{"id":142247,"date":"2021-02-17T15:47:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142247"},"modified":"2021-02-17T16:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:13:31","slug":"walsh-many-on-the-left-truly-want-their-political-opponents-to-die-the-reaction-to-limbaughs-passing-proves-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-many-on-the-left-truly-want-their-political-opponents-to-die-the-reaction-to-limbaughs-passing-proves-that\/","title":{"rendered":"WALSH: Many On The Left Truly Want Their Political Opponents To Die. The Reaction To Limbaugh\u2019s Passing Proves That."},"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\">38<\/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%2Fwalsh-many-on-the-left-truly-want-their-political-opponents-to-die-the-reaction-to-limbaughs-passing-proves-that%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=142247&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-2-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rush Limbaugh died on Wednesday at the age of 70. Though his lung cancer diagnosis had been publicly known for months, still his death managed to seem somehow shocking. That is how it always feels when a man of great consequence and importance reaches the end of his time here on Earth. And that is the one thing that nobody can deny about Rush\u2019s life: it was important, consequential. He was a pioneer, a legend, and he changed the country in ways that<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>few media figures ever have, ever could or ever will.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who doubts Rush\u2019s profound importance need only take a glance at social media. There they will find many people paying grateful tribute to the radio icon and talking about all the ways that they were personally influenced and motivated by him, but another, and perhaps more profound, indication of Rush\u2019s importance is that all of the worst people in our country, many of the most vile and disgusting ghouls that our culture has produced, have come out to celebrate his death openly and dance on his grave without shame. I will not amplify any of them individually by going through a list of all of the filthy things they\u2019re spewing. Suffice it to say that the phrases \u201crot in hell\u201d and \u201crest in piss\u201d were trending minutes after news broke about Limbaugh\u2019s passing. These are not just random anonymous internet trolls, but also some of the most prominent left-wing voices who, when they\u2019re not laughing at a man for dying of cancer, are busy lecturing us about the need for civil political discourse.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Media outlets showed a similar lack of restraint. Rolling Stone\u2019s headline read: \u201cRush Limbaugh, Right-Wing Radio Host Who Trafficked in Bigotry and Cruelty, Dead at 70.\u201d The Daily Beast was only slightly more subtle: \u201cRush Limbaugh, the Human Megaphone Who Hijacked the GOP, Dead at 70.\u201d Of course, the fever swamps of the left-wing blogosphere weren\u2019t subtle at all. Jezebel\u2019s top headline said simply: \u201cGood Riddance.\u201d In other words, the media and the Left have showed the grace, dignity and compassion you\u2019d expect. Which is to say, none at all.<\/p>\n<p>Rush deserved better than to have the story of his death be a story about the jerks who rejoice over it, but it is worth thinking about this now-familiar routine. We live in a country where this sort of thing happens so automatically that we aren\u2019t shocked anymore by it. When a famous person of a certain ideological persuasion dies, we expect that \u201cSatan\u201d and \u201cHell\u201d will be trending on Twitter because of all of the users openly fantasizing about their political enemy roasting eternally in a place that they otherwise claim is fictional. And that\u2019s exactly what happened in this case, right on cue. But why does it happen? It seems insufficient to chalk it up to mere \u201cpartisanship\u201d or \u201cdivisiveness.\u201d What, then, is really fueling it?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To answer that question, the first thing we have to establish is that this truly is a left wing phenomenon. I am not claiming that nobody on the Right did any football spiking or made any jokes about the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or some other recently deceased liberal. What I\u2019m claiming is that those reactions were representative of a definite minority. There has not been a time, to my memory, when \u201crest in piss,\u201d or anything like it, trended in reaction to a famous leftist\u2019s death. For the most part, RBG was eulogized respectfully by both right and left. There are notable exceptions, but those exceptions are still exceptions. On the Left, the respectful eulogy of political opponents has become the exception. Shameless celebration is the norm.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What drives it is the same thing that drives Cancel Culture, to a great extent. It is the belief \u2014 again, not totally unique to the Left, but more prevalent by a wide margin \u2014 that people with differing views are bad people. Not just that they have bad opinions, but that they are bad themselves, deep down in their souls. The consequence of casting every political disagreement, every alternate opinion, every opposing argument, as racism or sexism or homophobia or whatever other -ism or -phobia, is that those who are conditioned into this way of thinking will come to believe that their opponents are truly and irredeemably evil.<\/p>\n<p>It is easy to make a joke about the fact that the Left calls everything and everyone bigoted, but the not-so-funny reality is that a great many Americans, especially younger Americans, really believe this framing. They have taken it to heart. It is the lens through which they view reality. They look out at the world and see millions of wicked, worthless, racist, knuckle-dragging subhumans staring back at them. They do not recognize the humanity of their opponents. They certainly cannot see any goodness or virtue in them.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to Rush Limbaugh\u2019s death is not happening in a vacuum, and it is not a matter of random, anonymous trolls simply trying to get a rise out of people. It is a reflection of our culture, and of the ideological divide, and of how deep that divide is, and of the pure, unbridled hatred that has helped to carve it.<\/p>\n<p>Rush was the relentless target of this equally relentless hatred for much of the past four decades. As I\u2019m sure he expected, that has not changed with his death. The man achieved many great things, and made his mark in countless and incalculable ways, but one of the deepest testaments to his life is that these sorts of people are rejoicing over its end. May we all hope to make such an impact with our lives.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush Limbaugh died on Wednesday at the age of 70. Though his lung cancer diagnosis had been publicly known for months, still his death managed to seem somehow shocking. 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