Glenn Beck is really creeping me out

[LuckyTheDog]

Where to begin? First off, Beck promotes the canard that communism (which seeks to run societies for the exclusive benefit of those at the very bottom, to the detriment of everyone) is the "same thing" as fascism (which seeks to run societi...es for the exclusive benefit of those at the very top, to the detriment of everyone). That view is popular, but not supportable when you think it through. Even more bizarre is the idea that the Rockefeller family was somehow secretly devoted to communism back in the 30s.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/03/glenn-beck-tries-and-fail_n_276401.html

[wtbymark]

1. He certainly likes his CoCoPuff's

:crazy:

[Loge23]

2. Without TV, Beck is just another lunatic.

...even with!
But you get the point. TV - even in a little way - legitimatizes this fool.
People believe him, he's on TV after all!
Take him off TV and he's just the lunatic next door.
Either way, I don't think we need to pay too attention to him anymore - he's out there with Bachman and Palin in Crazyville.

[Hansel]

3. He's practicing McFoxyism.

At long last, have you no decency, dolt?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. That's not too unusual of a response to him IMHO

He is crazy. Did you hear him throw a critical caller off of his phone calling her a "pinhead" and screeching hysterically at her?
:wow:

He is a REAL nut! He actually makes Limbaugh look sane (amazingly).

[blogslut]

5. I wish

...he would address the rumor that he raped and murdered a girl in 1990.

...he would get some real therapy.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. Maybe Michelle Bachmann and the entire Republican Party can join him

While we take care of the nation's business until they are suitably rehabilitated.

[dem629]

6. I have a second cousin who is schizophrenic, and he talks about symbols in art and currency

and how they are "signs" of who is really running the world.

That's exactly what Beck does.

Glenn Beck needs help. Seriously.

[me b zola]

15. Did you see the newest Beck video in our political video forum?

He went on a wild rant about symbolism in Rockefeller Plaza. I may have joked in my response to the video, but the thought that Beck truly is showing signs of mental illness (not funny) keeps nagging at me.

[vduhr]

17. I seriously think he's schizophrenic too. I posted this on another thread...

"Positive" Symptoms of Schizophrenia
"Positive" symptoms are psychological disturbances "added" as a result of the disorder, and include:

Hallucinations—disturbed perceptions of reality, often described by family and friends as a wild imagination. The perceptions are sensory, and can involve sound, sight, touch and smell. Hearing voices is the most common type of hallucination among people with schizophrenia
Delusions—people with schizophrenia may believe that their opinions and beliefs are real when they are not. Paranoid-type delusions can surface as irrational beliefs of being cheated, harassed, or poisoned, or that people are "out to get them." Delusions of grandeur make them believe that they are famous or important. Some people with schizophrenia report bizarre delusions—that a neighbor is controlling their behavior with magnetic waves or that people on television are aiming special messages at them
Disorganized thinking—the impaired ability to think straight and connect thoughts into logical sequences. Concentration is difficult and people with schizophrenia are often easily distracted. This lack of logical thought process, called thought disorder, can make a conversation very difficult and result in social isolation
Agitation—often to an extreme degree

[treestar]

7. Doesn't he always?

A true raving lunatic.

[d_b]

9. and the sick asshole probably raped and murdered a girl in 1990

he knows his days are numbered.

Prepare for more Beck insanity before the shit-boat goes up in flames.

[CrispyQ]

10. This says it all:

[mnhtnbb]

16. That is hilarious. Sending to hubby, who is a shrink.

[vduhr]

18. Can you let us know what your husband's analysis is...

I would be intersting to know if Beck is displaying schizophrenic symptoms.

[Doctor_J]

11. He's insane, and so is everyone who listens to him

It's really very simple. I repeat that I hope I am alive to see the sane 95% rise up against him and the rest of his ilk.

[Caliman73]

12. Unfortunately, many people fall for that rhetoric

Specifically they fall for it because they don't think it through. They are buzzwords to some people. Nazi, Communist, Socialist, Fascist = BAD. They have no idea of the meaning of those terms. They do not appreciate or even know their own history let alone world history. Beck is a disgusting person for fomenting such fear and hatred for his own financial gain.

[Zen Democrat]

13. Beck and Limbaugh are former disk jockeys ... and current jackasses. n/t

[Turbineguy]

14. This might help

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KufHGYKqH9E&feature=related