I Officially Reject Glenn Beck. This video changed me

[Pericles]

I just don't get the people that need someone to tell them what to think. Guys I work with listen to Beck religiously and I can't for the life of me understand. They regurgitate his talking pints verbatim and can't form any opinion on their own. Boggles the mind really.

But whatever. These "Glenn Beck's a great/terrible guy" threads are getting old.

In America, a minority undertake to supply a number of ready made opinions for the use of the majority, who are thus relieved of the necessity of thinking for themselves. - From Democracy in America

It was ever thus.

 

[Thor]

The scull and crossbones thing at the very end was interesting. Starting at 33:50, Beck talks about how the Nazi's who are given a hat with Skull and Crossbones might wonder if they are on the wrong side, then it shows quick snapshots of Beck and his set with skull and crossbones in different spots... (quickly hit pause and play and pause and play to see each snap shot.)

I have said it before, and I will say it again... Buck Feck.

 

[FSP-Rebel]

My all time favorite that I have to give credit for

 

[Carlybee]

<< rejecting Beck since 2003

 

[FSP-Rebel]

I'm thoroughly surprised everyone on this board doesn't listen to FTL since they can't stand anyone else. You'll get so much iconoclastic anarchism and anti-Rand speak that you might not even have the stomach for it.

 

[ZENemy]

I think he is starting to get it

 

[jmdrake]

Beck actually opposes the Patriot Act now. He changed his mind, just as Walter Jones did.

Sure. With Obama as president and with everyone on the right trying to pretend they are Rand Paul.

 

[Joe3113]

Hi there. I made the video. If you like it can you please rate me 5 stars and make a good comment at the Paul Revere Contest Website.

Link below ...

http://www.infowars.com/paulrevere/propaganda/glenn-beck-is-rat-poison/

Happy to Answer any questions or criticisms.

The video is meant to point out that 99% of what Beck says is usually good, but the 1% tends to occur on critical issues at critical times.

Also, think about this for a moment. When did Glenn Beck start "seeing the light" on certain issues? It was right at the end of George Bush's reign, during his lame duck period, when the Democrats were almost a certainty to win. A little convenient, don't you think? He only started getting full-on when he got to FOX, when Obama was well and truly in.

He likes to occupy the territory of popular/liberty resistance and then restrict its scope.

And what about the "big announcements" that will "change America" and "bring down the establishment"? ... Then nothing happens.

Thanks

Anthony

 

[dinosaur]

Sure. With Obama as president and with everyone on the right trying to pretend they are Rand Paul.

Exactly, Beck is no exception. But somehow his repentance is seen as genuine. Is it the tears?

 

[AuH20]

Hi there. I made the video. If you like it can you please rate me 5 stars and make a good comment at the Paul Revere Contest Website.

Link below ...

http://www.infowars.com/paulrevere/propaganda/glenn-beck-is-rat-poison/

Happy to Answer any questions or criticisms.

The video is meant to point out that 99% of what Beck says is usually good, but the 1% tends to occur on critical issues at critical times.

Also, think about this for a moment. When did Glenn Beck start "seeing the light" on certain issues? It was right at the end of George Bush's reign, during his lame duck period, when the Democrats were almost a certainty to win. A little convenient, don't you think? He only started getting full-on when he got to FOX, when Obama was well and truly in.

He likes to occupy the territory of popular/liberty resistance and then restrict its scope.

And what about the "big announcements" that will "change America" and "bring down the establishment"? ... Then nothing happens.

Thanks

Anthony

Beck has faults, but he's never been a GOP stooge. In particular, his CPAC speech infuriated members of the party as well as the loyalists in the media.

http://dailybail.com/home/glenn-beck-at-cpac-hello-my-name-is-the-republican-party-and.html

■"One party will tax and spend. One party won't tax and will spend. It is both of them together."
■"But it is not enough just to not suck as much as the other side."
■"I have not heard people in the Republican Party admit yet that they have a problem. I haven't seen the Come-To-Jesus moment from Republicans yet."
■"I’m a – I’m a recovering alcoholic. I’m a recovering alcoholic, and um, I screwed up my life six ways to Sunday, and I believe in redemption. But the first step to getting redemption is you’ve got to admit you’ve got a problem. I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do say they have a problem I don’t know if I believe them. I haven’t seen the come to Jesus moment of the Republican Party yet. I’ve voted Republicans almost every time in – every time I’ve gone. I – I don’t know what they even stand for any more. And they’ve got to recognize that they have a problem. Hello! My name is the Republican Party and I’ve got a problem. I’m addicted to spending and big government."
■"I’d like one of them – I’d like one of them to just stand up and say that. I’d like that V-8 moment where they’re like, ah, crap, I get it now. I’m addicted to spending and I just don’t want to spend today. Good, keep coming back."

