This video from 1991 should be a reminder that the world and issues you see today are not new. They weren't new then and they aren't new now.
I grew up listening to Limbaugh and I have PLENTY of issues with his positions and the positions of the "conservative" movement. But, the hypocrisy of the critics at the time is a story we are seeing repeated today. Rush mocked those in power (Democrats mostly). This was often translated to he was mocking democrat voters. Sound familiar?
The irony of this report is pretty amazing to me but not unfamiliar. The criticism of Rush was that he's insulting and crass and yet I heard the following insults. He is called
- Dangerous
- Fat
- College drop out
- Twice divorced
- Bigot
- Nazi
30+ years later... Rush was only dangerous to the politics he opposed. He was far from extreme. Just as political figures on the left are far from extreme today. We just aren't supposed to think for ourselves and question the status quo. That's not safe. We are supposed to stay in line. Limbaugh like Trump says more about his time that himself. The response to them is more instructive than anything they say.