Since Limbaugh died I have seen three articles expounding on what a wonderful conservative/friend/great guy he was. Cal Thomas talked about his kindness to friends. Victor Davis Hanson said Limbaugh was the “quintessential American success story.”
No, he wasn’t. If you think of “conservative” as someone who tries to uphold the values of personal responsibility and decency, Limbaugh was not a conservative. Far from preserving comity and fairness, he did his best to divide America, to question institutions, and to spread hatred.
You can tell the essence of a person by whom that person defends and whom he attacks. Limbaugh attacked the weak, the hurting, and the down-and-out. He made fun of people dying of AIDS, he called Chelsea Clinton the White House dog, and labeled women “feminazis.”
When future historians look back at how the U.S. became so polarized, they will point to Twitter, Facebook, Fox News, Alex Jones, Donald Trump, and one of the earliest and more successful of this ilk, Limbaugh. This country has been weakened and harmed by Limbaugh in a way that will take years to heal, if it ever does heal.
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