Glenn Beck, dressed in a Boy Scout uniform, compares Paula Deen to MLK, Columbus and Magellan

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/beck-food-network-guilty-un-american-mccarth

June 25, 2013 11:30 AM
Beck: Food Network Firing Paula Deen is 'McCarthyism'
By David

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck is accusing the Food Network of McCarthyism after it fired celebrity cook Paula Deen over her admitted use of racial slurs.

Wearing what appeared to be a Boy Scout uniform on his Monday Internet broadcast, Beck said that Deen "doesn't sound racist."

"When you go down the road of suppression -- suppression, discouraging people from speaking their minds, striking terror in the heart and being a slave to political correctness by making them all go away, you're engaging in McCarthyism and we regress as a society and become less free," he explained. "How can people advance if we suppress any thought? How can we advance if we train people not to rock the boat?"

"Where would the world be if Columbus and Magellan and other world explorers believed conventional wisdom that the Earth was flat? Or they were told, 'That's it, you're not going anywhere, to jail with you'?" Beck asked. "Where would be be if Martin Luther King didn't speak and challenge segregation and racism?"

[geek tragedy]

1. He must be a performance artist spoofing the extra-chromosome right nt

[bunnies]

12. This has been my theory for a while.

After the first time I heard him openly mock a caller comparing him to George Washington. He & his minions went on to say how he was really more like Jesus, etc. All the while laughing at those who would make such comparisons. I think his whole act is a shtick... his audience is just too damn stupid to get it.

[arely staircase]

36. it has almost gotta be

nt

[pepperbear]

38. Oh for heaven's sake, Glenn. her 1st amendment rights have not been violated.

until the government comes after her for her racial slurs, she is free to be as racist as her career will allow...and the PRIVATE corporations with which she does business are free to terminate their relationship with her based on the terms of their contract.

Plus, there's also that whole 1st amendment freedom of association thingy that protects them as well.

but they'll keep harping about democracy even though these are private decisions being made by private individuals over their own business ventures.

kind of how free market capitalism works, right?

can't have it both ways.

[snooper2]

2. My thread is better

If you ignore it (the Speck that is Beck) long enough it will just go away

[Recursion]

3. Columbus and Magellan? But not Vespucci?

Methinks somebody has the fix in...

[livetohike]

4. Looks like a Brownshirt. They don't even hide it anymore n/t

[deutsey]

42. That's what thought, too.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Why am I reminded of a brown shirt?

[Demoiselle]

49. Because it IS a brown shirt. Actually and metaphorically. What a horrible little man!

[Democracyinkind]

6. Glenny...

"Where would the world be if Columbus and Magellan and other world explorers believed conventional wisdom that the Earth was flat? "

Probably at the same place it is today; as people generally didn't believe that the world was flat ever since the times of ancient greece.

Living in ahistorical fantasy-land, where Columbus looks like an Aryan overlord and has lots of eggs must be bliss.

Oh.. and Glenny... Racists NEVER sound racist too other Racists. That's a huge part of what perpetuates bigotry.

[Half-Century Man]

13. Uh...The flat Earth thing...

...a christians in europe thing. The same people who brought you the dark ages and burning Jews, Witches, and Werewolves at the stake.
The Romans, the Greeks (classic and Hellenistic periods), The Egyptians, the Hindu, the Chinese, the Aztecs, the Mayans, the Olmec, the Hopi, and I think the Rus, and the Gaelic knew the Earth was round.

the Fundies have been holden people back for a looonnngggg time.



Sorry Democracyinkind, not responding to you, just got a case of fatfinger.

[Buzz Clik]

7. Who exactly does Beck appeal to? He's such a clown.

[onehandle]

8. Looooooooooooooooooon. nt

[Wounded Bear]

9. It's kind of funny, really....

Not funny "ha-ha" , but funny strange .....

But it seems every time I get accused of being excessively 'politically correct,' I thought I was just being polite and respectful of others.

There I go thinking again.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. Glenn Beck is a professional shit-stirrer and nothing more. He makes outlandish claims and

pronouncements to promote himself and gain attention. He reminds me of Ann Coulter.

[Jamaal510]

45. Hmm...the male version of Ann Coulter, perhaps?

[sibelian]

11. Amerigo... can I ask you a favour which you are at liberty to completely ignore?

I don't want to come across as a party pooper but I don't think posting things that Glenn Beck says is something that DU needs. It's your choice, of course, and I AM being a board nanny, I'm not going to deny that, but all that happens on threads like this is that a whole bunch of people get really pissed off with a fat silly white man that has nothing substantive to say. All it does is depress and anger everyone.

Deen's being dealt with and rightfully so. WE WON.

I'd vastly prefer to hear LEFT WING opinions of DEEN than right wing opinions of left wing opinions of Deen. Why should Beck's nonsense get any air time here?

It isn't my place to tell you what to post, if you prefer to link to the voice of Beck + co, it's as much your board as anyone's. I just thought I put it out there to see what you think.

Hope you understand where I'm coming from.

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[JHB]

17. There is some utility in knowing the "arguments"...

Personally, I don't pay any attention to Beck, but I have some relatives who are fanboys of him, and I don't mind the occasional heads-up of what I'm going to end up parrying at family get-togethers.

[sibelian]

18. The inverted commas are appropriate and the absence of anything meaningful enough to

actually refute is kind of what I'm talking about. Still, I hadn't considered the possibility you raise. Thank you.

[siligut]

14. A mix of ideas that don't connect

Beck is basically defending racism. Beck is most probably a racist himself, given his faith.

