# Rush Limbaugh, you are dead to us **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143 "2021-02-17T17:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/21 "2021-02-17T20:10:42Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > He still had a radio show? Once again proving that there’s a lot of dumb people out there. > “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that.” — George Carlin Stranger ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/22 "2021-02-17T20:14:22Z")
I always respected Bill Maher’s position on Pigbaugh (not going to pile on when Pigbaugh’s opiate addiction was made public, despite Pigbaugh’s having savaged people like (Grateful Dead) Jerry Garcia for theirs): > **[Bill Maher on Limbaugh cancer diagnosis: ‘I’m not going to do jokes about that’](https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/8/bill-maher-on-limbaugh-cancer-diagnosis-im-not-goi/)** > > Liberal comedian Bill Maher on Friday discouraged joking about conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh in light of the latter recently disclosing his diagnosis with lung cancer. Note: the article was from a year ago, after the diagnosis, and not the death. But don’t worry, Bill. You don’t have to dance on Pigbaugh’s grave. We’ve got your back on this one 😉 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/23 "2021-02-17T20:44:19Z")
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy… ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/24 "2021-02-17T20:48:53Z")
I’m glad the skunksucker is dead. And it happened on the same day they blew up Trump Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City! What a great day! ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/25 "2021-02-17T21:02:52Z")
I’m pouring out a shot of drain cleaner in his honor. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/26 "2021-02-17T21:08:36Z")
Dante would consign him to the 8th circle of Hell, Malebolge, Bolgia Nine, the one reserved for those who promote political and other kinds of discord that damages societies. It sounds like a terrible place. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/27 "2021-02-17T21:14:28Z")
Wait for it, wait for it – conservatard media and their victim complex. > **[Twitter liberals celebrate Rush Limbaugh's death: 'I'm glad' he lived long...](https://www.foxnews.com/media/twitter-liberals-celebrate-rush-limbaugh-death)** > > While conservatives across the nation mourned the loss of talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh Wednesday, liberals on Twitter celebrated the announcement of his death. As I said when Breitbart died: if you want people to honor you in death, don’t be a shithead in life. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/28 "2021-02-17T21:22:32Z")
The truly best possible scenario is not when the wrongdoer dies, but when they repent, and repair whatever measure they can of the harm they’ve caused. When they die, this is no longer possible. So yes, the death of a wrongdoer is still tragic to at least some degree. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/29 "2021-02-17T21:26:34Z")
I never feel comfortable celebrating when someone dies, but I generally get over it. Here’s the way i look at it: the opposite of love is not hate; it’s apathy. And I don’t give a shit that Limbaugh died. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/30 "2021-02-17T21:32:18Z")
Spotted in the wild : “May Limbaugh’s grave be a gender - neutral bathroom.” ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/31 "2021-02-17T21:34:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The truly best possible scenario is not when the wrongdoer dies, but when they repent, and repair whatever measure they can of the harm they’ve caused. When they die, this is no longer possible. Theoretically that could happen; [Lee Atwater “repented” his previous chicanery and race-bating](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/atwater/etc/synopsis.html) shortly before he died, but frankly it did nothing to undo the damage he did and the generation of political operators he educated in his brand of malicious dirty-trickery and unctuous manipulation of public opinion. For the general public, his repentance (which did not include criticizing the GOP or unconditionally disavowing the tactics he used) was quietly swept under the rug. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/32 "2021-02-17T21:41:44Z")
I think they flew the flag at half staff at the Trump Plaza Hotel to honor his death, and then well, it was imploded… `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/33 "2021-02-17T21:41:58Z")
I’m glad he’s dead. I wish he died sooner. I hope it was painful, and I pray for deep suffering upon everyone who thought he was funny. Here’s rooting for the old saying “fortune comes in threes”. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/34 "2021-02-17T22:16:26Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Theoretically that could happen; [Lee Atwater “repented” his previous chicanery and race-bating](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/atwater/etc/synopsis.html) . . . George Wallace did too, renouncing segregationism and publicly asking for forgiveness in his fourth term as governor of Alabam. (I don’t know how seriously his repentance was taken at the time…) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/35 "2021-02-17T22:17:31Z")
Rush, Man, I hope your final days were really fucking painful. Actually, who am I kidding? I hope your final weeks were really fucking painful. You caused untold damage and hurt, and you dead is a far greater thing than you alive. Also, I hope it hurt a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/36 "2021-02-17T22:25:19Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rY0WxgSXdEE/hqdefault.jpg "Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE) This one’s for you, Rush. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/37 "2021-02-17T22:38:57Z")
**Rush Limbaugh, you are dead to us** Hasn’t he always been, though? (just a whole lot really freaking dead now 😃) I didn’t know that he suffered various ailments later in life, so, I hope that each and every time that scumbag uttered something vile and hateful, he felt a little something die in him, like a chest pain or ulcerous cramp or something. Rest in pieces, medal-waster. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/38 "2021-02-17T22:49:44Z")
Sorry but in the meantime while we all sit around waiting for this deathbed conversion that is never going to happen, he can continue to make the world a worse place. Only he can change that, and the only way it would happen is with his death. That’s not my fault, it’s his. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/39 "2021-02-17T22:52:08Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Hasn’t he always been, though? But this time he’s _really_ dead. Has anyone gone through his clothes looking for loose change? Being of a charitable nature, I hope he finds more mercy than he dispensed. Further deponent sayeth not. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143/40 "2021-02-17T22:58:33Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > I’m glad the skunksucker is dead. And it happened on the same day they blew up Trump Plaza Hotel in Atlantic City! What a great day! Could you imagine if Rush had been on top of Trump Plaza Hotel? You know… [right by the beach…?](https://bit.ly/3dlVSYm) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-you-are-dead-to-us/933143.md?page=3)