Drug addiction is not funny

[no name no slogan]

I'll try this again, with the PG-13 filter on:

After seeing all these threads out here "joking" about Rush Limbaugh's drug addiction, I felt this needed to be said.

Drug Addiction, like any other illness, is not funny.

Yeah, Rush has made statements about drug use/abuse in the past, but the man has a disease, for crying out loud. It's not some laughing matter, like chocking on a pretzel because you're too stupid to know how to chew your food properly. It's a DISEASE which will eventually KILL HIM and bring heartache to his innocent family, if left untreated.

Sure, Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot, but what kind of moral ground does that put US on if we want him killed? How does that make us better than he is, or what he is about?

Am I taking this a little personally? Maybe. I've had friends AND family members who have drug problems. I had a good fried who was addicted to heroin (which is an opiate, like Oxycontin), and the addiction and its detox are not funny, not in the least. I've had mental issues in my past which left me unable to work, and now take a combination of three drugs just to keep the wolves at bay-- and even then it's STILL hard to get out of bed every morning.

Yes, maybe the "Karma" or the irony (the real kind, not the Allanis Morrisette variety) of the situation may be funny, but come on here people-- let's show the world how we're bigger people than that. Let's show them that, unlike the Freepers, we actually CARE about other people, even if we disagree with them on 99.9999% of the issues.

Making fun of an addict, no matter how reprehensible s/he may be, is IMHO on par with making fun of a cancer patient, or a schizophrenic, or somebody who's mentally retarded. It's sick, it's wrong, and certainly NOT something I would expect from people who claim to be members of a "compassionate" political party.



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[Character Assassin]

1. I CAN be quite funny, but I rank it closer to mimes.

It's a DISEASE which will eventually KILL HIM and bring heartache to his innocent family, if left untreated.

Does the phrase 'caveat emptor' mean anything to you?

He got himself hooked. Now he's in trouble because of it.

Big whoop.

[diplomats]

7. He did make a choice to take the drugs

It's not the same as being born with a disability you can't help.

[Character Assassin]

10. And I'll bet you anything he's a closet mime.

Betchya!

[CatWoman]

11. CA --

MARRY ME!!!!! :D

[Character Assassin]

25. Smootch!

[Drifter]

38. And remember ...

Jugglers are one step above Mimes

Cheers
Drifter

[Character Assassin]

44. Careful, now, that one hits close to home.

Juggling is an art, a metaphor, a philosophy, a challenge and a thing of great beauty and personal expression.

Mimes are, um... dogcrap.

[geebensis]

2. It's OK to Make Fun of Hypocricy, Though, Right?

I sure hope so. That's what I'm doing in my Rush Limbaugh posts.

Hell, I've come close to opiate addiction in my life. If I had the means and opportunity that Limbaugh has I would almost certainly be an addict.

But then again, I haven't made millions of dollars ranting about (among other things) how "maggot infested, dope smoking hippies" should be locked up. Matter of fact, I've never thought that anyone with a drug problem should be in jail.

So I'm nice and smug in my ridicule of Limbaugh.

[MoonRiver]

14. Wonder if Limpmember kept up the hate filled rants, not because he really

believed in them, but because it kept dope in his veins? Addicts frequently do incredible violence, to themselves, strangers, and even family members, for a fix. Et tu "rush"?

[oasis]

23. Pigboy still owes his dittoheads an explanation about the maid/drug story.

[MoonRiver]

26. I hope that maid is given a new identity. Rushboy's minions won't

take kindly to her outing their beloved slimeball.

[yella_dawg]

28. Didn't you hear?

He's gonna address all those falsehoods and falacies the moment he gets out of detox.

[DS1]

3. no, but Hypocrisy IS!

BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sorry, fuck Limbaugh, if you really care, pool together your resources and buy him a plane ticket to Zurich.

[Padraig18]

4. Sympathy for Rush Limbaugh is #14 on my list

This repugnat SWINE made his own bed, so now he's got to lie in it. Not ONCE have I heard him apologize for the truly AWFUL things he's said about the disabled, the homeless, etc. .

Fuck him!

[oasis]

5. Assholes like Pigboy create a climate of hopelessness in America

where some folks turn to drugs for escape.

