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Why Bad Guys Don’t Go To Heaven

Ezinne Ukoha

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Conservative radio personality and iconic leader of the white power movement Rush Limbaugh passed away almost year after confirming his battle with stage four lung cancer. It was around the same time that former President Trump awarded his greatest ally the Medal of Freedom, during his disgustingly combative State of the Union address in 2020.

His death announcement catapulted the mechanisms of social media platforms, particularly Twitter, a place where civil discourse is rarely on display.

#RestInPiss

The eruption of regularly scheduled activities made way for a rowdy celebration of two kinds.

Inconsolable conservatives who are quite frankly racists and always have been, a fact that their former Racist-in-Chief and current supreme leader helped to solidify during his reign of terror were expressing grief and gratitude to the man who never wavered in his commitment to making white supremacy palpable to his legions of bigoted fans.

On the other side of the platform, haters finally chose the right one to curse out with profound clarity about why bad guys who do terrible things deserve to not be here anymore.

The interesting thing about die-hard conservatives has to be how defensive they are about their inhumanness, especially when they’re being shamed for…

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