Glenn Beck Has a Long History of Racial Mockery on the Radio -- His Civil Rights Talk Is Pure Fraud

[Judi Lynn]

SPLC's Hate Watch / By Alexander Zaitchik

Glenn Beck Has a Long History of Racial Mockery on the Radio -- His Civil Rights Talk Is Pure Fraud
Despite his lame efforts to try to capitalize on the MLK legacy at an upcoming DC rally, Glen Beck can not hide his deep-seated racism.
August 24, 2010

America, the first step in your spiritual and political redemption is finally at hand.

Or so Glenn Beck would have us believe. After an eight-month build-up that began at an Orlando retirement community last November, Beck is now making the final preparations for his “Restoring Honor” rally on the National Mall, scheduled to begin early on Saturday morning with a salute and a prayer in front of tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of the Fox News host’s loyal fans.

On a stage at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, Beck will headline a bevy of conservative guest speakers familiar to his radio and television audiences. Most notable among them will be Sarah Palin, whose political career received early and enthusiastic support from Beck. Despite the event’s sponsorship by the NRA, the host maintains the rally will be a “non-political” event, meant to honor American troops overseas and grounded in the nonpartisan themes of “faith, hope, and charity.”

Since Beck first announced the event, much critical attention has been paid to the date. This Saturday is the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech,” a landmark event in the history of the civil rights movement that is also enshrined in the national mythology as one of the finest expressions of American ideals. Beck claims that the scheduling is mere coincidence. But he has eagerly claimed King’s legacy, and the meaning of Aug. 28, as his own. On the May 24 edition of his radio program, he described himself and his conservative-activist legions as “the inheritors and the protectors of the civil rights movement”; liberals, he claimed, “are perverting it.” He said he “wouldn’t be surprised if in our lifetime dogs and fire hoses are released or opened on us. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few of us get a billy club to the head. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of us go to jail — just like Martin Luther King did — on trumped-up charges. Tough times are coming.” Two days later, he reiterated his intent to “reclaim the civil rights movement,” since “we were the people that did it in the first place.” More recently, he has described the alleged scheduling coincidence as “divine providence”—as God’s way of telling Beck he walks in King’s footsteps.

If this is true, and a supreme being did in fact decide that Beck should hold his self-branded Tea Party rally in the shadow of Martin Luther King, then we should take this as proof that God has a very dark sense of humor.

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[opihimoimoi]

1. Beck is disgusting and reeks of BS

[TK421]

2. The guy isn't dangerous, isn't smart...he has a following, but so did Charles Manson

now, the first time I watched his show ( I admit, I did out of curiosity ) he ranted and raved and sounded just plain crazy...maybe he did connect with some more mentally unstable folks out there, but I have to say this again, the guy is not to be taken seriously...

His whole act is pure drama, complete with phony tears and anguish he pretends to experience...people, it is ALL about ratings. I laughed when I watched that program and thought to myself "Holy shit is this guy going off the deep end" I suspect some of his audience thinks that of him as well, but you would never get them to admit it..they have found a lightning rod for their faux anger and frustration, and the dumbasses think it is genuine

He acts and sounds like a lunatic...some of us might find that amusing considering what the lunatic is ranting and raving about; he is not to be taken seriously.

[Octafish]

3. Roger Ailes hired beard for Rupert the Alien.

Corporate McPravda has had a hiring freeze for everybody less than a crybaby NAZI propagandist -- lots of openings for those.