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Politics Glenn Beckwatch: The Real Racist
Posted by Paul Constant on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Please just shut the fuck up, Glenn Beck. That is all.
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Glenn Beck's book is #1 on the NYT paperback nonfiction list. #3 on amazon.com's ranking. So, chew on that for a minutes... lots of people are paying to read what this man (or his ghostwriter) has to say.
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It's sensationalist, like Chris Hitchens or Anne Coulter. It sells books. Who needs fairness or attention to piddly facts?
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@1 Funny, I was saying the same thing about GWB when Kanye West said Bush doesn't like black people.
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Truth or reality don't matter to guys like Beck. He, and others like him, still feel hurt from the election and it makes him feel better to say things like this out loud.
He's basically treating his audience like his personal therapist.
He's basically treating his audience like his personal therapist.
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We white folks are slowly (and correctly, I think) starting to admit that we're all racist, each and every one of us, at least a little bit. So will the epithet "racist" no longer have the sting it once did, regardless of who it's hurled at?
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Glenn Beck barely makes sense most of the time and he does it at the top of his lungs. Thank gawd Sarah met Todd before Glenn came on the scene -- can you imagine the children?
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Wow, a whole lot of diversity in this bunch! When it comes down to it, tolerance works in all directions. You may disagree with Beck, but the sort of mindless attack is really low. Likewise, is it really responsible for a sitting president to call the actions of an officer in the line of duty "stupid" when clearly he has very few facts in the matter?
Take off your blinders, if you really are about diversity, you would at least argue on the level of ideas, not attacks.
Flame on!
Take off your blinders, if you really are about diversity, you would at least argue on the level of ideas, not attacks.
Flame on!
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Are you fucking kidding me? In the same breath you are basically condoning Beck's racist accusation because Obama said someone acted stupidly?
Really, it's not about what Obama said or did here. There's just this undertone of "how dare that uppity negro" to this whole thing that also seems attached to the birther thing. That he can't possibly want change for America if it's not related to *reparations*. REPARATIONS.
I'm so sick of this psycho bullshit, NYT Bestseller or not. I've seen what it is turning my family into, formerly definitely right-leaning but SANE people. Every week they spout another talking point; over the past year they have gone, week by week, from "He's a charismatic, smart guy" and other admissions of his qualifications to "He's coming for our guns and our money and he's not even an AMURRICAN OH MY GOD HE'S A RACIST BLEE BLAH BLAH HUSSEIN NOBAMA!!!" Week by sodding week. It's fucking terrifying, and it's assholes like Glenn Beck who are making money off this - whether they really believe it, or they're just pied-piping.
What's it going to take before the scale tips? Before people wake up and realize what has HAPPENED to them while they were sleeping? That they turned into zombies who were moved by an incoherent resignation speech from a governor giving up her post (probably to go play in the fields of Glenn Beck)? I wonder what exactly it will be that brings everything to a screeching stop. I fear it, actually. Then there'll be a montage, like on the Wonder Years or some shit, but until then, keep talking, dipshits.
Really, it's not about what Obama said or did here. There's just this undertone of "how dare that uppity negro" to this whole thing that also seems attached to the birther thing. That he can't possibly want change for America if it's not related to *reparations*. REPARATIONS.
I'm so sick of this psycho bullshit, NYT Bestseller or not. I've seen what it is turning my family into, formerly definitely right-leaning but SANE people. Every week they spout another talking point; over the past year they have gone, week by week, from "He's a charismatic, smart guy" and other admissions of his qualifications to "He's coming for our guns and our money and he's not even an AMURRICAN OH MY GOD HE'S A RACIST BLEE BLAH BLAH HUSSEIN NOBAMA!!!" Week by sodding week. It's fucking terrifying, and it's assholes like Glenn Beck who are making money off this - whether they really believe it, or they're just pied-piping.
What's it going to take before the scale tips? Before people wake up and realize what has HAPPENED to them while they were sleeping? That they turned into zombies who were moved by an incoherent resignation speech from a governor giving up her post (probably to go play in the fields of Glenn Beck)? I wonder what exactly it will be that brings everything to a screeching stop. I fear it, actually. Then there'll be a montage, like on the Wonder Years or some shit, but until then, keep talking, dipshits.
