# Glen "Mad Dog" Beck Rides Again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751 "2010-01-20T21:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/41 "2010-01-21T07:13:29Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > You have the **luxury** of being a mod. Snerk Some luxury having to put up with your dumb ass. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/42 "2010-01-21T07:21:20Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Why would I deny it? This is the **Pit** , cheap shots are the norm, and I saw a low hanging fruit. > It seems to have riled you up, though, so that is a plus. > > (Note that in the **Pit** , it is expected that “troll” is just name calling while we expect _actual_ trolling to be reported.) **Tom** , but this is counter-productive, There is already enough confusion about what constitutes trolling and what doesn’t, and what accusations are over the line. For you, a mod, to come in and take what is at very best a cheap shot is quite unhelpful. Just sayin… ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/43 "2010-01-21T07:28:36Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > Snerk > > Some luxury having to put up with your dumb ass. Well, I put up with _your_ dumb ass, and I don’t even have the luxury of being able to ban you. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/44 "2010-01-21T08:10:59Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > Well, I put up with _your_ dumb ass, and I don’t even have the luxury of being able to ban you. And what really eats you is you never will. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/45 "2010-01-21T08:32:19Z")
He could plonk ya, though. That’d sure sting. ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/46 "2010-01-21T08:40:27Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > And what really eats you is you never will. No. What actually annoys me is that you will likely never realize that you are pretty much just another average lamer who is incapable of realizing just how mediocre you actually are. You (and many others on the SDMB) just cannot realize that you’re not actually as insightful as you think you are. Unlike you, I don’t want people banned. I just want people to put a little more thought into things. I want them to abandon their black-and-white certainty. I want them to entertain with their wit and sparkle. I realize that this is a pipe dream, that it is unlikely most of you will rise above your petty preconceptions and prejudices. But 'tis better to hope for change than to accept the status quo of banal superficiality. I hold out little hope that you will aspire to be more than a simple battologist spewing the party line. But I continue to fight the good fight in the vain hope that you might yet examine your preconceptions and evolve from a mere parrot into someone who shoulders the responsibility of thought and scrutiny, instead of shamelessly hewing to your preconceptions. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/47 "2010-01-21T11:18:22Z")
Glenn Beck is a bug-eyed little creep who wouldn’t know truth even if it gave him a blowjob. I’ve seen his gold commercials, and i wouldn’t trust the man if he was trying to sell me dog shit from my own backyard. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/48 "2010-01-21T11:57:20Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > Glenn Beck is a bug-eyed little creep who wouldn’t know truth even if it gave him a blowjob. > > I’ve seen his gold commercials, and i wouldn’t trust the man if he was trying to sell me dog shit from my own backyard. Not to defend Glenn Beck, but I wouldn’t trust anyone who tried to sell me dogshit from my own backyard. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/49 "2010-01-21T12:11:39Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > No. What actually annoys me is that you will likely never realize that you are pretty much just another average lamer who is incapable of realizing just how mediocre you actually are. No, dude. You think you’re King Shit of The Pit and remind us at every opportunity. Now shut your Jr. Modding pie hole and get back on topic. We’re talking about Glen Beck, not IVN. Got it? Good. * * * On topic: I used to think that Glen Beck was just a somewhat more rabid right winger. I now realize he’s batshit crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/50 "2010-01-21T12:57:33Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > We’re talking about Glen Beck, not IVN. Got it? Good. Now now, let’s be fair. inv’s ability to make it All About Him is one of the powers he actually _does_ have around here – let’s not spoil it for the poor boy… ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/51 "2010-01-21T13:09:04Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > No. What actually annoys me is that you will likely never realize that you are pretty much just another average lamer who is incapable of realizing just how mediocre you actually are. > > You (and many others on the SDMB) just cannot realize that you’re not actually as insightful as you think you are. > > Unlike you, I don’t want people banned. I just want people to put a little more thought into things. I want them to abandon their black-and-white certainty. I want them to entertain with their wit and sparkle. How has the negative reinforcement been working for you so far? Have your careful, judicial ministrations made the Pit any more sparkly? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/52 "2010-01-21T15:58:52Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > I just want people to put a little more thought into things. I want them to abandon their black-and-white certainty. I want them to entertain with their wit and sparkle. “Think harder and be funnier, you bunch of stupid fucking assholes!” – Coach **ivn1188** ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/53 "2010-01-21T17:22:48Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > It is kind of weird that Brown pimped out his daughters like that. I have to agree with Beck on this one. This guy should be monitored. > > Actually, Beck might be onto something with the ankle bracelet. It might not be a bad to put ankle bracelets on everyone in Congress, just as a matter of course. Remember the famous quote, and I think it was Will Rogers who said it: “Congressmen should serve two terms: one in office and one in prison.” ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/54 "2010-01-21T17:54:13Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > How has the negative reinforcement been working for you so far? Have your careful, judicial ministrations made the Pit any more sparkly? Actually yes. There are fewer “I pit having to replace my toothbrush” threads, and they get moved more quickly. Now we just need to get rid of these idiot threads about “ZOMG!! Like, this right wing person said this thing that I don’t agree with!”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/55 "2010-01-21T17:56:03Z")
So, once the Pit is fixed, you’ll just sort of wither and die, right? Sort of like the apparatus of the state in the final stages of communism? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/56 "2010-01-21T18:02:23Z")
I thought this was going to be another stupid thread about US American politics, but then it got…different! Whee! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/57 "2010-01-21T18:02:40Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > Actually yes. There are fewer “I pit having to replace my toothbrush” threads, and they get moved more quickly. > > Now we just need to get rid of these idiot threads about “ZOMG!! Like, this right wing person said this thing that I don’t agree with!”. Even if it were true that there is less whiny shit in the Pit, the above is still GED-quality post hoc reasoning. Please polish that up a bit, will ya? ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/58 "2010-01-21T18:06:03Z")
No. I provide insightful or humerous commentary on many types of pit threads. However, the entire pit is being taken over by frankly retarded pittings of (right wing) celebrities who said something that is, well, right-wing. All of these threads can be condensed into one titled “I hate the conservatives because they are conservative” with 217 replies all reading “I agree! Hur!” I would love it if these people could scroll down the page, maybe click on that little 2 at the bottom, and see the other 46,846 Glenn Beck pit threads and post in those. It would be awesome. All the tards would be contained for their own safety in one little thread. Or better yet, they can have their little group hugs in MPSIMS or GD. You can still say “Fuck Glenn Beck” there, and everyone can agree with you there as well. Getting butthurt because I said your little rant was boring doesn’t mean that all I do is patrol around. Of course, actual critical thinking is limited for most of these people. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/59 "2010-01-21T18:06:12Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I thought this was going to be another stupid thread about US American politics, but then it got…different! Whee! You keep giving us shit, and we’ll raise your rent. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751/60 "2010-01-21T18:14:57Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > You guys DO know that you’re just feeding him, right? Sorry for your troubles, but at least I don’t have to read his shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glen-mad-dog-beck-rides-again/525751.md?page=4)