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Why I don’t think it’s funny to use Limbaugh’s drug abuse as a punchline.

By amandaw on 7 January, 2010

Short background: Rush Limbaugh (link goes to Wikipedia article) is a US conservative radio talk show host who has risen to prominence in the US by inciting “controversy” after “controversy” with hateful rhetoric. He also went through an ordeal some time back for addiction to prescription painkillers, an incident that the US left likes to [...]

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