brutei! Cry me a river, Rush! (And drown in it!)

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
4. cry babies.....
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:08 PM
Mar 2012

radio personalities can say anything they like and the public can decide whether or not they want to listen. the public has the right not to buy or not to buy the advertisers products or services.

that`s the free market cry babies

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
47. yep...
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 09:06 PM
Mar 2012

if you lay down with dogs, don't wake up crying about the fleas

on edit: my apologies to all canines for equating them with Limbaugh.

Initech

(99,915 posts)
6. No - the fact that right wing hate radio continues to thrive is internal American terrorism.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:13 PM
Mar 2012

These idiots contribute nothing of value to society other than fear and hate, and the fact that they're still getting money to do so is what I'd consider to be internal American terrorism.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
8. Maybe these "capitalists" would like the government to force us all to listen to Limbaugh
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:16 PM
Mar 2012

Somehow I suspect that would be one form of "big government interference" they would be silent about.

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
9. Ironic that Limpy doesn't see hate talk radio has a bunch of right wing terrorist.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:18 PM
Mar 2012

They don't see Brite fart blog as liars and haters.

UpInArms

(51,252 posts)
10. ‘to invoke fear in people.’
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:19 PM
Mar 2012

invoke??????

does this freak of nature not understand English????

The correct word is

evoke

....


bleh

get out of my oxygen, moran

guitar man

(15,996 posts)
12. My Dad had an old saying
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:33 PM
Mar 2012

and I think it still holds true today. He was fond of saying " You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas"

abelenkpe

(9,933 posts)
14. Dear Mark Stevens
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:36 PM
Mar 2012

It's true. I want you and Limbaugh out of business. I grew tired of your vile bigoted shit long ago. Is there another petition I can sign or someone to call to help make that happen?

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
16. A Concerted Effort Yes. Terrorism No
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:51 PM
Mar 2012

And you deserve it you idiots. You put your eggs in the basket of the Easter Vader, and you get what you get.

Punk ass, idiots.
GAC

varelse

(4,062 posts)
17. I know this is serious, but
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:55 PM
Mar 2012

I can't stop laughing.

Really? Boycotts, harshly worded emails, and public criticism are now 'terrorist acts'?

Oh my god.

nxylas

(6,440 posts)
67. Only when they're directed at Real Americans
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 07:47 AM
Mar 2012

Cinema owners refusing to show Fahrenheit 9/11 = Constitutionally protected freedom of speech.
Advertisers dropping Limbaugh = domestic terrorism.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
18. Rush's sponsor is a marketing firm called MSCO.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:56 PM
Mar 2012

MSCO has a client list for the services they offer. Services include market research, advertising, branding, and public relations.

Their client list includes:
Re Max
Wolfgang Puck
Rodan + Fields
Strutz
Zummer Homes
Monster Savings
Cosmalite
OwnAmerica
Chartis
Carbonga

My plan is to encourage as many as possible to tweet, Facebook, whatever, to each of these companies. When I tweet each of these companies, I'm going to ask them why they're getting public relations advice from a company whose CEO called me a terrorist because I don't like Rush Limbaugh being paid huge sums of money to call women sluts.

Oh, and MSCO's slogan (saw it several times on their website) seems to be: Your Company Sucks (but we can make it better).

http://www.msco.com/work.html

tsuki

(11,994 posts)
26. You would think that a company that worked
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 11:14 PM
Mar 2012

in advertising and public relations would have sense enough to stay away from partisan radio to avoid branding their company as misogynistic, racist and bigoted.

ikri

(1,127 posts)
33. Hey! That's *global* marketing firm MSCO
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 02:03 PM
Mar 2012

They're great at global marketing, I mean, I have heard of exactly one of those brands (through a Simpsons episode).

I wonder what the cross-over is between Limbaugh listeners and large corporations requiring a new marketing firm. There can't be much, if any, payback from advertising for a lot of these firms, so why are they advertising? Are they just funnelling cash to talking heads to further their own agendas? Surely the company shareholders should be asking questions about the governance of these corporations.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
39. Don't forget to add Rush demanding all women on the pill submit online porn for his viewing.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 03:11 PM
Mar 2012

If they want to support that, they might as well give up their right to privacy, too.

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
62. Not only calling Ms. Fluke slanderous/insulting names
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 02:33 AM
Mar 2012

but the next day going after her parents and family. The loathsomeness of this bloated, flaccid, gas sack is beyond words to describe. Let's hope MSCO is overwhelmed with emails, phone calls and letters. Let's terrorize the sonsabitches (no offense to canines) even worse than they've terrorized us and I mean all the crappy products advertized on the crap ass show too.

lpbk2713

(42,696 posts)
21. It's entirely your choice. No one is holding a gun to your head.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:09 PM
Mar 2012



You can stay or go. I don't really GAF. But please, I hate to see a grown man whine.





[big] "WAAAH!! No fair!!" [/big]


salin

(48,954 posts)
22. Performance art at the sublime level.
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 09:20 PM
Mar 2012

Mr. "the problem with the democrats is the lack of personal responsibility" once again displays his lack of personal responsibility.

frylock

(34,825 posts)
23. this idiot likely made it a whole lot worse by going on the show and crying about it..
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 10:55 PM
Mar 2012

now we have a list of MSCO's clients. you know what to do, folks.

nobodyspecial

(2,286 posts)
27. Make sure this is bookmarked
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 11:16 PM
Mar 2012

so it can be brought out the next time someone on the right organizes a boycott.

