TPM Reader HL also isn’t crazy about Rush …
I found the post-apology “Okay-he-wasn’t-faking-it-but-he’s-exploiting-his-medical condition” even more insulting to people with Parkinson’s–and more dangerous–than his original faking conjecture. The faking suggestion (besides displaying ignorance, willful or not) merely insulted Michael J. Fox, not everyone with Parkinson’s. The claim of exploitation is an attempt to shut up people with Parkinson’s: anyone else can express their opinion about stem cell research, but if a person afflicted with Parkinson’s shows their face in public to do the same, s/he’s a shameless exploiter. According to Limbaugh’s logic, the actual sufferers should just hide in their rooms and not freak us out with their unsightly condition. Do you see what I mean?
Yeah, I do. The man’s a blight. As I said below, making fun of people suffering from a debilitating disease would send most folks into a career crisis. As TPM Reader DC says, “He’s vile; a real pig and a terrible terrible commentary on the state of our national life.”
