Rush Limbaugh displays the tiniest glimmer of sadness over dying from cancer and is berated for doing so. Men should be able to express their emotions, and being socially demonized by doing so even when faced with your own death is a problem.

ScttInc · 2020-11-13T18:26:44+00:00

And of course, the OP blames “toxic masculinity”

Bullocks1999 · 2020-11-13T13:56:15+00:00

As a man I agree with your comments. However I have less sympathy for rush Limbaugh. He’s been a gas lighting asshole for 20 years. You can’t attack people and be an ass your whole career and then want sympathy and compassion when it suits you.

MotherAce · 2020-11-13T17:16:26+00:00

Men's lib use of the term "toxic masculinity" as an actual thing and not pseudo scientific propaganda gets me every time.

How is it that feminists with a straight face gets away with promoting that sub as proper channel for men? It's akin to religious people promoting scientology as an alternative to psychological treatment.

C0II1n · 2020-11-13T21:11:41+00:00

Man people don’t like Rush Limbaugh on reddit do they

chillpilldude · 2020-11-13T17:08:07+00:00

I find that sub really stupid. Disregarding the context of who it is, they blame toxic masculinity for this. Yes, there are men who attempt to say that men should always be strong but in my experience it’s mostly women who perpetuate it. Not to say that all women do it, not to call it toxic feminity: it’s outdated societal standards. It’s not the average mans fault, and yet they blame the average man: with his “toxic masculinity.”

blown-upp · 2020-11-13T16:34:41+00:00

This probably has less to do with him being a man and more about him being Rush Limbaugh.

He is berated for doing so because he is a vile cunt with no empathy and a complete liar and buffoon.

Fuck Rush Limbaugh.

eldred2 · 2020-11-13T19:22:31+00:00

I see the post is locked, and dissenting opinions removed. Pretty typical of that sub.

SonofAngus · 2020-11-13T18:27:37+00:00

I think it's more he's a fucking piece of shit

saintjeremy · 2020-11-13T16:03:02+00:00

Something something, "reap what you sow"...

Bacotell6969 · 2020-11-13T14:14:54+00:00

No Fuck him

C0II1n · 2020-11-13T18:12:00+00:00

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HappyHound · 2020-11-13T19:24:22+00:00

This is the thread that ends my participation.

Quintrell · 2020-11-13T16:01:38+00:00

Rush is kind of a POS and deserved to be mocked, but not for being upset about dying from cancer.

Clockw0rk · 2020-11-13T22:28:52+00:00

It’s not toxic masculinity, because we all know that’s not a thing.

It’s not male disposability either. Public figures are often praised and vilified by their actions, plenty of people will mourn for Rush, plenty of people won’t. Regardless of how you feel about him, he was clearly a divisive figure.

But more to the point of the post, that his fellow talk show host urged him to “leave the stage with dignity”, that is a toxic gender role.

It stems from the belief that men should be strong, and that sadness is a weakness. It’s a belief that’s perpetuated by both men and women, and though liberals claim to be about dismantling antiquated gender roles, in reality it’s both sides of American politics that continues to shit on men and pander towards women.

Everyone has the right to feel sadness as they are confronted with the grim reality of death. Just be mindful of how you’ve publicly treated the ill in the past when you go fishing for sympathy.

As an aside: I’ve always found it sort of strange that the party of small government and personal responsibility is somehow surprised when publicly despicable figures are held accountable for their actions. Likewise, it really rustles my jimmies when someone claims to be liberal and is openly calling for the death and misery of their enemies.

For fuck same, you can be better than that.

Electroverted · 2020-11-14T04:20:44+00:00

No thank you.

People like him only display a shred of humanity and empathy in dire or other extreme circumstances. If he wasn’t dying, he’d be his same ol shitty self. So forgive us if we roll our eyes at people like him once their ass is on the line.

Cybralisk · 2020-11-14T07:16:40+00:00

Probably because he's one of the biggest sacks of shit in america and has been spreading lies and right wing propaganda for 40 years now, he's largely responsible for how divorced from reality the right wing base has become.

jaheiner · 2020-11-13T17:09:47+00:00

In all fairness- he's probably being ridiculed because he's a douche, not because he's a man.

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D_bAg_Tr0LL · 2020-11-13T18:02:52+00:00

Yes MEN should be able to Express their emotions. But FUCK Rush Limbaugh. He's a piece of trash and I'm glad he's getting what he deserves

headhot · 2020-11-13T22:45:42+00:00

Rush is a narcissist with no empathy, and the treatment of him should not be considered a reflection of how people treat men in society.

justlurkinghere5000h · 2020-11-13T16:50:57+00:00

I'm saddened by the comments here. We are usually better than this in this sub.