W T F

(1,145 posts)
29. “Terrorism derives from the term ‘to invoke fear in people."
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 12:12 PM
Mar 2012

Sounds like he just described Fox "News" better call Homreland Security

gkhouston

(21,642 posts)
40. It's the not-so-invisible hand of the free market, giving you the finger.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 03:28 PM
Mar 2012

You want my business? Court my tastes.

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
41. “You don’t have to strap on a suicide bomber’s belt to engage in terrorism,” he told Kelly,
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 03:30 PM
Mar 2012

“Terrorism derives from the term ‘to invoke fear in people.’

If that's the case, Limpballs is a terrorist.

indepat

(20,899 posts)
44. Poor Stevens surely is not a dumb f***, but has he started calling Rush's
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 05:14 PM
Mar 2012

foulness what it is? I suspect not.

lastlib

(22,981 posts)
45. He has it wrong--terrorism is using airwaves to spread hatred, racism, and bigotry...
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 06:46 PM
Mar 2012

Justice is using the power of public opinion to oppose those who promote same.

I can emphatically promise him that if his company will stop supporting those who push this bile that nobody would bother him. It's that simple. But if he wants to continue supporting this crap, he will face consequences.

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
46. Boo-hoo. Go wipe your tears on Limbaugh's boxers.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 07:09 PM
Mar 2012

Terrorism? Really? And the FBI won't listen? The won't take the threats you describe seriously? Or is law enforcement in on the Liberal/Media Matters conspiracy? We all know how friendly the Homeland Security is to liberals.

No, the guy is just finding out that freedom of commerce can be bitch when it comes to your company doing business with nasty people. Commerce is apparently only really free in his mind when people buy his stuff. Sorry, pal, the consumer has the complete right to say where they'll spend their money after taxes, and for whatever reason. You're not being terrorized, you just didn't realize this.

I predict somebody's business is going down because his brain is hermetically sealed against this concept.

If you ask me, this guy has a standard of truth as mendacious as Limbaugh's.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
49. That's what consumerism does, dipshit!
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 09:17 PM
Mar 2012

This is the center of your failed capitalist empire...

The CONSUMER has the ability to make it's own decisions on the product or product placement advertising and engage in conversation with other consumers on the merits of that company.

What's not to get here?

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
51. Let the Republicons pick up the loss in revenue...just like they said they would do with Komen.
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 10:53 PM
Mar 2012

Registrations for the Races are down anywhere from 15-35%, depending on the city and whoever is reporting.

Conservatives sure better get busy putting their $$$ where their big mouths are.

Cobalt-60

(3,078 posts)
53. It's the smallest taste of their own medicine
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:13 PM
Mar 2012

And I don't think it's being applied in sufficient doses yet.
If Pig Limbaugh was permanently banned from the airwaves this minute he'd still die a rich man.
F*ck him and his staff. They're all hand picked turds as rotten as he is.
Did that no talent sow boy think he was entitled to be on the air forever?
There are hundreds of radio shows that are now history. It's about f*cking time this piece of fascist sh*t was tossed in the same can as Lord Haw Haw.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
56. Sarah Palin tweeted out a tweet tonight ...
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:59 PM
Mar 2012

and posted a post on her FB - she is now pushing a conspiracy theory regarding this.


Sarah Palin ? @SarahPalinUSA

My, my, my... http://fb.me/Y0WZPbLI
https://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/184840465852538880

The Plot to Get Rush
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/27/the-plot-to-get-rush/print


Just when I thought she couldn't become more insane!

 

Devil_Fish

(1,664 posts)
58. What a Dumb Ass. Droping a bomb from an unmand drone is Terrorism.
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 01:03 AM
Mar 2012

If you business fails because you choose to suport Sexist Hate Speech, that is free market capitalism you idiot.

tex-wyo-dem

(3,190 posts)
59. So by Stevens' "reasoning"...
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 01:08 AM
Mar 2012

The Southern Baptists' boycott of Disney was an act of “internal American terrorism,” and the conservative religious women's group boycotting JCP because Ellen is advertising for them was an act of “internal American terrorism.”

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
63. And what about Libaugh's attacks on women, on African-Americans, on the poor,
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 02:47 AM
Mar 2012

on the sick, on anyone who is weak. If people calling in and complaining, all verbal activity and exercise of free speech, about Limbaugh's attacks is terrorism, what about Limbaugh's attacks in the first place?

avebury

(10,946 posts)
65. Americans have the right to decide with whom they want to do business.
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 06:42 AM
Mar 2012

Tough shit if people don't want to do business with Mark Stevens or anyone connected to Mark Stevens. If they can't stand the heat - get out of the kitchen.

onethatcares

(16,133 posts)
66. economic terrorism is when
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 06:50 AM
Mar 2012

you don't know if you are going to have a job day to day. It's when you don't make enough to

actually live on, it's when the global marketing firms outsource their positions to other countries.

this guy doesn't have a clue.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
70. Credo Action is asking people to phone KFI Radio in L.A. to protest
Wed Mar 28, 2012, 11:24 AM
Mar 2012
http://act.credoaction.com/call/report/?r=5542965&cp_id=211&id=37404-3044894-xoqx3jx&tg=817

Also, there's a petition to get Limbaugh off KFI...

Posted in GD by Iwillnevergiveup:

Tell KFI in L.A. - "DUMP LIMBAUGH"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002465530

Note: Besides being a powerful (50,000-watt) radio station in SoCal, online streaming--including Limbaugh's show--makes its reach virtually limitless.

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