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Rush Limbaugh has been inspiring hate in America for 50 years. Using his own words, here's why you shouldn't give a fuck about him or his cancer. (thread)
Rush on feeding poor kids in school:
"If you feed them, if you feed the children, three square meals a day during the school year, how can you expect them to feed themselves in the summer? Wanton little waifs and serfs dependent on the State. Pure and simple."
"If you feed them, if you feed the children, three square meals a day during the school year, how can you expect them to feed themselves in the summer? Wanton little waifs and serfs dependent on the State. Pure and simple."
Rush on Black voters:
"They're twelve percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
Rush on the NFL:
"Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons."
"They're twelve percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
Rush on the NFL:
"Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons."
Rush on global warming:
"If you believe in God, then intellectually you cannot believe in man-made global warming."
Rush on global warming 2:
"Global warming relies on the theory that we are destroying ecosystems. There is no evidence that we could destroy ecosystems."
"If you believe in God, then intellectually you cannot believe in man-made global warming."
Rush on global warming 2:
"Global warming relies on the theory that we are destroying ecosystems. There is no evidence that we could destroy ecosystems."
Rush on global warming 3:
"For years I've pointed out that global warming is bogus."
Rush on a 12-year-old girl:
"Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is also a White House dog?" (while holding a picture of 12-year-old Chelsea Clinton)
"For years I've pointed out that global warming is bogus."
Rush on a 12-year-old girl:
"Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is also a White House dog?" (while holding a picture of 12-year-old Chelsea Clinton)
Rush on feminism:
"Feminism has led women astray. I love the women's movement especially when walking behind it."
Rush on the gay community:
"When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult, it’s an invitation."
"Feminism has led women astray. I love the women's movement especially when walking behind it."
Rush on the gay community:
"When a gay person turns his back on you, it is anything but an insult, it’s an invitation."
Rush on women:
"Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier."
Rush on women protesting sexual harassment:
"They're out there protesting what they actually wish would happen to them sometimes."
"Women still live longer than men because their lives are easier."
Rush on women protesting sexual harassment:
"They're out there protesting what they actually wish would happen to them sometimes."
Rush on heterosexuality:
"Heterosexuality may be 95, 98 percent of the population. They're under assault by the 2 to 5 percent that are homosexual."
"Heterosexuality may be 95, 98 percent of the population. They're under assault by the 2 to 5 percent that are homosexual."
Rush on legalizing gay marriage:
"I simply asked you to think what was your first reaction when you heard first about gay marriage? And I said you're probably having the same reaction here. And gay marriage is now standard, normal operating procedure. Pedophilia could be too."
"I simply asked you to think what was your first reaction when you heard first about gay marriage? And I said you're probably having the same reaction here. And gay marriage is now standard, normal operating procedure. Pedophilia could be too."
Rush on what criminals look like:
"Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
Rush on exercise:
"All you exercise freaks, you're the ones putting stress on the health care system."
"Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
Rush on exercise:
"All you exercise freaks, you're the ones putting stress on the health care system."
Rush on Michael J. Fox:
"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act... This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."
"He is exaggerating the effects of the disease. He's moving all around and shaking and it's purely an act... This is really shameless of Michael J. Fox. Either he didn't take his medication or he's acting."
Rush on nicotine:
"There is no conclusive proof that nicotine's addictive... And the same thing with cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease."
Rush on Native American genocide:
"Columbus saved the Indians from themselves."
"There is no conclusive proof that nicotine's addictive... And the same thing with cigarettes causing emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease."
Rush on Native American genocide:
"Columbus saved the Indians from themselves."
Rush on affordable contraceptives:
"It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception... What does that make us? We're the pimps. The johns? We would be the johns?"
"It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception... What does that make us? We're the pimps. The johns? We would be the johns?"
