Beck: "Jesus Martinez" might favor health bill, "[b]ut not the Jesus from Nazareth that I know"

I'm gonna give Beck the benefit of the doubt and say that he was only picking another "Jesus" name.

But given the context of all that's been circulated, that healthcare is reparations, that it's for illegal aliens, that it's for minorities only, I'd think it's not out-of-bounds to suggest that Beck may have been giving a small nudge in that direction.

Mag - You are right. Beck is not a racist. He is everyman. I forgot.

In my opinion, Mr. Beck was insinuating that the HCR bill was going to benefit illegal aliens from predominantly Latin American countries, also insinuating that people with names that identify their heritage as from Latin American countries are predominantly illegal aliens.

For the thought police - I will not change the way I refer to people who are not legally here. I also think that those who employ them are illegal employers, and potentially guilty of treason.

What, did you miss the whole tirade of unscrupulous actions Becky listed after claiming that it might be Jesus Martinez that would do this, not Jesus from Nazareth? See, when you take two names (after adding a name like "Martinez", which is distinctly non-white) and list a whole bunch of bad stuff after one name and claim that all that bad stuff is something that person would do, and then claim, by the very fact of comparison, that the other Jesus wouldn't do any of that other stuff, you're lacing your speech with racial undertones.

Not surprising from Becky, really, since his bread and butter is preaching to the white class of citizens who, at the very least, have a rather narrow and ignorant world view. Yes, White Jesus would never do any of those bad things, but Mexican Jesus? Well, he'd obviously do all of the things I'm listing.

I'll save you the trouble of replying and just produce your response below:

Nuh-uh! He didn't do anything racist ever! You people don't understand that when he calls somebody a communist fascist racist marxist socialist nazi pinko, he's really just saying that government is too big and controlling. He doesn't mean anything literal with his words, just that he thinks governments are bad when they're controlled by evil progressives.

There, now we all know what your erudite response will be, now that I've explained precisely where the racial overtones of his rant are.

His language was a snide, degrading swipe at Latinos or any nationality (perhaps Filipino) who might have the name Jesus Martinez. It is also rumored in some communities that the health care bill included coverage/treatment for "illegals". When you hear the word "illegal", do you think French, English, Canadian? No, most people automatically think Mexico because that is what Fox preaches. So, if one does not understand the racial overtones in the statement, it is clear they most probably do not understand the meaning or lack therof of many of Beck's statements. He knew what he was saying - ask him.

Impressive TBone. You cropped my comment in a way that distorted what I said and wandered off topic.

Well, I'm capable to doing that, too.

Given that you mentioned May day, which has nothing to do with anything being discussed, may we assume you are excited about it for some reason, comrade?

V, no problem.

How many people from the middle east have blue eyes and blonde hair?
*note sarcasm