It's about time they scared him into respecting the president and not plot anything cruel.
So he didn't say it?
The clip is right there.
Second, I already said I can't watch the clip yet. That said, I know Media Matters style. You going "OMG they're going to claim its biased but its right there" is an ignorant attempt at trying to preempt a LEGITIMATE argument.
This is about what Beck said about Obama wanting to kill him, not anything else.
I will be happy to continue this if you can show that Media Matters somehow edited the clip, took it out of context, glenn beck meant something different or pretty much anything verifiable that counters my post.
Except by trying to preempt the attempt at pointing out Media Matter's biases you have made their history become relevant to this thread to counter your attempt to counter that as an argument.
I would bet a large sum of money that this was taken completely out of context and was used to make a point. I am bandwidth-challenged, and can't watch the clip, but will try to find a transcript.
I would bet a large sum of money that this was taken completely out of context and was used to make a point. I am bandwidth-challenged, and can't watch the clip, but will try to find a transcript.
He said:
"For those of you in the administration, who are coming after me ... remember, you've broken three [of the 10 Commandments], let's not make it four; thou shalt not kill."
What's the context?
The only way I'd read that, from a purely objective point of view, as someone LITERALLY believing the president is going to literally kill them is if they didn't have a history of using allagory or hyperbole to make points and did have a history of being extremely paranoid or any legitimate reason to believe it to be true.
Commentators, regardless of their sign, tend to use heavy doses of sarcasm, hyperbole, allagory, and other type of devices to heighten their entertainment value and to put across their points. Beck, while definitely having some crazy ideas and views at times, does not seem to have provided any evidence that he's crazy enough to believe that the government is actually tying to LITERALLY kill him let alone state such on TV if it was legitimate, and I've seen no reason to believe such things are actually true to inspire such an idea.
Actually there was a poster who said she watched the episode in question in its entirety and said that the Media Matters clip was correct.
Regardless this is just Beck being Beck and screaming look at me.
Do you really believe Beck was just using allegory? Really?
You need to watch the clip.
I don't know if Beck was using allegory. My point throughout this entire time is that I'm not going to pass judgement on it without all the info, and that MEDIA MATTERS giving their spin and then posting a short clip from an hour long show of a man whose got hours upon hours of transmissions one can use to gain an understanding and context is NOT "all the info".
I don't think for a moment that Glenn Beck actually thinks the government will try to assassinate him, but drumming up "the man is out to get me because I'm telling you what they don't want to know" is helpful to his ratings. Being hyperbolic about it is much more effective than just saying "Gee, Obama sure doesn't agree with my political philosophy!"
Which knowing his history, his style, the reality of making a legitimate claim like that and the problems that it can cause, and other such things makes me suspect that's most likely to be the case.
Considering Obama's Chi-town political background and those he surrounds himself with... I have NO PROBLEM believing it.. Matter of fact I'd be hard pressed to believ otherwise.
Chicago politicians are world renowned low-lifes , have been for as long as I can remember.. Oblabba is their supreme lard and they would do anything to protect him from the red phone that never rings...
Hard to believe this arse just aped about adult conversations in another thread. Which is why people at DP are always laughing at him. Ever notice that?And that's why people are always laughing at you, like Beck. Ever notice that?
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