What's going on with Wes Clark Jr.?

[liberalnarb]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WesClarkjr
He seems to have had some kind of wacky religious experience. He's going on a tirade against Cenk Uygur/TYT?

[yodermon]

1. Is that really him? No blue checkmark. N/t

[Baconator]

59. Who cares what Wesley Clark's kid thinks?

Is he famous?

[BootinUp]

2. Cent is whack. He's on the right track. Nt

[liberalnarb]

4. What about the fact that he claims God has been speaking to him since 7/17?

That's kinda whackey

[BootinUp]

5. U feel the need to judge folks

On their faith?

[Adrahil]

33. I generally try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but...

Yeah, I personally DO judge some people on their "faith."

Some "faiths" are bat-shit crazy.

Anyone who thinks a god is actually talking to him or her is nuts.

[BootinUp]

64. Suggestion 4 u

Focus on politics over criticizing religious beliefs. In this case you are criticizing a liberal who is free to choose his religious beliefs as r u.

[Adrahil]

68. Generally I try too...

But magical thinking can lead to all kinds of bad reasoning.

[BootinUp]

69. Maybe u should look for another

political party that campaigns against major religions.

[snooper2]

41. Jesus told me back in March it was perfectly fine and in line with his writings

You gonna take it up with the big man now?



LOL

[JI7]

8. not as whackey as Cenk Denying the Armenian Genocide

[uponit7771]

13. +1

[liberalnarb]

35. I don't know anything about that, honestly.

[NobodyHere]

48. Well to be fair

Cenk has evolved to a "will neither confirm nor deny" stance on the Armenian Genocide

[rockfordfile]

17. Yeah he sounds like a crazy right-wing conservative christan

I didn't think he was religious.

[NightWatcher]

3. His feed reads like a cultist who's trapped in the compound.

I hate religion. Sorry/not sorry if that offends. Better yet, forgive me.

[madokie]

20. Personally I think that the world would be a better place

for all inhabitants if there were NO Religions

Most all wars are religious in nature

[JI7]

6. what's so unusual about a liberal like Clark going after a right winger like Cenk ?

[JDC]

57. Wes Clark Jr has been a regular in TYT almost since the beginning

[JI7]

7. based on Clark Jr's postings his view of God is one that is about love and peace

he is going after those who use God to defend their hateful fucked up bigoted views.

[Foamfollower]

9. Cenk Uygar is an extremist who deserves nothing more than complete scorn

He is an asshat whose opinion should never be considered by thinking Americans.

[rockfordfile]

16. That's not true

[Foamfollower]

19. It's VERY true.

[elleng]

51. Not true at all.

Try following something other than foam.

[Foamfollower]

70. Extremely true

Uygar harms everything about the left on a daily basis. Jettison his stupid ass. He's poison.

[Tarheel_Dem]

56. Thank You.

[womanofthehills]

65. Actually, I like Cenk - been listening to him since his Air America days

Name calling is not attractive.

[Quixote1818]

10. I wonder if he got on some bad drugs? Those tweets are not normal.

Hopefully he will snap out of it.

[pnwmom]

11. This long Facebook post seems to have many people very concerned about his mental health.

https://www.facebook.com/WesClarkJr/posts/10154782845553715

[Quixote1818]

12. Interesting. Did he ever see the heat of battle? I wonder if he has PTSD? nt

[Ezior]

18. He says he has PTSD (nt)

[tblue37]

26. I believe that is the general's son, not the general himself. Both are named

Wes Clark, Jr., but it is his son who was on TYT, and who was at Standing Rock.

[pnwmom]

27. Yes, it's the son.

[tblue37]

29. Most on this thread seem to think it is the general. nt

[elleng]

52. Oh NO!

Don't think I want to read to find out whether they might think such.

[BannonsLiver]

14. I'm not seeing the problem with Clark going after Ctenk.

[pnwmom]

15. I don't like Cenk either, but Clark seems to have a bigger problem. n/t

[Ilsa]

21. I've been following some of this.

I started following Wes Jr on Facebook back during Standing Rock.

I won't debate his religious beliefs or awakening or whatever. I am concerned about some statements he's made that sound very paranoid, like he might be having a mental break. The comment about having helicopters over his home spying on him or trying to intimidate him. It may be PTSD brought on by lack of sleep, other changes, etc. Then again, maybe it happened to discredit him.

On Cenk, etc: I'm trying to stay neutral. I don't watch or listen to TYT.

I hope a family member can talk him into getting help sorting through this.

