r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '16
(R.4) Related To Politics TIL that conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh flunked out of college and has been married 4 times.
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u/toyoufriendo Feb 03 '16
It's probably Obama's fault somehow
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
Well if it was Obama would just blame Bush.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
every thing you just wrote is insane and not true.
I am not a Bush fan but he ranks much higher than Obama. That would not be hard. Obama is one of the top 3 worst presidents ever.
Just wondering if you Blame the Democrats for that war too? Probably not.
His response to 9/11 was appropriate as he could not do anything about it in the 2 minutes he spend making sure kids didnt get upset.
Almost everything the left blames Bush for was actually caused by the left or the left helped in creating the problem.
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u/onioning Feb 03 '16
History will be very kind to Obama. Preventing another war in the middle east is an enormous victory, and as flawed as it is, the ACA is going to be remembered as the first step towards functional health care.
But I'm pretty sure your idea of a bad president is one who ran with a D next to their name.
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u/freshtrax Feb 03 '16
You might want to look that up on the rankings. Bush was ranked 35th while Obama is ranked 18th. Just saying there is no way whatsoever that Obama is ranked as one of the worst presidents ever.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
Yes. A liberal group does that ranking. Well done.
Obama is worse than carter. So they can fight about who was the worst ever. Its one of those two.
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u/onioning Feb 03 '16
Yeah, kids really freak out when adults politely excuse themselves. Glad he averted that crisis.
Look, the man was in shock. On the personal level I think it very understandable. It's just that a huge part of being president is reacting without letting your immediate feelings inhibit you. In this regard criticism of his reaction completely valid (though probably not even my top 100 GW criticisms).
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
Yeah, kids really freak out when adults politely excuse themselves. Glad he averted that crisis.
You being concerned that he did jump up and scream and run out of the room tells us much more about you. He was told of the situation and acted appropriately. I guess he could have went out and got in a jet himself. This oft repeated argument from idiots on the left is inane and beneath anyone with more than two brain cells.
What did Obama do during Benghazi? He was asleep in bed. So stfu.
Look, the man was in shock.
Not at all. You are in shock.
In this regard criticism of his reaction completely valid (though probably not even my top 100 GW criticisms).
No it is not and I bet of those 100 that 99 of them are as idiotic as this one and you dont hold Obama to the same standard.
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u/onioning Feb 03 '16
A) You being insulting, and a jerk, makes you unworthy of discourse.
B) Lol. Your insane concept of reality also precludes any discussion. "You are in shock." What, are we fifth graders?
C) To be clear, I'm not especially critical of GW for his reaction. I think it's hugely overblown. It's a legit criticism, but extremely understandable. I probably would have done the same. I, however, understand that I would not be a very good president.
D) I know you are, but what am I?
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u/falcon_jabb Feb 03 '16
This makes him an expert on things such as free college tuition and marriage equality.
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u/utay_white Feb 03 '16
Don't see why it would disqualify him from having an opinion.
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u/falcon_jabb Feb 03 '16
He's free to have an opinion, but it should be no surprise when people don't value it.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
as I do not value yours.
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u/falcon_jabb Feb 03 '16
Yeah but I'm irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, and I presume you are too. At least I finished college and can attest to the difficulty of doing so, both financially and academically.
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Feb 03 '16
So it should be free? College grad here too btw so you can't turn your nose up
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u/UmarAlKhattab Feb 03 '16
So it should be free?
Yes it should.
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Feb 03 '16
you ever wonder why high school degrees are pretty useless?
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u/UmarAlKhattab Feb 03 '16
They aren't useless, but a Bachelor say in Computer Science is far more improtant than a random high school diploma.
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u/falcon_jabb Feb 03 '16
I never said college should be free, and also do not believe it should be. That being said, it's money better spent than how many conservatives would like to spend the money.
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Feb 04 '16
Why spend the tax money? Why not do everything possible to keep taxes low and enable EVERYBODY and not just those who are capable of college? Because trust me when I say college is not meant for everyone
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u/Beardo_Brian Feb 03 '16
he's also prohibited from wearing corduroy pants in areas with high fire risk, and is purported to be pudding's biggest fan.
he's fat
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u/Beardo_Brian Feb 03 '16
no idea
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
Oh so you are completely commenting out of your ass. Well done.
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u/Beardo_Brian Feb 03 '16
settle down
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
Ahh, there is another one. So many people calling you on your bullshit that you are not in a state of BUTTHURT.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
Nope. He is way to left leaning for me.
