History According to Glenn Beck

[ScreamingEagle]

Live Free...Or Die

Viewers tuning into MSNBC at 5 p.m. on Friday would have seen Chris Matthews riffing on President Barack Obama's speech in Ohio, while CNN's "The Situation Room" led with the earthquake in Haiti.

But Fox News wasn't focusing on the day's news. Instead, host Glenn Beck ran through the atrocities of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara — "the true unseen history of Marxism, progressivism and communism" as Beck described it — with some implied lessons for today.

Over the past year, Beck has used images from Nazi rallies or the Soviet Union when stoking fears of creeping socialism in the United States. And he's often placed historical figures into the far-out theories he diagrams on his chalkboard. But in Friday's hourlong documentary, titled "The Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free ... or Die," Beck doubled down on the use of imagery pulled from the 20th century's totalitarian past to make a point about citizens needing to be wary of government overreach in the present.

Beck, in teasing the documentary Thursday, claimed that "progressives" don't want the public to know about this history and that it's "not being taught in classrooms in America."


Read more: History according to Glenn Beck - Michael Calderone - POLITICO.com

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

I thought it was a good special, honestly. Who cares if Glenn decided to focus on history rather than the days news? It's his show, and if there's a market for it then he's simply satisfying demand.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

People who get degrees in History aren't even taught the truth about these bloodthirsty "progressives" in our liberal colleges today...

It's no wonder ignorant kids buy posters of Mao and and wear T-shirts of Che...

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

People who get degrees in History aren't even taught the truth about these bloodthirsty "progressives" in our liberal colleges today...

It's no wonder ignorant kids buy posters of Mao and and wear T-shirts of Che...

I think a lot of them simply want to be seen as anti-authority, or rebels of some sort. Of course, if they did understand the history of these people then they may well choose to find a different t-shirt or poster.

 

[Zona]

Beck is an idiot but his fans are just fucking morons.

 

[bodecea]

Live Free...Or Die

Viewers tuning into MSNBC at 5 p.m. on Friday would have seen Chris Matthews riffing on President Barack Obama's speech in Ohio, while CNN's "The Situation Room" led with the earthquake in Haiti.

But Fox News wasn't focusing on the day's news. Instead, host Glenn Beck ran through the atrocities of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara — "the true unseen history of Marxism, progressivism and communism" as Beck described it — with some implied lessons for today.

Over the past year, Beck has used images from Nazi rallies or the Soviet Union when stoking fears of creeping socialism in the United States. And he's often placed historical figures into the far-out theories he diagrams on his chalkboard. But in Friday's hourlong documentary, titled "The Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free ... or Die," Beck doubled down on the use of imagery pulled from the 20th century's totalitarian past to make a point about citizens needing to be wary of government overreach in the present.

Beck, in teasing the documentary Thursday, claimed that "progressives" don't want the public to know about this history and that it's "not being taught in classrooms in America."


Read more: History according to Glenn Beck - Michael Calderone - POLITICO.com

Not being taught in classrooms in America? Is he serious?

 

[ScreamingEagle]

Beck is an idiot but his fans are just fucking morons.

Back up your assertion with facts....

 

[ScreamingEagle]

Live Free...Or Die

Viewers tuning into MSNBC at 5 p.m. on Friday would have seen Chris Matthews riffing on President Barack Obama's speech in Ohio, while CNN's "The Situation Room" led with the earthquake in Haiti.

But Fox News wasn't focusing on the day's news. Instead, host Glenn Beck ran through the atrocities of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara — "the true unseen history of Marxism, progressivism and communism" as Beck described it — with some implied lessons for today.

Over the past year, Beck has used images from Nazi rallies or the Soviet Union when stoking fears of creeping socialism in the United States. And he's often placed historical figures into the far-out theories he diagrams on his chalkboard. But in Friday's hourlong documentary, titled "The Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free ... or Die," Beck doubled down on the use of imagery pulled from the 20th century's totalitarian past to make a point about citizens needing to be wary of government overreach in the present.

Beck, in teasing the documentary Thursday, claimed that "progressives" don't want the public to know about this history and that it's "not being taught in classrooms in America."


Read more: History according to Glenn Beck - Michael Calderone - POLITICO.com

Not being taught in classrooms in America? Is he serious?

Why do you think mccarthyism became a nasty word?

