Glenn Beck and MLK

[The Hitman]

Is anyone else seeing this on Colbert right now?

I can't believe he is going to try to usurp the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement by bringing his racist/hateful 3 ring circus to the Lincoln Memorial.

[The Hitman]

1. Link:

http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1580

[elias49]

2. I just watched it. Outrageous and/or ridiculous.

The man is a buffoon and that was made perfectly clear by Colbert. As a big bonus, Colbert had Father Guido Sarducci on for an interview. Priceless!

[The Hitman]

3. Yesss

It was great. But now I go to bed outraged. I'll be one of the white folks there preserving the legacy of the movement that was NOT for white folks like Glenn Beck.

[caledesi]

4. Beck is crazy! See what Mormons *believe* nt

[Scuba]

5. The wife and I are going to DC to counter Beck. See you there in August.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Good for you! More info on counter-demo to Beck:

Black Leaders Announce Move Against Conservative Attempt to Distort King Dream
Monday, 21 June 2010 09:08 . By Pharoh Martin, NNPA National Correspondent

NEW YORK (NNPA) - Black Civil Rights leaders are furious that they will not be able to organize a march to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the historic March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King's famed “I Have A Dream” speech at the location where it happened this year because infamous right wing Fox News personality and radio host Glenn Beck already booked the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28th to hold his own rally.

“We're going to get together because we are not going to let Glenn Beck own the symbolism of Aug. 28th, 2010,” National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial said during a National Newspaper Publishers Association breakfast at NNPA’s 70th Anniversary Celebration at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers on Friday. “Someone said to me, ‘Maybe we shouldn't challenge him. Maybe we should just let him have it. “I was like,’ Brother, where have you been? Where is your courage? Where is your sense of outrage?” We need to collaborate and bring together all people of good will, not just Black people, on Aug. 28 to send a message that Glenn Beck's vision of America is not our vision of America.
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The Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, who also spoke at the NNPA Conference, said Beck will distort King’s Legacy and his message.

“On the anniversary of the March on Washington, Glenn Beck is going to talk about the dream of Martin Luther King and how he was with them – not us. So, we’ve been traveling all over this country because there is no way in the world that I am going to allow him to have more people there than us. I hope every Black person in the country will help us to challenge this.

http://www.blackvoicenews.com/news/news-wire/44595--black-leaders-announce-move-against-conservative-attempt-to-distort-king-dream.html

[miscsoc]

6. Beck's hijacking of MLK makes me angrier than any of his other bullshit

The man was a socialist for crying out loud. He was the greatest socialist of the 20th century. It's such an utter travesty of history.

Even someone as stupid as Beck must actually be aware of this. I get the sense that he gets some gratification out of distorting King's legacy, that he's basically dancing on King's grave.

[Ganja Ninja]

7. Beck's a self important egotistical asshole.

I love Colbert's comment, "Glenn could speed up his stories a little."

[malaise]

9. Colbert hit that one out of the park past night

We were screaming with laughter

[The Hitman]

10. Here's the vid

It's a 2-part clip. This one is the first:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/313496/june-23-2010/yahweh-or-no-way---the-blues-brothers---glenn-beck

[malaise]

11. Better link

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/313497/june-23-2010/prophet-glenn-beck---father-guido-sarducci