{"id":142049,"date":"2021-02-17T15:27:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142049"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:28:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:28:32","slug":"rest-in-piss-twitter-lets-mocking-hashtags-to-trend-following-rush-limbaugh-death-as-leftists-cheer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rest-in-piss-twitter-lets-mocking-hashtags-to-trend-following-rush-limbaugh-death-as-leftists-cheer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Rest In Piss\u2019: Twitter Lets Mocking Hashtags To Trend Following Rush Limbaugh Death As Leftists Cheer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frest-in-piss-twitter-lets-mocking-hashtags-to-trend-following-rush-limbaugh-death-as-leftists-cheer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142049&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rush-Limbaugh-1200x777-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Twitter allowed mocking phrases and hashtags to trend on Wednesday following the death of conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh, who lost his battle with cancer, as leftists cheered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, the Limbaugh family, are deeply saddened to announced that our beloved Rush has died,\u201d Limbaugh\u2019s wife, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-conservative-radio-icon-rush-limbaugh-dies-at-70-after-battle-with-cancer\">said<\/a> in a post on her husband\u2019s Facebook account. \u201cRush Hudson Limbaugh III will forever be the greatest of all time, a courageous, brilliant gentle giant and radio pioneer. Our entire family is so thankful to everyone who prayed and cared for Rush, especially the audience he adored. Rush\u2019s love for our country, and for all of you, will live on eternally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly following the news of Limbaugh\u2019s passing, Twitter allowed phrases like \u201cGood Riddance,\u201d \u201cRot in Hell,\u201d and \u201cRest in Piss\u201d to trend on their platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter lefties getting classier by the second\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CNPxzXJhb2\">pic.twitter.com\/CNPxzXJhb2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Surabees\/status\/1362121638620364805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Rot in Hell&#8221; is what Twitter decided to put right below the Rush Limbaugh trend <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fGq97x8bd3\">pic.twitter.com\/fGq97x8bd3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Hull (I&#8217;m With the CCP Don&#8217;t Ban Me) (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1362104321668743172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While those outside of the hard-left either simply posted information on Limbaugh\u2019s passing or remembered his life with kind words, those inside the hard-left cheered and attacked him following his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRush Limbaugh was a coward and white supremacist. He aggressively and cynically exploited divisions in our country by weaponizing hatred and bigotry for his own personal gain. He was in service to his own greed, prejudice, and hypocrisy, and that is how history will remember him,\u201d far-left activist Charlotte Clymer wrote on Twitter. \u201cIf Rush Limbaugh deserves credit for anything, it his pioneering work in spreading disinformation and directly enabling our nation\u2019s current state of vast distrust of experts and spurning of good faith in the public discourse. He will not be missed by rational adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Rush Limbaugh deserves credit for anything, it his pioneering work in spreading disinformation and directly enabling our nation&#8217;s current state of vast distrust of experts and spurning of good faith in the public discourse. He will not be missed by rational adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlotte Clymer \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@cmclymer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmclymer\/status\/1362095749807357952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anti-Second Amendment activist Cameron Kasky wrote: \u201cRush Limbaugh has passed on, but worry not- his memory lives on through bigots everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh has passed on, but worry not- his memory lives on through bigots everywhere<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cam (@cameron_kasky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron_kasky\/status\/1362095437461782531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhether you loved him or hated him-and there are very few people in between-Rush Limbaugh was indisputably a force of historic proportions,\u201d CNN commentator David Axelrod wrote. \u201cOver the past three decades, he did as much to polarize our politics as anyone and laid the groundwork for Trump and Trumpism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whether you loved him or hated him-and there are very few people in between-Rush Limbaugh was indisputably a force of historic proportions.<br \/>Over the past three decades,he did as much to polarize our politics as anyone and laid the groundwork for Trump and Trumpism.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidaxelrod\/status\/1362096669504851968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yale Law School professor Scott Shapiro <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/7JaPh#selection-3017.0-3017.76\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I was happy that Rush Limbaugh died. It\u2019s more like euphoria.\u201d Shapiro later set his Twitter account to private following backlash that he received online.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wonder why Yale Law Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottjshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@scottjshapiro<\/a> just locked his account <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UssEryLFxZ\">pic.twitter.com\/UssEryLFxZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1362132440140165122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Media Matters blogger Parker Molloy wrote: \u201cMy sincerest condolences go out to hell\u2019s other residents who now have to deal with being associated with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My sincerest condolences go out to hell&#8217;s other residents who now have to deal with being associated with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ParkerMolloy\/status\/1362100821631107073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRush Limbaugh was one of the most harmful and poisonous people in the modern United States of America,\u201d leftist Jared Yates Sexton tweeted. \u201cHis pursuit of wealth and power hurt untold numbers of people and wrought incalculable damage to politics as a public good, society as a whole, and the planet itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh was one of the most harmful and poisonous people in the modern United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>His pursuit of wealth and power hurt untold numbers of people and wrought incalculable damage to politics as a public good, society as a whole, and the planet itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JYSexton\/status\/1362089521995796480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Far-left commentator Medhi Hasan wrote: \u201cRush Limbaugh died. Rightwingers on Twitter are heaping praise on him. I challenge you to read the things he said about minorities, black people, gay people, women, sexual consent, torture, climate, even the Jan 6th attack, and find things to praise in there. I challenge you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rush Limbaugh died. Rightwingers on Twitter are heaping praise on him.<\/p>\n<p>I challenge you to read the things he said about minorities, black people, gay people, women, sexual consent, torture, climate, even the Jan 6th attack, and find things to praise in there.<\/p>\n<p>I challenge you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1362091548402454529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Far-left commentator Cenk Uygur wrote: \u201cThe idea that you say artificially nice things about people after they die is weird. I\u2019ve never understood the logic of it. Rush Limbaugh was a terrible person while he was alive. He made a living by attacking the powerless. His death does not in anyway change or redeem that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The idea that you say artifically nice things about people after they die is weird. I&#8217;ve never understood the logic of it. Rush Limbaugh was a terrible person while he was alive. He made a living by attacking the powerless. His death does not in anyway change or redeem that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cenkuygur\/status\/1362112857870016513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>News organizations also sought to smear Limbaugh, with <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/OJPXJ\">ABC News<\/a> calling him \u201ccontroversial,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/FlSRu\">HuffPost<\/a> calling him \u201cbigoted,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/1ofTG\">CNBC<\/a> calling him \u201cincendiary,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cam_Cawthorne\/status\/1362095044891713545\">The Washington Post<\/a> calling him a \u201cprovocateur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter allowed mocking phrases and hashtags to trend on Wednesday following the death of conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh, who lost his battle with cancer, as leftists cheered. \u201cWe, the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181430,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rush-Limbaugh-1200x777-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Rest In Piss\u2019: Twitter Lets Mocking Hashtags To Trend Following Rush Limbaugh Death As Leftists Cheer","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rush-Limbaugh-1200x777-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Rest In Piss\u2019: Twitter Lets Mocking Hashtags To Trend Following Rush Limbaugh Death As Leftists Cheer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}