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Beck suggests Obama administration "coming after him" and may kill him

It's about time they scared him into respecting the president and not plot anything cruel.

Yep, and now that the bill is law, he must fear the DEATH PANELS!!!! Bwahahaha!
 
So he didn't say it?

The clip is right there.

First, where did I say he didn't say it?

Second, I already said I can't watch the clip yet. That said, I know Media Matters style. You going "OMG they're going to claim its biased but its right there" is an ignorant attempt at trying to preempt a LEGITIMATE argument. I'm not going to waste my time becuase you don't want to read previous posts and retype what I said, but read up a few posts for my explanation of it during the Limbaugh thing. "His own words" means NOTHING but that he said them, words alone are only part of the story.

Third, the "its his words" argument by itself is plainly dishonest and ignorant. I'm sure if we had someone focusing on you, watching every single post you make, we could find somewhere that we could extract a single line of a quote and put it up along with a long opinionated diatribe to give it context other than what is actually there and claim "Its your own words". However even though it was "your own words" the way we prefaced it and placing it out of context not just with your post but your entire posting history would make the argument rather worthless. Thats why just saying "its his own words" when you take a 2 minute or 5 minute clip from an hour show that's on 5 days a week with years of potential history regarding the persons views and history is rather worthless as the ONLy argument you present.

Fourth, all of which doesn't even touch on your pathetic attempt at one of the ****tiest forum techniques ever, which is to try and immedietely begin ridiculing legitimate counters while trying to present your argument and interpritation as the ONLY logical one and anyone disagreeing with you must immedietely be ridiculed. The only reason you bring those things up as what people are going to say as an explanation is because you know damn well those have been legitimate counters in the past so you're trying to ridicule and debase those arguments before they come in. Because god knows the worthless unsubstantiated crap and toilet paper weak arguments you've made couldn't actually stand up to anyone actually putting forth a counter argument.
 
I was under the presumption that Beck was already dead and instead we had cyborg-Beck who is part Conservative LOL-PUNdit and part douchebag.
 
Second, I already said I can't watch the clip yet. That said, I know Media Matters style. You going "OMG they're going to claim its biased but its right there" is an ignorant attempt at trying to preempt a LEGITIMATE argument.

This is about what Beck said about Obama wanting to kill him, not anything else.
 
This is about what Beck said about Obama wanting to kill him, not anything else.

Except by trying to preempt the attempt at pointing out Media Matter's biases you have made their history become relevant to this thread to counter your attempt to counter that as an argument. By denying that it is a legitimate argument the need to show that Media Matters is biased and unable to be taken at face value becomes pertinent to the discussion. To do that it is required to reference previous attempts by Media Matters to mislead through the manipulation of people and acting like "its his own words" is enough to make an argument rock solid.

Don't blame me for what you've done.

But then agian, why am I even typing, your debate style is tired and obvious. You ignore all the points that actually counter the crap that comes out of the few things you actually type and then latch onto whatever little piece possible to use it as an attempt to exit in a snarky way, hoping that the person won't persue since you've made it obvious that an actual convresation or debate is the farthest from your rhetoric filled agenda.

What Media Matters has done with other people, and even with Beck in the past, is pertinent to this in making the argument that simply because its "his own words" does not in any way, shape, or form mean that is the entire story or situation surrounding it nor that the spin that Media Matters presents to precondition the viewer/listener means their interpritation of his words are automatically correct.
 
I will be happy to continue this if you can show that Media Matters somehow edited the clip, took it out of context, glenn beck meant something different or pretty much anything verifiable that counters my post.

I would bet a large sum of money that this was taken completely out of context and was used to make a point. I am bandwidth-challenged, and can't watch the clip, but will try to find a transcript.
 
Except by trying to preempt the attempt at pointing out Media Matter's biases you have made their history become relevant to this thread to counter your attempt to counter that as an argument.

Huh?

It's about how Beck said something paranoid and idiotic. He said it regardless of which site you watch it on.
 
I would bet a large sum of money that this was taken completely out of context and was used to make a point. I am bandwidth-challenged, and can't watch the clip, but will try to find a transcript.

