On Feb. 12, an unscrupulous attack was made on Sandra Fluke, a third-year law student at Georgetown University. Rush Limbaugh was the man behind the attack, and his live-broadcast radio show served as the platform that assisted him in conveying his misinformed rant. When talking about Fluke, he used extremely bold words such as “slut” and “prostitute.”

This type of unnecessary badmouthing is what the media seemed to focus on when covering the incident. However, there were other logic fallacies and ludicrous remarks that did not receive quite as much coverage.

Sandra Fluke had recently gone to Congress requesting that free contraceptives (birth control) be mandated by the government. She wanted to have it included in the costs for womens’ health insurance and paid for by employers, hospitals, etc.

This way it would not come from taxpayers’ money. It all sounds like a pretty reasonable argument to be taken into consideration, right? So when I found out what had caused Rush Limbaugh to commit such an erroneous defamation of this woman’s character, I was a bit shocked.

I do not want to make this piece about “the issue of mandated contraceptives” because that is not the problem I have with the whole thing. Whether or not Sandra Fluke’s request is justified or not is a much bigger issue for a much more qualified person (who is, of course, capable of human decency).

I am not necessarily against Rush Limbaugh’s general standpoint on the issue but more so with his horrendous commentary. He seems to think that Sandra Fluke wants contraceptives mandated strictly for her financial and sexual benefit, which in and of itself, is an absurdity I find to be much more extreme than her demands to Congress.

But even if Limbaugh thought such an absurd thing to be true, why would he say it on the air? And it was not as if this was a one-time incident, either. According to MediaMatters.org, Limbaugh verbally attacked Fluke 46 times over the course of three days. With such a staggering statistic thrown into the mix, I find it impossible to view this as an isolated incident.

Limbaugh also seemed to misunderstand the fundamentals of birth control, implying that the costs would decrease if sexual activity decreased. I find this to be a bit embarrassing on his part, as it takes away any of the remaining credibility he had left. But misinformation aside, I still find the statements he made to be the most outlandish of his many personal faults.

One quote in particular that I found to be terribly offensive cited the “feminazis” as the culprit behind this issue. He heightened the misogyny by saying, “If we are going to pay… for you to have sex, we want something for it. We want you to post the videos online, so we can all watch.”

Clearly, the man should not RUSH to appoint himself the judge of morality. Before he goes dangerously poking at the “character flaws” of others, he may want to consider first re-evaluating his own character.