Glenn Beck Goes After the Reason Rally

We already knew Beck was a hypocritical opportunist and scam artist, but: isn’t he the scum who tried to co-opt the anniversary of MLK’s march in 2010, and claimed it was a coincidence that he was standing on the same spot, on the same day, with MLK’s daughter?

When you’re a washed up , old has-been gasbag like Beck, you have to do something to try to appear relevant.  I give him credit though, it took him a lot less time to become a washed up old has-been gasbag than it took Pat Robertson, so Beck apparently is a fast worker.

Holy cow I need to watch Glenn Beck.  When they had the split frame of his face and HIS FACE I audibly gasped.  Can someone explain the insane looking spiral on the board?

Also, Glenn, buddy.  Coming from a literature major with a weakness for old old books, but one some gloves when you handle that thing?  Most people have oils on their hands that break down paper, but I can’t imagine the bull shit on your hands is doing it much better.

“Our mall”??  “Our military”??  Whatever, Glenn.  Incidentally, I brought my 12 year old to the Reason Rally.  She thought Minchin was hilarious, as did I.

Glenn Beck has Syphilis from all those sloppy seconds with Rush Limbaughs 18 wives.  Show some respect please.  

That is fascinating.  I hadn’t realized that I was part of the Radical Left Fringe.  

I’m a lot more used to being accused of being a crazy Right Wing Radical.

Radical left fringe makes me think haircuts. I really should reccomend that to my stylist. “I’d really like to dye my bangs red, and get a radical left fringe”

Didn’t Glenn Beck once claim Penn Gillette as a friend, and a counter example to the “you have to have God to have morality”?  I recall him talking to- Bill O’Reilly?  And almost saying “Sean Penn” and quickly correcting to Penn Gillette.

Did Penn ever respond to that?  I mean I know Penn is Libertarian, but I’d kind of suspect that Penn would rather be at Reason Rally than WTF Glenn put on.

Well, the “A” could also look like a symbol for The Avengers. Does that mean we’re trying to be super heroes? Please? 😉

Yes. yes it does. Now go put on your long underwear, go stop crime and be proud of the man you have become!

Oh, that’s just great. Another conspiracy theory. Just what we need.

well, call me weird, but i think you would look great.

 Is he doing the “Professor Beck” thing again?   The blackboard and chalk… the glasses to give him a scholarly look… I’m surprised he didn’t put on a graduation gown and mortarboard to really make the point.

The blackboard says “class is in session”, but the crazy cut-outs make it look like the wall of a detective’s office on a TV show. Where they put photos of suspects and evidence and stand there starting at it saying “how does it all fit together… what is the connection we’re missing? Wait– a-ha! The A! The A isn’t for atheism… it’s for Anarchy!  Put out an APB on this guy Dawkins– he’s an anarchist!”

Is there really any reason to give Glenn Beck any coverage at this point?

I hate glenn beck. But come on atheist. Do not give the religious right the ammunition they need to attack us. I realyl only listened to that song before i had to stop. what a fool. We have a great opportunity to show people why we are better, that we are tolerante of religious beliefs. Then we have that idiot dropping the F-bomb attacking religion. Have some respect for yourselves and do not drop down to their level. I believe it is the extremes that make it a mess for the moderates. Religion is here to stay. Live with it. Take out the extremist and unite the moderates and we win. By the way I am an atheist. 

“One wonders why the vast majority of outspoken Atheists aren’t
content to operate within a “live and let live” framework, but rather
proactively seek out opportunities to disparage or challenge their
ideological opposites.”

Gee, that sounds exactly like Beck and all of his friends.

Anyone notice this…

Actual lyrics: “The Pope protected *priests* when they were getting fucking fiddly.”

Beck lyrics: “The Pope protected *Greece* when they were getting fucking fiddly.”

“Live and let live” so all of the religious extremists could walk all over women, gays and non christians. 

The anarchy and atheist symbols are similar? Kind of grasping at straws there, aren’t you Beck. 

Thank you.

Glasses, professor and chalkboard? Santorum would not approve.

