At long last, Rush Limbaugh and I agree on something (h/t Andrew Sullivan).
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January 26th, 2010 at 8:42 am
That’s nice David but I’m not sure your headline writer is totally familiar with the “Dittos” usage employed by long term listeners to the show:
For future reference: Just put Dittos Limbaugh into Google and you will find something like this.
“Dittoheads
Faithful listeners to The Rush Limbaugh Show.[37] As Limbaugh often explains in his books[38] and radio show, these are not necessarily those who agree with his views. Rather, he believes they are people who love the show and what he’s doing, and hope he never stops doing it. The term came into use because callers would frequently begin by stating their line-item agreement with the points made by previous callers. One caller simply said “ditto to what those guys said.” Thereafter, callers were encouraged to simply say, “Dittos,” and then get right to their point. Thus, long-time listeners would begin their calls with “Dittos, Rush,” leading to the term “dittoheads.” The term is also used pejoratively by critics of Limbaugh, to mock listeners of his show. Thrash Metal band Slayer also named a song Dittohead, with lyrics based on the aforementioned criticisms of the term.”