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Barack Hussein Obama is one of the most angry, hated filled men ever to hold the office of POTUS (whether he is eligible or not remains to be seen, since he won't release his birth certificate, but the more he holds out, and the more money he spends [$1.5 million so far] fighting requests from patriotic constitution loving Americans for this information, the more I tend to believe that there is a genuine usurper in the White House). His sitting in Rev. Wright's pews for 20 years, his marriage to Michelle (the angriest first lady ever - I still think there's a "whitey" tape out there) and his insensitive attacks on the Cambridge police department show me that he hates White America more than anything else, and has devoted his presidency to destroying it, start first with the US economy.
I know you may think this is far fetched because the drive-by media won't report this, but just open your eyes and look around you. If there was a black KKK, Obama would be it's Grand Wizard.
I know you may think this is far fetched because the drive-by media won't report this, but just open your eyes and look around you. If there was a black KKK, Obama would be it's Grand Wizard.
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13- notice you are able to post that reich wing dribble on these boards without being banned immediately. That is called open dialogue and it ought to be allowed in your internet layer.
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#3 - What the hell does Christopher Hitchens have to do with Glenn Beck's idiotic drivel? You can disagree with Hitchens all you want - lord knows he was way off on the whole Iraq invasion thing - but the man is a wonderful writer who clearly knows his facts. I'm genuinely curious as to where you see the similarity?
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I'm glad we are paying attention to Glenn Beck, sure the hell beats coming up with solutions to real life problems. You know Global Warming (all of you enjoying these warm cozy days here in Seattle?) the fact we are not going to see real health care reform EVER (avoid spending too much time outside kiddies, you don't have the insurance to cover your heat stroke) and yeah, the fact Social Security and your 401K are totally busted. So if you're under 45 enjoy your job; cause you're going to die at work when you are 84 years old.
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@13: These 4 years are just going to suck ASS for you aren't they? They're going to be SOOOO LOOOOONG. And the way things are going, the GOP is going to implode by 2012 under the weight of a million wing-nuts and guys with their dicks caught in their zippers (or someone else's). I'd tell you to stop screaming at the moon, but it's so much fun to watch.
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Need to let people know that I am biracial. At my age and experience I can not understand the issue of not letting people say what they want to-up front. I grew up in a generation that did not cuss in public and is offensive to me-but it now happens all the time and in different media. I have had to adjust to understand and listen to another verbal point of view. I do not believe most of what I have been told in the news media since my Viet Nam experience. Now-that was a classic period of having crazies on the news and the main media and government viewing their desires for the citizens to believe in. Let Beck speak-then let the viewers/listeners review and see if any truth is in his claim. But, let him speak. I am beginning to see a side of the president and his close allies that may be the basis for Beck's view- How close are we to having white people rioting in the streets.
thanks for listening to my views
thanks for listening to my views
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Need to let people know that I am biracial. At my age and experience I can not understand the issue of not letting people say what they want to-up front. I grew up in a generation that did not cuss in public and is offensive to me-but it now happens all the time and in different media. I have had to adjust to understand and listen to another verbal point of view. I do not believe most of what I have been told in the news media since my Viet Nam experience. Now-that was a classic period of having crazies on the news and the main media and government viewing their desires for the citizens to believe in. Let Beck speak-then let the viewers/listeners review and see if any truth is in his claim. But, let him speak. I am beginning to see a side of the president and his close allies that may be the basis for Beck's view- How close are we to having white people rioting in the streets.
thanks for listening to my views
thanks for listening to my views
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@ 13 there isn't a black kkk BUT there is a white one!!!
Are you in it?
He didn't attack the police he said he thought they acted stupidly by arresting a guy after they had proof he was in his own home. Police can fuck up just like the rest of us. Why is it a problem that Obama called them on it? Was his rhetoric too colloquial for you? You probably miss the day of road scholar W's speeches.
Are you in it?
He didn't attack the police he said he thought they acted stupidly by arresting a guy after they had proof he was in his own home. Police can fuck up just like the rest of us. Why is it a problem that Obama called them on it? Was his rhetoric too colloquial for you? You probably miss the day of road scholar W's speeches.
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Classist or racist. I'm cool with him either way, just quit mind fucking me and tell me what he is. Also, is he a citizen?
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