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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He's an idiot and not a good person but I'm generally indifferent in regards to his death and stop short of celebrating deaths of people unless we are talking about mass murderers, terrorists, etc. I'm sure when Donald Trump passes away it will be the same thing. I guess I just don't have the pent up hate some of you have for people to whom I don't like or agree with.
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I don't agree with how you're characterizing others here.
Speaking for only myself, I don't have any "pent-up hate." Rush Limbaugh and hateful people like him don't get the privilege of having a permanent place in my mind or my heart.
But he was more than disagreeable. If we're talking about "pent-up hate," he's the epitome of it. He hated the LGBTQ community, he hated Black people, and at very least he had zero respect for women. He mocked the dead, he dismissed their value, he encouraged violence against people. That alone... whatever, he's not unique. But what is unique is how eager he was to spread that hate and how successful he was at it. When we talk about the fringes of the Republican party, the more extreme MAGA types, and how racism and homophobia have become the loud part of the party when it was supposed to be the quiet part, you can send some thanks Rush's way. It was always there, but he made a point of keeping it as mainstream as he could.
So no, this isn't just "pent-up hate for someone I disagree with." This is about seeing someone who actively hated you for who you are and had no problem spreading that hate, dead. And that brings some relief, if not some joy.
If you don't really care, don't. If you don't get it, oh well. But characterizing this as hateful people reacting to the death of someone they disagreed with, isn't remotely fair. And I don't believe if you thought about it for more than a moment you would still hold that belief because I know 100% you're better than that.