He insulted my Grandson.

You dont mess with the grandkids. I hope you can understand my anger.

tripe. I agree. I have no interest in reading what he has to say.

Not so stable people who could start targeting autistic children.

so apparently you did read it.

For some reason you seem to post a fair amount of similar stuff. I will comment where and when I want.

so there could be some similarities because of the regional bias. However, I don't believe that anything else that I posted tonight was similar to this OP. If you are comparing this one OP to what I post overall, then I'll agree--I do post similar articles since I believe that other Democrats might be interested in reading that material. I had a career in state government and I've also been homeless so those are topics that I pay attention to when I post.

You are welcome to post where you want since it is a political discussion board and I respect the rights of others to speak (or post) freely. I also think that Limbaugh is a giant turd and would never choose to engage with him. However, I suggest that you keep in mind that even if you aren't interested in the topic that there may be other members who are interested, particularly since it involves Time Magazine's Person of the Year. This article is also of importance to me on a personal level since I have a nephew in his twenties that has severe autism and he will have to be placed in an institution when my older sister and/or her husband are no longer capable of caring for him. Limbaugh's comments are offensive and he deserves to be hung by his petard when appropriate and this situation calls for it.

Finally, please don't call me "dear"--it might be acceptable from an aunt or cousin, but coming from a stranger it is condescending. As a male, I would be rightfully criticized if I addressed a woman (or another man) with that term. I also don't like being called "baby." I tolerated it when my mother used it because I was her youngest child and I'll tolerate the incidental use of it to avoid an argument, but if I'm called either "dear" or "baby" repeatedly by anyone else I will speak up and let that person know that I'm neither their "dear" or their "baby." Thank you in advance for not referring to me with either of those terms.

And am dismayed at the publicity given to such trash as !Limbaugh. Not once have I ever listened to that drug addicted, much married man. I Consider him in the same category as Jeffrey Epstein. And Trump, if am being honest.

then why did you click and read the thread? I'm confused because I thought that the thread was somewhat newsworthy. The article was also anti-Limbaugh. You could have simply skipped the thread and moved onto any of the other threads on DU.

You sound just like Limbaugh! Trying to silence people!

And as the author suggests, he should be ignored, except when he crosses the line. The author is defending autistic people, and you say that should not be posted?

The irony and the ignorance are palpable

And I gather just like RL you are not ashamed of your blather and feel your comments are more important than anything

Which again is addressed in the article

And I do not need anyone to give Limbaugh more publicity.

Being hurt by the ravings of a lunatic like Rush and Trump.

You have no idea what you are talking about! I love someone with autism and hateful people like you are the ones that are "not well".

More right-wing projection.

it should make it easy for you to make a wager on your statement.

but the thousand or so Hate Radio stations, and the hundred or so colleges and universities that continue to support Limbaugh and his ilk are "off limits".

Those 600 or more impeachment supporting protests ought to be at the business offices of the local stations that broadcast this shit.

I'm pretty sure Hate Radio has done... and continues to do...1,000 times more damage than Hallmark could dream of.

Limbaugh would be at or near the top of the list, along with Giuliani, Alex Jones, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump.

However, I'd also include Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter and Mitch McConnell as nominees. Damn, we might need another bus to fit all of them.

except for occasionally reading a news clip about one of his "messages." To me, the guy just wants attention, and he appears to have an anger-management problem.

'nuff said.

Physically mocking him.

But that really sealed the deal as to how there's no low they won't go. But they just keep sinking further than I ever would have imagined.

and constant frothing rage, leaves me pessimistic that we'll see Trump buy the farm any time soon...

The most simple term I use to define what allows right wingers to say such stupid things as what Limbaugh said is "binary thinking". To them everything is 1 or 0, on or off, right or wrong. Autism is a disorder in sensory processing that has a wide range of expression. There are people who are significantly affected by the condition and have difficulty functioning in society, and there are people like Temple Grandin and Bobby Fischer, and all in between. People who need significant support, people who hold down jobs and have family, and people like Bill Gates who are on the spectrum.

Idiots like Limbaugh seek to make their world simple because they are simple minded. They are scared of the complexity that the world actually holds and they fear that they are being challenge to grow. They are angry because they are scared.