Glenn Beck is a twat.

[Fuuma]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

How, exactly, did I prove you wrong? I spouted the party line, i.e. he's a douche. He's a douche, however, he doesn't piss me off any more that Jon Stewart, the various idiots on MSNBC, etc. Sorry I can't get worked up about all the idiots.

However, the people that focus on Beck and get pissed off by him, also tend to be people I enjoy pissing off. Most people just dismiss him as an idiot; those he pisses off are part of a sub-set of people I tend to like to piss off.

So, put your manufactured outrage away, I'm with you on this. He's a douche. Doesn't mean it's not different douches he pisses off, IMO.

My point was pretty much that:

1) Everyone here thinks Beck is trash
2) Bringing him into discussion so often in SF is merely a smokescreen to paint our resident rightwingers as idiots by association even though they also think he's a douche.
3) Then you went and basically showed appreciation for him via the common dissociative strategy of guilty pleasure (presented differently but same thought pattern).

Can we just agree he's trash, agree with people that are pissed off at him being an insulting asshole with the ideas of a mongrel and discuss something else?

 

[quevola]

Twat is a little strong - I think he is more of a ****.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by Fuuma

My point was pretty much that:

1) Everyone here thinks Beck is trash
2) Bringing him into discussion so often in SF is merely a smokescreen to paint our resident rightwingers as idiots by association even though they also think he's a douche.
3) Then you went and basically showed appreciation for him via the common dissociative strategy of guilty pleasure (presented differently but same thought pattern).

Can we just agree he's trash, agree with people that are pissed off at him being an insulting asshole with the ideas of a mongrel and discuss something else?

I'm ready to never talk about Beck again. Somehow, the people I tend to enjoy tweaking? Don't think they'll never mention the douche again.

 

[milosz]

I don't care about the usual reasons for hating him, but live ridicule of a woman who just miscarried is beyond-the-pale fucked up.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by milosz

I don't care about the usual reasons for hating him, but live ridicule of a woman who just miscarried is beyond-the-pale fucked up.

If true, agreed. I don't think families are ever fair game. Not everyone shares that opinion with me, but no matter who you are, that's my belief.

 

[chorse123]

I was just outside, and the sky was blue. Blue!

 

[lefty]

Y'know, the country was a lot better when you could just up and coldcock a guy for acting like a sonofabitch.

Much better.

lefty

 

[Helix]

Originally Posted by javyn

Stewart is on Comedy Central, Beck is on Fox News. See if you can tell a difference.

One is on 24/ 7?

Originally Posted by chorse123

I was just outside, and the sky was blue. Blue!

They sky has a well known liberal bias.

 

[videogeek]

Originally Posted by javyn

Stewart is on Comedy Central, Beck is on Fox News. See if you can tell a difference.

To be fair, neither have any journalists on staff.

 

[javyn]

Originally Posted by videogeek

To be fair, neither have any journalists on staff.

Yeah that's what I was pointing out. And at least Comedy Central doesn't try to come off as a news channel.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by javyn

Yeah that's what I was pointing out. And at least Comedy Central doesn't try to come off as a news channel.

Which is even sadder, as apparently, material segments of the US population think it does deliver real news.