I wondered what happened to Glenn Beck (but not for too long). He was channeled in a crazy global warming debate I was having with a couple of close friends of mine, and as with that debate, I didn’t expect him to pop up in any conversation where “reason” was a ticket for entry. Thanks for sharing Hemant.

I “liked” to compensate for the aversion to thanks 🙂

I gotta say, christians are symbol driven and prone to conspiracy theory. I can easily see how this would be seen like this by them. And honestly the atheists who use that should have seen it coming immediately.

An A in a circle? I had no idea Twitter was so full of anarchists.

 you seriously think swearing is worse than raping kids?

Don’t fight, Lucy.  It’s so much better if you don’t fight.

Oh, Glenn Beck and his lovely Blackboard of teh Conspiracy. Adorable. Did he manage to connect us to George Soros, Noam Chomsky and Osama Bin Laden in six steps?

Surprised at the “anarchy” thing, because I thought now that the evil socialist nanny-state democrats are in power, Glenn Beck was advocating violent rebellion as a matter of course.

“The atheists are coming together and they’re getting louder!”
When does congregating at a common venue in support of your ideas and opinions ever a crime? Religious folks do it all the time and loudly too; it’s called Church.

So now Glenda has added us to his Blackboard Of Doom….more of his standard “Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh MY!” routine. So what….. his audience is now around the 250,000 level (at best) and The Blaze is widely recognised as a wingnut site on the same level as WND.

The really funny bit? Accusing Jmmy Carter of being in league with us evil baby eating atheists. Isnt he the POTUS that went on TV and chided the US public for worshipping consumer culture rather than being good Christians? Duuuuuurrrrr…..

Anyways….Im off….my rack of baby back ribs is ready and Im hungry for another plate of the other white meat 😉

psh. snobs.

One wonders why the vast majority of outspoken Christians aren’t content to operate within a “live and let live” framework, but rather proactively seek out opportunities to disparage or challenge their ideological opposites.

See, Glen? We can do it too.

As for Tim Minchin, I stood side by side with my sixteen year old daughter just a few feet from the stage as he performed “Pope Song” and neither of us could decide which was funnier; Tim Minchin and his lyrics or S.B. Morgaine’s interpretations. Brilliant! Guess that makes me a bad parent!

I came to the rally with my 15 year old daughter. Overall, we had a great time. But, regarding the f- bombs….yes, my daughter tells me she hears bad language at high school, but no one in our home speaks that way, and it’s not an environment I want her exposed to. I was disappointed in anyone with a microphone at the rally, including the emcee Paul Provenza as well as Tim Minchin. Before Minchin came on stage, I was wondering what material he would use and would he self-edit. The only word he didn’t say, which he does say in his shows, was “c*nt”. Instead, he encouraged the crowd to say it instead. Not really the best solution. Like the other parent who wrote up above, I was disappointed in the lack of good judgment shown by the adults. Two of the best speeches of the day were delivered by Adam Savage and Jessica Ahlquist, and they both showed you could connect with the audience without using words that need to be bleeped. I’ve been on the Mall many times with my family over the years, and I am embarrassed as a member of the Atheist community that so many families enjoying the cherry blossoms and the museums were exposed to the language. Those families didn’t share in the context of the discussion of the rally. They were bystanders and caught in the crossfire of f-bombs, not to mention the Atheist families who were encouraged to bring their children to the rally. The National Mall is different than an enclosed convention room. The one fortunate thing is that the Camp Quest tent, though it had a live feed, was unable to actually broadcast the sound and could only show the video of the Rally. I can only begin to imagine the outrage if the speeches had actually been heard within the CQ tent.

p.s. 80% off of Glenn Beck!

That’s not an anarchy symbol.  It’s clearly the Aquabats emblem.  

I agree with your general point and not Joe’s, but it should be noted:

It’s a word, and it’s a word that is not derogatory towards anyone.

That may be true in general about “fuck,” but the Pope Song has “motherfucker” in it approximately forty times, and  most of them are directed at particular people.

Which is not to say Minchin is wrong to use derogatory language in this particular context (quite the contrary, I think he’s obviously justified); I’m only pointing out that in the context of that song, the language is severely derogatory toward someone.

