![]() He was then fired from a night-time show in Pittsburgh when new management took over. He did poorly at school, then quit Southeast Missouri State University after a year and found a job with a radio station in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, as “Bachelor Jeff Christie”, but was fired after he told a black caller he claimed to find difficult to understand to “take the bone out of your nose and call again”. His mother, Mildred (nee Armstrong), was the family clown, and encouraged “Rusty” in his love of radio. Limbaugh (pronounced “LIM baw”) was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, into a family of conservative judges that included his father, whose name was also Rush. In recent years the independent fact-checking site PolitiFact consistently rated Limbaugh high in terms of “pants on fire” untruths, and just as consistently at zero on truths. His listeners, whom he dubbed “ditto-heads”, ate it up, while those who were offended often tuned in to express their disgust. When he cut off callers on air, he would play a vacuum cleaner noise, shouting “caller abortion”. “Have you ever noticed how composite sketches of criminals always look like Jesse Jackson?” he asked. He argued that the existence of gorillas disproved evolution, characterised both the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (2010) and the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand (2019) as “false flag” operations organised by leftists, and accused the Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe of allowing the Charlottesville rioting in 2017 to worsen in order to boost his presidential ambitions. Limbaugh set the tone for the internet age of politics, calling women’s rights activists “feminazis”, referring to HIV/Aids as “Rock Hudson’s disease” and claiming “environmentalist wackos” were “a bunch of scientists organised around a political position”. His broadcasts, featuring attacks on opponents as purveyors of “fake news”, became the template for TV’s Fox News, and at its peak this approach played a big part in Newt Gingrich’s “Republican Revolution” of 1994, which recaptured the House of Representatives from Bill Clinton’s Democrats. No posts offering an item in exchange for money.Rush Limbaugh, who has died aged 70 after suffering from cancer, virtually created the style of political “shock jock” radio that made him so influential. Discussions of the politics behind Rush songs/lyrics/etc. No off-topic political discussions please take those to r/politics. NSFW/NSFL content of any kind (Don't worry, you can share official Rush imagery like the Hemispheres cover)Ħ. Self-promotion of yourself or another band unless it is a Rush cover. All content must be relevant to rush in some way This rule also applies to 2112 sighting posts, those should be directed to /r/2112.Ĥ. In short, don't be an ass, easy right?Ĭhain posts, image macros, AI/Chatbot-generated content, and common meme templates will be removed. Additionally, any confrontational or rude behavior will be met with a ban. Rush's Official Website Submission Rules:Īnything resembling hate speech will be met with an immediate and likely permanent ban. Note: In order to post here, we require accounts to be at least 14 days old AMAs: A subreddit for all the fans of the Canadian progressive rock trio Rush.
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