[wildmanj]

6. funny

the chickens always come home to roost---they almost always do:nopity: :nopity:

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. He also purchased them

from an ILLEGAL Black Market Drug Ring, via FEDEX....FEDERAL crime! He deserves to suffer and I hope he does. He's a sorry excuse for a human being.

[leesa]

9. Oh yes, we should feel compassion for an asshole who assaulted us

daily. I hope he rots in jail. He is a traitor to our country and he deserves our hatred.

[comradebillyboy]

12. i take great pleasure in rush's troubles

for some of us, seeing people we despise suffer is very satisfying. in fact, i would like to see him suffer even more.

[Chovexani]

13. Rush himself doesn't think that

As evidenced by his heartless mockery of River Phoenix, Kurt Cobain, and the millions of others whose addictions took their lives. Maybe I'm callous, but I believe a person ought to be held to the same standards they hold others to.

FWIW, my brother's a recovering drug addict and I have many unrepentant alcoholics in my family. I've seen what addiction does to people up close. That's exactly why I have no problems not feeling sympathy for this asswipe. He has made a fortune and supported his own habit by demonizing and mocking others with the same goddamn habit.

Fuck him, and may he get what he deserves.

PS. I ain't a Christian, and I think turning the other cheek only gets you slapped in the other.

[Demobrat]

15. No. I have drug addiction in my family. It's not funny.

Rush hoist on his own petard, however, is hilarious.

[my_2_cents]

16. I would have sympathy for him if he died of an overdose.

At least then he'd be dead so there would be something in it for both of us.

[slor]

17. Here is my take...

FUCK that fat, hate-spewing, hypocritical freak. He spreads his real drug of choice (HATE) everyday to 20 million people. That drug that he peddles causes intolerance, bigotry, and a host of other problems that this world does not need. So in case I was unclear, FUCK HIM!
OK, all better now.

[Cha]

22. Pretty much my take on it , too, slor!

:toast:

[roughsatori]

18. His hypocrisy is the joke and I think EVERYTHING is fair game

when it comes to humor, including addiction and cancer. (I am a recovering heroin addict (years of recovery) and my father has Cancer).

It is not up to you to decide for everyone else at DU what is, or is not funny, or grist for the humor mill. I honestly LAUGHED out loud when I heard his announcement today. He was doing what any good junky would do, enter rehab before the shit hits the fan. He is trying to avoid jail time. I think it is funny. I won't judge you for thinking it is not. Unlike you I allow for differences in humor.

I think ALL drugs should be legal, but I hope he does years of hard time as that is what he has preached for others.

[dadakarma]

19. Rush and his addiction

Grant you, Drug addiction is NOT FUNNY. If you've listened to Rush at all, though, drug addicts "ought to be sent up the river."

While it isn't funny that Rush has admitted to being part of a demographic he frequently disses and pisses on, it IS funny to listen to the spin and bullshit on RR (RIGHT RADIO)- the same assholes who routinely crucify with vigor the slightest transgression, disease or otherwise of anyone but their own ilk. The spin-du-jour is all about "just how addictive ARE these medications??" with all the sensitivity they can muster.

Barf.

[union_maid]

20. What goes around sometimes comes around?

I have all the good wishes and compassion for Rush that's he's had for others who have had problems in life. He's got a chance to come out of this a better person, having walked a mile in the shoes of an addict. Let's see if that's what happens.

[Katie]

21. rush will get all the help he needs not to worry, unlike most

Sorry if I dont have an ounce of compassion for this man, but I dont. He has been nothing but a viscious hypocritical loudmouth for years. He'll get the best treatment money can buy, ulike most people with addictions. So I wouldnt waste my tears on him. What is funny, is how Rush beats to death the "character" issue, never fails to berate others for their "failings". Appears he has some of his own. Rush had to be "outed", he did not disclose this on his own. So you cant even give him credit for that. This man has be given much in life. Maybe too much. We all have our demons in life, he'll just to handle his. Drug addiction isnt funny, people who cant afford to get help with it, isnt funny, either. But a loud mouth hypocrite caught with his pants down is.

[Mari333]

24. I hope Rush dies a slow and painfilled death from his drug addiction

He sure as hell didnt care about these kids deaths when he went on the air and screamed for war in Iraq..he sure as hell didnt care about all the GIs who died in Iraq or were wounded..
Who gives a shit if hes addicted to drugs..I hope they eventually kill him...hes a sorry bastard and a murderer for backing the illegal war in Iraq and I , for one, could care less if he croaks..one less asshole in the world



This little boy is dead thanks to people like Rush Limbaugh.
No compassion for Rush from here.

