Rush Limbaugh's The Environmental Mindset
Excerpted from Rush Limbaugh's The Way Things Ought to Be, in “The Environmental Mindset” Limbaugh describes to his audience the so called “radical environmental movement” that was occurring when he wrote his book. He gives an explanation of his view on the environmental movement's goals and followers. While looking at Limbaugh's excerpt, he judges the entire movement based upon only a portion of the followers. Every claim he makes describing the followers for instance, “Most of the people running environmental groups don't work,” has no references for such a drastic generalization (Limbaugh, 1993, p. 441). Upon making such claims he attempts to state that environmentalists are making rash claims themselves and are using scare tactics in order to gain more attention from others. Limbaugh's overall claim he wishes for his audience to believe is that environmentalist groups are taking their beliefs and exaggerating past extent. Near the end he claims that the Earth would be able to regenerate itself and how we are unable to destroy it. Limbaugh (1993) initially mentions how environmentalist ideas will subjugate other people's property for “environmental concerns” (p. 440). Using this point, Limbaugh gains the attention of readers
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His “outburst” of opinions towards environmental groups were an attempt to gather attention and enforce his opinions; however, these claims degenerated his argument and made it difficult for readers to process. With his argument not being structurally intact, Limbaugh makes it difficult for his audience to agree with him. Lack of evidence to support his claims further reinforces the little credibility that Limbaugh has on the subject. Although some of his ideas may have been sound, he did not utilize facts properly to support his opinion and his argument fell into
His “outburst” of opinions towards environmental groups were an attempt to gather attention and enforce his opinions; however, these claims degenerated his argument and made it difficult for readers to process. With his argument not being structurally intact, Limbaugh makes it difficult for his audience to agree with him. Lack of evidence to support his claims further reinforces the little credibility that Limbaugh has on the subject. Although some of his ideas may have been sound, he did not utilize facts properly to support his opinion and his argument fell into