Glenn Beck fans pay their tributes to Nelson Mandela
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[QUOTE]It’s that time of the week again – ‘Glenn Beck Comment Porn’ Fridays – the day when we trawl through the insanely offensive comments left by fans of ‘The Blaze’. While the column exists to poke fun at Glenn Beck fans, it does also serve as a useful reminder that there are some truly dark corners of America that the rest of us should be aware of. The comments are morbidly funny (mostly), but they also reflect a serious malaise in society – a subculture of the population abandoned by its country through years of neglect and abuse by corporations, rampant market economics and cynical political and media figures who thrive off creating a climate of fear and hatred.[/QUOTE]
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These are the kinds of people that were fascists [I]before[/I] they played Civilization
What's funny is that Beck's own site, The Blaze, posted this earlier this week...
[url]http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/05/nelson-mandela-has-died/[/url]
And it's relatively benign... Beck himself actually seems to like Mandela, judging from certain segments in his webshow. (I did a little bit of research (I googled "Glenn Beck Nelson Mandela"))
I'm not a fan of Beck, personally. I'll say that he attracts that certain kind of extreme-right crazy that you see here, but he's considerably less insane than his fans.
Articles like this are so fucking dumb. Look at 90% of other news type sites that have a comment section
[QUOTE=BusterBluth;43095160]Articles like this are so fucking dumb. Look at 90% of other news type sites that have a comment section[/QUOTE]
True that, why does it seem like more crazy people then sane comment on news articles?
[QUOTE=bigdandyd;43095440]True that, why does it seem like more crazy people then sane comment on news articles?[/QUOTE]
because the type of people who comment on news sites are crazy.
[QUOTE=bigdandyd;43095440]True that, why does it seem like more crazy people then sane comment on news articles?[/QUOTE]
Off topic, but wow you must lurk allot. September 2005 with 11 posts.
who would want to comment on a news site?
it's like youtube comments. the system sort encourages crazies and it sorta discourages actual discussion.
[QUOTE=bigdandyd;43095440]True that, why does it seem like more crazy people then sane comment on news articles?[/QUOTE]
How does that phrase go? The problem with this world is that it is full of intelligent people with doubts and stupid people with confidence.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;43095486]who would want to comment on a news site?
it's like youtube comments. the system sort encourages crazies and it sorta discourages actual discussion.[/QUOTE]
Isn't that why PopSci disabled comments on their site?
[QUOTE=yawmwen;43095477]because the type of people who comment on news sites are crazy.[/QUOTE]
SH is my news site.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;43095606]SH is my news site.[/QUOTE]
filmingcops and theblaze are my news sites.
Show me one comment section on any news site that isn't full of bat-shit retarded comments and I'll shit a golden egg.
[QUOTE=mugofdoom;43095794]Show me one comment section on any news site that isn't full of bat-shit retarded comments and I'll shit a golden egg.[/QUOTE]
Al-Jazeera?
[QUOTE=mugofdoom;43095794]Show me one comment section on any news site that isn't full of bat-shit retarded comments and I'll shit a golden egg.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://libcom.org/blog/nelson-mandela-some-thoughts-06122013[/url]
the comment section is tame by most standards, at least on this particular article.
fucking racist dicks, if mandela was a dictator/terrorist, then why did he step down from office after one term, why did he defy the tradition of all the other black rulers in africa. If he was a communist, then why have they had 4 parlamentary elections and 3 more presidents since then? south africa has some of the greatest divide between the wealthy and the poor, and he worked to bridge that gap, and worked to end a century of class and race warfare, South Africa today is far better off than it was under the apartheid rule
[QUOTE=Sableye;43095843]fucking racist dicks, if mandela was a dictator/terrorist, then why did he step down from office after one term, why did he defy the tradition of all the other black rulers in africa. If he was a communist, then why have they had 4 parlamentary elections and 3 more presidents since then? south africa has some of the greatest divide between the wealthy and the poor, and he worked to bridge that gap, and worked to end a century of class and race warfare, South Africa today is far better off than it was under the apartheid rule[/QUOTE]
mandela actually worked with communists a lot.
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i think he said something along the lines of "the communists were a valuable ally because their short terms goals were our long term goals"
Mandela was more like a cartoon villain than a terrorist if you're gonna call him evil.
He only did stuff to military equipment and utility infrastructure.
Yeah, as others pointed out, comments are always particularly wacky, so it's a bit unfair to Glenn.
I cannot believe you just made me defend Glenn Beck.
I hate you.
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...You know, Freedomlover_US has a good point.
[QUOTE=woolio1;43095073]What's funny is that Beck's own site, The Blaze, posted this earlier this week...
[url]http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/05/nelson-mandela-has-died/[/url]
And it's relatively benign... Beck himself actually seems to like Mandela, judging from certain segments in his webshow. (I did a little bit of research (I googled "Glenn Beck Nelson Mandela"))
I'm not a fan of Beck, personally. I'll say that he attracts that certain kind of extreme-right crazy that you see here, but he's considerably less insane than his fans.[/QUOTE]
tbh most news sources have been lionizing Mandela, so it's not surprising Beck or other pundits have been doing so as well. Had Glenn Beck been around in the 70s and 80s though, I guarantee he'd've been one of those ardently behind the South African apartheid government for standing against communism and taking swipes at people like Mandela, while downplaying the racism of apartheid.
In fact, you don't really have to look far- I think many of those who are giving good words for Mandela now who were around in the 70s and 80s, either as politicians or journalists, were probably singing a different tune then.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;43096787]...You know, Freedomlover_US has a good point.[/QUOTE]
and i think samfarber is an idiot
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[QUOTE=MercZ;43096978]tbh most news sources have been lionizing Mandela, so it's not surprising Beck or other pundits have been doing so as well. Had Glenn Beck been around in the 70s and 80s though, I guarantee he'd've been one of those ardently behind the South African apartheid government for standing against communism and taking swipes at people like Mandela, while downplaying the racism of apartheid.
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BUT BUT BUT KREMLIN JOE AND....COMMIES AND NUKES AND COMMIES, we couldn't let africa fall like dominoes!
even though vietnam proved the domino theory was a load of shit
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;43095606]SH is my news site.[/QUOTE]
Does that mean we are crazy?
[QUOTE=Mastermind of42;43109552]Does that mean we are crazy?[/QUOTE]
You're completely BATSHIT motherfucker.
republican racists are being republican racists. this is news?
[QUOTE=Mastermind of42;43109552]Does that mean we are crazy?[/QUOTE]
yeah plenty of people on this site post comments that are comparable
just better at hiding the insanity
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