Glenn Beck
I guess when you are a supporter of fascists you are to the right of some of the most hardline and dogmatic Conservatives. It looks like Glenn Beck is going to be getting some grief from the extreme Right-wingers of the Horowitz-Geller-Spencer axis if he doesn’t take back his statement that Geert Wilders is a fascist. Sit back and enjoy!
From the Atlantic Wire:
Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician and outspoken critic of Islam, sparked outrage across Europe last week when he showed his anti-Islamic film in the UK’s House of Lords. Though the backlash against Wilders from America media has also been harsh, some of it has come from the unlikeliest of sources: Fox News. The conservative network ran a special report from Bret Bauer on Wilders, and Glenn Beck indirectly lumped him in with French politician Jean Marie Le Pen as members of a rising fascist movement in Europe (starting at the 13:00 mark).
Beck’s comments were relatively benign–at least for him. But that didn’t appease hardline conservatives, who slammed Beck and Fox in general for denigrating Wilders. The backlash has taken on several forms, but the one consistent theme on the right is anger.
- What’s Up, Glenn? “What is he doing?” asks a befuddled Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs. “Was Beck saying that the UK was right to ban Wilders in the interest of ‘community harmony?’ And the fact that he was allowed to enter the UK last week was a dire sign?” After extolling Wilders’ virutes, Geller warns Beck to think twice in the future. “Is this going to be be Beck’s narrative? If so, he is wrong. And he ought to be silent until he learns everything.”
- Next Time, Know Your Stuff At Power Line, Paul concludes Beck was simply uninformed. “It was apparent to me that Beck was out of his depth with Wilders. [...] I’ve said before that the European ‘right’ is a complex phenomenon that does contain fascist elements. It takes a little bit of work to identify those elements.”
- Denigrating a ‘Hero’ “Shame on you, Glenn,” chastises The RightScoop’s Cubachi, who proceeds to heap praise on Wilders.
Geert Wilders. A hero, a man who is risking life and limb to rescue the Netherlands and Europe from radical Islamization and communism taking grip of his country and continent. Everyday he has to wear a safety vest and hide his family and give them 24-hour security because he is willing to say the unpopular thing to protect and defend his nation.
- No More Beck for Me Vowing never to trust Beck again, iOwnTheWorld’s BigFurHat embarks on a screed-worthy tirade to set the Fox News host straight. “Glenn – there is NO MODERATE ISLAM. This is what you get when you go out on a limb with a guy that is largely fueled by emotion rather than brains. I’m not saying Beck isn’t smart, but he is a bit Howard Bealish for me, and this is what you will have to endure with him.”
March 9th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
shocking, do you think Beck just slipped up? He might retract, but if he doesn’t it’ll be wonderful to see them at each others throats.
Remember when Charles Johnson was being castigated by Geller and Spencer because he was condemned by Glenn Beck? Now this is hilarious.
March 9th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
When you’re crazier than Beck, you know you’re a loon.
March 9th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Beck, surprisingly, has defended Islam from the words of crazy islamophobes before. He’s not that kind of an extremist.
Here’s a prime example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx_36ULyGgo
March 9th, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Just goes to show how nuts Spencer and Geller are.
Sincerely,
Danios.
March 9th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Max takes apart Scamela:
http://maxblumenthal.com/2010/03/so-who-are-the-nazis-meet-atlass-thugs/
March 10th, 2010 at 6:25 am
lol@ the “european right contains some facist elements.”
Where does he think the word comes from
March 10th, 2010 at 8:33 am
I am afraid this doesn’t show any political insight on Glenn Beck’s part (he mistakes former French minister Dominique de Villepen with radical French nationalist Jean Marie Le Pen, and denotes green and socialist parties as ‘communist’, which, as any one can tell you, they haven’t been for about the last twenty-five years or so).
What it does show is that Glenn Beck is a hysterical buffoon who will say anything just to fit his latest warped theory about how society as we know it is coming to a terrifying end. Only a year ago, Beck had a glowing interview with Geert Wilders, in which he practically applauded the man for bravely standing up for his right to vilify islam. Now all of a sudden, he lumps the same Geert Wilders in with the ‘fascist right’.
But then again, how much consistent thought or political insight would you expect from an outrageous right-winger with only a high-school diploma and a history of drug-abuse, alcoholism and psychotic breakdowns before he turned to Mormonism?
Now I’m not saying Geller and Spencer are that much more well-informed or thoughtful than Glenn Beck. Both Geller and Spencer fuel their little enterprises on a type of bigotry and fear-mongering which can only be described as outright xenophobic. But hey, at least they’re consistent.
March 10th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Wow, I really don’t understand why people say there’s no moderate Islam. In all honesty, it pisses me off.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
holy crap. beck actually said something smart
March 10th, 2010 at 1:53 pm
“Beck had a glowing interview with Geert Wilders, in which he practically applauded the man for bravely standing up for his right to vilify islam. Now all of a sudden, he lumps the same Geert Wilders in with the ‘fascist right’.”
Let’s not forget he also interviewed the horrible Wafa Sultan. But maybe he’s lightened up a bit on Islam? I don’t know. We’ll have to see his future commentary.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:15 am
I followed one of the link and found this gem:
“Geert Wilders is a Robert Spencer, a Pamela Geller, a Wafa Sultan. These heroes are risking their LIVES to raise awareness of the only message of Islam – jihad.”
Really? The shrieking harpy seems very, very happy traveling through the USA to every islamophobe event there is (one of the perks of marrying a criminal) and I don’t think Spencer has much fears, either.
And while Wilders have bodyguards, that’s perfect for his image, and as he has demonstrated time and again, he’s an attention whore. Having bodyguards even if he doesn’t need them works well for his image of Poor White Persecuted European.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Also, regarding Beck, there is something most people don’t get about him. He’s not a Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal, islamophobic or anything else.
He’s just completely insane.
March 11th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Tell me HGG, what happened to Pim Fortuyn? You really think Wilders doesn’t need some form of security team around him given the huge amount of hate his rhetoric probably engenders? Its not Wilders decision to sleep at a different location every night and to have limited contact with his espouse. Its a POLICE recommendation.
I totally agree on Glenn Beck. He’s insane, but he’s making a lot of money from it so well done to him. I was having a little look on a few enemy websites and, they speculate that Murdoch’s recent business deals may be acting as a ‘moderating’ influence on Beck. http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article21517.ece
April 4th, 2010 at 4:38 am
Thing is though, it wasn’t a Muslim who bumped off Pim Fortuyn, but an animal-rights extremist!
April 29th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Yeh, sure George. But here’s the reason that ‘animal rights extremist’ gave for murdering Fortuyn:
“[He] claimed in court he had murdered Fortuyn to stop him from exploiting Muslims as “scapegoats” and targeting “the weak parts of society to score points” in seeking political power.”
July 19th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Beck told the crowd at his American Revival meeting in Salt Lake City that he’d been diagnosed with macular dystrophy.
July 20th, 2010 at 3:37 am
@PRCS
So what PRCS? Are you saying Muslim’s asked him pretty please to murder on their behalf? Why are you absolving the non-Muslim animal rights activist, and blaming Muslims for Fortuyn’s murder?