I have been calling the 700 club

[RAB910]

[hlthe2b]

1. OMG...

So, who do we call about Rush Limbaugh?

[jimfields33]

4. I just don't like this.

The reason is we cannot complain when conservatives laugh at liberals when they die. Why does anyone think it is funny to laugh at the dead? We’re all eventually going to.

[hlthe2b]

6. Those of us who see a lot of death cope with dark humor. Those who don't can't understand.

But it isn't meant to be disrespectful (okay the OP about Robertson undoubtedly is and I have zero respect for Limbaugh) but generally speaking it is not.

Saving lives means likewise seeing a lot of death. One needs to cope. Ask a physician or anyone who works in an ER, who is a first responder, a police officer, a Priest, or a respite worker. Calling them out for the occasional dark humor pretty much leaves you open to explaining how you would react in their shoes (and those who have not, don't know).

That said, while Robertson was a horrible man, even horrible men (and women) likely have someone who loved them. So, it is for those who sincerely grieve that I offer my sympathy, but I will hardly lie and claim to be among them.

[claudette]

11. Your last

paragraph is spot on! Thanks

[The Grand Illuminist]

21. Those that loved him....

takes his place and becomes more dangerous than the original. Every bloodlines of the right, both high and low, must be completely and totally extinct at every cost.

[NoRethugFriends]

7. Because he was a mean SOB who caused untold misery for so many people.

Piss on him

[markodochartaigh]

13. Piss on him

I have to disagree in the strongest possible way. Our kidneys peoduce urine to cleanse our systems. And urine has many uses, among them fertilizer, and preparing sheep's wool (a cute name for cat in Irish is Pangur, which is a person who does the job of cleaning wool in urine). I feel that it would be disrespectful in the extreme to waste such a valuable product on the late pastor.

[NoRethugFriends]

16. Point taken

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

27. Said about Jerry Falwell when he died

But still true:

Death Isn't Always Sad.

[RAB910]

30. Robertson was a monster, the personification of evil

It's bad enough he became obscenely wealthy, conning poor working people out of their money. That would have been bad enough and reserved him a seat in the hottest section of hell. No, he used his pulpit to preach hatred. He made the lives of millions of people hell for no other reason than he could. The world is a much better place without him in it, and he should be remembered for the monster he was.

[lame54]

2. Now the 699 club

[Beartracks]

5. LOL

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[reACTIONary]

9. Bazinga!

[GreenWave]

20. Just 33 more to go!

[claudette]

3. That is

really unkind

[NoRethugFriends]

8. And should be

[claudette]

10. But

as much as we may hate someone, celebrating their death is not healthy or kind

[bsiebs]

12. I celebrate Hitlers death...

[edisdead]

24. why is it not healthy?

That fucker pushed a lot of hate that was brought down on a lot of folks that didn’t need it.

Hope the worms have a great feast.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

26. Not nearly as unkind as that POS

was to millions of people.

Don't want people celebrating that you're not poisoning the world with your scumbag presence anymore? Don't do poisonous scumbag things.

[claudette]

29. So why be

like him?

[SouthernDem4ever]

14. ROFL! I like to hear it too.

[thebigidea]

15. This is a joke

He's referencing Harlan Ellison's joke about calling Paramount repeatedly after Roddenberry died

[niyad]

17. I think it is even older than that. I rremember hearing a version of it many

years ago, but don't remember who it referenced.

[James48]

18. That's funny.

I don’t care who you are. That’s funny.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. lol. seriously. my late mom would have loved to see him

charged with wire fraud. didnt happen.

[GreenWave]

22. And now an update on Franco

[GenThePerservering]

23. ROFL - One of those cuddly Old Testament types

decreed an eye for an eye. I'd say that's about right.

[Wounded Bear]

25. Ok, that got a chuckle...

And an...

[malaise]

28. Good one

😀