He said:

"For those of you in the administration, who are coming after me ... remember, you've broken three [of the 10 Commandments], let's not make it four; thou shalt not kill."

What's the context?
 
I would bet a large sum of money that this was taken completely out of context and was used to make a point. I am bandwidth-challenged, and can't watch the clip, but will try to find a transcript.

Actually there was a poster who said she watched the episode in question in its entirety and said that the Media Matters clip was correct.

Regardless this is just Beck being Beck and screaming look at me.
 
He said:

"For those of you in the administration, who are coming after me ... remember, you've broken three [of the 10 Commandments], let's not make it four; thou shalt not kill."

What's the context?

Immedietely just reading that and only that, not reading a bunch of preconditioning media matters opinions or spin on it, and taking an objective look on it even ignoring who said it...i'd say its someone using hyperbole and allagory.

The only way I'd read that, from a purely objective point of view, as someone LITERALLY believing the president is going to literally kill them is if they didn't have a history of using allagory or hyperbole to make points and did have a history of being extremely paranoid or any legitimate reason to believe it to be true.

Commentators, regardless of their sign, tend to use heavy doses of sarcasm, hyperbole, allagory, and other type of devices to heighten their entertainment value and to put across their points. Beck, while definitely having some crazy ideas and views at times, does not seem to have provided any evidence that he's crazy enough to believe that the government is actually tying to LITERALLY kill him let alone state such on TV if it was legitimate, and I've seen no reason to believe such things are actually true to inspire such an idea.

That, mixed with the attempt at the theme with breaking commandments, it seems more an hyperbolic comment equating "kill" to "silence" so that he could slide another commandment break in there to complete the imagery.

This is also why I would say context would be important. Prior to the clip or leading into it was he discussing fears of the administration attempting to silence critics through various methods (be it direct or indirect) and thus when he talks about coming after him and "killing" him it'd make it even clearer that it was possibly simply alagory for silencing opposition.

But wait...

Media Matters gave extreme spin on their inteprirtation of it so that's naturally the only way to possibly interprit what was said. My bad, sorry...
 
The only way I'd read that, from a purely objective point of view, as someone LITERALLY believing the president is going to literally kill them is if they didn't have a history of using allagory or hyperbole to make points and did have a history of being extremely paranoid or any legitimate reason to believe it to be true.

Commentators, regardless of their sign, tend to use heavy doses of sarcasm, hyperbole, allagory, and other type of devices to heighten their entertainment value and to put across their points. Beck, while definitely having some crazy ideas and views at times, does not seem to have provided any evidence that he's crazy enough to believe that the government is actually tying to LITERALLY kill him let alone state such on TV if it was legitimate, and I've seen no reason to believe such things are actually true to inspire such an idea.

Do you really believe Beck was just using allegory? Really?

You need to watch the clip.
 
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB5NEZc0aDM"]YouTube- Glenn Beck - Tuesday March 23, 2010 - Part 2 of 4[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZaVYbHOCLc"]YouTube- Glenn Beck - Tuesday March 23, 2010 - Part 3 of 4[/ame]

I found the episode. The comments in question are in the last two minutes of clip 2 and the beginning of clip 3. I accept that this might have been taken out of context by MM (and I really hadn't heard of them before I started this thread, but you guys are right, they don't have a good reputation), however I watched the whole thing and I do not see any further context on this one. So, again, as far as I can tell, he seems to think people might be out to kill him.
 
Actually there was a poster who said she watched the episode in question in its entirety and said that the Media Matters clip was correct.

Regardless this is just Beck being Beck and screaming look at me.

Yeah, that was me. I watched the entire episode and there is no getting around the fact that he did suggest the administration is out to get him and possibly kill him. I really don't see how his telling them no to break another commandment "thou shall not kill" can be interpreted.

And yeah, that was just Beck screaming look how important I am the powers that be wanna see me dead. I think he's hilarious.
 
Do you really believe Beck was just using allegory? Really?

You need to watch the clip.

I don't know if Beck was using allegory. My point throughout this entire time is that I'm not going to pass judgement on it without all the info, and that MEDIA MATTERS giving their spin and then posting a short clip from an hour long show of a man whose got hours upon hours of transmissions one can use to gain an understanding and context is NOT "all the info".

