He states frequently that violence is not the answer and that the progressives are trying to cause Americans to use violence as a trigger for Government action .He warns against falling into that trap.
He says it several times a day on the radio.
And just about every time he does, he also includes comments that encourage people to "be ready to defend themselves", predicting that "leftists", "socialists" and "statists" are more than ready to start the armed conflict to come.
He states that he abhors violence, but his "cautionary tales" are driving people in his audience closer and closer to feeling that some sort of "first strike" is necessary.
Let me give you a simplified example:
What if I told you that your nextdoor neighbor, whom you really never got along with, was going to kill your wife and family?
Then what if I presented you with some trumped-up "evidence" that he was in fact going to do so?
Then what if I told you to go buy a gun, but to "be sure not to commit any violence"?
Do you think this behavior would make a violent encounter more or less likely to happen?
That is just about EXACTLY what Glenn Beck is doing. He is talking out both sides of his mouth.
On one side he is indirectly inciting people to commit violent acts, and providing "proof" that if they don't there will be dire consequences....
...And then on the other side he is making many short denials of his calls for violence, telling people to be peaceful in the face of all the threats he has just finished pointing out.