Did Glen Beck advocate murdering the President?

Scuba

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:02 PM
Original message

Poll question: Did Glen Beck advocate murdering the President?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/15/985303/-Glenn-Beck:Why-Buy-A-Gun-then-points-at-Obama-photo?via=siderec

<snip>

...blaming Obama again for civil unrest, food shortages, and of threatening to take your guns away. Then he asks his rhetorical question "Why would you get a gun" and guess who pops up on his TV screen but the President and close adviser Cass Sunstein to whom he immediately points with arm outstretched and answers his own question, stating "To prepare for tough times."

<end snip>

See the video at the link.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Jackpine Radical

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:05 PM
Response to Original message

1. He's planting implicit suggestions

in the unconscious of the public. That's how it's done. You don't need to form logical connections between ideas, just temporally contiguous ones. In neural terms, "what fires together, wires together." Yes, this is a sinister act.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

JoePhilly

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:07 PM
Response to Original message

2. He is shaking the right wing crazy tree to get a nut to fall out.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

TheWraith

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:07 PM
Response to Original message

3. He's been doing that since Obama got into office, if not before.

There's a large segment of the rabid right which would love for a "lone wolf" to take it into their head to do something. Jared Loughner was just too small in his thinking for them.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

abbeyco

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:11 PM
Response to Original message

4. Yes and he's a criminal douchebag for doing so! nt

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Hawkowl

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:15 PM
Response to Original message

5. Charge him with sedition

Charge him as an enemy combatant and lock his ass up. What is the point of Obama continuing Bush's policies if he is only going to use them against Democrats?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Jack Rabbit

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:18 PM
Response to Original message

6. I watched the video and voted yes

However, he should only be charged with the second option, since a good lawyer could get him off if the government were to go for advocating assassination.

For lurking right wing nuts: Yes, I seriously believe the government has a case against Beck.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

pipi_k

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:29 PM
Response to Original message

7. I watched the video twice and say NO

If anyone here thinks he is, then by all means report it.

Then sit and wonder why, as time goes by, he has not been arrested.

A PLOT????

Some big government conspiracy???

Yeah, that's it. A conspiracy.

Just as ridiculous as the birther conspiracy. The government KNOWS Obama isn't a citizen, but dammit, there are just too many out to protect him. Even Republicans, by god!!!!!

:eyes:

So go ahead. Report him. Just don't hold your collective breaths waiting for an arrest. It's the conspiracy!!!!111!!!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

RadiationTherapy

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 02:30 PM
Response to Original message

8. I watched the video and it is a conclusive yes. Using visual communication tools like

'correspondence' is common in design. You don't need to be Marshall McLuhan to see that the timing of his words, gestures, and the image of Obama are clearly coordinated.

Plausible deniability, of course.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

barbtries

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Jun-15-11 03:10 PM
Response to Original message

9. gawd that was hard.

i can hardly believe that anyone willingly watches and listens to that insane person.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Thu May 02nd 2024, 01:27 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.