OT Rush Limbaugh, conservative media icon, dead at 70 following battle with cancer (1 Viewer)

[Natebishop3]

And there's a difference between saying fuck him and rooting for a horrible death.

Calvin and Lanny have both said they're happy he's having a horrible death. Do you want me to go grab the quotes?

 

[RR7]

Calvin and Lanny have both said they're happy he's having a horrible death. Do you want me to go grab the quotes?

You can grab on to whatever you like.

 

[RR7]

Calvin and Lanny have both said they're happy he's having a horrible death. Do you want me to go grab the quotes?

So your anger at all liberals and their ilk and the reason you won't ever join with them is based on 3 or 4 people here?

 

[Natebishop3]

So your anger at all liberals and their ilk and the reason you won't ever join with them is based on 3 or 4 people here?

If it was only on here then that would be one thing. It's not.

Or would you like me to find the video of the people cheering that Proud Boy who was shot downtown?

 

[crandc]

Rush sure gloated when Justice Ginsburg died.

 

[Natebishop3]

Rush sure gloated when Justice Ginsburg died.

He's a horrible person. That doesn't make it okay for people to take pleasure in his death..... or are they cut from the same cloth as Rush?

 

[RR7]

If it was only on here then that would be one thing. It's not.

Or would you like me to find the video of the people cheering that Proud Boy who was shot downtown?

So that brings me back to RBG. Why did it need to be only on here for you to rant about people cheering her death? You were calling someone a hypocrite earlier. Maybe you wanna try that one on for yourself? Didn't see you yelling at anyone in the kobe thread either. Just railing on the libs! We don't want you with our ilk. We're all good.

 

[Natebishop3]

So that brings me back to RBG. Why did it need to be only on here for you to rant about people cheering her death? You were calling someone a hypocrite earlier. Maybe you wanna try that one on for yourself? Didn't see you yelling at anyone in the kobe thread either. Just railing on the libs! We don't want you with our ilk. We're all good.

If they had posted in here, I would have said the same thing. But from the party that's supposed to be progressive and more enlightened than the conservatives, this is not reflecting that behavior.

You don't even know what my fucking ilk is.

Show me my hypocrisy. Provide it so all can see. For a party of people who are out marching against hate speech and railing against Trump and his followers, the behavior of people in this thread and people in those marches doesn't reflect those supposed values. I just see more hate. From a party that condemns hate speech, there's a lot of hate speech in here.

 

[e_blazer]

I have no use for Rush or his politics. He’s spread a ton of ill will through his talk radio program. That said, I wish him a gentle passing, just as I hope for a similar one for myself when the time comes.

 

[Natebishop3]

So that brings me back to RBG. Why did it need to be only on here for you to rant about people cheering her death?

This is also a hilarious strawman.

You have no idea what I was ranting about where or to whom.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I agree with @Natebishop3, I am totally a hypocrite.

And an asshole.

 

[RR7]

This is also a hilarious strawman.

You have no idea what I was ranting about where or to whom.

Well, you didn't subject us to it. Don't pretend

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I agree with @Natebishop3, I am totally a hypocrite.

And an asshole.

I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't say I was a hypocrite.

 

[barfo]

Because apparently you missed my first post where I said that Kobe was a piece of shit and was widely mourned.

Rush's death is apparently celebrated.

You don't see a problem with that?

No, because there are also people who will mourn Rush, and also people who celebrate Kobe's death.

No point in trying to police everyone's thoughts about public figures.

barfo

 

[Natebishop3]

Well, you didn't subject us to it. Don't pretend

You’re really reaching. Again, point me to the post celebrating her death on here. Or was I supposed to assume there are people on here who were happy she died?

 

[barfo]

You don't even know what my fucking ilk is.

Not true, we have intimate photos of you fucking that ilk.

For a party of people who are out marching against hate speech and railing against Trump and his followers, the behavior of people in this thread and people in those marches doesn't reflect those supposed values. I just see more hate. From a party that condemns hate speech, there's a lot of hate speech in here.

