Beck says FDR "looked to Mussolini and fascism," progressives did the same with Hitler
March 02, 2010 5:53 pm ET
From the March 2 edition of Fox News' Glenn Beck:
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Um, Glenda -- if the US looked Mussolini with such admiration, why would Mussolini declare war on the US just two years later??
Day after day, keep repeating it.
Progressives = Stalin
Progressives = Hitler
Progressives = Mussolini
Progressives = Communism
Progressives = Freddy Krueger
Progressives = Boris and Natasha
Does it really work? Does Beck's audience really believe it?
I certainly hope not.
I have no interest in watching his show, but the clips that MMFA post sure are scary enough... Every day, the same comparison, well his audience is either getting bored or believing it.
Caseye has actually gone out like a good Becky and bought a copy of Cleon Skousen's "The 5000 Year Leap." This person believes that the non-historical rantings of a man that the FBI, his former employer, kept a file on because they considered him "dangerous," that another former employer called an "incipient Hitler," and who the Mormon church believed was nuts and tried to distance themselves from . . . This is Beck's "hero" and the source of a lot of his BS.
Problem is too many people are swallowing this pablum and repeating it. And that's what's really scaring me about this man
He's talking about Modernism. After the Enlightenment and the age of Reason introduced doubt about religion, god was no longer at the center of the moral universe. The ruling class lost its main device for controlling the masses. The void that the Enlightenment was eventually filled with Modernism or an idea about a perfect society where the government created a model of an ideal citizen that everyone was supposed to strive for. This was supposed to give people a purpose in life since they no longer feared the fires of hell. Now the ruling class could control them again.
Unfortunately Modernism manifested itself as Nazism and Communism. So it failed, in the West, and we moved into post-modernism. Now any narrative you want can be the grand narrative that gives your life purpose. Maybe Yoda's teachings are what give you direction, or you look to astrology, celebrities, or even Glenn Beck to teach you how to live your life. It's your choice. Hyper individuality.
So Glenn Beck is talking about Modernism, not Progressivism. The free market is probably the most progressive idea ever.
Glenn Beck should have been aborted.
I know that my parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles are turning over in their graves. They supported FDR. The men all went to war under FDR and defeated the forces this lousy parasite tries to link to FDR. Some never made it back.
I wonder how they'd feel knowing that what they valued and fought for is being thrown away by a group of people who don't deserve the freedom that FDR won for them against the powers that Beck claims FDR supported.
Is this what America has become?
Wikipedia
And those are never biased or written solely for the purpose of promoting a political agenda.
One of my favorite Glenn Beck moments ever was during his CPAC speech. As he's going on and on about how evil the progressives are. Then he starts explaining how he was able to get his education--via the public library. Public libraries are a product of the progressive movement in America. It just goes to show how little Beck and his ilk actually KNOW or UNDERSTAND about progressivism.
They just call people they disagree with Nazis and fascists.
Second, every public library I know of is run by the local government in each county and state.
You and Beck need to spend more time in those public libraries. You aren't learning enough.
FDR and Churchill may have remarked that they liked some ideas of Mussolini's. Sometimes truly evil men and women have a good idea. None would have ever reached a position of prominence unless they were able to persuade people to believe in them.
I don't know. I do know that I googled "fdr impressed with mussolini" and came up with a lot of links, most with the fingerprints of The CATO Institute all over them.
What is without question is that FDR led the nation to war against Fascism, Germany, Italy and Japan. He brought the nation out of the Great Depression and helped to bring about programs that built, educated and cared for the middle class and our senior citizens.
Beck and his followers are disgraceful. They rant and rage against the very things that enabled their grandparents and parents to prosper. They mock a generation that risked it all for freedom and prosperity.
What have people like Beck and his ilk ever risked for anyone except themselves?
And you call folks on this site "naive"?
Glenn Beck - 2,858,000 / 2,782,000
O'Reilly Factor - 4,366,000 / 4,022,000
Hannity - 2,731,000 / 2,667,000
On the Record - 1,947,000 / 1,737,000
Not sure how much to read into this, but the viewer counts are slipping a bit.
Time magazine was a Republican publication at the time Beck is referencing.