2020-11-13T20:43:17+00:00

The fact Rush is dying breaks my heart..And the fact he can't be sad about it makes me sick..I see a lot of feminazis bitch about men having more rights,and I end up asking them how is that true? Not being able to express your emotions like we can,having no abuse shelters specifically for men,or support groups,or man appreciation days,more men dying by suicide or job related accidents,men going to jail over abuse that was done by a female,is not more rights,it's a seriously LACKING amount of rights. I was wanting to one day be a congresswoman, the "metoo"/feminist movement would be labeled a hate group. This antimale crap needs to stop

flowerpower2112 · 2020-11-13T22:13:09+00:00

I mean but fuck rush Limbaugh though

Sumfuc · 2020-11-13T15:56:01+00:00

Rush has a LOT of baggage that’s hard to ignore. Would not have been my first choice to make this point.

MeLittleSKS · 2020-11-13T16:07:56+00:00

I think you'll find it has more to do with politics. ie. Rush Limbaugh is a Republican, therefore he's evil, therefore his death is to be celebrated.

pretty much everyone on the left was cheering when they heard he had cancer. Just like they cheered when Trump got Covid, or when Scalia died, etc.

its_stick · 2020-11-13T18:34:25+00:00

the amount of people who are shitting on him for having different political views while simultaneously claiming to support men in this comment section insane. yall can stop being puppets of the left and the media now.

Napkinpope · 2020-11-13T16:57:33+00:00

Rush Limbaugh being berated for things going on in his life is more of a “live by the sword, die by the sword” or “you reap what you sow” sort of thing.

thatdamnthing · 2020-11-13T17:27:43+00:00

Rush is a psychotic piece of shit who deserves zero compassion for any reason. Fuck him. He isn't being shit on because he's a man, he's being shit on for being an enormous pile of shit.

LameFossil · 2020-11-13T14:44:26+00:00

Granted this is the first I’ve heard of this guy and I therefore don’t know what he’s said or done during his life.

But. He’s a human being at the end of the day and all humans deserve the opportunity be educated in the morally correct while also being forgiven for their prior actions.

Perhaps his tears are tears of regret? Maybe he thinks that this is retribution for his toxicity? Regardless, the guy is dying and deserves some comfort from fellow man before he takes his final breath.

None of us are perfect and we cannot say that we’ve never harmed anybody. So don’t wish death on somebody who’s also made mistakes.

ickolas · 2020-11-13T17:52:07+00:00

I hope Rush suffers. What a piece of human garbage.

ScottyBrown · 2020-11-14T00:02:53+00:00

Rush limbaugh is awesome

probablyagiven · 2020-11-13T19:49:16+00:00

As a man, sure, but he isn't getting shat on for being a man, is he? Rush Limbaugh is one of the worst Americans alive today and the hatred is well deserved. In spite of the PC expectations of me wishing kindness on a sickly and dying old man, I won't. Karma is a roll of the dice, some people pay for their sins and others don't. In this case, it hit. I'm glad Limbaugh is dying and I hope that he suffers every single day from now until then.

human8ure · 2020-11-13T17:25:37+00:00

I think it has more to do with being a piece of crap than being a man. Just sayin’.

BronnoftheGlockwater · 2020-11-13T18:18:58+00:00

Lots of liberals posting here that have never listened to Rush. News flash: we all die. But no one will miss you.

MemeIsMeTwice · 2020-11-13T18:01:14+00:00

I don't know what this has to do with men's rights. Rush Limbaugh is a cancer himself. Sounds like a personal issue to me.

dtyler86 · 2020-11-13T18:38:17+00:00

Where is the link? It’s gone?

contraterrene · 2020-11-13T23:30:38+00:00

Hijacking this thread.

Cancer is a killer of men, so..

Diets low in sugar and processed foods and or metformin with supplemental methylcobalamin. Avoid foods cooked in or exposed to plastics.

Lots of green tea or a green tea extract, organic vegetables, diets from population with low cancer rates.

Good luck.

Icedecknight · 2020-11-14T03:59:14+00:00

If these comments are from the same type of people I'm "aligned" with on this sub then I don't want to be apart of the vitriol of this sub anymore. If you make an excuse to be a piece of shit then expect others to make other excuses to persecute you someday. Men's rights has a place but no longer on reddits echo chamber of madness as it will hurt it more than help it.

2020-11-14T09:58:29+00:00

The article is removed, which makes me wonder why.

bluehorserunning · 2020-11-14T19:44:26+00:00

Turn-about is fair play

Dls95405 · 2020-11-13T18:18:17+00:00

He spewed hatred and bile for decades. Like Trump, he won't get any sympathy from the people he bashed and trashed, and he sure won't get any sympathy from the RW deplorable types that are his audience. They lack the capacity for empathy.

OA12T2 · 2020-11-14T01:53:55+00:00

Men’s lib in and of its self is gay as aids

zUltimateRedditor · 2020-11-13T18:09:07+00:00

This. This is what toxic masculinity is.

Men laughing at “weakness” in other men. Men gatekeeping what a “real man” is. It has nothing to do with women or feminism.

if_Engage · 2020-11-14T02:00:45+00:00

Fuck that piece of shit. That's not a men's rights thing, that's a garbage human being thing. This is the same guy that downplayed the risks of tobacco and specifically secondhand smoke for years and years. Oh yeah, and he's part of the ilk in this country responsible for the borderline radicalizing of conservatives. Fuck that piece of shit and may he burn in hell.

