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If MLK were alive today, would he be on Glenn Beck's 'chalkboard?'

If MLK were alive today, would he be on Glenn Beck's 'chalkboard?'

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JohnWOlin said:
This is probably the best way anyone has put this bull**** into perspective yet. btw off topic but your avatar has been bugging the **** out of me. What is it supposed to be and where it it from?
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Isn't my Avatar lovely too? LOL Courtesy of Liblady. I'm stuck with it for a month. Oh well, it's for a very good cause.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
The Beck and Palin adorers sends shivers down my spine. It reminds me of the naive Germans that ate up everything the Fuhrer said which eventually led them to slaughter and the ruin of their country. No Beck and Palin are no Hitlers but these money grubbing opportunists have a lot of potential to cause a lot of harm while they laugh all the way to the bank.
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Barbbtx said:
If you knew anything at all about Beck, you would know that he is a great admirer of MLK.
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Beck admires communist sympathizers, socialists, wealth redistributionists, anti war activists?

What show did I watch in the past, or what has Beck been smoking

Beck has the opposite opinion of the majority of MLK's on most subjects
 
Redress said:
That's a pretty meaningless statement all things considered. My sister, who is a lot closer relative than a niece, agrees with me on a total of 1 political issue, SSM.
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Any more so irrelevant than asking 'what if' of a dead man? I dont know Becks politics or policies. I dont know if they are in line with what MLK stood for or not. I DO think it is relevant that his neice, who is actively involved in MLKs foundation, felt not only that Beck had the 'right' to have the rally on this day but also felt that it was a valid enough event to speak at. So like your sister, a wonderful person I am sure...the niece believed a least in THIS ONE event and that it was positive and apparently one that her uncle would approve of. Id have to go with that endorsement than with the questioning of the OPP...even though he IS apparently Beck obsessed.
 
WIthout a doubt, Beck would be drawing arrows and linking MLK to socialism and communism, and making heil hitler gestures in his direction.
 
Catz Part Deux said:
WIthout a doubt, Beck would be drawing arrows and linking MLK to socialism and communism, and making heil hitler gestures in his direction.
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I agree. Oddly enough I agree with you 90% of the time.
Alas Im not truely sure WHAT would be on Becks board. Im just soooooooooo tired of this shill performer. The guy seems to be well liked and able to pull off what the republican party needs and that is misdirection. Get the Tea Party to believe he is not with the republican party.... but lead the masses TO the republican party. Maybe I notice this because of my 15+ years of corporate sales and strategy. Anyhow its marketing genius. Karl Rove is a marketing master.
 
Catz Part Deux said:
It's only natural when we're talking about Beck. I read somewhere that Beck has referenced naziism over 200 times in the past 18 months in reference to Obama.
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Read the post I responded to though. That connection was not even vaguely made.

The problem with this whole question is that it really is impossible to answer. The issues of MLK's day are not the issues of today. Trying to draw comparisons can only lead to mistakes. With civil rights being on a whole different level, what he might see as nuisance issues compared to the problems of his day, he could very well be latched onto another issue, maybe abortion, maybe gay issues, maybe labor issues. Who knows.
 
Scarecrow Akhbar said:
MLK was a serial philanderer and had significant communist connections. I know you believe that's heresy, but I don't subscribe to the apotheosis of anyone.
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Scarecrow Akhbar said:
Hello?

Social justice is the antithesis of "civil rights". When somoene is agitating for the government to steal property from people to throw it at other, favored, political subgroups, that's wrong, immoral, and, oh, by the way, unconstitutional.

Clearly social programs are also unconstitutional. MLK's stance in favor of these collectivist socialist handouts marks him ultimately as an enemy of American freedom.

Discrimination against people on race = bad. BUT, if a private person chooses to conduct his business only with a selected race, that's how he's expressing his freedom in a country that is supposed to be free. Restricting the invidual's freedom violates his civil rights. Period.

That's that. When, however, the government, which has a lawful monopoly on the use of force and the responsibility to act in all the people's interests, the government should not be allowed to discriminate.

The people are one group, the government is another. The Civil Rights laws and the silly notions of "social justice" want to pretend that the people should be constrained by the same rules the government is supposed to be shackled with. And that ain't the case.
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Well, THERE we go! I was wondering when you were going to be around to take a big fat **** on one of the nation's most prolific activists. :lol:
 
Would depend a lot on what Glenn Beck was "feeling" on the day. After all in Glenn Beck world, a hero can easily turn into a villain and back in pretty much the same sentence.
 
Catz Part Deux said:
It's only natural when we're talking about Beck. I read somewhere that Beck has referenced naziism over 200 times in the past 18 months in reference to Obama.
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And isn't he in some kind of uber military uniform on the cover of one of his books? I glanced at it in disgust at an airport bookstore a while back. It looked possibly Russian or Stasi of some kind.
 
Barbbtx said:
If you knew anything at all about Beck, you would know that he is a great admirer of MLK.
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I'm sure he's an admirer of his work for racial equality. Hell, if you weren't an admirer of that, you'd probably not get very far.

However, I'm sure he is NOT an admirer or Dr. King's beliefs in what should be done to the American economy.
 
What is Beck's chalkboard? What does it mean to "be on Beck's chalkboard?"

Can't answer the question.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Beck admires communist sympathizers, socialists, wealth redistributionists, anti war activists?

What show did I watch in the past, or what has Beck been smoking

Beck has the opposite opinion of the majority of MLK's on most subjects
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If what you say is true, I guess beck should move him from his place of honor on the chalk board.
 
hazlnut said:
But should show you what a phony hypocrite Glenn Beck is. MLK stood for many things Beck rallies against. Social Justices, social programs.