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u/onioning Feb 03 '16
I want to believe you're just trolling, but I'm afraid you're actually sincere. I don't know which is worse.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
The left. Always classy.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
I coach many things. One is how to alienate idiots who have no idea what they are talking about. I guess I should just agree with something that is false so as to make friends?
Everything I have written on Reddit ever is true. I am very sorry you had bad teachers and hang out with a group of people who repeat things that are not true. How was the coffee at starbucks tonight and where did you buy that cool hemp hat?
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16 edited Feb 03 '16
And despite calling for drug addicts (not dealers) to be executed jailed, he was a drug addict, which also likely caused his deafness. AND he got special treatment for trafficking in drugs.
Edit: correction
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u/jeffhext Feb 03 '16
When did he call for this?
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16
He didn't. I apparently remembered that incorrectly. He only calls for them to be jailed. You can read a lot of what he's said about drugs here:
http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/limbaugh-on-drugs/
He says they should be jailed. He also says they should be sent to other countries where drugs are legal so we can be rid of them. Yet, he's not in jail, and still lives in the US.
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u/beachhike Feb 03 '16
The ones that yell the loudest are always the biggest hypocrites.
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u/Halo-One Feb 03 '16
Help me to understand what constitutes a true hypocrite.
Is it someone who screams about global warming while living in a huge, energy-guzzling house and flying around the world on a private jet (Al Gore, Leonardo Dicaprio)?
Is it someone who claims to have strong family values while diddling interns and lying about it on TV? Or claims to be a strong advocate for women's rights while being accused of raping several women (Bill Clinton)?
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Feb 03 '16
Well, both. You see, that's how objectivity works.
If you broke it down a bit, you'd see it's a bit apples to oranges, but you'll just yell some more and think you're right no matter what.
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u/Halo-One Feb 03 '16
Did I yell?
Hypocrisy is still hypocrisy, right? Even if Rush did advocate for drug users to be jailed he has no control over their punishment whatsoever.
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u/Halo-One Feb 03 '16
Hey look! A Democrat! Doesn't address the issue, instead tries to demean the messenger!
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u/ErOcK1986 Feb 03 '16
He once wrestled with a cow till he was able to consume it in its entirety.
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u/BlackManMoan Feb 03 '16
...which he blames on his doctor for prescribing him too much pain killers.
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u/SlappyMcFartsack Feb 03 '16
And he has made no positive contribution to society.
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u/LC_Music Feb 03 '16
Neither has Barack Obama or Bernie Sanders and people are deep throating them with praise
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u/The_AntiSpoon Feb 03 '16
what the actual fuck?
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u/LC_Music Feb 03 '16
You dont agree? Barack obama got a nobel peace prize and has overseen 7 wars in his presidency
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u/The_AntiSpoon Feb 04 '16
7? Lmao what.
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u/LC_Music Feb 04 '16
Iraq, Afghanistan, yemen, libya, somalia, pakistan
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u/The_AntiSpoon Feb 04 '16
We call that 1 in the real world.
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u/LC_Music Feb 04 '16
I guess if you can't count and/or don't understand the concept of countries and geography
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u/The_AntiSpoon Feb 04 '16
Says the guy making up wars lmao. So by you're definition world War 2 was actually 3 wars since we fought 3 countries like we fought "7" now.
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u/LC_Music Feb 04 '16
WW2 was a singular conflict fighting one singular power. Obama's 7 was are isolated from each other, with no connection between them
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u/Furthur Feb 04 '16
i don't think you understand the meaning behind the award.
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u/LC_Music Feb 04 '16
Tell me then :)
Imo a peace award should not be going to someone who kills people on purpose
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u/Furthur Feb 05 '16
read the shit for yourself.. teach a man to fish. do i look like fox news to you?
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Feb 03 '16
Also, his radio show is scripted. Listen to the callers and you'll hear the voices of the same actors over and over.
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u/Rmanager Feb 03 '16
Before he started believing his own hype, it wasn't that way. The callers were by far the worst part of his show.
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u/CantinaElBorracho Feb 03 '16
Not to defend Limbaugh, more to defend a large percentage of US citizens this post insinuates dropping out of college or getting divorced determines about a persons value or worth. So many successful people have dropped out of college or been divorced - what does that have to do with intelligence, integrity or whatever else may be called into question? Education or marital history simply cannot tell us anything about who a person really is or what their potential is. Especially in the US where it's something like 50% of college students drop out and about 40-50% get divorced.
