Comments on: Glenn Beck and the Pathology of Wingnuts http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:14:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sir Michael L. Foley http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1045595 Sir Michael L. Foley Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:43:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1045595 <p>Hey, you guys don’t understand. When you’re growing up on the farm in Georgia…</p> <p>oops, wrong sexually perverted wingnut.</p> Hey, you guys don’t understand. When you’re growing up on the farm in Georgia…

oops, wrong sexually perverted wingnut.

]]> By: J Edgar http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1045069 J Edgar Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:54:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1045069 <p>That is such a “pull my finger” picture.</p> <p>A genuine issue is that middle school starting at 6th grade is just plain wrong. Being 12 years old and at the bottom of the pecking order is bad enough. To put 11 year olds there is worse. But knowing that would require a tiny thimble of real-world knowledge. Beck is too busy fantasizing.</p> That is such a “pull my finger” picture.

A genuine issue is that middle school starting at 6th grade is just plain wrong. Being 12 years old and at the bottom of the pecking order is bad enough. To put 11 year olds there is worse. But knowing that would require a tiny thimble of real-world knowledge. Beck is too busy fantasizing.

]]> By: dideau http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044628 dideau Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:14:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044628 <p>Hate to be pissy, but it’s NOT preventAtive. It’s preventive. Sort of like orientate. Doesn’t exist as a word. Just sayin’…</p> Hate to be pissy, but it’s NOT preventAtive. It’s preventive. Sort of like orientate. Doesn’t exist as a word. Just sayin’…

]]> By: Maddy http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044233 Maddy Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:21:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044233 <p>We live in a crazy world where the likes of glenn, rush, neal, michael, sean, ann and the rest of the slime are given, ad nauseum, a public forum with which to spew.<br /> Kurt @ 83, what is pathetic is that they are the ones spreading hate and divisiveness, and are paid to do so.<br /> What is also pathetic, is the fact that they have an audience.</p> We live in a crazy world where the likes of glenn, rush, neal, michael, sean, ann and the rest of the slime are given, ad nauseum, a public forum with which to spew.
Kurt @ 83, what is pathetic is that they are the ones spreading hate and divisiveness, and are paid to do so.
What is also pathetic, is the fact that they have an audience.

]]> By: TomR http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044125 TomR Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:34:53 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044125 <p>It seems like he started two thoughts, got halfway through each before finishing both sentences. I’m guessing he meant:</p> <blockquote><p>“There`s no crime you can prevent completely, and believe me, I`ve tried… </p> <p>but it is impossible, Glenn -— to touch an 11-year-old kid sexually and not commit a crime.”</p></blockquote> <p>If he didn’t mean the above, then he’s certainly mentally ill.</p> <p>- Tom</p> It seems like he started two thoughts, got halfway through each before finishing both sentences. I’m guessing he meant:

“There`s no crime you can prevent completely, and believe me, I`ve tried…

but it is impossible, Glenn -— to touch an 11-year-old kid sexually and not commit a crime.”

If he didn’t mean the above, then he’s certainly mentally ill.

- Tom

]]> By: justadood http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044116 justadood Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:30:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1044116 <p>To me, that transcript snip comes across as confessing to a criminal act.</p> <p>Hope Law Enforcement was listening…..but that may be too much to ask.</p> To me, that transcript snip comes across as confessing to a criminal act.

Hope Law Enforcement was listening…..but that may be too much to ask.

]]> By: Chris from Maine http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043962 Chris from Maine Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:44:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043962 <p>ive updated my post (linked above) with the video in queston.</p> ive updated my post (linked above) with the video in queston.

]]> By: Bargain Countertenor http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043927 Bargain Countertenor Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:21:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043927 <p><a href="#comment-1043908"><em>Kurt @ 83</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Jeeze, you guys are pathetic. What is the full context of the discussion?</p> <p>…Of course it sounds bad, but let’s read the rest of it. This was probably a 10 minute discussion on Beck’s show, you pick out about 10 seconds of it.</p> <p>You all are smarter than this. And by the way, it is not right when anyone does this (conservative and liberal alike). All it does is promote hatred among all of us, and skews the issues we should be paying attention to.</p></blockquote> <p>Ummm, now Kurt, would you ’splain to me exactly how referring to the FDLers here as <em>pathetic</em> raises the level of discourse?</p> <p>This is an issue that we all should be paying attention to. Beck and Graham deliberately chose the most inflammatory possible interpretation of the events in Portland. Not too dissimilar from how the Prezichimp mischaracterized the SCHIP bill when he vetoed it for his friends in the tobacco biz…</p> <p>So, if you want to raise the level of discourse, it might be meet to start by not insulting your readers.</p> <p>BC</p> Kurt @ 83

Jeeze, you guys are pathetic. What is the full context of the discussion?

