This might not be a popular take, but I don't celebrate Limbaugh's death.

[11 Bravo]

Yes, he was a shitty human being.
Yes, he bears responsibility for much that is wrong with today's body politic.
Yes, he got rich by smearing others, and lying for a living.

But I just can't do it.

I think his absence may well lead to a marked improvement in the level of our political discourse.
If he is buried with his undeserved Presidential Medal of Freedom, he should be exhumed, and the medal retrieved.
In short, I despise him and all that he stood for, and would piss on his grave, but ONLY as a mark of my disgust with how he lived his life.

But I've survived (so far) three different types of cancer. Thankfully, I don't know yet, but I hear it's a lousy way to go.
Perhaps it's a personal failing on my part that leads me to not be joyful based what what basically amounts to my own experience.
But I'm also confident that I would not be celebrating had he perished in a plane crash wherein he was the pilot and only passenger.

So in short, I will not miss him, and I do not mourn his absence from the planet, let alone the airwaves..

But something within just won't allow me to be gleeful about his death.

[cwydro]

1. Nope, not a failing on your part at all.

"Do not ask for whom the bell tolls..."

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. well stated. I am ready to move on from it all.

[CanonRay]

3. There are now dozens of others following his trail of turds

Maybe hundreds. Nothing will change until we have an enforced fairness doctrine.

[11 Bravo]

8. I could not agree more, vis-a-vis the Fairness Doctrine.

Yet another fucked piece. of Saint Ronnie's legacy.
Isn't it odd that one of our worst Presidents remains deified by Republicans?

[Walleye]

4. I feel the same my mom died horribly of cancer

I had breast cancer last year with chemo. And I tend to hate suffering of any kind even, when totally justified.Some of the jokes are pretty good though, I have to admit. Nobody’s joking about cancer, just this particular destructive moron.

[Rorey]

5. He was able to afford the best care

I'm not going to dispute that cancer is horrible. Both of my parents and also other family members have died from it.

I do know that the difference in care that someone with money gets compared to someone without adequate money is night and day. I'm sure that racist asshole got the best care possible.

I guess I can't say that I'm exactly "gleeful", but I am at least relieved that he's no longer able to spew his hatred and lies.

[unblock]

6. I hear ya, and I agree, I'm not keen on celebrating anyone's death

But I am thrilled that we will now be hearing about him only in the past tense, and that he won't be contributing any more to the promotion of white privilege and right-wing politics.

[SmartVoter22]

7. I do, and will forver rejoice in his demise

That was one worthless and useless human.

He was one we could always discard without regret.

[LakeArenal]

9. I wouldn't say I'm gleeful. But I can say good riddance to bad rubbish.

I might be happy he’s not suffering on earth and might be where he deserves to be. ♨️

[gratuitous]

10. Okay, not "gleeful"

How about greeting the news with grim satisfaction?

[MuseRider]

11. I guess

God wanted his talent back, there were obviously better uses for it.

[sanatanadharma]

12. One need not be gleeful to call out moral reprobation

There ought not be any death-exemption to moral judgement of behavior and character.
Rush was reprobate.

[11 Bravo]

13. Agreed. That's why I can abhor everything he stood for ...

and find him personally repulsive, while not celebrate his passing.

I tried to make that clear, but clearly I should have tried harder.

(Or possibly, that wouldn't have made a damned bit of difference.)

[JohnnyLib2]

14. Cancer is an enemy, too often deadly.

From losses and family experience, I give that priority over where it shows up.
I share your position, 11 Bravo.

[harumph]

15. It has been said that the opposite of love isn't hate - it's apathy.

I can barely muster the energy to respond to his passing.

[XanaDUer2]

16. My mother died of lung cancer

it was a nightmare

[BlueNProud]

17. I'll celebrate for both of us then.