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After reading civil rights movement's commitment card, Beck says, "Looks to me like the next phase of the 9/12 Project"

April 21, 2010 9:54 am ET

From the April 21 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:

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    • Author by scubcap647 (April 21, 2010 10:00 am ET)
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      Promotion, promotion, promotion. It sounds like Beck has more books and concert tickets to sell. I'm guessing a paid tour is also part of the next phase as well.
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    • Author by The_Cat (April 21, 2010 10:02 am ET)
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      You've failed at most of these already, Glenn. By the way? The commitment card came BEFORE the protest, not as a tacked on afterthought when it became clear that violence had become a de facto solution for those within the movement.
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    • Author by epkklk851 (April 21, 2010 10:10 am ET)
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      Okay, there isn't much here to object to. The part about meditating on Jesus doesn't work for Jews or Muslims and other non-Christians, but it isn't harmful. I have no problem with Teabaggers and other wingnuts protesting. They have as much right to protest as anyone else. But while I think they have the right to protest, I don't have to respect what they are protesting for, and I don't have to stay silent if I disagree with their aims. If the KKK wants to have a rally, they have every right to march, but I can be there to wave signs of disagreement. Most of what Glennie wants isn't bad, but he wants to impose his beliefs on other people. I also don't believe that he believes everything he is saying. I also think he knows that non-violence and peaceful protests are not something that comes easily, if at all, for many of his followers. I still worry that people will be hurt, and he is using statements like this as legal cover if something happens.
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      • Author by michaelr (April 21, 2010 12:39 pm ET)
           
        I wish that Glenn Beck's fan will follow all these instructions. If they do and they are sincere, they will run as far away from him as possible.
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    • Author by dogbreath (April 21, 2010 10:13 am ET)
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      Totally off topic here guys, but if you haven't seen Jon Stewart from last night you have to take a look. It was great!

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    • Author by wolf kotenberg (April 21, 2010 10:22 am ET)
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      His plaN IS EVOLVING......BE AFRAID
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      • Author by nerzog (April 21, 2010 10:32 am ET)
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        Any day now, Moron-i will appear and give Becky a new set of Golden Tablets.
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    • Author by Don Quixote (April 21, 2010 10:28 am ET)
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      A shameful, repulsive and cynical appropriation of someone else's historical narrative of victory to advance a cause that in no, way, shape or form resembles the struggle for civil rights for U.S. minorities. Au contraire, Beck's cause would be a setback for minority rights.

      Beck is a modern-day snake oil salesman, and will debase himself to tell any lie or revise any history, or steal anyone else's narratives just to make a buck off his wares. We all know that he profits greatly from gold sales, and gold prices correlate to fear and anxiety levels.
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      • Author by epkklk851 (April 21, 2010 10:38 am ET)
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        Did you see the show yesterday? The person who introduced this to him was Martin Luther King's niece. Glennie and Ted Nugent were very impressed. No, I don't think the Teabagger struggle is the equivalent of the Civil Rights struggle, however, I do think that it is necessary to remind them that violence is not the answer. Civil Rights protesters were subjected to terrible taunts and sometimes violence, then had to be prepared not to fight back. A lot of the Teabaggers have an in-born instinct to strike first and ask questions later. They have been loud and rude, and some have been menacing. I am perfectly happy to see them being reminded not to be violent.
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    • Author by avination (April 21, 2010 10:40 am ET)
         
      Someone please tell Mr. Beck that Martin Luther King Jr was a Progressive and preached social justice.
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    • Author by dnbrn (April 21, 2010 10:44 am ET)
         
      These sound more like goals and attributions of ACORN, not the Gold Mongers 12-step solution to making folks think you are a charitable redeemer. Beck, give your millions to the Acorn Project you assisted into financial distress/ruin and take to wearing sack-cloth. Lay-off the comparisons of yourself to really altruistic persons--you ain't one.
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (April 21, 2010 10:52 am ET)
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      Looks to me like the next source of a huge chunk of cash for Glennie.
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    • Author by Porkeater (April 21, 2010 10:56 am ET)
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      The list is good, but would be better if not Jesus-specific. I hope the writer(s) have learned the importance of copyright; Beck is going to print it up, with his name, logo and picture, and make a pile.
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    • Author by vysotsky (April 21, 2010 10:57 am ET)
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      Beck: "You know what? You should get the, um, Teachings of Jesus by, um, Thomas Jefferson. It's a great book. I don't know if they still publish it. They, um, they published it for an anniversary I think about fifteen years ago. Look for it on Amazon. It's great."

      I did. No such book exists, at least not according to Amazon. You don't mean, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, a.k.a. The Jefferson Bible, do you, Glenn? You know, the book Jefferson created by literally cutting up the Holy Bible with a razor in order to construct a narrative of the life of Jesus of Nazareth without any references to the supernatural?
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      • Author by soze169880 (April 21, 2010 11:06 am ET)
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        Well, what do you expect from a guy who believes the actual teachings of Jesus include "Satan's my annoying brother" and "Indians are mud people"?
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        • Author by vysotsky (April 21, 2010 11:36 am ET)
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          The tenets of any religion sound absurd when divorced from a community of faithful and thoughtful believers. I've met Mormons who have struck me as totally reasonable and critically minded: they debate about the proper understanding of their religious texts, they take issue with many traditions of religious interpretation, and they have a complex view of the role of religion in their lives.

          All of this is to say that I'm not big on criticizing Beck for his affiliation with his church. If anything, it's the other way around: Beck is the Mormon church's burden.

          In this case, I was just trying to point out that Beck, in recommending the Jefferson Bible as a good resource for people to understand the value of faith, doesn't even seem to grasp that Jefferson's project in that book was to divorce faith from the biography of Jesus of Nazareth.
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          • Author by soze169880 (April 21, 2010 1:03 pm ET)
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            Fair enough; what I've noticed is how generic Beck always tries to sound when he proselytizes. I think he knows his target audience views Mormons as hellbound heretics, and he wants them to assume he's their denomination (because how else could he be right about absolutely EVERYTHING?)
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          • Author by nerzog (April 21, 2010 1:08 pm ET)
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            I agree with your last statement, but I have a different take on Beck's belief in Mormonism. I think it's relevant only because Becky likes to pretend he's a historian, and frequently lectures us on "little-known" historical facts. On the other hand, the basic tenets of Mormonism turn history on its head.

            In my opinion, you can't really be a Mormon and a serious student of history at the same time. But that's just me.
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      • Author by bintx (April 21, 2010 11:08 am ET)
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        Exactly . . . it's a very interesting tome. Jefferson thought that the teachings of Christ were outstanding and admirable . . . he just questioned his deity.
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    • Author by Moderate Man (April 21, 2010 11:27 am ET)
         
      He seems to be constantly rewriting America's history to fit his own agenda and economic goals...
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    • Author by Conchobhar (April 21, 2010 12:04 pm ET)
         
      Here's a challenge, Glen: Try living up to that yourself, for one week, on your shows. You know doggone well that your ratings would tank. You haven't gotten rich by "refrain(ing) from violence of...tongue and heart." Do you have the soul to sacrifice all that mammon?
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