On this December 30th, 2009 Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital in Honolulu for chest pains. I discovered this on Twitter as I discover many things. Many times I hear people that are politically left of center refer to Conservatives as being bigots and filled with hate. This coming from the people that are concerned for the welfare of the ‘little guy’. They profess themselves to be the solution to all the hatred coming from those that are on the right. Strangely enough, on this night as Rush Limbaugh suffers in the hospital these same people are professing their hatred and hopes of bad things to happen to Rush. Their compassion is akin to that of Adolph Hitler. Below are a few of the comments that I found on Twitter that are representative of their love and compassion. Just a note of caution, some of these posts are inappropriate.
Twitter Douchebag Alert: RT @amazingatheist: Ruch Limbaugh hospitalized with chest pains. Let’s all hope he dies.
RT @owillis: wait, is rush limbaugh dead? Not dead enough
Rush Limbaugh on Death Bed? Taken to Hospital in Hawaii: Would we really miss this fat, sloppy racist, pill popping…
Rush Limbaugh is a prodigious waste of food and I will be happy when he dies. There, I said it. #tcot #p2
Dufus @JenJen_623 What the f**k do you expect? Rush Limbaugh is evil
There are so many others that are even worse but you get the picture. This does not surprise me because I have dealt with their compassion for a long time. I think you can disagree with someone without wishing death upon them. I do believe you can have crazies on both sides but the sheer number of these posts are truly sad. Rush Limbaugh as of the time of this posting is listed as the second most commented words used on Twitter at the moment. Literally thousands if not millions of these are being posted online.
I think that despite your political slant, this type of behavior is completely inappropriate. I do remember seeing similar posts when Ted Kennedy died. I will be honest, as a Conservative, I strongly disagreed with his policies. I do not agree with wishing death upon him or anyone else. I would hope that people will come to their senses and not be so hostile to the point of wishing death upon people. For those of you that can actually disagree with someone without hating them, I would like to thank you. It is hard for me to imagine the mindset that you must hate someone that disagrees with you. If I were to take that attitude I would hate half of my own family. People come from different backgrounds and see the world differently. One person may see something as being unjust and feel strongly that something is wrong. This person may perceive this action as being unfair when the so called perpetrator had no malice whatsoever.
For this reason I believe that it is okay to have a difference of opinion. We can agree to disagree and still maintain a relationship. Can you imagine having such strong feelings about something that you would be willing to throw away a relationship with your own family? If the offense is something that I just cannot get past, I would at least try to be civil and avoid those topics to the best of my ability. I have met some people that just cannot let things go and desire to argue. In those cases all you can do is agree to disagree and refuse to discuss these issues.
The idea that people would disagree with someone so strongly that they would wish death on someone really saddens me. If I ever get this way, I would hope that my loved ones would bring this to my attention so I can wake up.