Beck: The Census Is The Government’s Attempt To ‘Increase Slavery’

[democracy1st]

Run time: 01:58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkfN5A_ychM   Posted on YouTube: March 09, 2010 By YouTube Member: ThinkProgress2 Views on YouTube: 1   Posted on DU: March 10, 2010 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 1073

 
The Census is a popular topic of right-wing conspiracy theories and Fox News host Glenn Beck spent a good portion of radio show today fear-mongering about it. Going through the form, he determined that the government doesn’t have the right to ask any of the questions — except for the first one asking how many people live in your home.

He took particular issue with a question asking for the respondent’s race. But after Beck’s co-host pointed out that the question has been part of the Census since the Founding Fathers’ time, Beck twisted the three-fifths law to claim that the Census is now breeding slavery:

BECK: Why were they asking the race question, you said when, in 1790? … Right, they want to know, do you count as three-fifths? Do you count at all? So, you have to know how many slaves did you have? People find that offensive today because the idea was, if we’re going to count, we want to know how many are here for services etc. etc. and slaves would get less. Well that’s not right. One. One. ‘I’m not three-fifths, I’m one. Whites are not worth than me.’ Now reverse it, why are they asking this question today?

CO-HOST: Because minorities are worth more than whites.

BECK: Exactly right. So you will get more dollars if you are a minority. So you are worth more as a monitory. Well there is no difference. The reason you don’t answer the race question is because one, everyone counts as one. All men are created equal. If you were offended back in 1790 about slavery and that everyone should count the same, do not answer the race question. How dare you. How dare you. At least in 1790, they were doing it to slow the South down on slavery. To try to stop it as much as they can. Today they are asking the race question to try to increase slavery. Your dependence on the master in Washington. No way, don’t answer that question.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/09/beck-census-slavery/

[Renew Deal]

1. So a number of extremist white people won't answer that question

While everyone else does. News in a year or two is how the majority is becoming the minority faster than every, and that will drive these people even more crazy.

[Tx4obama]

2. Just when ya think Beck can't get any nuttier! n/t

[mrcheerful]

3. Oh he can and will out do himself time after time

Remember practice makes way for improvement.......... you can always out best your best, or in Beck's case nuttiness. Remember Beck practices nuttiness daily.

[spicegal]

4. Glenn Beck is bat shit crazy. He's a college drop out and ex drug addict AND alcoholic,

but this is the guy right wingers listen to.

[ScottLand]

5. All men are created equal? I gotta write that down.

Maybe we should put that in some of our historic documents right under the definition of "marriage".

[The Genealogist]

6. And then when people do not do the census correctly because of Blech...

the government could well end up spending serious cash by sending out census enumerators to collect information correctly. This man will do anything, ANYTHING to destroy rule of law. I just cannot imagine what kind of horrid mess the USA of his dreams would look like. It is such a mess now, and he wants to drive it fast and cruelly into chaos and ruin. Foul...utterly foul.