Glenn Beck and Family Atacked In Bryant Park Last Night

No kidding!

Why not? I have before and I'm sure I will again.

I haven't read the stuff Bob referred to yet but I will check it out later...stuff to do right now.

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I saw something nasty in the woodshed

Just going by past observations.
There are always exceptions

What I don't get is if y'all hate Beck so much, why spend so much time listening to him and talking about him?

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This guy makes a living spewing negativity and devisiveness. He will only get back what he puts out in life = negative energy. Karma will always prevail.

I refuse to listen to any of these politically obsessed talking heads. Listening to them biatch and moan and insult people all day is worse than having to listen to 50 women cry and biatch at a divorce convention.

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I'd watch it if I were you --- kinda sounds like karma could come back and get YOU in the next life. You could be the only MALE divorce attorney at that convention.

Seriously -- if you refuse to listen to him, fine, but you don't have to be condescending to those who happen to believe him. But I guess all the tweets and posts by the perpetrators mean NOTHING as far as which of the parties are telling the truth, does it? Beck will be GUILTY in people's eyes and set up for persecution no matter what he does, simply because of what he believes.

How sad for him, and for the rest of us. I thought the 1st Amendment applied to everyone, but I guess it's only for those on the LEFT.

And FYI - his energy happens to be positive and inspiring for the most part, but I guess you missed that because you refuse to watch him.

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If you don't watch him how or where do you get your info. You say you refuse to listen to the talking heads yet you form an opinion. Never could do that myself.

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So, I guess you think the hateful things Beck said about blind people before he started losing his own sight is all sweetness and light? You approve of that, do you? You think it's not dehumanizing for him to make jokes about blind people and complain about how them needing braille drives him out of his mind?

"On the August 24, 2006, edition of his CNN Headline News program, Beck claimed that Braille on walls (used to identify rooms for blind people) "drives me out of my mind." When he made his comment, Beck was discussing the "politically correct world we live in." He then said, "Just to ---- them [blind people] off, I'm going to put in Braille on the coffee pot ... 'Pot is hot.' "

When somebody who is a high profile media figure with the following that he has makes a comment like that about blind people in front of millions of viewers to whom he's supposed to be trying to set a good example - and then 4 years later starts going blind himself - yeah, that IS his karma coming back at him and kicking him in the butt. Those who adore him and agree with him so much SHOULD see that as an example of karma.

I watched his broadcast last year where he was talking and crying his eyes out about how he is now losing his sight. He sure didn't think that was funny then, he was sobbing about it with tears streaming down his face. But he never said anything to apologize about his previous bad behaviour to blind people. I have to wonder if the same thought occurred to him at the time, that his karma was coming back at him for joking and being cruel and dehumanizing towards blind people 4 years previously. What goes around comes around.

So if his karma is blinding him now for being cruel towards blind people, I really have to wonder what else his karma is going do to him as payback for all of the other dehumanizing and inciting things he's said about all the other people he hates.

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You crack me up . He wasn't talking about blind peoble he was making an analogy about PC carp in this country . But Me thinks you know that.

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Nah. I don't think there was anything analogous about his statement. You can think whatever you choose.

The point is, he has often said things to make other people look bad or foolish and when somebody in the public eye does stuff like that there's lots of people will take it different ways. It's like taping a big target on his back and inviting karma to come kick him for some of the stuff he's said. Which it kind of sounds like that's what happened at Bryant Park.

If he was attacked in Bryant Park, well that's not nice and I don't like to hear that happened to him and his family - but it's something he has to expect now when he goes out in public because he's made a lot of enemies.

I think he should be more careful now about what kind of public events he exposes his family to, I hope nothing worse happens to them.

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He's not the only one who does that

There are even some forums where that is about all they do

Karma works for eveyone

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I know that. I don't like it. I see it on lots of forums, blogs, websites, the news media. I've even written some things myself in some places that I've wished later that I hadn't. I agree with you, karma works for everyone. The written word can cause a lot of damage - the spoken word can cause even more damage because there's a lot of power in the spoken words that go out into the ether. Written words can be taken back but spoken words are different. Once they're said they can't be taken back.

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No, I think that he expected that maybe people would act like MATURE AND RESPECTFUL ADULTS in a public place where children were present.


[/QUOTE] All the reports I read didn't say he was attacked. Pictures taken, a few people yelled at em. A beer spilled on one of em. Sounds like he got hassled a little, not attacked.[/QUOTE]

You need to read the twitter tweets between the 2 female instigators and the first-hand accounts of what actually transpired. The alcohol was not "just spilled", it was thrown on his wife's back. The link is inoperable now, but I read this morning that said that the one woman was doing "acrobatics" very near to them, and that one of them got deliberately kicked by this woman.

[/QUOTE] But they shoulda just left him alone with his kids, it wasnt the proper place or time to dump on him..[/QUOTE]

Guess it's pretty much par for the course when you aren't PC enough, and actually think that the 1st Amendment might mean something, and that you actually might be able to speak your mind freely and respectfully without being verbally accosted and denigrated in public, while doing nothing more than quietly sitting on the grass, watching a movie with your child.

[/QUOTE] I'm amused he thought people were just gonna ignore him or something.[/QUOTE]

Amused? You're amused? Why shouldn't he have the expectation that he and his family could enjoy the same rights and privileges as every other person who went there to watch the movie, unmolested and in peace?

Oh well, guess I'm just on this one. Must be due to my age, or the way I was raised, or the fact that I feel that as long as someone is behaving themselves and acting in a mature, respectful and responsible manner in public that they have the right to enjoy themselves unmolested as much as anyone else. But I guess as divided as this country has become in this new "hope and change" era, people behaving in such a reprehensible manner is sadly becoming the "new normal": if you disagree with someone then you can expect to be shouted down and accosted until you learn you (and your family) will be openly bullied for your unpopular opinion, and that you'd better just keep your mouth SHUT and remain silent or pay the consequences.