Master_Millwood · 2020-11-13T19:33:53+00:00

Rush has cancer?

Hahahaha what a great day! He has done more to tear down democracy and see vile hate than most people throughout all of history.

I look forward to him slowly coming to terms with what he's done as the loneliness sets on on him and he realizes that when he passes through the gates of death, nothing matters except how he treated people.

machinadrive02 · 2020-11-13T19:54:14+00:00

Pretty sure it's cuz he's a racist hateful piece of shit person who used his platform to promote all the awful things that we have been experiencing under Trump and under Bush

fuck him

Bruhuha · 2020-11-13T17:53:41+00:00

I agree 99% of the time, but not in Limbaughs case. Hes low key to blame for trump, hes spread a lot of hate and ignorance over his career, and recently helped kill thousands of people by telling them covid is just a common cold. Karmas a bitch and Limbaughs getting what he deserved.

OGFahker · 2020-11-13T18:59:56+00:00

For a guy that carried on about how cigarettes don't cause cancer. He can cry all the fuck he wants and I wont give a shit.

Fuck that guy.

Sgt_peppers · 2020-11-13T19:17:44+00:00

Why the fuck are you celebrting rush Limbaugh in the first place. its alright fucks like this the reason no one takes any of these shit seriously.

Lordj09 · 2020-11-13T19:55:02+00:00

No, fuck him. Has nothing to do with him being a man, everything to do with being an awful person.

Long-Chair-7825 · 2020-11-13T14:17:24+00:00

This isn't "Toxic Masculinity". It's male disposability.

MDJDKDAD · 2020-11-13T16:36:44+00:00

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2020-11-13T20:53:14+00:00

and here we are..some dicks berating Rush..how fucking ironic..just because he has different opinions than you does not make it ok for you fucktards to shit all over him. But that's very common from buttfucked democrats who can't handle people who think differently

lemmemom · 2020-11-13T21:07:12+00:00

Fuck Rush Limbaugh. Not because he’s a man, because he’s Rush Limbaugh.

ThirdPersonRecording · 2020-11-13T19:06:56+00:00

meh fuck him

compuwiza1 · 2020-11-13T19:17:28+00:00

There are a million reasons to hate Rush Limbaugh, they not his sadness, have let to so many indulging in schadenfreude.

lonster1961 · 2020-11-14T05:40:33+00:00

Fuck limbaugh. Hope it hurts to almighty hell.

Butter_mah_bisqits · 2020-11-13T14:33:26+00:00

I am so sick and tired of watching men’s rights erode. We can uplift women without slamming the other gender down. I love the alpha males in my life. They are confident and strong, have a high regard for others, and are willing to give the shirt off their back to help a stranger. That is emotion. Just because the guy isn’t bawling his eyes out when he puts the shirt around the shoulders of the stranger doesn’t mean he’s not feeling emotions or not in touch with them. Should a man cry? - fucking A he should if he wants. A confident man isn’t afraid to be vulnerable with the ones he loves.

I have little respect for beta males. It’s not because they are in touch with their feelings or can’t throw a punch. It’s because they are whiny simps who wear ill fitting tight pants and will say anything to prove they aren’t a racist, misogynist, or any other “ist” including handing over their self-respect because someone is mean to them. They don’t seem to stand on a solid foundation. They whine more than almost any woman I know. I don’t like beta females either. They are usually nasty feminazis who like to prove how individual they are by dying their hair, piercing everything on their body, and hating men (all while crying because no one wants to be their boyfriend). They yell equality, but don’t think it’s fair they have to sign up for the draft.

I’ve never faced what Rush is facing right now. I don’t know how I would feel or how I would react facing my own mortality. I imagine every little thing I felt I did wrong whether or not I apologized and felt truly sorry would come whooshing in. People are people and no ones perfect. Hammering down on a guy dying from cancer is pretty shitty. If you don’t have something nice to say, keep your pie hole shut.

Gonnothen · 2020-11-13T19:49:52+00:00

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Dad: Are ya winnin' son?

wallerdog · 2020-11-13T20:18:17+00:00

Rush Limbaugh has individually earned the scorn and contempt of society. It’s unrelated to his gender.

Autismochico · 2020-11-14T03:07:29+00:00

He can’t die fast enough

2020-11-13T20:46:29+00:00

..well,now seeing these shit-on posts,I changed my mind on men deserving respect or rights

2020-11-13T20:53:51+00:00

and I'm pretty sure none of you have room to speak since you back up a movement who destroys businesses and kills little kids.

rabel111 · 2020-11-13T21:48:35+00:00

Sad to see so much hate generated by this. Aren't you tied of hating yet? Doesn't this constant political and social hatred take a toll on you? Inviting hate into yourself, and fanning the flames, it's like taking poison.

Whatever kind of person this guy was, deciding whether to have empathy for him based on his behaviour, that gives him control over who you are. Who decides who is deserving of empathy and who is not, who is deserving of human rights and who is not. If we start even asking these questions we have lost sight of genuine empathy and humanity. You don't have to like someone to show empathy.

It's sad when people die, particularly when they die slowly of cancer or chronic disease.

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