Rev. Wallis calls on "progressive hunter" Beck to "take responsibility for how he speaks"

[RamboLiberal]

In an October 14 Sojourners' column, Rev. Jim Wallis called on Glenn Beck to "make the connection that (Martin Luther) King did between the violence of the tongue and that of the fist, and to take responsibility for how he speaks about those with whom he disagrees." Wallis was referencing Beck's boasts of being a "progressive hunter" and Byron Williams' claims in a recent interview with Media Matters that Beck was his "teacher."

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After citing a Biblical passage that he said "warns that our words, for better or worse, can turn a ship or light a forest ablaze," Wallis pointed to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Nonviolence Pledge," which Wallis said, "reminds me why this is all so important." Wallis explained:

King clearly connects the violence of the tongue, fist, and heart. Walking and talking in the manner of love is required. Compare King's admonition to seek "justice and reconciliation -- not victory" with the political victory-at-any-cost strategies and methodologies that are heating up just three weeks before the midterm election. The attempt is not just to disagree with one's opponents (a perfectly legitimate and, indeed, healthy activity during the democratic processes of elections), but to demonize them; not to treat them as adversaries but as enemies. MLK's pledge should be a spiritual exercise for all of those on the campaign trail.

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Wallis went on to recount a conversation he had with his son, at the height of Glenn Beck's smear campaign against Wallis. He explained that Beck led an effort to have Wallis disinvited from speaking to a youth festival in Wisconsin. Wallis said that his son asked him after the festival whether those opposing his appearance were armed. Wallis wrote:

To be honest, I had to tell him that some of them probably did in Wisconsin, but I was sure that I would be fine. After I spoke on that Friday night, the first call I received was from Luke, just wanting to know if everything had gone all right and that I was okay. The fear in my son's heart was not unjustified, but such things shouldn't be happening in America today -- but they are.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010140018

[Angry Dragon]

1. Arrest beck for inciting violence

Start making these people pay the price for their hate speech

[BrklynLiberal]

2. beck will continue to do what he does as long as he is getting paid brazillions to do it.

No appeal to any "human" emotion or thinking will change that.