The Folly of Limbaugh

[Reprinted from my Facebook account]

Earlier this week you may have noticed that I responded to Rush Limbaugh’s comments regarding the Haitian disaster.
My only regret about my statement is that in my emotional state, I wished for Rush Limbaugh’s death. I realize wishing for that blowhard to keel over is technically wrong by Catholic moral teaching; no matter how much he may deserve it.

Personally I would prefer if Rush Limbaugh lost his career, but even then I doubt that would happen.

In the days since his controversial comments, Limbaugh has since posted both him stating that he never discouraged donations and, if I’ve read his website correctly, he had a caller the other day who was filled with the same basic righteous anger I was at his asinine statements, how Limbaugh subsequently mocked not only in their argument, but also calling them a “blockhead” as well.

Classy. Nothing like a little Ad Homenim attacks to show what kind of a character Limbaugh can be, while he engages in revisionist history.

My issue with Limbaugh is that regardless of his intended statements or any sort of context, the fact of the matter is, his sort of commentator invokes a very distributing subset of audience. This sort of audience more or less holds Rush Limbaugh at his every word, suspending their common sense and intellect to accept whatever position he puts out almost without question.

As a result, I have no doubt that there are people out there who have no intention of donating to the relief effort, purely because Mr. Limbaugh said so, even if Limbaugh was attacking the Obama Administration. How big this group is is hard to say, but if we’re really talking about people who take Limbaugh at this every word, I’m betting it’s the type of “Sovereign Citizen” that the Southern Poverty Law Center has been tracking the last several years or so.

I digress. My point is that because of Limbaugh’s irresponsibility, there will be some quotient of aid funding that does not come for the Haitian people; and that is why the man has no compassion.