When you send vile hatred out to the public and to the universe for 25 years, there's no telling what you'll get back.
According to Tim Reardon at ABC affiliate, Newsnet.5, Rush Limbaugh received death threats and controversial accusations from 46-year-old Christopher Modenbach of Cleveland, Ohio. The threats were sent December 19, 2014. I called the Palm Beach Police Department to confirm the information, and it is all on file.
The first email from Modenbach to Rush Limbaugh on December 19, was as written:
Subject Line: Your Fan
"Rush Limbaugh is a child molester- you ever touch my son-I will kill you and cut your wifes head off Rush stay away from young Children I`am going to teach you a lesson-perv-you`re a dead man- DEAD MAN".
The second email on the same day states:
Subject Line: PERV
"Rush Limbaugh is a perv and child molester You`re a DEAD MAN."
After being tracked down and called by a Limbaugh's rep and the Palm Beach Police Department, Modenbach reportedly said he was drinking 'beer and vodka' that night, would never have carried out the threats, apologized, and promised never to send threatening emails again. At first, Limbaugh was said to have wanted to prosecute, then opted to have the incident documented, instead. The Palm Beach Police checked on Modenbach via the Ohio Bureau of Investigation, and found no related criminal arrests, but did find 'multiple DUIs' and an order of protection filed by Modenbach's girlfriend.
As much as I try, I can't help but despise Rush Limbaugh for his vile and hate-provoking commentary, but I do not wish him dead, nor condone death threats. Accusations or implications that someone is a child molester is serious, and ironically, it's more Limbaugh's modus operandi. The host of 'hate radio' has alluded that homosexuals are pedophiles. It's interesting when someone turns garbage accusations around on him. For that I have no sympathy.
Rush Limbaugh has made a lot of enemies over the last two decades by bullying, humiliating, demeaning, slandering and degrading others with no remorse or apologies.
In this quote recorded by Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh insidiously implies gay men are most likely pedophiles.
LIMBAUGH: Sandusky does not represent all of homosexuality, just like the priests in the Catholic Church don't represent all of homosexuality, just like the aberrant criminals in heterosexual society don't represent all heterosexuals. But because the gay lobby is very powerful, people don't go there. People don't address it, they don't talk about it, and as such, an element of the problem never gets dealt with.
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another quote, Limbaugh implies the public accepting gay marriage is like the public accepting pedophilia.
Hundreds of malign Limbaugh quotes have been documented, including calling a female law student -'slut' and 'prostitute', calling children on government-assisted lunches - 'wanton little waifs and surfs', calling women - 'semen receptacles', and calling undocumented immigrants - 'lazy', 'invasive species', 'mollusks,' and 'spermatozoa', and comparing composites of wanted criminals to pictures of African American activist, Jesse Jackson.
Limbaugh is a hate monger, and today, hundreds of thousands of Americans are protesting him by signing petitions and boycotting companies who choose to sponsor his malicious dialogue. He has lost thousands of advertisers over the last three years, due to a reignited StopRush/BoycottRush/FlushRush national protest and Limbaugh's career is flailing.
Thankfully, there are ways people can express their outrage over Limbaugh's racism, misogyny, homophobia and bigotry - without violence or threats. Here are several:
Sign: Limbaugh Sponsor & Clear Channel Petition
Visit/Like: BoycottRush Facebook Group
Join: The Fight To Flush Rush
Visit:StopRush.net for an extensive list of Limbaugh Sponsors
Twitter: #FlushRush and #StopRush
The accused, Christopher Modenbach, apparently needs professional psychiatric help. Rush Limbaugh also needs professional help, but he mostly needs to get the fuck off our public radio and take his bile hate speech private. Some cry, 'freedom of speech'! I'm all for that - but not hate speech. I refuse to stand by while someone promotes hatred, racism, homophobia and misogyny - which can lead to prejudice, violence, and possibly murder. Hate speech defined and catapulted Adolf Hitler into becoming a mass murderer like history has never seen - In the beginning, while Hitler was spewing Aryan and White Supremacy, no one did anything. This is why I (and many others) continue the fight to remove hate speech from our public radio system. It was not created for hate mongers to make millions poisoning the minds of the ignorant, mentally unstable, and vulnerable.
Ironically, the accused, Christopher Mondenback, is a listener of The Rush Limbaugh Show. As they say, 'hate begets hate.'