Dittos, Rush

Today, February 17th, is the first anniversary of Rush Limbaugh's passing. For his average audience of some twenty-five million Americans, he is sorely missed.  Because of his philosophy of individual freedom, and a wary eye on the leftists, the hard left in this country had some restraints placed upon them by his daily radio show.  We haven't seen any restraints in this last year.  Put another way, with Rush gone, the crazies have come literally out of the woodwork. And they are hell bent on pushing their authoritative agenda.

Rush had a knack of insulating himself from the cancel culture that virtually no one outside the guilded class enjoys, especially those on the right.   He embraced their accusations.  When then president Clinton complained Rush had three hours a day to lie, and there was no "truth detector" to counter him, Rush laughing said, "I AM the truth detector."  Instead of perpetual defense, Rush always went on immediate offense.  It worked.  The Marxist left never laid a glove on Rush.  But he kept them on the ropes for some thirty years with his radio show.

Embracing accusations is not easy. Most of us have jobs, families, and bank accounts to protect.  We don't have a loud voice of 25 million to support us.  Like the supporters of the Canadian Truckers who just got doxxed, the Marxist bullies can and will shut us down.  Intimidate us. Close our businesses.  Fine us into oblivion.  Freeze our bank accounts.  Destroy us.  I recall it was Hillary herself who first described and utilized "politics of personal destruction," and that has been refined into an art form in today's political arena.

Today we remember Rush, and we try to deal with the overwhelming tyrannical boot on our neck. Dianna Allocco of Fox News wrote a great opinion piece about Rush, and had some interesting and informative takes on Rush's legacy.  It's worth the read.

Dittos, Rush.