You seem to have mistaken a bunch of random posters for a party.

barfo

 

[calvin natt]

Just trying to catch up, how again are we even able to have RBG and Rush Limbaugh in the same conversation? Oh one side pounced on death of RBG in their own interests and the other side doesn’t have sympathy for a racist, sexist, hate filled piece of shit? Good people on both side I guess

 

[RR7]

Not true, we have intimate photos of you fucking that ilk.


barfo

That was an elk

 

[H.C.]

When the man you hate. Is a better person than you.


Sad day for humanity when someone takes pleasure in passing.
Even worse when so called born again Christians do so.

Disclaimer.
I have no idea what reuters is. I tried to post the video from cnn but this site wouldn't let me.

 

[crandc]

Everyone "deserves" to die. Death is the natural and inevitable end of all life.
It's whether someone "deserves" to suffer en route.

 

[crandc]

I meant "deserves" as a consequence of his actions. I don't think his punishment, whether criminally or morally, should be death.

I won't mourn, nor will I celebrate the man's death, but I will be glad that his hateful rhetoric will die with him.

Agree

 

[Buffalo Custard]

So much energy and emotion wasted on a wretched human being best ignored. I also find it odd that no one seems to want to address the elephant over there in the corner - his cancer is very likely the product of his life long smoking. (as an ex-smoker I get to be a little self-righteous about this) Wouldn't shock me if his drug abuse contributed as well.

 

[jonnyboy]

Rush is actively dying and won't be around much longer. Just so sad.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/media/rush-limbaugh-cancer-update-trnd/index.html

Get ur lotion and jerk rag ready.

 

[wizenheimer]

 

[Natebishop3]

Just trying to catch up, how again are we even able to have RBG and Rush Limbaugh in the same conversation? Oh one side pounced on death of RBG in their own interests and the other side doesn’t have sympathy for a racist, sexist, hate filled piece of shit? Good people on both side I guess

Again, there's a massive difference between not having sympathy for someone compared to actually taking joy in their death.

This is going to be my final statement in this thread. Many years ago when I was around 12 I was in a children's theater group. This was supposed to be a place where you could be yourself and hang out with similar kids without the pressures of school. There was a kid around my age that made my life hell. He bullied me mercilessly and I despised him for it. I don't know if it was because one director really liked me and the other director was his mom so we were always in similar roles, but the kid just really felt threatened by me. I had a massive crush on one of the girls in the company so I gutted it out. This went on for a few years until I quit.

One day my mom told me that he died in a car crash. I think he was 15. His brother in law was driving him back from the coast, tried to pass into oncoming traffic, lost control and went over the embankment. The brother in law didn't have a scratch but sadly the kid did not survive. This was 24 or 25 years ago and I still remember the range of emotions that I felt when I found out he died. Happiness was not one of them. This was a kid that I hated. He had an active role in making my life worse. I had every right to detest this person, but I wasn't happy that his life ended. It was a strange feeling that I'm not sure I can describe. One minute he existed in my world and the next he was gone. I wasn't sad that he died, but I wouldn't say I was unsympathetic. I struggled with hearing so many people gush over how great he was. How he was such a positive influence. I realize that we remember the best in people who die around us, and maybe there was a side to him that I never got to see, but I never saw it.

The aftermath of his death was massive. His sister and brother-in-law split up, which was especially tragic because they had a newborn. His mother and father split up. His mom pretty much went batshit crazy as a result of his passing. His close friends were all clearly changed as well. All of this to circle back to my point. While I can understand why someone might not be sad or even sympathetic that someone died, I personally cannot understand being happy or celebrating their death. That's a dark place that I personally will never go.

 

[THE HCP]

When this man passes away, there will be less hate in the world. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Lanny]

I just hope Rush lives another few weeks so he can see Trump get his ass kicked. After that, he can die.

Well said.

 

[calvin natt]

Again, there's a massive difference between not having sympathy for someone compared to actually taking joy in their death.

