Rush Limbaugh buys the farm...

[Nylock]

One of his ongoing bits was to make fun of people on the left when they died. He liked to use the phrase "assumed room temperature" with a certain amount of glee. I don't think he cared about their families, or common decency for that matter. He was a bitter caricature of a human being.

When the sickness at the heart of American politics finally metastasized into a cancer, he was the rogue cell that was the catalyst for it.

 

[8ball]

He had a family and no matter your politics it’s always sad when an old .... nah, pulling your plonker. Rot in hell, scum.

 

[krtek a houby]

Rush?

Limbo

 

[petee]

When the sickness at the heart of American politics finally metastasized into a cancer, he was the rogue cell that was the catalyst for it.

unfortunately the history of rightwing radio filth goes back before him. here in NYC a scumbag named bob grant was already causing problems in the 70s.

Bob Grant (radio host) - Wikipedia

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and then there's fr. coughlin, who was a different animal but at least got deplatfomed.

 

[petee]

 

[Badgers]

Is he still dead? Good.

 

[Spymaster]

I remember coming across RL's radio show while driving in the USA and being just amazed that anyone could be permitted to say such rubbish on the air.

I found him accidentally whilst channel surfing radio stations on a hotel room tv. I didn’t think he was serious but I asked some American colleagues about him and started a row between some who thought he was a dick and a couple who thought he was great.

 

[Cid]

Limbo

He'd be lucky.

 

[spitfire]

Ah bugger, should have done a screenshot.

He's still dead though so not all bad.

 

[nogojones]

 

[kabbes]

I found him accidentally whilst channel surfing radio stations on a hotel room tv. I didn’t think he was serious but I asked some American colleagues about him and started a row between some who thought he was a dick and a couple who thought he was great.

You’re a troll in real life too?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[petee]

Doctor Assures Limbaugh Family It Normal For Body To Continue Ranting About Welfare Queens Hours After Death

PALM BEACH, FL—Explaining that it was a totally normal occurrence and they shouldn’t be alarmed, local doctor Philippa Anaios reportedly assured the Limbaugh family Wednesday that it was normal for their deceased relative body’s to still be ranting about welfare queens hours after his death...

www.theonion.com

“While I know it’s difficult for you to see him like this, I want to assure you that in cases like his, it is fully expected that the remains will scream about Black single mothers leeching off the government long past the point when brain activity has ceased,” said Dr. Anaios

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I found him accidentally whilst channel surfing radio stations on a hotel room tv. I didn’t think he was serious but I asked some American colleagues about him and started a row between some who thought he was a dick and a couple who thought he was great.

I had the great joy of listening to him daily for several years. My coworkers love the guy and used to play him in the office every day. I have to thank them for that. I wouldn't be as politically active now without the education they provided.

 

[stavros]

I've learnt a lot more about him in the last twenty four hours than I knew before. His was a name I recognised, but was simply one of those that Americans mention all the time and are meaningless unless you've spent substantial time there. Similar to Letterman, Leno, Winfrey, etc.

However, now I have become a bit more more educated may I say, rest in piss.

 

[petee]

just a taste

Never Forget What Rush Limbaugh Said About Sandra Fluke - Washingtonian

Rush Limbaugh has died, and no list of his awful legacy of racism, sexism, and attacks on the poor would be complete without noting he made war on a DC student in 2012. Sandra Fluke was a third-year student at Georgetown Law when Democrats invited her to testify at an unofficial congressional...

www.washingtonian.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

just a taste

Never Forget What Rush Limbaugh Said About Sandra Fluke - Washingtonian

Rush Limbaugh has died, and no list of his awful legacy of racism, sexism, and attacks on the poor would be complete without noting he made war on a DC student in 2012. Sandra Fluke was a third-year student at Georgetown Law when Democrats invited her to testify at an unofficial congressional...

www.washingtonian.com

What a complete cunt. I've obviously heard of him, but never really looked into what he used to say. Thank god he's dead.

 

[Brainaddict]

huffpost did an uncharacteristically good obit Rush Limbaugh, Bigoted King Of Talk Radio, Dies At 70

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Oh dear, what a shame, never mind...

 

[William of Walworth]

For what it's worth (not much ), here's the loon's Guardian obituary .......

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I had forgotten about this:

I'll never forget the day that I heard Limbaugh call Kurt Cobain "a worthless shred of human debris" after the lead singer and guitarist for Nirvana died by suicide. I was 16 years old and, like a large chunk of people my age, Nirvana was one of my favorite bands. I had already cried my eyes out, in that way only a teenager can, over Cobain's death, but hearing Limbaugh say these vile words while my dad listened brought the grief and rage crashing back over me.

And, then of course, this:

This paradox often crops up with authoritarians like Limbaugh and Donald Trump, who clearly learned a lot from Limbaugh about how to repackage fascistic politics for post-war white Americans raised on R-rated comedies and classic rock radio. Right-wing Republicans think nothing of swiping aesthetics developed by the same people they condemn as deviants and threats to America. Conservatives often love the music made by LGBTQ people, people of color, cosmopolitan progressives, environmentalists and independent-minded women, but the artists themselves? Well, they get called "human debris" or, as Limbaugh said of Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead when he died, a "dead doper." (That particular dig was more right-wing-style projection, of course, because Limbaugh himself had a severe drug addiction.)

Rush Limbaugh captivated dads like mine and created America's modern fascist aesthetic | Salon.com