…Of course it sounds bad, but let’s read the rest of it. This was probably a 10 minute discussion on Beck’s show, you pick out about 10 seconds of it.

You all are smarter than this. And by the way, it is not right when anyone does this (conservative and liberal alike). All it does is promote hatred among all of us, and skews the issues we should be paying attention to.

Ummm, now Kurt, would you ’splain to me exactly how referring to the FDLers here as pathetic raises the level of discourse?

This is an issue that we all should be paying attention to. Beck and Graham deliberately chose the most inflammatory possible interpretation of the events in Portland. Not too dissimilar from how the Prezichimp mischaracterized the SCHIP bill when he vetoed it for his friends in the tobacco biz…

So, if you want to raise the level of discourse, it might be meet to start by not insulting your readers.

BC

]]> By: Kurt http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043908 Kurt Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:00:03 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043908 <p>Jeeze, you guys are pathetic. What is the full context of the discussion?</p> <p>I honestly try to give the people here the benefit of the doubt, but you latch onto something like this?!? Of course it sounds bad, but let’s read the rest of it. This was probably a 10 minute discussion on Beck’s show, you pick out about 10 seconds of it.</p> <p>You all are smarter than this. And by the way, it is not right when anyone does this (conservative and liberal alike). All it does is promote hatred among all of us, and skews the issues we should be paying attention to.</p> Jeeze, you guys are pathetic. What is the full context of the discussion?

I honestly try to give the people here the benefit of the doubt, but you latch onto something like this?!? Of course it sounds bad, but let’s read the rest of it. This was probably a 10 minute discussion on Beck’s show, you pick out about 10 seconds of it.

You all are smarter than this. And by the way, it is not right when anyone does this (conservative and liberal alike). All it does is promote hatred among all of us, and skews the issues we should be paying attention to.

]]> By: Bargain Countertenor http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043902 Bargain Countertenor Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:48:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/19/glenn-beck-and-the-pathology-of-wingnuts/#comment-1043902 <p><a href="#comment-1043874"><em>johnSwifty @ 69</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>Ordinarily, I’m of the, “Give ‘em enough rope,” opinion with the sort of insipid tripe this Beck person seems capable of putting forth. Unfortunately, there must be an audience for the idiotic rationale emanating from the man’s pie hole. He claims to just be saying what everybody’s thinking — which is obviously false — but somebody must be thinking it, if only his producers at CNN. Well, at least the man serves two purposes while he continues to be given a forum: </p> <p>one) there is never a question as to what the talking points are, intended for the easy digestion and regurgitation of the weak minded lemmings in the conservative world. The pablum he spouts IS the quintessential crap of the moment, handed down from the masters on high; and that’s good to know. It saves time and energy.</p> <p>two) I’m going to be in the market for a bed soon and the question between sleeping on a roulette wheel of air compression or that Swedish memory foam that caresses your butt was going to be a tricky one. ‘Nother problem solved! Thanks Becky!</p></blockquote> <p>Just don’t forget to call the high-dollar air mattress folk and let them know why they fell out of consideration.</p> <p>Mrs. Countertenor and I bought a Swedish memory foam mattress about 18 months ago. You’ll love it.</p> <p>BC</p> johnSwifty @ 69

Ordinarily, I’m of the, “Give ‘em enough rope,” opinion with the sort of insipid tripe this Beck person seems capable of putting forth. Unfortunately, there must be an audience for the idiotic rationale emanating from the man’s pie hole. He claims to just be saying what everybody’s thinking — which is obviously false — but somebody must be thinking it, if only his producers at CNN. Well, at least the man serves two purposes while he continues to be given a forum:

one) there is never a question as to what the talking points are, intended for the easy digestion and regurgitation of the weak minded lemmings in the conservative world. The pablum he spouts IS the quintessential crap of the moment, handed down from the masters on high; and that’s good to know. It saves time and energy.

two) I’m going to be in the market for a bed soon and the question between sleeping on a roulette wheel of air compression or that Swedish memory foam that caresses your butt was going to be a tricky one. ‘Nother problem solved! Thanks Becky!

Just don’t forget to call the high-dollar air mattress folk and let them know why they fell out of consideration.

Mrs. Countertenor and I bought a Swedish memory foam mattress about 18 months ago. You’ll love it.

BC

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