Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Unstable

Not only is this idiot actually defending some of the very CEOs that got us into this economic crisis, but he's essentially calling for the assassination of government leaders, including the president. I'm all for freedom of speech, but considering the outbreak in gun violence the past few weeks and the fact that gun and ammo sales have skyrocketed since the election, this kind of talk is incredibly inflammatory and could provoke violence against our leaders.



Of course, no Glenn Beck post would be complete without a link to that hilarious video of him crying during his show. Even better is the video of Stephen Colbert mocking the hell out of him. 

UPDATE: I can always count on Jon Stewart to put it all in perspective:
I'll give Hunter at Daily Kos the last word:

Fearmongering -- being eager transmitters for whole hosts of the worst of right-wing conspiracy theories, so long as it brings in readers, viewers, or voters -- is a prime function of the conservative movement, from Glenn Beck's show to Sarah Palin rallies, from blogs to talk radio to the entire Fox News network. The language is deliberately panicked, exclusionary, and eliminationist, premised on constant, day-in-day-out assertions that liberals, Democrats, or others are not merely people of differing political opinions, but that they are less than American, are traitors to the country, or an imminent threat to the rights and freedoms of "true" patriots.

It seems hardly an outrageous presumption that some among their listeners will internalize the message of President Obama as traitor, and non-conservatives as enemies... and then act upon those beliefs with violence, either planned or spontaneous. Given the expanding list of examples of just that, in fact, it seems a proven connection.