So Scumbaugh RUSHED...Says Hurricane Irma Is Conspiracy, Evacuates Anyway

[malaise]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rush-limbaugh-says-hurricane-irma-is-conspiracy-evacuates-anyway_us_59b29c31e4b0354e44115aa8?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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Rush Limbaugh spent the first part of this week acting as a Hurricane Irma truther, but now it seems he’s taking cover.

On Thursday, the conservative radio host announced on his show that he’d be evacuating South Florida, where he lives, and would be off the air for the next couple of days. This comes mere days after he lambasted media stations for their coverage and storm preparers for battening down their hatches.

Limbaugh has long been hell-bent on saying hurricanes and storms like it are part of a liberal conspiracy solely aimed at furthering the discussion on climate change, but his claims about Irma in his Tuesday broadcast sent many over the edge.

Adam McKay
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@GhostPanther

How is it legal for Rush Limbaugh to undercut cat 5 hurricane warnings? If ppl don't evacuate & die because of him can't he be charged?
1:37 PM - Sep 6, 2017

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That is also my question.
Fuck you Scumbaugh!

[samnsara]

1. i thought of this very thing...

[oberliner]

2. He's a comedian

And should be treated as such.

[cyclonefence]

4. No

That's been his excuse for years. He's a propagandist who tries to use "humor" to win listeners. He must be treated very seriously indeed.

[oberliner]

10. He seems like a comedian to me

Playing a buffoonish character has made him a fortune over the years.

[cyclonefence]

11. He has always responded to criticism

when he says something demonstrably false or particularly loathsome with "Don't take me seriously; I'm just an entertainer." The people who follow him know that claim is just to get the "libtards" off his back. He is a dangerous man.

It's sort of like calling a black person a n*gger and when called out for it saying "I was just kidding--can't you take a joke?"

[mercuryblues]

3. my thoughts exactly

How many people aren't evacuating because of him? How many of them will die because he spent a week bashing the scientists and forecasters as liars and now he is skipping town. It really is a shame there is no way to prove his part in it.

[Blue_Adept]

5. Just like a cult leader leading his lemmings to their doom

all while he rakes in the $$

[IggleDuer]

6. Shouldn't the FCC act?

Spreading false and dangerous information to FCC - licensed stations.

[malaise]

7. Well advertisers usually act first

so maybe we should ask them about thia

[Gothmog]

8. Limbaugh is an idiot

[malaise]

9. He's enriched himself while playing the gullible

I don't know how these scumbags get away with it - they are all Conmen

[Efilroft Sul]

12. Limbaugh's a blowhard but no match for Irma's Category 5 winds.

That's gotta be a blow to his misogynistic ego.