Originally Posted By queenbee Is Glenn Beck on the Comedy Channel when he "jokes" about killing people? Hmmm....wasn't it reported that Glenn Beck had a picture of himself with a handgun in a regular rotation of photos on the side of his website. It garnered media attention when the photo was juxtaposed with the story of the AZ congresswoman. That doesn't seem "rare" to me.
Originally Posted By utahjosh <I can't tell you how disappointed I am for you inserting the word "funny" in the above post, Josh. Shame on you.> I put the question mark there BECAUSE I don't think it's funny, but that Beck called it joking. Which he was, although I don't think it was funny. <How do you think people will react to being told their way of life is threatened and that their government is overrun with socialist enemies? > By voting for the other guys.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>By voting for the other guys.<< Most of them, probably. But when they're told the system is gamed, when they're implicitly told that their vote won't even matter because, after all, socialists are taking over and we know how sneaky they are, then there's others who will react differently. I think Joe Scarborough, one of the few Republicans left that I have any respect for, said it about Glenn Beck as well: "I have a lot of family members that listen to him and watch him and are frightened by the things that he says every night with his chalkboard...my mom and a lot of other people like her that watch him every day start to believe if they hear every day, every day, that there's this guy in Washington D.C., this black guy that hates all white people and he wants to take your money . . . and he wants to destroy the country you grew up in. You feed that vile message to Americans every day, it's going to have an impact."
Originally Posted By ecdc And of course, we already have the direct example Glenn Beck fans keep demanding but then conveniently ignore: The guy who went to shoot up the Tides Foundation and got pulled over and arrested before he could do it. Raise your hand if you'd even heard of the Tides Foundation before Glenn Beck started harping on it day in and day out? Anyone? Anyone know, anyone? Bueller?
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Raise your hand if you'd even heard of the Tides Foundation before Glenn Beck started harping on it day in and day out? Anyone? Anyone know, anyone? Bueller?>> ME!! I know what the Tide Foundation is, and where it's located. I drive past their building in the Presidio every time I visit the Walt Disney Family Museum. Hearing about Byron Williams capture on the local news was chilling. This nut was armed to the teeth, ready to take out dozens of workers at both Tides Foundation and the local ACLU office. And where did Williams personally admit he got the idea from, that the Tides Foundation was trying to destroy democracy in our country and needed to be stopped? Glenn Beck. Beck not only targeted the Tides Foundation in his ranting, but he also mocked my Representative, Nancy Pelosi, many times. He even pretended to "poison" her with tainted wine in a stupid skit on his show. I don't find humor like that funny at all, no matter what the political affiliation.
Originally Posted By mele What about Beck's antisemitic obsession with George Soros? And he thinks Soros is out to kill * him*?
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 Re # 226: Exactly, Dr. hans! Josh, Beck routinely compares (using historically inaccurate gibberish) people on the left to Nazis and says that their agenda will lead to another holocaust. That is going to get people riled up. He consistently has said that our way of life (nevermind that there is no one way of life in this country) is under attack. That is going to get people riled up too. You don't have to mention guns to use violent rhetoric.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I don't come to World Events at all, but just wanted to report what I saw on NBC Nightly News tonight. She has opened her eyes for the first time, and when giving a thumbs up, she lifted her entire hand up. Doctors are saying this is one of the fastest recoveries ever, and a miracle. This is wonderful and I am hoping all the best for her and her family!
Originally Posted By mawnck >>I don't come to World Events at all, ... one of the fastest recoveries ever, and a miracle.<< And oh boy did you just step in it! ;-) But seriously, very good news indeed. And a huge improvement over the original title of this thread!
Originally Posted By fkurucz "Think about that: 90 guns for every 100 Americans." I have an acquaintance who owns about 30 firearms and sleeps with a gun under his pillow. One time he caught some bums trying to break into his car. Unbelievably he opened fire on them as they fled. Fortunately for him he didn't hit anyone. They weren't thretening him and he shot first with a concealed weapon (no permit). He knew he would have gone to jail, but he didn't care.
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