Glenn Beck: "I'll put Braille on the coffee pot to piss blind people off"

[Human Torch]

CNN's Beck on the blind: "Just to piss them off, I'm going to put in Braille on the coffee pot ... 'Pot is hot.' Ow!"



Summary: On his CNN Headline News program, in discussing the "politically correct world we live in," which, he said, will not allow "stereotypes or sensitive questions" to be broached, Glenn Beck claimed that Braille on walls (used to identify rooms for blind people) "drives me out of my mind."

From the August 24 edition of CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck:

PHILLIP MILANO (Florida Times-Union columnist): Well, "Dare to Ask," Glenn, like my book, I Can't Believe You Asked That!, is -- it's a chance for people to ask those kinds of taboo cultural questions that we all wish we could ask but we're so afraid of offending in this P.C. world that, you know, we -- we dance around it, as you were saying earlier.

BECK: OK. I have one. I have one. I'm going to get to some of the questions that have already been asked, but I've got one that drives me out of my mind. I work at Radio City in midtown Manhattan, and up by the doors, you know, like where the -- you know -- the office kitchen is, in Braille, on the wall, it says "kitchen." You'd have to -- a blind person would have to be feeling all of the walls to find "kitchen." Just to piss them off, I'm going to put in Braille on the coffee pot -- I'm going to put, "Pot is hot." Ow!

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[Tace]

1. It's Funny That Someone As Blind As He Would Be Dumping On The Blind

I don't want to know what people like this do in their free time.

[Marrak]

7. Not only is he blind...

but, evidently he's got no pain receptors...

[MADem]

18. Well said. What a shitheel. NT

[Cha]

32. It wouldn't be funny if

glen beck accidently got a pot of hot coffee poured on him by a blind person.

[Solon]

2. He's a fucking asshat...

I hate assholes like him, I mean, REALLY hate these pricks who complain about Political Correctness, bigots to the core for every single one of them.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. PC = Plain Courtesy

Asshats like Beck have no concept of it. He's never had to deal with discrimination in his life and refuses to acknowledge that it is very real. You'd think that his own struggles with addiction and later conversion to religion would have generated some empathy and reflection, but that is clearly not the case.

[Solon]

22. Exactly!

I really don't understand these poor white men who bitch and moan about being "oppressed", cry me a fucking river Beck!

[stepnw1f]

3. He Should Place Braille of His Forehead...

that reads: "I'm a Stupid Bigot"

[mcscajun]

14. I like it. Too big, though. He only has room for Stupid Bigot

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. How about "Empty" instead?

:shrug:

[jobycom]

4. Well, at least we know what drove his mind out. nt.

[A Simple Game]

5. Just because I'm curious, is there a way to remove someone's

eyes, and then re-insert them, say a month later?

That is if you don't lose them, or give them to someone who better deserves them.

[rubberducky]

6. I have e-mailed cnn soooooo many times,

about this nut. Apparantly it`s going to take more than just me! If you have a chance could you just let them know what an offensive hate monger this clown is?

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. I'll bet he has braille on his penis

that says "shake well before serving"

[Binka]

10. No It Says " Please Find Me I Am Tiny And Insignificant." n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

12. How could he get that long a message on it?

[Binka]

13. Oh Jackpine I Love You!!

[mcscajun]

15. Who cares? The pain of it being written there is sufficient for

amusement. Lots of little pricks on a little prick.

:spray:

[smokey nj]

25. He could have had it done at one of those places where they

write names on grains of rice.

[DanCa]

11. Doesn't surprise me that he says this.

It doesn't surprise me one bit.

[Gormy Cuss]

28. How calcified must one's brain be

to be bothered by braille signs on the wall? Is he afraid that the signs all say "GLENN BECK IS A JERK" or something?

[blue sky at night]

16. I realize we all need something to talk about.....

but wouldn't it be nice if we paid no attention to folks like Glenn. I was told to be a good parent, you ignore the behavior you don't like, and pay attention to the behavior you do. We should treat him like a child.

[TheFarseer]

17. I can at least understand

not wanting to see Spanish or whatever else, but hello, braille is not a foreign language. Blind people can't read English signs, Glen!

[tocqueville]

21. there are terrorists writing Braille in Spanish for blind Mexicans n/T

[Solon]

23. I thought it was the French writing Braille in Arabic for the Terrorists?

;)

[TheFarseer]

31. LOL

damn them! Will they stop at nothing to destroy us?!

[Hippo_Tron]

19. Umm since when does this have to do with Political Correctness?

As I recall, braille isn't put on walls by the PC police, it's put on walls so that those who are visually impaired can find their way around. Maybe if someone gauged this guy's eyes out, he might have a new appreciation for braille.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. This is someone who really, really needs to spend a month blindfolded

An acquaintance of mine spent several months in a wheelchair after an accident. He said it made him appreciate the Americans with Disabilities Act more than any explanation ever could.

[Jade Fox]

24. How could a person possibly feel victimized by trying to help.....

blind people get around better? Why do these Conservatives feel so sorry for themselves? It seems like because no one has ever done anything special to help them get around better, and they lack the imagination to empathize with those handicapped by blindness, they decide they've been done a great wrong.

I spent the afternoon at a picnic for my office, and got into a conversation with the husband of a co-worker I knew was very much a Fox News type. I had no intention of getting into politics, but in the course of discussing his recent surgery and adventures with medication, he brought up Rush Limbaugh and how the poor man was just dealing with pain, and everyone got on his case about being a drug addict. (I calmly pointed out Rushbo was knocking back 30-40 pills a day, doctor shopping, and sending out his immigrant maid to score for him.) What struck me about this man's attitude was how he viewed Rush Limbaugh as as victim. What???

[Initech]

27. This guy represents everything that is wrong with this country.

And the republicans know a thing or two about helping the less fortunate. Just ask the people of New Orleans.

[Cheap_Trick]

29. I know I shouldn't have...

But I sent dear old Glenn an email anyway. My sister is going blind and that just fucking pissed me off to no end. Here's what I said:

So.....you're nothing more than an effeminate version of Ann Coulter? When you're done tea-bagging Bush, why don't you just sit back and enjoy a nice big glass of shut the fuck up. You should have braille on your forehead that says HORSE'S ASS. Then the blind will know you instantly.....as if the odor wasn't enough. goddamn, you're such a fucking pussy. When you're done daisy chaining with Hannity, O'Rielly, and the rest of Hitler-lite's lapdogs, why don't you make yourself useful? Like take the yellow ribbon magnet off of your car and go help fight this war that you so "proudly support"? Since most Americans have pulled their heads out of their asses, they need someone like you now more than ever. Of course you won't. You can't. You're not man enough to stand behind your words. The day will come when you can no longer hide from the things you've done. Will you be man enough to face them? I doubt it. Ann Coulter's more of a man than you. I mean literally. Have you seen her man-wrists? Or her adam's apple? geez Now, be a good little neocunt and piss off.



Hope I wasn't too harsh with the little douchebag.:sarcasm:

[tinfoil tiaras]

33. ROFL.

In some hotel or something, there was nothing on so my mom turned to like Nancy Grace or something but she fell asleep like 30 minutes or so into it, but i didn't and so this guy came on after her and his voice bothered me SO much i had to get up out of my comfortable bed and turn the damn TV off... x(

[AspenRose]

30. Ass.

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