Comedian John Fugelsang Makes Limbaugh Fans’ Heads Explode With Racist Limbaugh Quotes
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You’d think by now the idea that Rush Limbaugh is an offensive, racist, homophobic, bigot would be pretty uncontroversial. Apparently, that’s not the case with many of his conservative fans.
While it may not be possible to get a scientific consensus on this, there is a good chance that, at least in terms of offensive idea per sentence spoken out loud, Rush Limbaugh is the most offensive human being on Earth. Nobody has had a longer, more shameless career of spewing vile hate-mongering than he has. It’s made Rush extremely wealthy and, for reasons that may be hard to fathom, extremely popular with a certain segment of the population who respond to his unique brand of hatred.
So it was that when writer and comedian John Fugelsang composed a tweet which lampooned the way that Limbaugh interweaves casual racism with a seething hatred of the Obama administration, Rush’s fans went into full-on defensive mode.
Eric Holder resigns; or as Rush Limbaugh puts it, ‘black guy doesn’t want to work.’
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 26, 2014
It’s a good joke in the “funny because it’s true” kind of way, but conservatives weren’t laughing. Instead, to the amazement of anyone who has ever happened to listen to Limbaugh talk, they said that Limbaugh wasn’t the racist and John Fugelsang was the real racist for thinking up that joke.
Twitchy, a conservative website with nine full-time staffers with jobs exclusively devoted to getting pretend-offended by liberals and reposting unfunny, sarcastic tweets by conservatives who also happen to be pretending to be offended by liberals, ran with the story.
@JohnFugelsang Nice of you to put your racism on full display.
— The Real Bepo (D) (@TheRealBepo) September 26, 2014
In which white liberal wants to make racist joke so says it’s a joke someone else would say https://t.co/AyJ60yTctp
— DMH (@HawkinsUSA) September 26, 2014
@JohnFugelsang you’re quite literally one the stupidest individuals in existence today. Keep reaching for the top spot though, John!
— Michi I. (@michi83) September 26, 2014
@JohnFugelsang For 25 yrs I’ve seen people like you take Rush out of context. He is no more racist than you are.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) September 26, 2014
But here’s the thing: Rush Limbaugh is a racist and, while he hasn’t said that exact quote (hint: that’s the joke), he has said many, many things that are much, much worse. There is no amount of context that can help Limbaugh pretend he isn’t fundamentally bigoted in ways that make it shocking to think he still has advertisers willing to put up with him.
After marveling at the backlash he had gotten for his tweet, Fugelsang went to work exposing how silly it was to claim Limbaugh wasn’t a racist in the most effective way possible: Limbaugh’s actual words.
I told a joke abt Limbaugh; was subsequently accused of lying & fabricating a Rush quote. So I shared some actual Rush quotes.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 26, 2014
“Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?” - Rush Limbaugh
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 26, 2014
“The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”- Rush Limbaugh
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 26, 2014
[To an African American female caller]: “Take that bone out of your nose and call me back.” - Rush Limbaugh
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 26, 2014
“Let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do — let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work.” -Rush Limbaugh
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 26, 2014
“Holocaust?” Ninety million Indians? Only four million left? They all have casinos — what’s to complain about?” - Rush Limbaugh
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) September 26, 2014
