Beck clarifies his theory:

[unapatriciated]

If violence breaks out from the right, it will have been intentionally provoked by Obama

Just in case there was any doubt about what he was implying the day before, Glenn Beck yesterday cleared things up and removed all doubt about the meaning of his garbled rant about administration radicals who advocated violence:

Beck: You see, what they've done is they've radicalized The Man. These people are in the center, but who's down here? They know that these people always lose -- because they experienced it. The crazy teabaggers in the streets.

Why would a government continue to poke you, and poke you, and poke you, and poke you? Why would they say these things? Why have these people said these things about good Americans? Because they need to separate these people from these people.

They know exactly how you feel when the president of the United States says that. ... These guys remember. When these guys said, 'These crazy dope-smoking hippies,' they knew how it felt. They knew and it drove them nuts, and it drove some of them -- it drove this guy and this guy -- to start throwing bombs!

They're counting on it. The Man made them do it. And they learned that once they threw a bomb, they were done. Martin Luther King changed the world without a single act of violence. Gandhi was right in many ways.

This might be the most dangerous monologue I've ever done, because I am telling you now: They need you to be violent. They are begging for it! You are being set up! Do not give them what they want.

The rest of the rant is an ass-covering plea for non-violence -- a lame attempt to cover the fact that he's spent the past year using violent rhetoric to whip people into a state of hysterical paranoia.
http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/beck-clarifies-his-theory-if-violenc
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[polichick]

1. It's shocking that any American could watch this guy and think he's sane. nt

[tanyev]

2. So... The Man made The Man do it?

Did I read that right? :crazy:

[unapatriciated]

4. yep that's beck in a nutshell.

[Birthmark]

3. If Obama is The Man...

...what is Beck? I have some guesses but they aren't flattering.

[RoyGBiv]

5. They tried that argument with Lincoln too ...

They was provokin' us.

This shit is going to get really stupid very quickly, and people are fucking going to die ... all so this motherfucker can keep his ratings up.

[unapatriciated]

8. but..but.. King calls it encouraging people to stand up for the Constitution

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/steve-king-runs-dana-bash-when-questioned

[MajorChode]

6. He must have been a real hoot when he was on the booze and drugs

I can't imagine him being even more incoherent than he already is.

[gratuitous]

7. Referring to Dr. King, is he?

Has he figured out who that young man down the line from Dr. King is yet? (For those who don't know, John Lewis, Georgia Representative, marched with King and last week marched arm-in-arm with the rest of the Democratic caucus to pass the health care bill into law. Beck was "outraged" that Lewis would do such a thing! Who did Lewis think he was, a civil rights activist or something? Glenn Beck is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he is a tool.)

[tekisui]

9. They need you to be violent. They are begging for it! You are being set up!

It doesn't matter what he said after that. That is enough for some nutjob(s). Thanks, beck, you asshole.