Leroy N. Soetoro
2021-02-19 19:29:21 UTC
https://nypost.com/2021/02/18/university-of-california-staff-celebrate-
rush-limbaughs-death/
WASHINGTON University of California faculty expressed delight at the
death of conservative radio legend Rush Limbaugh hours after his passing
Wednesday, calling him a one-man hate industry in an email pitching
themselves as Rush Limbaugh experts for media interviews.
Three professors from the University of California, Riverside, appeared to
celebrate Limbaughs death after he lost his battle with lung cancer at
age 70, claiming that America is objectively a better place without Rush
in it.
For decades, Rush Limbaugh made millions trafficking in racism, sexism,
and xenophobia, creative writing professor and former CNN employee Reza
Aslan said in the email distributed by the universitys PR department that
read Rush Limbaugh experts available to media.
He was a one-man hate industry. And while the hatred and fear he sowed
throughout his destructive career will continue long after his death,
America is objectively a better place without Rush in it, he continued.
Reza Aslan said America was an objectively better place without
Limbaugh.
Getty Images
Aslan made similar incendiary remarks after Limbaugh announced his
diagnosis last year, calling him evil and a curse upon this nation in
a tweet.
When Breitbart News covered his comments, an unapologetic Aslan shared a
link to the article and wrote: Actually curse upon this nation is just
about the nicest thing I can think of to say about Rush Limbaugh dead or
alive.
His colleague, media and cultural studies professor Dylan Rodriguez, said
Limbaugh will be remembered as an unapologetic purveyor of right-wing
conspiracy narratives, racist mythologies, Islamophobic hate, and smug
claims of white American victimhood.
In life, there were few public figures who contributed more to the
normalization of everyday white supremacist, antiblack, homophobic and
transphobic, misogynist worldviews than Rush Limbaugh, Rodriguez wrote.
It was entirely fitting that Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential
Medal of freedom, given Limbaughs primary, decades-long role in
establishing the white nationalist populism that swept Trump into the
White House.
UCR political science professor Shaun Bowler offered the most nuanced take
on Limbaughs towering influence in the radio industry, describing him as
a leading figure in helping shape the modern GOPs electoral outreach and
campaigning style.
Limbaughs questionable accuracy, his love of conspiracy theories and
fondness for insulting people was a successful ratings mix in the 1930s
and it was again in the 1990s, Bowler wrote.
The talk radio pioneer was a leading voice in the conservative movement
thanks to his acerbic and brash style, and his program became the most
listened to radio show in the US with 20 million monthly listeners.
Limbaugh announced last February that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung
cancer.
He developed a personal friendship with former President Donald Trump, a
fellow Palm Beach, Fla., resident, who awarded Limbaugh the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor, during his final
State of the Union address in 2020.
On Wednesday, Trump reflected on Limbaughs legacy in his first TV
interview since leaving the Oval Office, describing him as a very brave
man with a fascinating show.
He was very street-smart, in a sense, and a lot of people wouldnt know
but he was very, very street-smart, he really got it, Trump told Fox
News.
A University of California, Riverside, spokesman did not immediately
respond to request for comment on Thursday.
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ballots. Report voter fraud: ***@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
rush-limbaughs-death/
WASHINGTON University of California faculty expressed delight at the
death of conservative radio legend Rush Limbaugh hours after his passing
Wednesday, calling him a one-man hate industry in an email pitching
themselves as Rush Limbaugh experts for media interviews.
Three professors from the University of California, Riverside, appeared to
celebrate Limbaughs death after he lost his battle with lung cancer at
age 70, claiming that America is objectively a better place without Rush
in it.
For decades, Rush Limbaugh made millions trafficking in racism, sexism,
and xenophobia, creative writing professor and former CNN employee Reza
Aslan said in the email distributed by the universitys PR department that
read Rush Limbaugh experts available to media.
He was a one-man hate industry. And while the hatred and fear he sowed
throughout his destructive career will continue long after his death,
America is objectively a better place without Rush in it, he continued.
Reza Aslan said America was an objectively better place without
Limbaugh.
Getty Images
Aslan made similar incendiary remarks after Limbaugh announced his
diagnosis last year, calling him evil and a curse upon this nation in
a tweet.
When Breitbart News covered his comments, an unapologetic Aslan shared a
link to the article and wrote: Actually curse upon this nation is just
about the nicest thing I can think of to say about Rush Limbaugh dead or
alive.
His colleague, media and cultural studies professor Dylan Rodriguez, said
Limbaugh will be remembered as an unapologetic purveyor of right-wing
conspiracy narratives, racist mythologies, Islamophobic hate, and smug
claims of white American victimhood.
In life, there were few public figures who contributed more to the
normalization of everyday white supremacist, antiblack, homophobic and
transphobic, misogynist worldviews than Rush Limbaugh, Rodriguez wrote.
It was entirely fitting that Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential
Medal of freedom, given Limbaughs primary, decades-long role in
establishing the white nationalist populism that swept Trump into the
White House.
UCR political science professor Shaun Bowler offered the most nuanced take
on Limbaughs towering influence in the radio industry, describing him as
a leading figure in helping shape the modern GOPs electoral outreach and
campaigning style.
Limbaughs questionable accuracy, his love of conspiracy theories and
fondness for insulting people was a successful ratings mix in the 1930s
and it was again in the 1990s, Bowler wrote.
The talk radio pioneer was a leading voice in the conservative movement
thanks to his acerbic and brash style, and his program became the most
listened to radio show in the US with 20 million monthly listeners.
Limbaugh announced last February that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung
cancer.
He developed a personal friendship with former President Donald Trump, a
fellow Palm Beach, Fla., resident, who awarded Limbaugh the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the nations highest civilian honor, during his final
State of the Union address in 2020.
On Wednesday, Trump reflected on Limbaughs legacy in his first TV
interview since leaving the Oval Office, describing him as a very brave
man with a fascinating show.
He was very street-smart, in a sense, and a lot of people wouldnt know
but he was very, very street-smart, he really got it, Trump told Fox
News.
A University of California, Riverside, spokesman did not immediately
respond to request for comment on Thursday.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: ***@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.