Deen wasn't rocking the boat, she was using a word she had used all of her life without ever choosing to acknowledge that it was insensitive.

[backscatter712]

15. The Columbus comparison fits.

Christopher Columbus was a racist son-of-a-bitch that murdered and enslaved countless indigenous Americans.

[SwissTony]

16. "Where would be be if Martin Luther King didn't speak and challenge segregation and racism?"

And he's likening Paula Deen to MLK???? He doesn't get how stupid this is?

And the Boy Scout uniform is a bit worrying...

[d_r]

19. that's not a bsa uniform

that is not a boy scout uniform. it might be an "imitation" one or the look he is going for, but that is not a bsa uniform. In the bsa uniform, the council patch goes on the left shoulder with the troop number in red squares below, the american flag on the right, a round blue world scouting patch above the left pocket, the words boy scouts of america in red above the left. There would not be the weird colors on the collar or the left epaulette. For boy scouts, there would be a single red band on both epaulettes, for cubs a single blue band on each. And that ties not right. I don't know if he is trying to look like bsa or just generic brownshirt paramilitary. There are many pictures on the web of bsa uniforms.



eta also, I can tell by looking at the video, that the shirt itself isn't a bsa shirt that has been added to with his own decorations, the epaulettes and pockets aren't made the same.

[AsahinaKimi]

20. Brown shirt

fits Beck so well, doesn't it?

[d_r]

22. yes

not ever trying to hide it.

I'm starting to agree with the folks who think he is a performance artist.

[pinboy3niner]

47. It looks like the official Boy Scout uniform of...

...SunMyungBeckistan.

Wait 'til you see their official salute...

[d_r]

48. yep that is it

I started wondering if his latest money-making attention-getting scheme is to come up with his own "scouting" organization in protest of the bsa allowing boys who are gay.

[JHB]

21. Not renewing a contract is McCarthyism? Spoiling a brand is McCarthyism?

I guess Beck is arguing against the free market?

Deen's public persona on the Food Network was all "Southern charm and hospitality", all smiles and accent and down-home cooking. Now that a lawsuit has brought to light casual racism and boorish boss-behavior by her and her brother at their restaurants, it sours Deen's persona considerably. FN didn't want to deal with that baggage (certainly their sponsors didn't), so they decided to not renew her contract which expires at the end of the month.

Maybe Glenn's projecting a bit about someone leaving a network when their contract was unlikely to be renewed.

[Petrushka]

39. Interesting depostions in that lawsuit --->

http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-06-22/paula-deen-and-n-word

[Petrushka]

43. Contents of the lawsuit --->

http://www.atlawblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Jackson-v.-Deen-et-al.-Complaint.pdf

[Initech]

23. Glenn Beck is, um, batshit fucking crazy.

[Romulus Quirinus]

25. You think so?

I always pegged him as the sort who is good at manipulating his target audience, but who may have no actual ideals. Does a grown man actually do things like this seriously? The crying, the blackboards, wearing a boy scout uniform?

I think he's just riding the crazy train to the bank. That, however, means he's probably a worse person that he would be if here were a True Believer.

[Initech]

31. Sometimes I wonder how much these pundits actually believe the shit they spew.

Rush Limbaugh - yeah he most likely does since he gets paid as lavishly as Jabba The Hutt did. But some of these others though I really do wonder if they actually believe this crap or they do it because they get paid.

[Romulus Quirinus]

32. Ever see that episode of The Boondocks that included Ann Coulter? lel. nt

[Initech]

34. No I didn't see that one.

[Romulus Quirinus]

35. warning for those in the office: mild cursing

[Democracyinkind]

53. SEASON 4 announced!

Bet animated series EVER! I thought Seth McFarlane was edgy and clever... Then I saw the Boondocks.. Simply unparalleled.

Totally off topic but I never miss an opportunity to express my joy at hearing a new season is coming.

[Romulus Quirinus]

55. +1 nt

[Just Saying]

51. + infinity

Wow.

[Eric J in MN]

24. Columbus and MLK stood by their positions.

Paula Deen denies using the n-word within the past 30 years.

She isn't standing up for a racist position (not that I'd be impressed if she did).

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Either he's barking mad or doing some kind of performance art.

Or maybe both.

[Ganja Ninja]

27. That is the creepiest scout master I have ever seen.

[AndyA]

28. I'll bet he had on his best Superman panties under his scout uniform

Glenn Beck is the poster child for ape shit crazy. He really does need mental health care.

[think]

29. ...

[Dash87]

30. This guy is a GENIUS

This is some seriously brilliant performance art. To stay in character this long is just stunning. Some Neil Hamburger quality acting here.

[DainBramaged]

33. Why, because she uses butter?

[arely staircase]

37. your headline is the most absurd combination of words EVER

then it turns out to literally be true.

[KamaAina]

40. A Boy Scout uniform?

Apparently he hasn't gotten the word that the Boy Scouts are evil commies because they now allow gay Scouts.

[Rex]

41. Look at him, he is certifiably crazy.

Nothing more dangerous than a rich and crazy fool...just look at Rupert Murdoch.

[Quantess]

44. Glenn Beck never fails to disappoint!

Thanks for posting. This looks entertaining.

[HiPointDem]

46. doesn't look like a scout uniform to me, looks like some kind of military get-up.

[malaise]

50. Glen Beck is a fugging lunatic

just saying!

[MineralMan]

52. Now hear this: Glenn Beck is an obscenity.

That is all.

[Scootaloo]

54. What a strange creature he is!

I wish someone would put the rock back, the poor thing is looking a little sunburned.