The meanness of man
'Those who celebrate death in such a way are trying to conceal a vacuum at the heart of life'
I CAME TO RUSH LIMBAUGH via Mark Steyn. Usually it happens the other way around. Steyn, who I consider the most articulate broadcaster in the world, guest-hosted for Limbaugh’s legendary show for over a decade, particularly over the last year as cancer ravaged the latter’s lungs.
Since his death on Wednesday, the extent of Limbaugh’s success and influence have been expressed to varying receptions of near disbelief. He was the undisputed master of his medium, the champion of free, intelligent speech, an unapologetic, deeply revered thinker whose ability to capture - and maintain - tens of millions of imaginations ridicules America’s contemporary late-night circuit. During his career he amassed a fortune just shy of a billion, but the respect he afforded his support - so many of them mom-n-pop suburban shop owners - illustrated that loyalty overshadowed cash.
Which means he was despised too. But not even the hardest among us could withstand the nausea prompted by the gloating at his death. It is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
It came first from the recesses of humanity’s bowels - Hollywood, then from establishment new media, a place no less stinky or troubled. On Thursday, watching these people hiss and grunt was like watching cannibal islanders in Papua New Guinea inspect the body of Her Majesty’s gentleman explorer as they boiled it. They were merciless, unhinged, cowardly and uncontrollable; you could only suspect that some time ago they had crossed a line made famous in Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” - I say only suspect because now it’s impossible to know if they even knew such a thing existed.
This repugnant moment serves to caution the right that, when George Soros leaves the world, it dare not ape these savages. Conservatives who turn to Twitter to celebrate Nancy Pelosi’s end will not only shame the movement but incur doxxing and other forms of persecution, including the loss of income, via corporate media allies. Ditto for Biden - even Jacob Zuma. The conditions imposed by the tech/establishment-left/media triumvirate are such that Soros’ throb/throbber/he/they of a child Alexander - or Alexandra - will be stalking user forums well in advance of his father’s death.