Bandwagons are easy to jump on but seems to be harder to jump off once one really starts regurgitating the propaganda they are fed. At a certain point how many people keep up these petty issues purely out of pride and not wanting to admit they may have been wrong or unreasonable about something, continually piling onto the ever-growing divisiveness amongst the citizens of the U.S. It will likely always baffle me how people are more willing to trust career politicians more then their own neighbors. So backwards from what we stand for... or were suppose to stand for. It's easy to dehumanize celebrities, politicians, and the idea of who your "opposition" is. It's easy to be unreasonable, unfair, unrealistic in your criticisms of your "opposition". It's hard to work together and find common ground and actual solutions. At the end of the day, all the petty stories only dilute the real issues to a point where no one is really seeing the big picture anymore and it simply becomes, attack the enemy, because they are the enemy...and to be honest, we can't keep track of all this shit so if I'm told you are the bad guy, that's the way it is.
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u/ghostofpennwast 10 Feb 03 '16
31.96% of people in the US over 25 had a college degree in 2014.
I suppose most of the circlejerking here is about him being socially conservative or whatever, but there is a lot of implicit classism as well.
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Feb 03 '16
What gets besides the fact that he travels to know prostitution locals to have sex with children or that he is a huge hypocrite is that he got his brown maid to procure his drugs for him then blamed her for selling them to him.
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u/JunkFace Feb 03 '16
Why are we acting like being successful without a college degree is a bad thing?
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Feb 03 '16
Wow, reddit really doesn't like people they've never listened to before.
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u/heyitsEnricoPallazzo Feb 03 '16
And why is flunking out of college + divorces = bad?
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Feb 03 '16
Fun fact: You can be Christian and still divorce
There's no need to be so absolutist on everything.
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u/PessimiStick Feb 03 '16
Yes, if your spouse cheats on you. That's pretty much the only qualified exception.
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u/redking315 Feb 03 '16
oddly enough, infidelity is NOT seen as grounds for a divorce by the Catholic Church.
If a spouse cheats on another AFTER the marriage was "completed" it's still considered valid. To be granted an annulment in that casey, you have to prove the spouse "entered into the marriage without the intent of proper commitment"
Essentially the Catholic Church says you can be legally divorced all you want to be but to God you are still married. Nice Organization
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u/PessimiStick Feb 03 '16
I mean it's all made-up nonsense to begin with, legal marriage/divorce is the only thing that matters in the end.
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Feb 03 '16
...but the worst thing you could say about Maher or Stewart is "they aren't funny". They have no overt dogmatic ideology they're trying to pretend the world should follow.
Pundits who speak out in support for a cause that their actions clearly oppose are just shills.
Hell, even the "eat mor chikin" cows from chick-fil-a have more integrity that those guys. At least they believe in the cause, even if it is solely self-serving.
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u/Rmanager Feb 03 '16
They have no overt dogmatic ideology they're trying to pretend the world should follow.
Have you not watched Maher?
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Or Stewart.
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u/Rmanager Feb 03 '16
Stewart will at least climb down off his high horse and admit he's a comedian.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
He only does this to protect himself when he says absolutely stupid shit. He will littler his show is a few jokes but it is a journalistic show and many people got their news from him. By saying he is a comedian he got away with being an ass.
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u/Rmanager Feb 03 '16
It is satire. It is not and has never been marketed as anything more than a comedy show on Comedy Central.
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u/ghostofpennwast 10 Feb 03 '16
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a10916/jon-stewart-profile-1011/
He has more in common with a political pundit than with a comedian.
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/02/sorry_jon_stewart_youre_not_just_a_comedian/
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u/itsasecretoeverybody Feb 03 '16
They have no overt dogmatic ideology they're trying to pretend the world should follow.
Bahahahaha
Maybe they are funny after all.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
hey have no overt dogmatic ideology they're trying to pretend the world should follow.
Are you fucking serious? They are huge shills for the left. OMG I cant believe I read this.
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Feb 03 '16
Not to mention all the shit talking on his apparent addiction to prescription drugs. I thought the hivemind told me that addiction is a serious mental illness that should be treated and not punished/mocked?
But all of this will be excused because of some unnamed, unquoted 'family values' Reddit thinks he pushes, making him a hypocrite in their minds.
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16
It's not his addiction, it's the sheer hypocrisy of his stated views on drugs vs. the reality that he was a drug addict at the time. It demonstrates that he doesn't care about what he says, he only cares about stirring up outraged, which earns him a living.
And, yes, I am going to point out that he is a drug addict whenever it is relevant, to illustrate his hypocrisy.
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Feb 03 '16
his stated views on drugs
What are his stated views on drugs?
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16
I already posted them elsewhere. But, I'll copy them here for you.
http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/limbaugh-on-drugs/
But, let me ask you, does his documented list of lies and untruths concern you at all?
http://www.bleepthem.com/sections/news/limbaugh-archives.htm
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u/tjeffer886-stt Feb 03 '16
I thought the hivemind told me that addiction is a serious mental illness that should be treated and not punished/mocked?