This is going to be my final statement in this thread. Many years ago when I was around 12 I was in a children's theater group. This was supposed to be a place where you could be yourself and hang out with similar kids without the pressures of school. There was a kid around my age that made my life hell. He bullied me mercilessly and I despised him for it. I don't know if it was because one director really liked me and the other director was his mom so we were always in similar roles, but the kid just really felt threatened by me. I had a massive crush on one of the girls in the company so I gutted it out. This went on for a few years until I quit.

One day my mom told me that he died in a car crash. I think he was 15. His brother in law was driving him back from the coast, tried to pass into oncoming traffic, lost control and went over the embankment. The brother in law didn't have a scratch but sadly the kid did not survive. This was 24 or 25 years ago and I still remember the range of emotions that I felt when I found out he died. Happiness was not one of them. This was a kid that I hated. He had an active role in making my life worse. I had every right to detest this person, but I wasn't happy that his life ended. It was a strange feeling that I'm not sure I can describe. One minute he existed in my world and the next he was gone. I wasn't sad that he died, but I wouldn't say I was unsympathetic. I struggled with hearing so many people gush over how great he was. How he was such a positive influence. I realize that we remember the best in people who die around us, and maybe there was a side to him that I never got to see, but I never saw it.

The aftermath of his death was massive. His sister and brother-in-law split up, which was especially tragic because they had a newborn. His mother and father split up. His mom pretty much went batshit crazy as a result of his passing. His close friends were all clearly changed as well. All of this to circle back to my point. While I can understand why someone might not be sad or even sympathetic that someone died, I personally cannot understand being happy or celebrating their death. That's a dark place that I personally will never go.

I mean, that’s sad all the way around. And I know what point you are trying to make. But it’s apples and oranges for me. A kid dying at age 15 who bullied - which is terrible- but was a kid, and dies in a car crash before he’s had a life to live really, is different than a man who for 50 years repeatedly caused harm but spreading hate to his millions of listeners. Again, your point is don’t take pleasure in someone’s death, even if you despise them, I understand. But what if this kid lived another fifty years, and what he did to you, he kept on doing until he was in his 70’s, and while doing it made $500M to load up his bank account? Different?

 

[Natebishop3]

I mean, that’s sad all the way around. And I know what point you are trying to make. But it’s apples and oranges for me. A kid dying at age 15 who bullied - which is terrible- but was a kid, and dies in a car crash before he’s had a life to live really, is different than a man who for 50 years repeatedly caused harm but spreading hate to his millions of listeners. Again, your point is don’t take pleasure in someone’s death, even if you despise them, I understand. But what if this kid lived another fifty years, and what he did to you, he kept on doing until he was in his 70’s, and while doing it made $500M to load up his bank account? Different?

Here's the thing, the dude is gonna be replaced. If he dies, nothing changes. Someone else becomes the new Rush. Am I said he's going to die? No. I guess I'm sad for anyone that goes from the pain of loss, like family members. I have seen cancer first hand. It killed my grandmother and it almost killed my father. It's a horrible horrible way to die. Does he deserve that death for profiting off hate? I guess that's your call to make.

 

[Lanny]

Here's the thing, the dude is gonna be replaced. If he dies, nothing changes. Someone else becomes the new Rush. Am I said he's going to die? No. I guess I'm sad for anyone that goes from the pain of loss, like family members. I have seen cancer first hand. It killed my grandmother and it almost killed my father. It's a horrible horrible way to die. Does he deserve that death for profiting off hate? I guess that's your call to make.

I too have seen cancer close up. It killed my aunt, my brother and my mother. I am a cancer survivor. My brother died in my arms coughing up blood. Don't give me that shit about how you are more affected by it than people like me.
Here's the rub, none of my deceased family members made a profession out of spewing hate which undoubtedly has resulted in the deaths of some innocent lives. This really pisses me off. Yeah, I don't believe in the death penalty and wish Rush could live out his remaining years in prison but he's gonna die and I'll have to satisfy myself with God's will.

ps If someone replaces him then whatever they do is on them.