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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: StarSlayer on December 31, 2009, 03:47:04 pm
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So I walked into the bookstore today, and something in the new releases caught my attention.
(http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2009/08/19/beck/41283635.JPG)
Now my first thought upon seeing this cover was that somebody wrote a book taking a big pot shot at Glenn Beck and dreamed up a flagrant book cover. Then upon further review I came to the realization this was in fact Glenn Beck's book and he was a Death's Head pin away from dressing up like a half assed Waffen SS. Now I suppose he might have been shooting for something overly clever, but really that isn't the kind of imagery you should be inkvoking if you want me to take you seriously.
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It's funny,
when I think of small minds I usually think of Glenn Beck.
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So is he arguing with himself then?
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i'd laugh at glenn beck except that he actually holds sway in our political system.
that **** aint funny
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Ifunnno who hf is.
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Ifunnno who hf is.
Has it begun?
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Ifunnno who hf is.
Just a fear mongering, ultra conservative @55hole Fox news likes to parade around. The Daily Show pokes fun at him on nearly a constant basis.
Edit: Why is it that every time I post the thread seems to die immediately after.
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So, who can do the best impersonation of that face? ;)
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Arguing with idiots? Well, this should be a good primer for how to argue with him.
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oh ho ho ho. it's funny because he is claiming to not be an idiot, and also claiming to not be small minded, and i'm sure the people who read the book will think so too.
then someone will try to argue with them using facts, and hopefully they'll go back to feeling dumb.
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If you think liberals groan every time they see Glen Beck, I can only imagine it's doubly worse for any intelligent conservative (yes they exist.)
Maybe Glen Beck is an idiot, maybe he isn't. The strategy behind his show though is the same as the "Bring out the base" concept that elected Bush and it's no fool of one either. If through emotional appeal, you can play to people's fears of God and Communism, they become immune to any logical argument against you. Glen Beck is not out to convince people. He exists to get the people who agree with him riled-up, active, and staunchly opposed persuasion. This strategy is fueled by things that grab attention, thus stunts like this book cover.
If there's someone to be furious at, it's Rupert Murdoch. Glen Beck is nothing but the forked propaganda tongue of that poisonous old snake. Without Glen Beck, the Daily Show would lose it's main source of humor. Without Rupert Murdoch (and men like him), the world would be a far better place.
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I'm just curious how far he could walk down a street in that gettup before some old grandpas who served in the European Theater started beating the stupid out of him with their canes.
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It depends, is he already crying by the time they come up to him?
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If you think liberals groan every time they see Glen Beck, I can only imagine it's doubly worse for any intelligent conservative (yes they exist.)
For a conservative that think's Obama's doing a decent job, I groan when I hear Beck's name.
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For a conservative who doesn't give a rat's ass about what happens in D.C., I groan when I hear Beck's name.
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so you guys are the smart ones, and yet we still have arguments about evolution and women's rights? wow.
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When did we have an argument on women's rights?
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He's thinking about Lib and High Max on that one.
And Trashman
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Being a conservative doesn't mean you're a young earth creationist woman hater (although 90% of them are)...
...just throwin' that out there...
Thread derail imminent.
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He's thinking about Lib and High Max on that one.
And Trashman
None of whom have actually posted yet. :D
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Being a conservative doesn't mean you're a young earth creationist woman hater (although 90% of them are)...
...just throwin' that out there...
Thread derail imminent.
Being conservative shouldn't mean too much period. When people identify themselves with a certain group, they're inevitably assumed to be like the stereotypical member of that group to those unknowing. And generally stereotypes aren't constructed of the inconspicuous "level-headed" people.
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He's thinking about Lib and High Max on that one.
And Trashman
None of whom have actually posted yet. :D
Aren't they all currently banned from GenDisc anyway?
And yeah, what thesizzler said is unfortunately correct.
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Being a conservative doesn't mean you're a young earth creationist woman hater (although 90% of them are)...
...just throwin' that out there...
Thread derail imminent.
Being conservative shouldn't mean too much period. When people identify themselves with a certain group, they're inevitably assumed to be like the stereotypical member of that group to those unknowing. And generally stereotypes aren't constructed of the inconspicuous "level-headed" people.
Honestly, that's true. I try not to identify myself as a conservative unless I really am forced to "pick a side".
There's just so much leeway nowdays it's hard to define people into groups.
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EDIT: Douchey, retracted.
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Look, let's not go bashing them, they can't post in their own defense. It's just bad form.
Live and let live, I says.
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Honestly, that's true. I try not to identify myself as a conservative unless I really am forced to "pick a side".
There's just so much leeway nowdays it's hard to define people into groups.
Dang straight. People ask me what my political viewpoints are like I can tell them in a few seconds. Personally, I'd sooner tell people that I'm uninterested in politics than bind myself to any pre-existing dynamic. Still, "Heck if I know" doesn't always cut it, and people always tend to lose interest after I tell them it depends on what perspective I'm using to look at things...
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Look, let's not go bashing them, they can't post in their own defense. It's just bad form.
Live and let live, I says.
Fair enough, retracted.
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Sometimes when people ask me what my political views are, I just answer: Right.
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Does disgust count as a political view?
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Aren't they all currently banned from GenDisc anyway?
funny how that works out.
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I'm just curious how far he could walk down a street in that gettup before some old grandpas who served in the European Theater started beating the stupid out of him with their canes.
tbh that's not a German uniform, the collar's all wrong. It looks Soviet.
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Does disgust count as a political view?
It damn well better...
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I'm just curious how far he could walk down a street in that gettup before some old grandpas who served in the European Theater started beating the stupid out of him with their canes.
tbh that's not a German uniform, the collar's all wrong. It looks Soviet.
Hence the backwards R.
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OH NOOOOOOO COMMIEEEEEES
I watched an episode of Glenn Beck the other night. Because I watch Fox News when it looks interesting. Curiosity. Whatnot.
Anyway, it was an hour of picking apart comments by random political figures and ranting about "ARE YOU LIKE MARX OR MADISON? MARX OR MADISON? MARX OR MADISON?" And he just said it over and over again, and I realized that conservatives really don't have thoughts. They're all well-disguised parrots.
I'd never seen an actual episode of Glenn Beck before (just clips from other sources). I guess I just always assumed that he couldn't possibly be as crazy (stupid) as he looks when other people show clips of his show.
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http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-5-2009/the-11-3-project
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I'm just curious how far he could walk down a street in that gettup before some old grandpas who served in the European Theater started beating the stupid out of him with their canes.
tbh that's not a German uniform, the collar's all wrong. It looks Soviet.
Too bad, SS uniforms looked better anyway. Soviet fashion was an oxymoron.
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Eh, Feldgrau over black or brown.