 15 years old? Wow, she probably knows more cuss words than you… Seriosly, give your kid some slack instead of trying to cover her ears constantly, if she is not a brainwashed fundie, sh’es probably smart enough to know the language she should employ in a conversation.

Yep, 15.  But, knowing more cuss words is very different than saying them, or hearing them.  And, yes, she is smart enough to know the language she should employ in a conversation.  And, our family tries to use a lot of the words found in the dictionary, and not just a very small subset of the possibilities.  “Profanity,  evidence of an immature mind trying to express itself.”  
It boils down to the appropriateness of the language. Let me ask you: if your child attended Camp Quest, would you want a camp counselor to sing Tim Minchin’s “F*ck the mother f*cker” song? Plus, would you want that same person to sing the song using a microphone/amps next to an elementary school while children are outside during recess? The language used by many speakers at the ReasonRally was inappropriate for the setting, the National Mall, where not only rally goers were listening but the thousands of people unaware that the rally was taking place. 

Holy fuck, you have to have an IQ in the single digits to agree with Beck. Does anybody else remember that show he did with some Orthodox Jewish prick who said that atheists were parasites–making Beck beam like a child who just heard a fart joke? That pretty much told me everything I need to know about him and the people who support him.

It was Daniel Lapin: http://anexerciseinfutility.blogspot.com/2010/09/who-are-you-calling-parasite-rabbi.html

Yes, he’s odious. He’s become the “house rabbi” of the evangelical Right. Most politcially and/or theologically conservative Jews are in bed with the evangelicals these days, but there’s a handful who actually work for their organizations: Lapin,  his disciple and lapdog Michael Medved, Klinghoffer… a few others. Ben Stein starred in that creationist abomination, Expelled. It’s shameful. I don’t know the reason for it; I assume it’s something along the lines of being a big fish in a small pond. With all of the faux Judeophilia rampant in evangelical circles these days, I imagine they get treated like prize-winning poodles. Fundies and conservatives from various cultures and backgrounds have often been quoted as saying they have more in common with fundies and conservatives from other backgrounds than they do with liberals from their own. I certainly feel I have more in common with a liberal Christian than with a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jew). I suppose that enters into it as well.

In any case, the fundies probably do mental gymnastics to get them into heaven; the fact that these Jews aren’t bothered at all by the reality that the people with whom they work every day are perfectly happy to see the vast majority of their Jewish family members and friends burn in hell for all of eternity says a great deal about them. In my eyes, they’re too loathsome and contemptible for words – so I’ll shut up now.

There’s a big difference between “just as moral” and “more moral”.  The only way your statement holds logically is if Christians never say that kind of stuff about atheists.  They do.  Although, I think it’s less in satire and more in earnest.

We don’t really think Glenn Beck has syphilis or has had affairs with any of Rush Limbaugh’s ex wives.  Or that Rush Limbaugh has 18 ex wives.  Saying ’18’ rather than the actual ‘four’ is part of the satire.

On the other hand, when Christians say that atheists cheat and lie and steal any time they think they can get away with it, or can’t be trusted- that’s not a joke.

Edit: Or ‘immoral’.

I don’t think he’s a Calvinist, as he’s exhorting people to “turn to Christ”. A Calvinist wouldn’t phrase it that way.

Anyway, I read the first post on his blog. Whatever flavor he is, he’s a congenital psychopath.

It’s getting harder and harder to justify wasting the natural resources that go into their upkeep.

Eugenics got a bad rap.

Why bothering breeding them out of the population and miss out on all of the free entertainment they provide us with? That would be like banning the Marx Brothers.

Well, we’ve had this conversation. You enjoy them. You find them useful for entertainment purposes. I find them appalling, I resent having to live in the same world with them and I want them gone.

And, as I’ve said many times, it’s now a matter of human continuity. They will be our destruction.

I see your point, but when enormous change is needed, you can’t do it quietly. It would be like if the Civil Rights movement consisted of african americans saying “well, its totally cool to be racist and segregate us, but could we maybe please be counted as human beings with equal rights? Ya know..if thats cool with you…” LOL  Unfortunately revolutions are filled with the voices of the surpressed, belittled, or otherwise trampled upon, and those voices tend to be angry.