What a sad example of the loss of the freedom (of speech and assembly) that so many people in this country so courageously fought and died for.

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Like I said in my previous post, I guess he, like myself and others like me, would expect people to act like respectful and mature adults in a public setting with children present. But judging from your response, I can see how I and others like me would be grossly mistaken in ASSUMING that.

You think he would deliberately endanger his wife and SPECIAL NEEDS DAUGHTER by putting them in a situation like that? Wow. Can't figure out how you can make such a hateful assumption like that about someone. But then again, I said I guessed I was beating a dead horse, and it looks like I was. To some people's thinking, I guess certain people deserve what they get when they say things that others don't agree with "He talks some seriously insane smack about people, and makes some pretty out there offensive statements." and "When you talk like he does, you have to expect a negative blowback." (YOUR words, not mine). Guess freedom of speech only applies when what you say is APPROVED and SANCTIONED by the masses.

Yeah. Hope and change for everyone.

I hope things will change and some day there will be civility and respect for the rights of others to do something as simple and non-confrontational as sitting in a park on a summer's day and watching a movie with your wife and child. But for now, I'm not holding my breath. I personally think things are gonna get uglier before they go back to the simpler and more gentle ways of the past.

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I want to comment on this because you bring up a good point. It IS a mistake for you to assume that. It's a HUGE mistake. Mr. Beck made a huge mistake that endangered him and his family's lives.

People who go all political in the public eye automatically make enemies for themselves, most especially if they publically criticize and get spiteful towards other people on a large scale, which is exactly what he's done. There's a lot of people really hate that man. Now speaking of respect in public - look what happened to that lady (democrat Senator Gifford?) in that incident in Arizona. She's actually a well liked person who isn't mean or spiteful to people but she still got shot in the head, 18 other people got shot and a little girl was killed. That all happened in a public setting where people were fully expecting other people to act like respectful, mature adults with children present. It happened because some nutcase didn't like her because of her political standing.

Mr. Beck was very careless and he's really lucky that nothing worse than spilled beer and a kick on the shins happened to him or his family when he went out in public like that. His public appearance in the park with his family was an open invitation to some serious nutcase to attack him with the intent to kill. He should understand now that he's no longer a private person and he can't expect the enemies he's deliberately made for himself to treat him with respect just because he has his kid with him. Enemies don't care if there are children present, whether it's his kid or other people's kids. He needs to understand that now and he needs to understand that if he complains about a minor attack like what happened in the park it only makes him look like more of crybaby who only cares about himself and doesn't care about his responsibilities to his family or their safety.

Big mistake.


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No, its' not a surprise at all that those who whine the most about "intolerance" are the ones who often resort to violence and hate

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Well, I guess I AM a dinosaur in my beliefs. I believe that people should act like responsible respectful adults towards others, regardless of whether that other person is a public figure or not. I believe that people have the CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to speak their mind (as long as they don't threaten another person) as long as they do it in the proper venue. It's a shame that unless you are PC or part of a mob mentality that if you are a public figure, that you are supposed to stay at home with the drapes drawn and not go out in public because you are somehow inviting trouble and you deserve what you get if/when it comes. The Tea Party rallies come to mind in all of this -- I've never been to one, and have only seen coverage of them on TV. People with opposing views come to the rallies and do their best to shout down and cause physical confrontations with people they don't agree with, yet the funny thing is, I've never seen any factual reports of Tea Party people doing it to people they don't agree with. Glenn Beck talked this week about mob rule and the mob mentality. I see now he was right on with what he said. As long as you are on the side of the mob, you are safe. But if you are perceived as on the OPPOSITE side of the mob, you are in danger, and the mob will intimidate and silence you, at the very least.

Who'd have thought something as innocent as an evening in the park could be turned (purposely and with premeditation by 2 women) into anything BUT that. It's sad, but it's also eye-opening for me (in references to some of the posts on the subject here). I think maybe I need to spend less time on the political, etc., boards, and alot MORE time working on my preps and pre-planning for when TSHTF. If what is happening in our country right now (mob intimidation and intolerance) is even a slight inkling of what's to come in the next 2 years, things are going to get very very very ugly, and I need to spend every spare minute preparing to take care of myself and my family. With the economy only worsening every month, and the unemployment numbers predicted to substantially increase, I fear that the mob rule mentality will spread like a disease and none of us will be immune, no matter where we live.

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Speaking of tolerance and intolerance, and along the same line about expecting people to behave with respect and maturity in public where there are children - I am unceasingly amazed that nothing really bad has happened yet to the Westboro church group and Phelps family. They have no respect for funerals or people or children in public, they're vicious, spiteful people who have millions of enemies that they've made for themselves and yet nothing bad has happened to them. Seems like a lot of people have more tolerance for the Westboro group than they do for somebody who heckles Mr. Beck and spills beer on Mr. Beck's wife. I sure don't understand that. I guess it must be because Beck is a politically outspoken person and the Westboro people are sanctimoniously outspoken people who hate EVERYBODY. Political division must be more important. Go figure.

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You are free to think whatever you chose as well. But if you take things out of context OR believe whatever the far left nuts tell you, then I feel sorry for you.
I'm sure you did NOT hear the entire show from which that quote comes.

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That's a pretty lame attempt to associate the shooting to "the right" when the evidence shows no political affiliations.

Not surprising though, considering you haven't studied the facts enough to even know there was no BEER involved.

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