 

[Xenophon]

Who doesn't love quotes from mass killers like mao?

 

[Modbert]

People who get degrees in History aren't even taught the truth about these bloodthirsty "progressives" in our liberal colleges today...

It's no wonder ignorant kids buy posters of Mao and and wear T-shirts of Che...

Funny, I go to a Liberal college and I've not seen one Mao poster yet or Che T-shirt.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

People who get degrees in History aren't even taught the truth about these bloodthirsty "progressives" in our liberal colleges today...

It's no wonder ignorant kids buy posters of Mao and and wear T-shirts of Che...

Funny, I go to a Liberal college and I've not seen one Mao poster yet or Che T-shirt.

I saw a kid wearing a Che shirt at my college last semester.

 

[xotoxi]

People who get degrees in History aren't even taught the truth about these bloodthirsty "progressives" in our liberal colleges today...

It's no wonder ignorant kids buy posters of Mao and and wear T-shirts of Che...

Funny, I go to a Liberal college and I've not seen one Mao poster yet or Che T-shirt.

I saw a kid wearing a Che shirt at my college last semester.

Did you take a bat to his head?

 

[Modbert]

I saw a kid wearing a Che shirt at my college last semester.

One out of how many?

And I saw a kid who wore a Che shirt once, but that was in High School.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Funny, I go to a Liberal college and I've not seen one Mao poster yet or Che T-shirt.

I saw a kid wearing a Che shirt at my college last semester.

Did you take a bat to his head?

No. If he wants to wear a shirt with a murderer on it then that's his choice.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

I saw a kid wearing a Che shirt at my college last semester.

One out of how many?

And I saw a kid who wore a Che shirt once, but that was in High School.

Well I've never taken a head count so I don't know. I was simply adding my two cents lol.

 

[American Horse]

Live Free...Or Die

Viewers tuning into MSNBC at 5 p.m. on Friday would have seen Chris Matthews riffing on President Barack Obama's speech in Ohio, while CNN's "The Situation Room" led with the earthquake in Haiti.

But Fox News wasn't focusing on the day's news. Instead, host Glenn Beck ran through the atrocities of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara — "the true unseen history of Marxism, progressivism and communism" as Beck described it — with some implied lessons for today.

Over the past year, Beck has used images from Nazi rallies or the Soviet Union when stoking fears of creeping socialism in the United States. And he's often placed historical figures into the far-out theories he diagrams on his chalkboard. But in Friday's hourlong documentary, titled "The Revolutionary Holocaust: Live Free ... or Die," Beck doubled down on the use of imagery pulled from the 20th century's totalitarian past to make a point about citizens needing to be wary of government overreach in the present.

Beck, in teasing the documentary Thursday, claimed that "progressives" don't want the public to know about this history and that it's "not being taught in classrooms in America."


Read more: History according to Glenn Beck - Michael Calderone - POLITICO.com

Good for Beck; your random sampling suggests that these other stations don't have much else to offer us; at least anything that wouldn't be politically correct.

 

[Sidestreamer]

People who get degrees in History aren't even taught the truth about these bloodthirsty "progressives" in our liberal colleges today...

It's no wonder ignorant kids buy posters of Mao and and wear T-shirts of Che...

Because an ex-comedian with an axe to grind against the Obama administration that works for Fox News is more qualified to speak on world history than them.

 

[California Girl]

I thought it was a good special, honestly. Who cares if Glenn decided to focus on history rather than the days news? It's his show, and if there's a market for it then he's simply satisfying demand.

Fox should immediately change its programming to suit the liberal agenda. It is an outrage that they air a comment program when the liberals want them to air news. How very dare they allocate their schedule to suit their audience. The nerve of Fox News! They should be shut down immediately. Damn them!


*Sarcasm off*

 

[Avatar4321]

Beck is an idiot but his fans are just fucking morons.

Why is learning about modern history, particularly the great attrocities of the past century, idiotic or moronic?

How can you avoid the mistakes of the past if you dont understand and remember what happened?

 

[California Girl]

Beck is an idiot but his fans are just fucking morons.

Why is learning about modern history, particularly the great attrocities of the past century, idiotic or moronic?

How can you avoid the mistakes of the past if you dont understand and remember what happened?

Progressives would prefer we not know, then we can be stupid - like their base is - and they can do what the hell they want and we will all say nothing.

The liberal base is stupid.