Claiming that Martin Luther King is your role model and not knowing what day of the year on which the anniversary of the "I have a dream" speech falls, is like claiming to be a devout Catholic and not knowing what day of the year on which Easter Sunday falls.
Beck can't have it both ways. Either he honestly didn't know that his speech was on the anniversary of King's speech, or he honestly considered King a role model.
Both of these facts are incompatible with one another.
The conceit that it was some weird fluke that he timed his "restoring honor" on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech is an unnecessary act of passive-aggression.
He is daring someone to call him a liar.
Well, I dare.
Glenn Beck's pants are totally on fire.
It never amazes me to what lengths people will go to discredit those which they disagree with.
ReplyDeleteWhat is next, putting your fingers in your ears.
Whatever you do, don't discuss the substance of Becks' speech.
God forbid, you find him saying something you might agree with.
It never ceases to amaze me how we have demonized people to the point that we disagree with everything a person say, not because we have actually analyzed what they said, but because we have simply decided that we don't like them.
A more honest and balanced approach is to analyzed their speech, and find both "points" which you agree and disagree.
Partisan politics is blind though.
God forbid that Beck should be honest himself and admit that he scheduled his event with the knowledge of the anniversary.
ReplyDeleteGlenn Beck is self-discrediting.
He is apparently incapable of making a uniting gesture.
You take care now, Anonymous.
Anonymous,
ReplyDeletePolitifact.com has conducted in depth research in to many of Glen Beck's statements. And, unfortunately for Mr. Beck, a number of his statements have been proven false. In fact, Politifact coined the phrase, "pants on fire"
The recent polls regarding President Obama's religious preferences reveal that many Americans are willing to accept a flat out lie as the truth, if it supports their particular viewpoint.
In other words, the truth no longer matters in this nation.
And people wonder why America is rapidly sliding down a slippery slope towards third world nation status?
"Americans" have placed guys like Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh on a pedestal while choosing to ignore the real facts and, "the truth".
Men like Glen Beck don't have values. They have very fat wallets. That's why people like me (trained researchers) spend hours fact checking false claims.
Beck is in the business of making money. And guys who spout inflamatory rhetoric make money.
I'm sorry, but you are idolizing some one who has been identified by a number of credible sources as a person who is contributing to the dumbing down of America.
By the way, Anonymous, I was born on Martin Luther King's birthday.
ReplyDeleteHis real birthday!
You would have to be some kind of a fool to listen to Glenn Beck or Lou Dobbs for that matter.
ReplyDeleteThere are still people mouthing these ignorant statements.
http://immigrationmexicanamerican.blogspot.com/2009/08/america-psycho-glenn-beck-lies-says.html