# Does \[Glenn\] Beck have Morgellons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518 "2010-10-08T17:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/21 "2010-10-08T22:10:20Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Does Morgellons turn people into doughy, hystrionic douche-bags too? If so, I think we can wrap this diagnosis up right now. > [@joebuck20](#): > > If by morgellons you mean a serious case of being a douchebag, then most definitely. See? We even have a second opinion. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/22 "2010-10-08T22:50:18Z")
Some people keep a stopped clock around the house and use it to keep time knowing that it is right twice a day and they can always use it as an excuse to be late because their clock stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/23 "2010-10-08T23:08:07Z")
Has he checked his blood sugar? He may have teh diabeetus. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/24 "2010-10-08T23:14:12Z")
> [@NOLA\_Cajun](#): > > I’d really like to see a thread where people that have actually watched or listened to his show can refute anything he says. ESPECIALLY about the people Obongo has chosen to surround himself with (read marxists). Who is “Obongo”? Obama? Do you expect us to think there is no racist element in that nickname? ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/25 "2010-10-09T00:04:33Z")
I guess that honor is kinda slow to restore, eh? Maybe after November. ---
**Author:** ![InterestedObserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@InterestedObserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InterestedObserver)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/26 "2010-10-09T00:07:23Z")
Aw, it’s a shame. Physical health problems now on top of all his mental health issues. It’s just not fair. (good thing he has access to health care, huh?) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/27 "2010-10-09T00:23:30Z")
> [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > I’ve reported the title of this thread to Mods so that fans of the musician, Beck, aren’t mislead into entering it. The musician has something even worse, _scientologitis_. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/28 "2010-10-09T00:52:57Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > > [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > > > I’ve reported the title of this thread to Mods so that fans of the musician, Beck, aren’t mislead into entering it. > > The musician has something even worse, _scientologitis_. And he is into the chemtrails bullshit ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/29 "2010-10-09T02:11:27Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Has has _cranial rectumitis_. That is where someone has his head firmly lodged up his ass. I always thought that disease was called “Rectal-Cranial Inversion”. There is even an illustrated [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-find-a-cure-for-RCI-Rectal-Cranial-Inversion-/119910678051158) page dedicated to a search for a cure. I can’t tell from the picture if Glen Beck posed for it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/30 "2010-10-09T06:26:11Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > > [@RickJay](#): > > > > The article suggests that by “small fibers” he meant some sort of nerve issue, not fibers liek “Morgellons” people think are growing out of them. > > > > This would also fit his symptoms. Morgellons people usually complain of itching and crawling sensations and other dermatological symptoms. He’s complaining of numbness in his extremities. > > Sounds like leprosy to me. We better ship him off to the furthest colony ASAP, just to be safe. They treat leporosy pretty effectively with drugs these days (look up Hansen’s disease). But can bipolar disorder cause numbness in the extremities? Every time I catch a few minutes of his show I’m reminded of the videos from my college psych class that showed people in manic phases of bipolar disorder. Thankfully, Beck keeps all his clothing on. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/31 "2010-10-09T06:33:13Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > There is something called [small fiber peripheral neuropathy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_fiber_peripheral_neuropathy) Well, Beck’s already got moral fiber peripheral neuropathy, so at least it’s consistent. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/32 "2010-10-11T16:10:47Z")
I figured that “small fiber” referred to his diet. Lack of fiber = constipation = full of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/33 "2010-10-11T16:18:21Z")
If you guys keep this up you’re going to make Glenn cry. You don’t want to see that, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/34 "2010-10-12T19:27:21Z")
I can respect hating a guy because you’ve been told to, but that’s no excuse for bad jokes. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/35 "2010-10-13T20:31:41Z")
Perhaps ignorance is better, but what does Obongo actually mean? Urbandictionary basically tells me it’s a racist play on his last name. Also said it’s a play on his smoking marijuana. But then again, the number of racial slurs I know could fit in the palm of my hand. Man, and to think I’d been around crazies when I met some anti-vaxers over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/36 "2010-10-13T20:49:25Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Perhaps ignorance is better, but what does Obongo actually mean? Urbandictionary basically tells me it’s a racist play on his last name. It’s not really any deeper than that - “bongo” has been associated with crass African stereotypes from the beginning of the 20th century onward. A typical example of its usage would be the Andrew Sisters’ performance of “Civilization.” > [@](#): > > Each morning, a missionary advertises neon sign > He tells the native population that civilization is fine > And three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree > That civilization is a thing for me to see > > So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don’t wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no > Bingo, bangle, bungle, I’m so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go > Don’t want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear > That no matter how they coax him, I’ll stay right here ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/37 "2010-10-14T00:24:29Z")
Huh. I wonder if my 4th grade teacher was racist. We learned to do “bing, bang, bongo” essays - as in, have 3 major points as the basis for learning how to write a rudimentary essay. Anyways, carry on! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/38 "2010-10-14T00:26:05Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Huh. I wonder if my 4th grade teacher was racist. We learned to do “bing, bang, bongo” essays - as in, have 3 major points as the basis for learning how to write a rudimentary essay. Anyways, carry on! No, we did that too, in a school with an entirely black student body (as far as I can recall) and a mostly black faculty. It’s a context thing. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/39 "2010-10-14T01:01:04Z")
Whew. She was a great teacher. I was hoping that wasn’t the case. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518/40 "2010-10-14T01:03:01Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > They treat leporosy pretty effectively with drugs these days (look up Hansen’s disease). Wait, I thought this thread was NOT about Beck (Hansen). 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glenn-beck-have-morgellons/556518.md?page=1)