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Beck on having to warn his audience against violence: "Isn't that what Martin Luther King did?"

July 28, 2010 8:31 pm ET

From the July 28 GlennBeck.com Insider Extreme podcast "Fundamental Transformation":

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Previously:

Mixed message: Beck spews violent rhetoric, but tells audience to reject violence

Why does Glenn Beck have to tell his audience to "reject violence"?

Beck's incendiary angst is dangerously close to having a body count

Beck implores his audience to "reject violence every step of the way"

Beck: African-Americans "don't own Martin Luther King"

Beck says it's just Black Panthers and "usual suspects" who are taking his 8/28 rally as an affront to MLK's legacy

Beck says it's "divine providence" 8-28 rally is on same day as MLK speech, adds: "It's time we picked that dream back up"

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    • Author by christopher howard (July 28, 2010 8:34 pm ET)
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      Ah, King, the guy the American right used to label a dirty commie.
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      • Author by indigo1968 (July 28, 2010 9:05 pm ET)
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        Aside from his religious motives, King advocated non-violence because it was used against black civil rights marchers in the South, and he knew that if there was retaliation it would undermine his position, and give into racist stereotypes that good 'ol boys like George Wallace were trying to stick to King and his peers as violent rabble-rousers.

        As usual, Beck needs to crack the spine on a history book that hasn't been written by J. Edgar Hoover.

        Idiot.

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    • Author by mmfa.fan (July 28, 2010 8:37 pm ET)
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      I don't recall Dr. King pretending to throw gasoline on anyone, or poison them.
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      • Author by pete592 (July 28, 2010 9:54 pm ET)
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        I don't recall Dr. King telling blacks that their guns are the reason the government is afraid of them.
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    • Author by ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© (July 28, 2010 8:41 pm ET)
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      MLK wasn't a race-baiting bigot.

      Unlike Beck and his boss, Roger Ailes.
      ~
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      • Author by Bongo Fury (July 28, 2010 8:46 pm ET)
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        I think Beck has completely run out of material and is running in a defense mode.Beck is to MLK as I am to total seriousness.It wiggles when I run.Can I have some money now?
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    • Author by Andy Kreiss (July 28, 2010 8:50 pm ET)
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      Har har, Russia never invaded us because of hunters with rifles. This guys whole shtick is really aimed at people living in very small worlds.

      Come to think of it, isn't "Insider Extreme" just another word for " Shut-in" ?

      I do like the way he drops in his buzzwords and names in that Pavlovian way, with no support or explanation- " I was reading something from Mediamatters ( George Soros)..."
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      • Author by Bongo Fury (July 28, 2010 8:58 pm ET)
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        Problem is,some of his younger zombies take action.The ones that are red in the head like a dick on a dog are the ones with heavy armaments and looking for an excuse to use them.
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        • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 28, 2010 9:01 pm ET)
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          Their arsenal also includes stolen USA military equipment.The amount,and what,nobody knows.
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        • Author by MidnightWriter (July 28, 2010 9:08 pm ET)
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          I found the whole "Hunters kept America safe from invasion," idea (one that came from yet another of Beck's seemingly endless supply of unnamed, but impressive/important sources) laughable, too.

          Fear of our well armed citizenry--that's what kept the forces of Stalin and Tojo in check? Just a guess, but I'm thinking facing the even better armed Armed Forces might have weighed a bit heavier in any invasion scenario.

          Why do people listen to this all too clueless clod?
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          • Author by phredicles (July 28, 2010 9:20 pm ET)
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            Why do people listen to this all too clueless clod?


            Because he makes them feel important, convincing them that America was founded and kept going by aging fat@$$es in lawn chairs brandishing badly-spelled, bigoted signs.
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            • Author by usp (July 28, 2010 9:27 pm ET)
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              right. he's a nazi. they are nazis. that's just the end of it. the neo cons? three card monty. "look over there!!! scary N!ggar!" you turn around and they're gone and so is your wallet.
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          • Author by magnolialover (July 29, 2010 8:48 am ET)
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            This is what I like to call the Red Dawn scenario. As in, they think that the movie is real life. Of course, what they forget is that at the end of the movie, all of the kids who took to the hills, are all dead.

            I'm pretty sure warplanes, tanks, and other large pieces of ordnance would pretty much have a greater effect than say, a hunting rifle, or someone's handgun collection.
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      • Author by okiepoli (July 28, 2010 11:18 pm ET)
           
        But, but...
        WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!!!!

        /snark
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (July 28, 2010 8:55 pm ET)
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      Next Glen Beck will ask his audience to donate to the NAACP.Not because they like them,but so Glen Beck can be more like Martin Luther King.All donations made in Glen Beck's name,so he can get the tax write-off.Don't forget the Martin Luther King-Glen Beck gold coin,and one ounce Washington Monument gold bar,by our friends at Gold line
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    • Author by IRONY 101 (July 28, 2010 9:01 pm ET)
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      Hey, Glenn...MLK's people were being beaten and killed. He told them to not to resort to violence even though they were on the receiving end of violence. How is that remotely analagous to what you're talking about? You and your cult followers are not the victims of violence. You, my friend, are crazy...
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      • Author by usp (July 28, 2010 9:28 pm ET)
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        tv chair violence. some of the those evil deeds exposed on fox can give definite in di gestion
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    • Author by Alone in Texas (July 28, 2010 9:05 pm ET)
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      He clearly does not like Media Matters documenting what he says.
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      • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 28, 2010 9:33 pm ET)
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        Because it involves being held accountable. Glenda is so used to saying outrageous and stupid stuff and not being called on it. There's an easy solution to his problem with MM. He can keep his d@mn mouth shut and stop making $h!t up.
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      • Author by AC_Mem (July 28, 2010 9:34 pm ET)
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        GREAT WORK MMFA!!! He can't escape his own words, which will ultimately be his undoing.
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        • Author by angels4light (July 29, 2010 11:04 am ET)
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          You would think that, wouldn't you? Yet he is still on the air, which says something sad about America.
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    • Author by dmhack (July 28, 2010 9:22 pm ET)
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      It's really pathetic the way Becky tries to link himself to MLK.

      The only thing they have in common is that they were both born in America.

      Other than that, there's no comparison between the chubby money-grubbing grifter and one of the greatest figures in American history. Nothing.
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      • Author by dogbreath (July 28, 2010 9:24 pm ET)
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        I haven't seen Beck's birth certificate, the long form. Frankly, I think he might be from another planet.
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        • Author by Bongo Fury (July 28, 2010 9:52 pm ET)
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          According to the Morman screed,if one dies then he he/she gets to rule their own planet in the afterlife.The Morman cult is being heavily advertised on cable and network tv.The people they show are highly successful and end with "I'm a Morman".Same planet,different universe.
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    • Author by AC_Mem (July 28, 2010 9:32 pm ET)
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      I think we found the thumbs-downer... HI GLENDA - how's that permit coming along?
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