# Glenn Beck fans should be known as beckerheads! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 7, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933 "2010-09-07T16:13:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/1 "2010-09-07T16:13:05Z")
It fits so well. For those who don’t already know, it is a play on “peckerhead”. According to the [Urban Dictionary](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=peckerhead), a peckerhead is “A person of douche-like qualities. Such as someone with an obnoxious attitude.” I can’t claim credit for coining the term. That goes to one of my brothers, who is known as Qtec80 elsewhere on the internet. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/2 "2010-09-07T16:20:25Z")
I’'d be happy to give them all rights to my nickname: **Angry Retards.** ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/3 "2010-09-07T16:57:08Z")
Cute, but the last thing they need is another reason to feel victimized. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/4 "2010-09-07T17:06:17Z")
“Glenn Beck fans” is already pretty insulting. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/5 "2010-09-07T17:17:24Z")
Yes, yes, very droll. I’m sure that if there were any Beck fans here they’d be feeling the sting of the rapier wit the nickname invokes. Shall the other side now fire a volly back by suggesting that Michael Moore fans be called Moorons? I’m sure there might be two or three people who are fans of Moore here too. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/6 "2010-09-07T17:20:00Z")
If fans of the Grateful Dead are _Dead Heads_ and fans of Jimmy Buffett are _Parrotheads_ then shouldn’t Monty Python fans be _Dead Parrot Heads_? Are the Dead touring anymore? What if we start calling Beck fans _deadheads_ instead? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/7 "2010-09-07T17:20:53Z")
A lot of them (most?) already call themselves teabaggers, that might make them impervious to this type of insult. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/8 "2010-09-07T17:50:20Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I’m sure there might be two or three people who are fans of Moore here too. I can’t think of any off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/9 "2010-09-07T17:56:08Z")
How about “Glenndroids”? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/10 "2010-09-07T19:19:32Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > “A person of douche-like qualities. Such as someone with an obnoxious attitude.” Sounds appropriate to me. ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/11 "2010-09-07T19:43:28Z")
Then what would you call the fans of the TV show? You do not want to piss off Ted Danson fans. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/12 "2010-09-07T19:50:20Z")
Glenn Beck fans should not be known at all. ---
**Author:** ![Dolukhanova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dolukhanova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolukhanova)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/13 "2010-09-07T20:58:06Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > A lot of them (most?) already call themselves teabaggers, that might make them impervious to this type of insult. I think it’s safe to say almost none of them call themselves that. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/14 "2010-09-08T00:05:06Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@elfkin477](#): > > > > I’m sure there might be two or three people who are fans of Moore here too. > > I can’t think of any off the top of my head. Me neither, but when people pit Moore there’s generally a poster or two who defends him beyond just getting upset that someone inevitably refers to him as a fat fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/15 "2010-09-08T01:00:02Z")
There is no comparison between Moore and Beck. That’s a false equivalency. Moore may be polemic, but he’s not a raving lunatic like Beck is. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glenn-beck-fans-should-be-known-as-beckerheads/552933/16 "2010-09-08T16:26:36Z")
If you really want this to go viral, you better tell [Dan Savage](http://www.rotten.com/library/sex/sodomy/santorum/).