We all know that we should never speak ill of the dead, but it looks like that a huge number of people forgot about this after the news of Rush Limbaugh spread around.
Limbaugh was considered a conservative and very provocative man best known as the host of his radio show The Rush Limbaugh Show. Now, after he’s no longer around, many opted to highlight the mean words he used to speak. The Hollywood Reporter reported president Biden describing Limbaugh as “a conservative media personality who has done as much as Trump himself to divide our nation,” during one occasion.
Many spared no words of hatred to describe how they felt about Limbaugh passing, with some feeling sorry for the devil himself for having to share the hell with him.
Feeling very sorry for the people of Hell who now have to deal with Rush Limbaugh for the rest of eternity
— FINNEAS (@finneas) February 17, 2021
I was 4 days into a weeklong break from Twitter, but Limbaugh dying felt like a necessary moment to reemerge
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) February 17, 2021
Others condemned him for everything he stood for while he was alive.
If you feel bad about Rush Limbaugh passing away, you are a bad person.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 17, 2021
Anyone referring to Rush Limbaugh as a “patriot” is a white supremacist. #RestInPiss
— Kelly Mantle (@thekellymantle) February 17, 2021
Cancer killed the cancer
— david cross✍ (@davidcrosss) February 17, 2021
#RushLimbaugh has gone to his reward. Bet it’s hot.
— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) February 17, 2021
Me being Hellboy n shit, and having spent so much time in hades, I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the poor devil who will no doubt have to spend the rest of eternity with Rush Limbaugh.
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) February 17, 2021
Rush Limbaugh is dead. #Rush #Dead #Matter pic.twitter.com/h2HtRaS4k8
— Larry Charles (@larrycharlesism) February 17, 2021
In 2020, Rush Limbaugh was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom by former president Trump who thanked the host during his speech for “decades of tireless devotion to our country.” People seemed not to like the fact the host was a recipient of such honorable medal.
Anyone referring to Rush Limbaugh as a “patriot” is a white supremacist. #RestInPiss
— Kelly Mantle (@thekellymantle) February 17, 2021
So is Rush Limbaugh going to go down in history as the worst person to ever receive the presidential medal of freedom or is there someone else?
— Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) February 17, 2021
Limbaugh offended many during his career behind the mic and people were not afraid to remind everyone of the vicious things he used to do and say.
Chelsea Clinton was 13 years-old when Rush Limbaugh aired this “joke” about her on his television program. Imagine being 13, with all the anxiety of that age, and this airs on national television. pic.twitter.com/Ha4XmsCUTl
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) February 17, 2021
michael j. fox outliving rush limbaugh… you love to see it
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) February 17, 2021
Rush Limbaugh died. Rightwingers on Twitter are heaping praise on him.
I challenge you to read the things he said about minorities, black people, gay people, women, sexual consent, torture, climate, even the Jan 6th attack, and find things to praise in there.
I challenge you.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 17, 2021
Rush Limbaugh helped create today’s polarized America by normalizing racism, bigotry, misogyny and mockery. He was a demagogue who got rich off of hate speech, division, lies and toxicity. That is his legacy.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 17, 2021
People are talkling about forgiving #RushLimbaugh now and showing compassion. Why? He never showed compassion. He did the opposite. Forgiveness has to be earned. He didn’t even ask for it. He was so proud that he attacked women, gay people & black people for a living.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) February 17, 2021
Limbaugh, who died at 70 of lung cancer, was very opinionated. Speaking of feminism, he once said it “allows unattractive women access to the mainstream of society” adding “I love the women’s movement, especially when walking behind it.”
In the book The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason, author John K. Wilson speaks of the “ideologies of America’s most notorious conservative radio talk show icon,” and his homophobic, sexist, and cruel statements. In it, Limbaugh was quoted saying: “When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult; it’s an invitation.”
He was a horrible person. 👇👇 https://t.co/K3jWccWqNK
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 17, 2021
Of course, there are also those who mourn the loss of Rush Limbaugh.
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