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  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 7 months ago
    Why does it seem all conservatives are controversial? Not sure why it even needed mentioning. I have a lot of respect for Glenn Beck. Always stretching himself and trying new things.
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    • Posted by Fountainhead24 10 years, 7 months ago
      He says a lot of things that make people think.
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      • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 10 years, 7 months ago
        He does not. He sells words to people who already agree with them. Has Glenn Beck ever said anything that you disagreed with and then later discovered was true?
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        • Posted by LetsShrug 10 years, 7 months ago
          Well, I disagree with some of the things he was saying about Bundy and the ranchers who were there to support him. (like they shouldn't have been armed... dumb thing to say.) I think he thinks we can all just pray and things will get better. I disagree with both of those. I'll let you know if either turns out to be right.
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        • Posted by airfredd22 10 years, 7 months ago
          Re: Mike Marotta,

          To answer your question, yes he has. I'm puzzled about your belief that Glenn Beck only says things with which his listeners agree. Perhaps he has so many listeners because he agrees with them. He has an audience because he touches on many things that we don't have the opportunity to voice on our own. For some of us perhaps we have much to risk and he's willing to take that risk. That's the reason that so many of us admire him. He has made many mistakes in his life but he's learned from those mistakes and will not repeat them as most people do every day.

          Fred Speckmann
          commonsenseforamericans@yahoo.com
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        • Posted by Fountainhead24 10 years, 7 months ago
          No. He offers a dangerous ideologue that everyone should be aware of.

          My post should have read "He says a lot of things that SHOULD make everyone think."

          Remember, "keep your friends close but your enemies closer."

          What do you think?
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  • Posted by terrycan 10 years, 7 months ago
    This is a wonderful venture. Popular culture and conservative/objectivism can and should be part of main stream entertainment culture.
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    • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 10 years, 7 months ago
      Conservatism and Objectivism are incompatible. I refer you to the writings of Ayn Rand on that point.
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      • Posted by Lana 10 years, 7 months ago
        MikeMarotta I agree with you.
        Objectivism:
        Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man’s feelings, wishes, hopes or fears.

        Reason (the faculty which identifies and integrates the material provided by man’s senses) is man’s only means of perceiving reality, his only source of knowledge, his only guide to action, and his basic means of survival.

        Man—every man—is an end in himself, not the means to the ends of others. He must exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself. The pursuit of his own rational self-interest and of his own happiness is the highest moral purpose of his life.

        Conservatism:
        Holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.
        Nothing can be worse for the conservative than rational thought, because people who think rationally might decide to try replacing inherited institutions with new ones, something that a conservative regards as undesirable. This is where the word "conservative" comes from: the supposed importance of conserving established institutions.
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  • Posted by $ Tap2Golf 10 years, 7 months ago
    Ditto the comments. Glenn's comments are always straight forward and honest. He has a gift. . He can make one 's jaw drop. Miss his tv show. Would enjoy hearing his dialogue on all the current events.
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  • Posted by RonC 10 years, 7 months ago
    I think it is not controversial to be conservative. When in the course of human events our conservatism exposes the fallacy and wistfulness of the progressives they must make every effort to trivialize the conservative spokesman. If he points out our God given rights, remind the people he's a conspiracy theorist. If he points out the feds have got too far with an armed invasion of Nevada, remind the masses Beck is Morman, and "you know what that means". If Mr. Beck, and the cast of others didn't challenge people to think, learn, and remember they would be of no concern to the progressives.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 7 months ago
    GB might just have sufficient capital and clout to get some significant libertarian messages produced and shown widely. Great to see this development!
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  • Posted by livefree-NH 10 years, 7 months ago
    Yes indeed, congrats to Mr. Beck. He helps (passively) expose those with a double standard regarding watching TV... those who deride others for watching "Beck" or "FOX" yet they themselves won't take any criticism for what they prefer to watch (porn, beheadings, Jackass, kitty lulz).

    Personally, I don't think I agree with everything Glenn says on TV, nor does he expect me to. But my guideline is more like "would you want that guy as your next-door neighbor?" In Glenn's case, I would say 'yes', but for those who criticize, slander, and attack Beck, I would say "not so much". (I'm stealing heavily from the parable about the "Good Samaritan" in my own opinion.)
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  • Posted by brs02 10 years, 7 months ago
    It is good to see conservative in rounds into the medial industry. As long as the media industry is left to the statists the narrative will remain deeply slanted.
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