Why is it so important to "trust" Glenn Beck?
Looking over the comments on this site in regard to Glenn Beck, a lot of people talk about not being able to able to "trust" Glenn Beck.
Why does "trust" even matter? He's just a talk show host. What is there to trust or not to trust? I don't get it.
It almost seems as if you're looking for a cult leader or something and you're hesitant to follow Beck because you don't "trust" him. It doesn't make sense.
Or is it some kind of paranoia thing where you think he might be some kind of evil hypnotist whose going to take over your brain? Or maybe some kind of secret agent whose working for dark forces that are going to take over the world? Is it something that loonie?
Or is that you feel your mind is so feeble that if he says something you disagree with that he'll change your mind and you won't be able to resist? Or you think he he's some kind of brilliant master of sophistry and pursuasion that's going to take society out on a limb? The next Hitler maybe?
Please help me to understand the thought of whether you should "trust" a talk show host enters your mind.
Obviously he's
" some kind of secret agent whose working for dark forces that are going to take over the world" l.o.l...
I generally agree with Glenn. Trust isn't an issue. I'm not marrying the guy or giving him my checkbook. Its just a info source. Why would "trust" even enter the equation. So people who say they don't "trust" Glenn Beck are operating on some hidden perceived organized conspiracy theory and may need some time at a spa to relax and "get away".
Glenn being on Fox is largely a result of us forcing change toward libertarianism in the right and not a part of any conspiracy to control the message. He is a compromise that the right accepts.
talk show host?
your last sentence labels him a talk show host.
is it important to label Glenn Beck a talk show host?
Please help me understand the thought of whether he should be labeled a talk show host.
Montel William's is a talk show host.
Donahue is a talk show host.
Glenn Beck is not a talk show host.
Are you so feeble minded as to not have a proper distinction for various tv and radio personalities, you just lump them all together?
Perhaps we can include all the lip servicing politicians into that category too. They're talk show hosts.
Oh and if that last line or two of my post is ridiculous, I agree. But you should read your own.
Ron Paul summed up Beck during the primaries..
as a demagogue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYSeHMEjRy0
Demagogue
1 : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
Demagogy is a strategy for gaining political power by appealing to the prejudices, emotions, fears and expectations of the public — typically via impassioned rhetoric and propaganda, and often using nationalist or populist themes.
I think Beck's job is that of a Mockingbird
The Establishment is attempting to prop up their media shills to talk like us and walk like us and then pull the old bait and switch. They do so in order to have our movement discredited and ridiculed. They bring up subjects that we do and twist our message then engage in a campaign of disinformation and misinformation.
By doing this it taints the potential allies out there who we have not reached. They will just say, as my ex-boss sometimes would tell me... "You sound like those crazy people on FOX."
By mimicking our movement and adding some really bad acting they make us look like a dangerous paranoid fringe. This is a technique our enemies have used with great success in the past.
Glenn Beck declared himself my enemy when he suggested, on national television, that the United States military directly engage Ron Paul supporters. He is abhorrent and what he is doing should be painfully obvious to us all.
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What I like about him is
What I like about him is that he is talking about some important issues on MSM that are not usually presented to main stream viewers.
What I don't like about him is that while he is talking about those issues he has "insane" crazy themes in the graphics and acts like a nut giving the impression that it is wacky to think and discuss these things. I also don't like how much of the time the format is to touch on the issue, get a few talking points from guest, ask them a zany personal question and voila that is the end of the show without getting into the real meat.
But, at least its airtime.
Propaganda is our enemy..
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It's basically because he threatened this movement.
I'm sure you've heard of his November 2007 "domestic terrorism" broadcast.
I was getting over that, and starting to warm to him slightly when he made a point--and that's the only way I can describe it, is that he made a point--of saying 'some Ron Paul followers are dangerous'. Then he pulled out an anecdote about Ron Paul followers attempting to run his bus off the road. This was a few months ago, at the height of the MIAC controversy.
So, no---he isn't going to put on Hypno-Specs and herd people into FEMA Camps--but who says he will not defame us, and slander us on the air again? I expect him to do so. So why should I trust him?
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Oh yeah.
Beck is paid 50 million a year to manipulate and be controlled opposition.
For god's sake he works for Rupert Murdoch!
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Glenn Beck
Is a fine entertainer. That is all.
beck was more of a neo-con
I think people mean that he used to be more of a neo-con up until recently. Now he identifies as a libertarian. IMO Beck, like other Americans, is just another person that has "woken up" and realized what is happening in our nation. At least we have someone on one of the major media outlets who is speaking the truth! It doesn't matter if people don't trust him, what matter is that his show reaches millions of viewers thus helping to "wake up" the public.
"Truth is treason in the empire of lies"
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"Truth is treason in the empire of lies"
Free to choose
You're free to choose to listen to Glenn Beck, but I think the man is dangerously stupid. I will never forgive the man for comparing Ron Paul supporters to terrorists.
or conspirirng
with them there of. that jackass just said that the other day.
