For my Libertarian friends

stonebeard wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: There's really no argument you can make to support Glenn Beck being an idiot. I disagree with him on many, many things, but the guy knows his history/current events/political philosophy and draws very good conclusion even if I disagree with the premises.  Aww man you're really making me want to find that thing he did with the whiteboard. He apparently does a lot of them, but I'm not joking this was straight up comically insane. It can wait until I care enough, though (Tip: I probably won't ever care enough).

Equality 7-2521 wrote: stonebeard wrote: thellama73 wrote: stonebeard wrote: I actually do think Beck is kind of an idiot. Have you seen the sh*t he tries to pull with his whiteboard? OK, so you have to acknowledge that making it in show business (re: Fox News) requires some amount of savvy, and he certainly is manipulative so there's a sign of brain activity, but the guy either has no soul whatsoever (very real possibility) or he is significantly retarded and an idiot. You can't have a soul and believe/say the some of the crap he says. Can you give an example of something that he has said that indicates to you that he has no soul? I'm curious. I'm just going to post this assuming it's the same one/in the similar vein of the one I'm thinking of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJpPktn4f0M I didn't care to watch nine minutes when I've got an album going. But it has the words "Exposes vast conspiracy" so how can't that be retarded? If you watch it, be sure to let me know if he tries to circle random letters in a sentence to make a connection to a left wing conspiracy, but instead spells the word wrong. it's hilarious! But my impression of him having no soul comes from him pandering to partisanship like no one else with retarded crap like you see above (presumably). Or maybe he has a little festering anus of a soul. It's hard to tell. Could you point to what in the video you disagree with? Seems pretty straightforward fact to me. His hyperbole "biggest story in american history" is a bit much, but that's hardly a substantial complaint.

*Sigh* Not really. I mean I presumed it was as crazy as I thought that one I saw awhile ago was. But I've long since stopped watching Glenn Beck, so besides the requisite "all liberals are wrong always" mantra of right wing mouthpieces that I imagine he still espouses, maybe there's not that much there to disagree with (if you're a libertarian).

Let me invest a solid 2 minutes into trying to find that video.

stonebeard wrote: thellama73 wrote: stonebeard wrote: I actually do think Beck is kind of an idiot. Have you seen the sh*t he tries to pull with his whiteboard? OK, so you have to acknowledge that making it in show business (re: Fox News) requires some amount of savvy, and he certainly is manipulative so there's a sign of brain activity, but the guy either has no soul whatsoever (very real possibility) or he is significantly retarded and an idiot. You can't have a soul and believe/say the some of the crap he says. Can you give an example of something that he has said that indicates to you that he has no soul? I'm curious. I'm just going to post this assuming it's the same one/in the similar vein of the one I'm thinking of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJpPktn4f0M I didn't care to watch nine minutes when I've got an album going. But it has the words "Exposes vast conspiracy" so how can't that be retarded? If you watch it, be sure to let me know if he tries to circle random letters in a sentence to make a connection to a left wing conspiracy, but instead spells the word wrong. it's hilarious! But my impression of him having no soul comes from him pandering to partisanship like no one else with retarded crap like you see above (presumably). Or maybe he has a little festering anus of a soul. It's hard to tell.

I watched it and didn't see anything crazy or stupid in it. He uses hyperbole to make his points, but everyone who talks about politics does that. I certainly didn't see any statements that made me question whether he has a soul.

manofmystery wrote: stonebeard wrote: I actually do think Beck is kind of an idiot. Have you seen the sh*t he tries to pull with his whiteboard? OK, so you have to acknowledge that making it in show business (re: Fox News) requires some amount of savvy, and he certainly is manipulative so there's a sign of brain activity, but the guy either has no soul whatsoever (very real possibility) or he is significantly retarded and an idiot. You can't have a soul and believe/say the some of the crap he says.     Funny, I feel the same way about you

I only don't have a soul because souls don't exist. It's just a technicality. Glenn Beck doesn't have a soul because it's a convenient way for me to stigmatize him. Get it right.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: jammun wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: jammun wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: There's really no argument you can make to support Glenn Beck being an idiot. I disagree with him on many, many things, but the guy knows his history/current events/political philosophy and draws very good conclusion even if I disagree with the premises.    And he is very capable of sucking money out of the taxpayers as well!  Sheesh, I wish I could get a gig like that. How does he do that? Last I checked he's not a Congressman, teacher, police officer, crony banker, etc which get money from the public purse. Nah, he just shows up, albeit invited, which I'll give ya.   http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091024/NEWS03/710249930 Let's see. Mayor decides to give Glenn Beck key to city. Mayor arranges ceremony. Mayor demands the public pay for supplies and increased hours for police and fire protection. Glenn Beck cost the city money. Wait, what? The article shows me that government is a leech which destroys wealth for its frivolous whims. I already knew that. Let's move on.

I do not dispute the idiocy of the mayor/city.  I do dispute the idiocy of Glenn Beck showing up.  He's supposedly way beyond that.

jammun wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: jammun wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: jammun wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: There's really no argument you can make to support Glenn Beck being an idiot. I disagree with him on many, many things, but the guy knows his history/current events/political philosophy and draws very good conclusion even if I disagree with the premises.    And he is very capable of sucking money out of the taxpayers as well!  Sheesh, I wish I could get a gig like that. How does he do that? Last I checked he's not a Congressman, teacher, police officer, crony banker, etc which get money from the public purse. Nah, he just shows up, albeit invited, which I'll give ya.   http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091024/NEWS03/710249930 Let's see. Mayor decides to give Glenn Beck key to city. Mayor arranges ceremony. Mayor demands the public pay for supplies and increased hours for police and fire protection. Glenn Beck cost the city money. Wait, what? The article shows me that government is a leech which destroys wealth for its frivolous whims. I already knew that. Let's move on.  I do not dispute the idiocy of the mayor/city.  I do dispute the idiocy of Glenn Beck showing up.  He's supposedly way beyond that.

Don't lump me in with you.

Wait a minute...there are actually people that defend Glenn Beck?  I thought humanity were all agreed that he was a hideous, mutated trainwreck of a pundit, a bloviating clown who subsists on meaningless hysteria and displays of bloated self-aggrandizement. 

Am I wrong?

Lozlan wrote: Wait a minute...there are actually people that defend Glenn Beck?

Padraic wrote: Lozlan wrote: Wait a minute...there are actually people that defend Glenn Beck?  Of course, otherwise he wouldn't be on radio and television.

Train wreck mentality and popcorn punditry.