Rush is wrong about the goading by his girlfriend of the kid that committed suicide. The caller is trying to make the point of a person on a ledge being goaded to JUMP. Rush, this is not free speech!
Rush IS WRONG:
In United States law, depraved-heart murder, also known as depraved-indifference murder, is an action where a defendant acts with a “depraved indifference” to human life and where such act results in a death. In a depraved-heart murder, defendants commit an act even though they know their act runs an unusually high risk of causing death or serious bodily harm to a person. If the risk of death or bodily harm is great enough, ignoring it demonstrates a “depraved indifference” to human life and the resulting death is considered to have been committed with malice aforethought. In some states, depraved-heart killings constitute second-degree murder,[3] while in others, the act would be charged with varying degrees of manslaughter.
If no death results, such an act would generally constitute reckless endangerment (sometimes known as “culpable negligence”) and possibly other crimes, such as assault.
How did we all live with all the hurt feelings?
Then you missed his point entirely..........It's the "Slippery Slope"
Let me give you an example of the Slippery Slope:
Circa late 1980's, homosexuals should not be villified........Flash forward to today, you're a bigot and a homophobe if you oppose homosexual marriages and sexual dysphoria........now known as "Transgenderism"..........