I have a cousin, 35, Male, who has always been susceptible to conspiracy. He listened to Rush and other right wing favs when we were younger, and after a mildly messy divorce, I’m afraid he’s pivoted to blaming women for everything (including, and especially, male urges).
Along with his heroes, he’s committed to anti-intellectualism. I almost miss the tea party days.
Recently he’s been reading self published books with titles like “Analyzing the ROI on Pursuing Women,” and “Why women deserve less.” They bizarrely juxtapose tidbits from economics onto ravings about value and gender that don’t make sense. Weird that he trusts random opinions and not researchers who at least provide rigorous reasoning for their theories, but I digress.
As a lady, it’s hard to care about the dude, but I do feel like I should say -something-. Does anyone have ideas?
Not sure if you’re joking but she probably means Rush Limbaugh, famous right-wing AM Radio dude who died recently. His words echo on and he continues to be a far-right wing icon.
I wasn’t joking, I legitimately had never heard that name in my life. And I’m thinking I’m lucky for it.
You were definitely lucky. I used to have to listen to his show when visiting a printer my work dealt with on a regular basis and it was vile.
Same, I like Rush too much to chuck out all my albums.
A business trip down south is where I first heard the term “militant gay agenda” unironically come from Rush’s mouth