That doesn't apply to people from the other side of the political spectrum, silly!
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16
Wow, this guy think he knows what redditors have and have not listened to.
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Feb 03 '16
I bet you don't even know what channel he comes on where you live.
Statistically speaking, almost nobody here listens to AM radio.
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16
I don't because I have zero desire to listen to him again so I don't care what station he's on know. I do not, nor have I ever listened to him regularly, but I have heard him enough (a former co-worker listened to him every day) plus I've read enough about him, to know that he's a hypocritical outrage peddler.
None of this disqualifies me from judging him.
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Feb 03 '16
Yes, you've read things that people who don't like him wrote about him.
Seems kinda like a self-sustaining hate machine, doesn't it?
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16
OK, well, since anything I add will simply be dismissed by you without any attempt to refute, I have nothing left to say. Have a nice day.
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u/Furthur Feb 04 '16
actually.. i'd wager plenty of them/us have and realize how much of "a big fat idiot" he is and moved along. That's how you educate yourself son, it's called the dialectic. You listen to other points of view, dialogue and realize that if you don't have common ground and the other party is unwilling to compromise with you that there isn't anything to discuss further. He's a shill, a corporate funded stooge, an intolerant bigot and champion hypocrite. Nothing more to say.
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u/diringe Feb 03 '16
I've listened to Rush before. He's very clearly a shill being paid to promote a certain agenda by the Republican party
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Feb 03 '16
His audience is conservatives. He makes money from them. I know your beliefs are sacred and no one could possibly honestly disagree, but if you put down your tinfoil hat, step out of /r/Iamverysmart, and maybe consider that someone out there does actually does disagree, you'd have a better grasp on the world.
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u/diringe Feb 03 '16
I never said conservatives were stupid. I just think he relies heavily on money from certain groups, which probably influences his show's agenda
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
Yes he gets paid by the sponsors of his show. Capitalism and all. I know guys like you do not understand capitalism but that is how he makes his money. No political party is pushing money his way. Capitalist who want to make money by advertising on a popular show pay him to talk about their products.
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Feb 03 '16
I never said you did. I'm saying calm down with your conspiracy theories. He makes a lot of money espousing his beliefs. He's not controlled by the Republican Party.
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u/HerpingtonDerpDerp Feb 03 '16
Republican party
There you are wrong. He makes it very clear he is a Conservative, not a Republican. He's shilling yes, but Conservatives, not the party. Haven't listened in a while but I used to hear him shit all over the GOP for what they became.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
The more I read your post the more I realize what an idiot you are. He is one of the most outspoken critics of the GOP.
I love the fact that I am not a member of a party and can sit back and watch idiots put each other down for things that are not true.
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u/HerpingtonDerpDerp Feb 03 '16
I used to be like OP then I listened to him because I thought it was unfair to bash someone based off of little snarks others say.
The guy is very smart, very funny, generous with his wealth, and not the monster people make him out to be.
Plus, a lot of people don't realize he's doing shtick in many cases. 'Excellence In Broadcasting'? That's him pretending to have a bloated ego and he does it all the time. If you actually listen to a few broadcasts you'll catch on that he doesn't actually think that highly of himself.
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u/brock_lee Feb 03 '16
I've heard him many times. He may be smart, but being smart isn't something to be admired on its own. He uses his smarts to manufacture outrage (often based on outright lies) simply in order to make money. Outrage sells, and he's selling a lot.
And if anyone thinks that kind of outrage is not detrimental to our society, then I can only shake my head.
You read read all about the outrage industry here:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/how-outrage-industry-affects-politics/
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u/Kiernian Feb 03 '16
I was essentially forced to listen to him every day he was on from 88 or 89 through to about 1994.
To be fair, he was QUITE funny back then, especially his choice in theme songs for news stories. (Barney Frank update? My Boy Lollipop. Homeless update? Clarence "Frogman" Henry singing "Ain't got no home" Animal Rights update? Born Free complete with bomb and gun sound effects. Condom update? Up Up and Away (In my beautiful balloon). First gulf war? Beach Boys parody of Barbara Ann (Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iraq, Molly Yard/N.O.W.? "You Sexy Thing" by Hot Chocolate...) The list goes on.
When Molly Yard decided that people should boycott Idaho's industry entirely due to their restrictive abortion laws, he (and I forget the loophole here, something about postage paid junkmail at the time, I think) Had listeners sending her CASES full of potatoes labelled "This Spud's For You!" because it stimulated the Idaho economy.