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whether you like/trust glenn
whether you like/trust glenn beck or not, at least be glad there's someone in the mainstream talking about libertarianism and ron paul.
we need all the positive exposure we can get, no matter where it comes from!
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Jeffwhite... Sure, he talks
Jeffwhite...
Sure, he talks about being a libertarian, but then, in the same breath he defends interventionism and preemptive wars. He talks about the 2nd Amendment, then talks about restricting certain people from owning firearms. He says "I'm a libertarian", then ridicules his guests for wanting to legalize drugs.
And when was the last time you heard Beck positively talk about Ron Paul?
Last I heard he was asking viewers what republican party they wanted, Palin, Powell, or Cheney! He is constantly askin "where are the politicians with the values and principles of the founders?" He NEVER brings up Ron Paul as a potential candidate!
Glenn Beck is an absolute phoney! It was such a relief to see Judge Napolitano hosting his show today. I wish fox would make that permanant.
Good Points salsero96.
George W Bush called himself a conservative and probably still does. His actions were those of a radical, not a conservative. A lot of political people call themselves something they're not. We need to judge them by their positions, not by their self given labels.
i don't watch tv. how the
i don't watch tv. how the hell should i know what beck is saying?
sheesh!
i'm just happy hu jintao is president!
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Not to coin a phrase or anything....
but.....'ditto'
Ok - not taking Glenn's side but I will say....
I paid the 25.00 to join his INSIDER's club for 6 months. His insiders all 47 of them are crazy mad at him and cut him down all the time. Seems as if they have been with him since 2000 or 2001 and have gotten really angry since he has been on his constitutional awakening for the last 2 yrs. They think it will pass, and I get all kind of grief for trying to bring up real issues. They say he is riddled with ADD and will toss this issue in the next few months. So suffice to say, maybe Glenn really did wake up like so many of us here on the Paul or maybe he is just a guy who wants to cash in on the freedom wagon either way his show does bring some common sence and I will tune in when I can. Until he french kisses Ron Paul, I wont take him serious....
Do you guys remember when he said I want to french kiss you, noooo you only remember when he said Ron Paul was the mayor of crazy town.
Ron Paul cured my apathy - I cured my ignorance!
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Glen Beck is
a tick clamped onto the ass of liberty. I'm not even sure that he believes what he's saying half the time considering he has so many neocon tendencies which are not compatible with liberty in any way, shape or form. I watch him when he has someone good on or is talking about a good cause. Trust? I don't think anyone who has Bill O'Reilly on can be trusted. I'll still watch and use him to promote the cause. He's bringing some of my neocon friends to the fence, I'll help them end up on the right side.
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"a tick clamped onto the ass of liberty"
Man that's some prose that's darn near poetry, worthy of H.L. Mencken or E.A. Poe.
Can I use it?
LMAO !!!!
Great Analogy! Good one!~ LMAO!
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Beck called Ron Paul a "domestic terrorist".
So to say "we can't trust him" merits a score of 100 on the Obvious Scale.
However, if he tells the truth on a given topic, or draws attention to something important, I'll give him credit for it.
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
That's hard to believe
Do you have a source for that?
I could see him saying that about some of Paul's supporters when they make death threats against people in the media, etc, but not Dr. Paul.
Yeah, here's the video.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7358
Bear in mind - that's the old Glenn Beck. He's changed his tune now.
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
Glenn Beck has enormous power
as a media talking head. Yes, he's an idiot, a traitor, and a pro Establishment propagandist, but look at what he was able to do in bringing out the sheeple to the Tea Parties.
We should be very concerned about the direction the DHS reports, working synergistically with the propaganda spouted by Beck, are taking against us.
OneLive, I find your post and comments highly disingenuous and out of step with what I have known of most people in this movement. If I were going to invent a fictional character who works as a disinformation agent for the Establishment attempting to demoralize the movement from within, I'd create you.
Poppycock
He doesn't have power. He's only responding to, and capitalizing on, the market. The power is the market.
You think he could have got people out at Tea Parties a few years ago? Of course not, because there wasn't a market for them.
Glenn Beck is a judas goat
Glenn Beck is a judas goat conman honest john astroturfing teabagger. It's all a ruse to get people to fall back in line into the two party fraud.
But, it's important for you to trust him, else you would not fall for the bs fraud he will ultimately try to sell you.
let's put it this way...
you may not like the guy in the foxhole beside you, but you damn well want to be able to TRUST him.
Does thay syntax bring to bear some legitimacy as to the need for TRUST?
Assert Your Authority
Assert Your Authority
Let's See How He Does Today, With Dr. Paul
I would like to see Beck give the respect that Dr. Paul deserves.
This would be without mentioning conspiracy, extremists, truthers, etc...
Of course, one wonders what is so bad about the truth...
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Trust
Is a valued commodity. You should always try to determine who you can or cannot trust in life.
If you are not a trustworthy person, it diminishes the weight of your words and your influence.
If I don't trust some individual or entity, I try to steer clear of doing business with them, associating with them or supporting their actions.
Glenn Beck appears to be trying to earn folks' trust on various issues, so of course his level of trustworthiness should be judged.
If you don't care about trust, that is your own way.
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