Glenn Beck is a Steaming Pile of Filth
26.6.08 by I.R.
So, I turned on the news yesterday to check out what the latest pundits were spinning, and lo and behold I stumble on CNN's headline news channel with Glenn Beck at the forefront. Now normally I usually just keep continuing past, but this time something quite outrageous caught my attention.
The aforementioned clip just reaffirms my contempt for ignorant shits like these. Although Beck does in fact state he believes that Islam has been 'hijacked' in the name of terrorist activities, he simply doesn't advocate those beliefs in his questions to the interviewee. He flat out equivocates the congressman with terrorists, only under the premise of his chosen beliefs; which he has to free right to affirm and practice.
In stark contrast to Beck's guilty-by-association proposition, the majority of adherents of Islam have denounced the fundamentalist extremist views of the terrorists that have sought to 'hijack' the religion. This is exactly the kind of right-wing propaganda that fuels bigotry and ignorance in America, which is exactly why more citizens than ever are flocking to agents of change. People are fed up of the old-school politics of fear and manipulation, and Beck's commentary is exactly what we need less of in the mainstream media.
If you think this is an isolated incident, think again. Beck has perpetuated more bullshit like this than one would think. Take some examples of what he said, which are transcribed from his show on CNN's Headline News, as well as his daytime radio talkshow [credit http://lefthandplay.blogspot.com]:
The aforementioned clip just reaffirms my contempt for ignorant shits like these. Although Beck does in fact state he believes that Islam has been 'hijacked' in the name of terrorist activities, he simply doesn't advocate those beliefs in his questions to the interviewee. He flat out equivocates the congressman with terrorists, only under the premise of his chosen beliefs; which he has to free right to affirm and practice.
In stark contrast to Beck's guilty-by-association proposition, the majority of adherents of Islam have denounced the fundamentalist extremist views of the terrorists that have sought to 'hijack' the religion. This is exactly the kind of right-wing propaganda that fuels bigotry and ignorance in America, which is exactly why more citizens than ever are flocking to agents of change. People are fed up of the old-school politics of fear and manipulation, and Beck's commentary is exactly what we need less of in the mainstream media.
If you think this is an isolated incident, think again. Beck has perpetuated more bullshit like this than one would think. Take some examples of what he said, which are transcribed from his show on CNN's Headline News, as well as his daytime radio talkshow [credit http://lefthandplay.blogspot.com]:
- Illegal immigrants are "trying to conquer our culture", and Iranian prez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "sounded ... a lot like Michael Moore" in a letter.
- On Iran: "I say we nuke the bastards (...) In fact, it doesn't have to be Iran, it can be everywhere, anyplace that disagrees with me."
- On New School graduation speaker Jean Rohe, who said that the decision to have the new, more Christofascist John McCain speak at the graduation ceremony was done against the interests of the students: "Shut up! Shut up! Shut Up! I can't take her!"
- On Moussaoui: "In 30 years, I think this guy could become the next 'Tookie' Williams," agreeing with a caller of similar non-mind stating that "the Left" would make a "celebrity" out of Moussaoui.
- His famous hatred for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the families of 9/11 victims: "And that's all we're hearing about, are the people in New Orleans. Those are the only ones we're seeing on television are the scumbags(.)" "[W]hen I see a 9-11 victim family on TV or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh, shut up!' I'm just so sick of them because they're always complaining."...
- And, of course, like all vacuous right-wing windbags, he has to take a simple-minded, ham-fisted shot at Cindy Sheehan and her personal tragedy and drive to see justice done: "Cindy Sheehan. That's a pretty big prostitute there, you know what I mean? [...] Pretty hard to beat prostituting your son's death. Don't you think?"