Beck pretends to be for civil rights, but it's a very twisted version of the Constitution.
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Wrong. He doesn't agree with everything about the Civil Rights. He thinks they deserve better.
 
VanceMack said:
Any more so irrelevant than asking 'what if' of a dead man? I dont know Becks politics or policies. I dont know if they are in line with what MLK stood for or not. I DO think it is relevant that his neice, who is actively involved in MLKs foundation, felt not only that Beck had the 'right' to have the rally on this day but also felt that it was a valid enough event to speak at. So like your sister, a wonderful person I am sure...the niece believed a least in THIS ONE event and that it was positive and apparently one that her uncle would approve of. Id have to go with that endorsement than with the questioning of the OPP...even though he IS apparently Beck obsessed.
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She was great. I hope we get to see more of her. She seems like she has a huge heart. Her family has known violence similar to the Kennedy's, yet she hasn't lost her faith.
 
EnigmaO01 said:
The Beck and Palin adorers sends shivers down my spine. It reminds me of the naive Germans that ate up everything the Fuhrer said which eventually led them to slaughter and the ruin of their country. No Beck and Palin are no Hitlers but these money grubbing opportunists have a lot of potential to cause a lot of harm while they laugh all the way to the bank.
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You sure it doesn't remind you of how you felt when you first layed eyes on the president?
 
The public reaction to Beck, Palin and Obama are pretty damned similar -- mainly because all three are in the same line of work. They differ only in their market share.
 
The Giant Noodle said:
I agree. Oddly enough I agree with you 90% of the time.
Alas Im not truely sure WHAT would be on Becks board. Im just soooooooooo tired of this shill performer. The guy seems to be well liked and able to pull off what the republican party needs and that is misdirection. Get the Tea Party to believe he is not with the republican party.... but lead the masses TO the republican party. Maybe I notice this because of my 15+ years of corporate sales and strategy. Anyhow its marketing genius. Karl Rove is a marketing master.
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It is pretty amazing huh? I think part of it is his ADD. He jumps from one project to the next, but unlike most people with ADD, he usually finishes what he starts.
Anyway, we are getting closer and closer to taking over the Republican party with real conservatives.
 
Barbbtx said:
Wrong. He doesn't agree with everything about the Civil Rights. He thinks they deserve better.
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So, you're saying that Beck would support King's Army of the Poor? You think that Beck would agree that the "US has been on the wrong side of many revolutions of the poor"?

You think Beck would agree with Dr. King's assessment that poverty is because of the system we've established?

If you think Beck would agree with those things, then okay. Something tells me that he would not. It sort of goes against the whole system of "personal responsibility" that seems to be at the base of the conservative movement. My guess is that Beck would probably be on the side of those calling him a Communist, considering that in his later speeches, King specifically called for the redistribution of wealth as a means of ending poverty.

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV
Martin Luther King Jr. - A Historical Examination: The King Holiday and Its Meaning
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
The public reaction to Beck, Palin and Obama are pretty damned similar -- mainly because all three are in the same line of work. They differ only in their market share.
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You do mean the rights reaction to Sarah and Glenn and the lefts reaction to the president are similar?
Obama has no love of country just like the left.
Sarah and Glenn love this country as does the right.
Sarah and Glenn are trying to unite the country.
The president has been the biggest divider in history.
 
FilmFestGuy said:
So, you're saying that Beck would support King's Army of the Poor? You think that Beck would agree that the "US has been on the wrong side of many revolutions of the poor"?

You think Beck would agree with Dr. King's assessment that poverty is because of the system we've established?

If you think Beck would agree with those things, then okay. Something tells me that he would not. It sort of goes against the whole system of "personal responsibility" that seems to be at the base of the conservative movement. My guess is that Beck would probably be on the side of those calling him a Communist, considering that in his later speeches, King specifically called for the redistribution of wealth as a means of ending poverty.

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV
Martin Luther King Jr. - A Historical Examination: The King Holiday and Its Meaning
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I'll tell you what *I* think and it might be close to what Beck thinks. I don't know his heart.
I think MLK had the right things in mind at the time. That was then this is now. It didn't work. Many blacks are still suffering.
I think Al Sharpton and civil rights leaders today are doing nothing but keeping black people down. They don't need hand outs they need hands up. They need to stop playing the victims and treating white people as oppressors. They are our equals and they should act as such. They are getting no where voting for democrats all the time. They need to try something different if they truly want to succeed. If they come over to the conservative side, they will wonder why they didn't try it sooner. just sayin..
 
Barbbtx said:
I'll tell you what *I* think and it might be close to what Beck thinks. I don't know his heart.
I think MLK had the right things in mind at the time. That was then this is now. It didn't work. Many blacks are still suffering.
I think Al Sharpton and civil rights leaders today are doing nothing but keeping black people down. They don't need hand outs they need hands up. They need to stop playing the victims and treating white people as oppressors. They are our equals and they should act as such. They are getting no where voting for democrats all the time. They need to try something different if they truly want to succeed. If they come over to the conservative side, they will wonder why they didn't try it sooner. just sayin..
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Why should people like revrend Al change? 40 years of sensationalizing racism and endorsing policies that have destroyed the black community may not have done much FOR the black families and communities but its done WONDERS for Al, and the democrat party.
 
Barbbtx said:
You do mean the rights reaction to Sarah and Glenn and the lefts reaction to the president are similar?
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Yeah, like I said, different market shares.

Barbbtx said:
Obama has no love of country just like the left.
Sarah and Glenn love this country as does the right.
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If you really believe that, then I don't even know why we're talking.

Barbbtx said:
Sarah and Glenn are trying to unite the country.
The president has been the biggest divider in history.
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No, they're all pretty much dividing and manipulating the nation, using very similar tactics.
 
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