 

[Joe3113]

Why then, on the day of the Iowa Caucus, would he come out and snipe Ron Paul down?

Remember, Ron Paul was LEADING in the polls.

He tried to link Ron Paul to George Soros, and went on a long rant about the newsletters on the radio show.

Most people make their decision on who to vote for VERY LATE in the process.

Beck knows that. He knows the critical times to attack. He knows most people don't have the time or ability to closely analyse his flip-flops and deceptions.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Beck has faults, but he's never been a GOP stooge.

Glenn Beck's problem is not about partisanship....it's about ideology. It doesn't matter if his voter ID card says "R" or "I" or "no party"....he still embraces the ideology of a neoconservative.

 

[HigherVision]

He is a real snake. So is Michael Savage. I think it's possible that these guys were put in the positions they're in deliberately by our enemies.

 

[AuH20]

Glenn Beck's problem is not about partisanship....it's about ideology. It doesn't matter if his voter ID card says "R" or "I" or "no party"....he still embraces the ideology of a neoconservative.

I think you're conflating neoconservative with a conservative who doesn't want to abolish the military quite yet. You know the so-called mainstream conservatives do the same thing to both paleos and libertarians by intentionally mislabeling them as drug addled surrender monkeys. There are many different factions as opposed to just neoconservative and liberty lover. The ideological landscape is far more complex than that.

 

[dinosaur]

Why then, on the day of the Iowa Caucus, would he come out and snipe Ron Paul down?

Remember, Ron Paul was LEADING in the polls.

He tried to link Ron Paul to George Soros, and went on a long rant about the newsletters on the radio show.

Most people make their decision on who to vote for VERY LATE in the process.

Beck knows that. He knows the critical times to attack. He knows most people don't have the time or ability to closely analyse his flip-flops and deceptions.

Linking Ron to Soros? Wow, after building up Soros as the major boogeyman of the world, and making a conspiracy chart proving that Soros was the reason why our economy was going to crash.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I think you're conflating neoconservative with a conservative who doesn't want to abolish the military quite yet. You know the so-called mainstream conservatives do the same thing to both paleos and libertarians by intentionally mislabeling them as drug addled surrender monkeys. There are many different factions as opposed to just neoconservative and liberty lover. The ideological landscape is far more complex than that.

Nothing to do with wanting to abolish the military...I'm basing my opinion of Beck as a neoconservative on his self-admitted unconditional support for Israel.

I'll admit, I don't listen to him regularly, so feel free to correct me (with proof) if that has changed.

 

[bunklocoempire]

Liberty doesn't do well with the human baggage of doubt or fear or pride and the amount of doubt fear and pride pushed by anyone supposedly pushing liberty is very telling.

Liberty is like a baseline for reality or truth and any emotional garbage attached to it impairs its appeal and spread.

Irks me to no end.

 

[AuH20]

Nothing to do with wanting to abolish the military...I'm basing my opinion of Beck as a neoconservative on his self-admitted unconditional support for Israel.

I'll admit, I don't listen to him regularly, so feel free to correct me (with proof) if that has changed.

Supporting Israel does not make one a neoconservative. Neoconservatism is largely predicated upon spreading a fascist view of order and crony capitalism throughout the entire world. It doesn't stop at the borders of Israel, hence the Iraq war meme of "spreading democracy."

 

[cajuncocoa]

Supporting Israel does not make one a neoconservative. Neoconservatism is largely predicated upon spreading a fascist view of order and crony capitalism throughout the entire world. It doesn't stop at the borders of Israel, hence the Iraq war meme of "spreading democracy."

I didn't suggest that it stopped at the borders of Israel. But protection of Israel is frequently at the heart and center of these foreign wars in which we involve our military.

 

[dinosaur]

Supporting Israel does not make one a neoconservative. Neoconservatism is largely predicated upon spreading a fascist view of order and crony capitalism throughout the entire world. It doesn't stop at the borders of Israel, hence the Iraq war meme of "spreading democracy."

I agree with your statement and consider myself pro-Israel and anti-intervention. But Beck scares people with rumors of war concerning the muslim imam, and made a statement about how everything is going to come down to choosing side...are you with or against Israel. He sells our current foreign policy by using religion to convince people that we need to be over there fighting muslims, but is subtle about it.