Thread by @polotek

I see the conversation today is “we shouldn’t celebrate Limbaugh’s” death. I can’t help but hear it as “white people should experience no consequences after an entire life spent harming people.”

Y’all didn’t do anything about him when he was alive, but now you got a problem? FOH

This has nothing to do with Limbaugh. It’s entirely a cultural taboo against speaking ill of the dead. There are a lot of people who have been conditioned to believe that comes back on you in some way. It doesn’t. The only consequence is other humans giving you a hard time.

I support everyone who is feeling even a small measure of release today as a person who spent *decades* actively trying to make their lives harder and more miserable is no longer able to do so. And fuck anybody who tells you that you shouldn’t be happy about it.

The problem with America is that we work hard to remove any and all ways to hold people accountable and curb bad behavior. Even posthumously. There are very few consequences for being a horrible person. But there are many consequences for those of us who actually give a shit.

Imagine if we allowed people to be held accountable for obvious and egregious bad behavior. Imagine if it was actually inconvenient for you to be a harmful and bigoted monster. How many people would experience greater freedom and safety? Less fear, less abuse. How many?

America is not perfect. But even with all of its deep-rooted social problems, America would have exponentially less suffering if we didn’t give so many awful people free reign to actively and knowingly cause harm. Fuck Rush Limbaugh. And everybody who makes space for him.