[XanaDUer]

27. Fuck Rush Limbaugh.

n/t.

[KoKo]

29. Hypocrits about Drug Addiction are Very Funny, though! So Laugh Much! Over

Hypocracy.......and another "Evil Doer" hits the Dust!

[Iris]

30. Neither is co-dependence.

What is really unfunny about this whole thing is his listeneing audience have basically been willing captives of an addicts rants and irrationality.

Nope. That's not funny at all. In fact, it pretty much sucks for this country.

[janx]

40. Exactly. He's addicted to narcotics; his audience is addicted to

the products of his addiction: hatred, paranoia, and fear.

[FlemingsGhost]

31. Karma can be hilarious, though.

Side-splitting, pee-your-pants funny.

[goldilox369]

32. Addiction is too funny

I'm addicted to drugs and i think it's funny. And so do all my friends.

[Cat Atomic]

33. I disagree. I think it's hilarious.

Rush Limbaugh is a man who's made millions of dollars selling hatred, war, and ideas like "if you're poor you deserve it".

I think his drug addiction is an absolute side-splitter.

[quaker bill]

34. I agree

In the final analysis this is serious business and I wish him well on a personal basis with the challenges he faces. I hope he comes to terms with the character and personality issues that left him open for this.

However he has been a pompous moralizing blowhard with a "holier than thou" complex for the last 20+ years. Justice is served when people who set themselves so far above others in their personal self-estimation are brought to see and admit the error of their ways. There is joy in seeing justice done.

What I heard of what Rush said gives me little confidence he has gotten there yet. But he has challenges yet to face.

[OneTwentyoNine]

35. Pigboy deserves compassion?? He has to EARN it !!

<>Making fun of an addict, no matter how reprehensible s/he may be, is IMHO on par with making fun of a cancer patient, or a schizophrenic, or somebody who's mentally retarded. It's sick, it's wrong, and certainly NOT something I would expect from people who claim to be members of a "compassionate" political party.<>

Where the HELL did I ever say I would be compassionate to everyone in the human race? Hell,would you been compassionate to Hitler if you found him wounded in his bunker??

I'm a very compassionate person,I help people whenever I can but to HELL with Limbaugh!! The man is sub-human and right now deserves NO compassion from people he's maligned,trampled,made fun of,lied about for 15 FUCKING years....

Screw him,maybe this will knock his fat ass down a peg or two...

David

[bring_em_home_bush]

36. ~

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
Paul Gauguin

[DemLikr]

37. I'm an alcoholic & I think Rush's addiction is fucking HILARIOUS

Of course it is the beauty and elegance of Karma (and rarely do we see it work its magic so quickly) that brings a smile to my face.

It is the silliness inherent in an obese, egomaniacal food and pill addict who mocks the "weakness" of others who suffer from the very disease he shares, that brings a smile to my face.

It is the image of Rush sitting in 12-step meetings for the rest of his life, eating crow and seeking humility, that brings a smile to my face.

It is the thought of Rush crying into his pillow in his prison bed that brings a smile to my face.

It is the folly and foolishness of the human race, writ large in the life stories of countless hypocritical Republicans, that brings a smile to my face.

And I hope to some day bump into Rush in a "meeting." What a sweet moment that would be.

So, dammit, let me laugh and enjoy yet another priceless "Exshellnshe in Broadcashting" moment. The right wingers will be pumping crocodile tears aplenty for Rush; he doesn't need any from me.

[MODemocrat]

39. It's hard for me to be compassionate in Rush's case

He has brought more chaos to this country with all his lies and hatred of innocent people. He chose this path, now let him deal with it. It would surprise me if he would even want our synpathy and understanding. He probably feels that the most of us are beneath him.
:thumbsdown: :cry:

[danbee46]

42. Thank you

I have enjoyed reading this thread more than any other in some time. We so seldom get to see those right wing schmucks suffer. It's about time. Lock him up; throw away the key; make him listen to NPR for the rest of his life.

[Terwilliger]

41. No, addiction is not funny

Rush Limbaugh is a fucknut who deserves his addiction (he deserves a lot more)

[Loyal]

43. Okay greenie

I don't really know what I can say to that. Do you deserve it?