[Ilsa]

22. One issue I agree with Wes on:

We don't need a Constitutional Convention to undo Citizens United. We need a Constitutional Amendment. A Convention opens up the potential for the Koch roach brothers to destroy our rights. Cenk and his Wolf PAC want a convention.

Wes took his opposition to this too far, I think, accusing Cenk of being an Erdogan plant or something.

[brooklynite]

23. Why is Wes Clark Jt. someone worth paying attention to?

[obamanut2012]

24. If he is going against that genocide denying misogynist wingnut Cenk, good!

Do not get the love for TYT among progressives. They are odious.

[MrsCoffee]

30. I agree.

Also, wasn't he a Ronald Reagan supporter who is now on Russia's payroll? He has never seemed like a progressive kind of guy to me, yet thinks he can take over the Democratic Party. Thanks, but no thanks.

[liberalnarb]

39. I don't think so.

[MrsCoffee]

44. You don't think what?

He is definitely an ex-Republican who loved him some Ronald Reagan and is now on Russia's payroll (Russia Today is propaganda for Putin). And he teamed up with Bernie Sanders to "take over the Democratic Party".

Just curious what you disagree with in my post.

[liberalnarb]

50. The only time I ever heard Cenk talk about Ronnie raygun

Was on MSNBC, and he was making fun of republicans who compete during their debates over who worships Reagan more. When did he say he liked reagan?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

55. Their network has Jack shit to do with RT. They are their own entity. If he was

on Putin's payroll he's doing a lousy job then. Since every major story of the Orange Sphincter's ties to Russia that I've seen here has been covered by them. Now, he does employ some people who seem in denial about the Russian collusion. Their hatred of Hilary Clinton has reached cartoonish proportions. But to each his own and I've even heard him call them out on air.

[obamanut2012]

46. Yup, Cenk is payrolled by Russian propo

[liberalnarb]

49. I know he's appeared on RT,

He isn't a regular or a host.

[obamanut2012]

45. Yeah to the Russian payroll part for sure

And, he has a rogue's gallery of racists and sexists on his payroll.

[MrsCoffee]

47. He had a very blatantly sexist show on a couple years ago and I couldn't stand him after that.

He is a P I G pig.

[liberalnarb]

53. Cenk was a right winger in his early years, he's come around on most if not all issues.

Are you basing these accusations on recent statements?

[Ilsa]

63. Cenk is wanting a constitutional convention, which

isn't necessary to get rid of Citizens United. A CC may backfire if rightwingers take control and roll back our rights.

[madokie]

25. I never was a wes clark supporter

if by chance he'd have got the nomination way back then I'd have supported him 100%. I'm a yellow dog democratic party member after all.

[tblue37]

28. Again, I am pretty sure this is the general's son (who has the same name). nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. It is the son n/t

[elleng]

54. This is not about General Wesley Clark,

this concerns his son Wes Clark JR.

[Raine1967]

32. That is not General Clark. This is:

https://mobile.twitter.com/GeneralClark

[liberalnarb]

34. No it's his son.

[BainsBane]

36. The Young Turks are scum

Their goal is to keep Trump in power. Why shouldn't Clark be pissed off at them?

[liberalnarb]

37. It's deeper than that. He's seems to believe there's some Turkish Gov conspiracy to "silence" him.

I've recently learned he suffers from PTSD which could very well be connected.

[BainsBane]

38. Do you know what caused his PTSD?

Did he serve in the military?

[liberalnarb]

40. I'm not sure. It's hard to tell there so much info flying around surrounding this.

[Ilsa]

62. Yes, he served in active war zones, I believe. nt

[KeepItReal]

58. They keep Trump in power by criticizing him each and every day?

Eom

[BainsBane]

60. How about spending a million dollars

on diverting votes from Democrats?

Why do you suppose they targeted Maxine Waters? She's been the most outspoken critic of Trump, and they had to try to take her down.

Didn't the Kremlin operation in 2016 teach you anything?

[KeepItReal]

61. Can you link to this targeting of Rep. Waters? I only see a GOP challenger.

Eom

[womanofthehills]

66. The young Turks are progressive dems who are working to get non politicians to run for office

[geek tragedy]

42. I didn't know there was such a person nt

[dawg]

43. Wes sounds a little unhinged.

That doesn't necessarily mean that he's delusional, but something has definitely shaken his cage.

I hope he feels better soon.

As for Cenk - that guy's an asshole. Even in his agitated state, Wes might have a point or two.

[Blue_true]

67. I don't know.

I am a Deist. I don't think we got here by accident of nature. I don't follow the bible, but don't insist there wasn't a person named Jesus who was some type of divinity.

On Clark, I saw a lot of references to nature. I believe that we are part of the natural world and need to do what we can to protect it.