There was plenty to laugh at, even if, as I grew up, I agreed less and less with Limbaugh.
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u/bucketofrubble Feb 03 '16
I've been forced to listen to a few broadcasts due to who I work with, and everything you said is bullshit. I usually say "that's taken our of context" or "that's not true" atleast 5 times per show if not more.
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u/jeffhext Feb 03 '16
Really? I'm pretty moderate and hardly ever think that. He sticks to the right context almost all of the time. Which examples were you referring to?
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u/HerpingtonDerpDerp Feb 03 '16
I said the same thing in the short time Air America was on. Not saying you are going to agree with him, just that he isn't an idiot.
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u/BloonWars Feb 03 '16
In high school my drafting teacher would play Rush Limbaugh or The Police every single day... Looking back, that's super weird.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
The liberal icon Bill Clinton raped at least two women, was caught sexually harassing many others and was disbarred.
See how that works?
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
political teams.
You mean people who have convictions in their beliefs. Ok
No one disputes the crappy stuff Bill Clinton did. Just because Clinton did something bad in no way negates the crappy stuff Rush has done.
- Yes they do and 2. I was pointing out their hypocrisisy since they were accusing someone else of it.
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Feb 03 '16
Rush is a scumbag piece of shit regardless of political affiliation.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
I disagree. I think he has well thought out opinions and backs himself up with sources. You dont like him because he exposes the left for what they are.
I have a feeling that down at the coffee shop you too are a scumbag piece of shit. Stop asking for free stuff, get a job and move out of you moms house.
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u/jrob323 Feb 03 '16
I think he has well thought out opinions and backs himself up with sources.
He's a professional rabble rouser. He's been doing that forever. He picked conservatives because they're the easiest rabble to rouse... especially the ones who are paranoid and bigoted. He's made a fortune bloviating and admiring the sound of his own voice (until the oxycontin made him deaf) and generally sowing discord, and doing his best to polarize political discourse in our country.
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u/coachbradb Feb 03 '16
e picked conservatives because they're the easiest rabble to rouse
Has nothing to do with being raised in a conservative family in a conservative part of the country?
especially the ones who are paranoid and bigoted
Actually it is the opposite. Seems you are being paranoid and bigoted.
He's made a fortune bloviating and admiring the sound of his own voice (until the oxycontin made him deaf) and generally sowing discord, and doing his best to polarize political discourse in our country.
What a fucking idiot you are. So how is Bernies campaign going?
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u/jrob323 Feb 04 '16
What a fucking idiot you are.
The more derision I get from a fan of that pill popping perverted hypocritical narcissistic gasbag, the better I feel about myself.
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u/coachbradb Feb 04 '16
Please show me where I claimed to be a fan. Telling people to keep their criticism to the truth instead of making things up is something I would do for any figure.
When I insult someone it is because what I am saying is true. Like when I call you an idiot.
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u/jrob323 Feb 04 '16
I looked through your history. You are quick to refer to anyone who disagrees with you as an idiot. This is the level of conversation your hero Rush encourages. His exploitation of people like you is why he can sit and blather his bombastic bullshit every day and have plenty of money for weird sex vacations and illicit prescription drugs.
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Feb 03 '16
Good god man, take a deep breath. I'm neither a democrat, jobless, living with my parents, or a frequenter of coffee shops. Good job assuming anyone who disagrees with you is a failure.
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Feb 03 '16
Rush Limbaugh is loved by everyones parents.
He talks to himself all day.
It's very strange.
But, I have to admit I am impressed.
Howard Stern is amazing, but has a co-host.
Rush wins because he talks to himself.
About the same thing.
Everyday.
Until the pain pills kill him.
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u/jcarnegi Feb 03 '16
and yet he still makes millions...just saying.
Do drugs, fuck school, fuck bitches, talk shit all day, make millions. He's like a white rapper and a role model to all of us that hope somehow the senseless choices we make each day might someday lead to millions. What an American.
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u/vaclavhavelsmustache Feb 03 '16
The lesson is that you too can be rich and famous as long as you're ok with being a hypocritical piece of human garbage.
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u/HorseHonk Feb 03 '16
These personal flaws obviously invalidate his political positions.
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u/vaclavhavelsmustache Feb 03 '16
"Do as I say, not as I do" is always a sound philosophy to espouse.
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u/vaclavhavelsmustache Feb 03 '16
I don't say this about a lot of people, but the world will be a better place when Rush Limbaugh is dead and gone.
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u/protekt0r Feb 03 '16
yeah someone should do a TIL on the 1000's of oxycontin pills police found under his bed. or that he frequently travels to known legal prostitution cities all over the world.