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    It would be nice to believe this, but it’s just not true. Unfortunately people do remember him fondly. It will take decades before the people who loved him are all dead and history gets to judge him.

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    This misunderstands the motivations of real-life evil people.

    Once you accept there is no afterlife, that your legacy means nothing, and that you’re a piece of shit who has no desire to contribute to society or help others - only your personal success and self-pleasure while living matter.

    Tarquin says it best, though much more humorously, here: https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0763.html

    By Rush’s personal measure, he absolutely won. So did Kissinger. So did Reagan. Trump and Jones and Rogan are on track.

    You don’t beat such people with legacy.

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      I’m an atheist, however my personal interpretation of the afterlife is how people remember you. That way you’re judged by your peers (all of humanity).

      So arguably being famous is a very good deal, as many more people will remember you. However if you’re a shitty bastard, like Limbaugh, you’ll be remembered as a greedy count for quite some time before forgetfulness sets in.

      Deservedly so imho

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      Even if you cared about legacy, realistically, how many people are remembered for more than a few generations, if they are remembered at all?

      Even the majority of the leaders of nations are only remembered by historians, people with a high interest in history and briefly by some students studying for their next test, and these will be mainly the leaders of their own country. Unless they did something exceptional good or bad.

      And then there are a few exceptional high achieving writers, inventors, scientists and academics. Even within their field most become irrelevant and forgotten after a few decades.

      Some ordinary people who did extraordinary things might also be remembered.

      But if you compare that to the enormous amount of people who have lived and died, basically no one will be remembered after their death. I’m not making excuses for the bad behaviors of horrible people, I’m just saying that losing all relevance and not being remembered after death isn’t special.

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      You can either make somthing for younger generations. Or burn what’s been built for your own pleasure.

      Boomers made thier choice

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      Just to clarify your answer a little bit: this has nothing to do with atheism, nor that atheists think like this. Many of these asshats actually are religious and somehow with mental gymnastics tell themselves they’re righteous and good and that they’ll get into some imaginary heaven because of their hateful behavior.

      This has more to do with mental illness like narcissism, and psychopathy than them being atheist

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      I don’t think that most of the people we might consider evil have that level of self-awareness. Certainly those with a pathological lack of empathy are overrepresented in the highest echelons of power. It doesn’t logically follow that they see themselves as bad.

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    All I remember is that piece of shit Rush Limbaugh is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA.

    Very useful information to know.

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    Rush, Carlson, Hannity, O’Reilly, no one remembers them or will remember them after they’re gone. Agitators who screamed into the void and only served to fatten their pockets and make the world worse.

  • For a long time, I hated him. Then for a brief moment, I thought he was hilarious because I figured it had to be satire with how over the top it was. Then went right back to hating him when I found out it wasn’t satire at all.

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      I still don’t really understand his guest roles on family guy. He had to have known he was the joke, but still did it anyway.

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    That’s not true.

    I look at Rush Lindburgers children’s book for plenty of entertainment value!

    I also remind people that being an opiate addicted, insecure, racist waste of human being is NO impediment to winning our Medal of Freedom !

    So there!

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      Allegedly $600 mil.

      Hope it was worth it. The world was objectively a better place when he died. I wonder if he thought about all the hate he spread while he lay dying.

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        For him, hate = money. So probably was thinking about how much more hate he could have made. Such regret.

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    I didn’t know he died, guess that makes sense why I stopped hearing his name all the time

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      Nor did I. Wikipedia says complications of lung cancer from his lifetime of smoking

      I suspect the complication was inability to breathe

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    He was a shit stain - terribly annoying while you have one and not missed at all once it fucking rots away with cancer.

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    Dana Gould: Hey guys, I was just not remembering Rush and not remembering how influential he was and not remembering how much I hated him.

    Everyone: Yeah, I don’t even remember that he made millions of dollars and I’m not even remembering the exact cemetery that he was buried in. Yay, I’m glad we’re all not remembering this.

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    Thats mostly because he lost his popularity when Internet poscasts started taking over, now we have a new generation of asshole podcasters like Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh