Soon after conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh announced on his Monday program that he has advanced lung cancer, leftists on social media — as we've come to expect — tore into Limbaugh with gusto.

Writer and comedian Nick Jack Pappas served up this take:



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The Rude Pundit, who boasts over 72,000 Twitter followers, let his F-flag fly:

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Another comedian, Nick Ciarelli, had the following to say to his nearly 24,000 followers:

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Numerous commenters on CNN Brian Stelter's tweet regarding Limbaugh's cancer announcement were particularly brutal to the conservative radio host:

