I think the link between Trumpism and Rush Limbaugh can simply not be understated. He turned name calling into an a weird artform. He repackaged cruelty as comedy. He invented the concept of in-group lingo that you see rampart in conservative media spaces. I mean, he invented the phrase RINO and we are all still using it! He took a base …
I think the link between Trumpism and Rush Limbaugh can simply not be understated. He turned name calling into an a weird artform. He repackaged cruelty as comedy. He invented the concept of in-group lingo that you see rampart in conservative media spaces. I mean, he invented the phrase RINO and we are all still using it! He took a base of voters, and I won't say he radicalized them but he gave them a directives: Vote out the RINO's. Blame the elites and don't trust them. Don't apologize for giving offense.
Now the Republican party is a RINOless cult with an aversion to intellectualism and science, who refuses to walk back any wrong doing (from tasteless jokes to insurrection to sexual assault).
I think the link between Trumpism and Rush Limbaugh can simply not be understated. He turned name calling into an a weird artform. He repackaged cruelty as comedy. He invented the concept of in-group lingo that you see rampart in conservative media spaces. I mean, he invented the phrase RINO and we are all still using it! He took a base of voters, and I won't say he radicalized them but he gave them a directives: Vote out the RINO's. Blame the elites and don't trust them. Don't apologize for giving offense.
Now the Republican party is a RINOless cult with an aversion to intellectualism and science, who refuses to walk back any wrong doing (from tasteless jokes to insurrection to sexual assault).