I also sated I can't watch the video yet. The only reason I commented definitively on something was the single line you quoted, and even with that I prefaced it that it was based off an objective reading of it sans context and was not done to make a determination about what Beck said, meant, or was doing but simply showing that there are multiple ways to potentially read it depending on what the context surrounding it was and the dishonest attempts to act like he could've only meant it one way were just that, dishonest.
 
I don't think for a moment that Glenn Beck actually thinks the government will try to assassinate him, but drumming up "the man is out to get me because I'm telling you what they don't want to know" is helpful to his ratings. Being hyperbolic about it is much more effective than just saying "Gee, Obama sure doesn't agree with my political philosophy!"
 
I don't know if Beck was using allegory. My point throughout this entire time is that I'm not going to pass judgement on it without all the info, and that MEDIA MATTERS giving their spin and then posting a short clip from an hour long show of a man whose got hours upon hours of transmissions one can use to gain an understanding and context is NOT "all the info".

It shows what he said about Obama killing him. If that's not enough for you, fine. Watch the whole hour if you want. Watch every episode, and read his autobiography if you want.
 
I don't think for a moment that Glenn Beck actually thinks the government will try to assassinate him, but drumming up "the man is out to get me because I'm telling you what they don't want to know" is helpful to his ratings. Being hyperbolic about it is much more effective than just saying "Gee, Obama sure doesn't agree with my political philosophy!"

Which knowing his history, his style, the reality of making a legitimate claim like that and the problems that it can cause, and other such things makes me suspect that's most likely to be the case. I won't make the determination till I can watch, maybe something about it will convince me that he's serious, but over all I'm guessing its what you're saying.

Which is idiotic and stupid rhetoric and hyperbole, the type that really needs to get out of discussing politics in general. Its the over the top nature of it that makes me annoyed to watch it. The problem is I rarely can actaully speak negatively about it because the twisted exaggerations and the willful removal of common sense and objectivity that accompanies other peoples viewing of it so often produces a result that I find even more disgusting in the realm of politics than what's he doing, which is then where my focus gets moved to.
 
I really do wish this man would dry up and blow away - I'm sure the current administration has no desire to kill him - he's actually helping them by his psychotic behavior.:mrgreen:
 
Which knowing his history, his style, the reality of making a legitimate claim like that and the problems that it can cause, and other such things makes me suspect that's most likely to be the case.

Maybe he was serious then too.
 
It is a matter of complete indifference to me whether this (to call him a Man would be overstating his status) loudmouth expires through natural or unnatural means.
All I wish would be that Fox administration realize that his declining popularity will hit the ratings of some of the other Fox rantmiesters.
 
Considering Obama's Chi-town political background and those he surrounds himself with... I have NO PROBLEM believing it.. Matter of fact I'd be hard pressed to believ otherwise.

Chicago politicians are world renowned low-lifes , have been for as long as I can remember.. Oblabba is their supreme lard and they would do anything to protect him from the red phone that never rings...
 
Considering Obama's Chi-town political background and those he surrounds himself with... I have NO PROBLEM believing it.. Matter of fact I'd be hard pressed to believ otherwise.

Chicago politicians are world renowned low-lifes , have been for as long as I can remember.. Oblabba is their supreme lard and they would do anything to protect him from the red phone that never rings...

And that's why people are always laughing at you, like Beck. Ever notice that?
 
And that's why people are always laughing at you, like Beck. Ever notice that?
Hard to believe this arse just aped about adult conversations in another thread. Which is why people at DP are always laughing at him. Ever notice that?
 
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Some Cons have gone off the deep end......and the very vocal fringe element among them are loving it. They are no longer alone in their mental misery.
 
Maybe they are... Maybe they ain't. The world won't ever know cuz either way he'll die from a headbump, overdose, heartattack.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9BjzafVyRA"]YouTube- Glenn Beck: Obama's Political Genealogy - 1/2[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obcm0BmjAfs"]YouTube- Glenn Beck: Obama's Political Genealogy - 2/2[/ame]

So does Obama have communists on his political family or is Beck just a straight up liar about him being a communist?
 
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