So I listened to Rush back in the summer of… 98? Maybe it was 99. It was the only radio station I could get in the afternoon in that building.

I disagreed with him then, but he could run a show and he wasn’t utterly evil. But he was happy to demonize opponents and ascribe ugly motives whenever possible.

I dunno, maybe it was 9-11, maybe it was just a slow slide through the first five years of the new century, but somewhere along the way he’s bought fully into the doctrine that yelling what you want loud enough will make it true. I genuinely don’t understand anymore if the people acting in this mode really believe the things they’re saying or if it’s all calculated.