# What will happen when Glenn Beck finally goes nuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 24, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367 "2009-09-24T13:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/121 "2009-09-26T05:26:49Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Can I interest you in a history of Leon Trotsky? Really interesting guy, if kinda looney. 😛 Let’s see you be all rational with an icepick in your skull :). ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/122 "2009-09-26T05:31:08Z")
I know a lot about Leon Trotsky and about socialism and communism already. I learned about it at a young age. Trotsky’s philosophy, in fact, was the basis for “neo-conservatism.” Most of the neo-cons are ex-Trotskyist Jewish intellectuals, political mercenaries who changed sides and joined the right-wingers when they realized that the right was becoming more powerful and therefore easier for them to push their Trotskyist views within. (Global “democratic” revolution.) I expect many of these neo-cons to change sides again, within the coming years, as the Democratic party becomes stronger. (One last side-change before they shuffle off to the grave.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/123 "2009-09-26T07:49:21Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Let’s see you be all rational with an icepick in your skull :). An icepick? Piffle! Now an ice _axe_, that’ll slow down even your most hardened Bolshevik. It’ll still take a day or so to kill him, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/124 "2009-09-27T00:23:36Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > It seems as if the descent into madness has already begun. > > [Glenn Beck's Tweets -- Post-Modern Poetic Genius Or Apocalyptic Rantings Of A Madman: You Decide | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/25/glenn-becks-tweets----pos_n_300159.html) > > And look at the final tweet on that list. What frightens me is that they sound llike my moody ADHD-afflicted teenaged niece wrote them. I hope his book editor is well-paid. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/125 "2009-09-27T00:37:24Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I know a lot about Leon Trotsky and about socialism and communism already. I learned about it at a young age. Trotsky’s philosophy, in fact, was the basis for “neo-conservatism.” Most of the neo-cons are ex-Trotskyist Jewish intellectuals, political mercenaries who changed sides and joined the right-wingers when they realized that the right was becoming more powerful and therefore easier for them to push their Trotskyist views within. (Global “democratic” revolution.) I expect many of these neo-cons to change sides again, within the coming years, as the Democratic party becomes stronger. (One last side-change before they shuffle off to the grave.) And **Argent Towers** takes a ride on the wacko balloon. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/126 "2009-09-27T02:34:05Z")
Uhm. Actually, he’s right about the origins of neo-conservatism. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/127 "2009-09-27T03:28:46Z")
Oh, it has its seductive elements, to be sure. A window of opportunity for America to establish a democratic world order, and save us from a dark and deadly future. Assert our power now, while we still can. A siren’s song, in more ways than one. But by force, or threat of force, and that’s the problem for me. The neo-cons seek to free us from the threat of war by using the threat of war. I’ve had quite enough of very smart men who want to gamble with our lives, however well intended they may be. I’ve seen their ways too often for my liking. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/128 "2009-09-27T22:58:13Z")
> [@Fritz](#): > > Glenn Beck raped and murdered someone? I hadn’t heard that. Is that true and if not, has he denied this yet? No, it was Diogenes that did the raping and murdering, and is now trying to deflect it off onto Beck. At least, that’s the rumor I’m hearing these days. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/129 "2009-09-27T23:20:41Z")
Without filing an environmental impact statement? No way. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/130 "2009-09-28T22:56:38Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What frightens me is that they sound llike my moody ADHD-afflicted teenaged niece wrote them. I hope his book editor is well-paid. Beck _has_ ADHD, doesn’t he? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/131 "2009-09-29T17:25:01Z")
They’ll play “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha,Ha!!”, in his honour. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/132 "2009-09-29T17:46:08Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Uhm. Actually, he’s right about the origins of neo-conservatism. Perhaps the bit about the “Democratic party growing stronger” is what makes him eligible for the laughing academy? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/133 "2009-10-02T20:20:24Z")
[Glenn Beck Internet Meme Gets Ugly](http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2009/10/when_internet_memes_go_to_cour.html?sc=fb&cc=fp) I fucking love this so much. > [@](#): > > Eiland-Hall to set up [GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedAYoungGirlIn1990.com](http://GlennBeckRapedAndMurderedAYoungGirlIn1990.com) (NSFW) to expand the satire even further. Unfortunately for him, though, Glenn Beck and his lawyers didn’t find it very funny, and they’ve taken him to WIPO’s court, making the argument that the domain name violates the trademark of his name and constitutes defamation. > > Responding to these charges, Eiland-Hall’s lawyer, Marc Randazza, filed a legal brief making the case that Beck and his lawyers don’t understand the nature of Internet memes – discussions and content that go viral and take on a life of their own – and that no reasonable person would ever confuse the parody site with an official Glenn Beck Web site. > > “Only an abject imbecile could believe that the domain name would have any connection to the Complainant [Beck],” Randazza writes, taking issue with both Beck’s legal argument, as well as his politics. “We are not here because the domain name could cause confusion. We do not have a declaration from the president of the international association of imbeciles that his members are blankly staring at the Respondent’s website wondering ‘where did all the race baiting content go?’” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/134 "2009-10-02T22:34:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Oh, it has its seductive elements, to be sure. A window of opportunity for America to establish a democratic world order, and save us from a dark and deadly future. Assert our power now, while we still can. A siren’s song, in more ways than one. > > But by force, or threat of force, and that’s the problem for me. The neo-cons seek to free us from the threat of war by using the threat of war. I’ve had quite enough of very smart men who want to gamble with our lives, however well intended they may be. I’ve seen their ways too often for my liking. \\\Dark Side of the Force\\\ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/135 "2009-10-05T00:30:33Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I’m foreseeing a scene like that in “Michael Clayton” where the Tom Wilkinson character goes nuts during a videotaped deposition. He stands up, blubbering incoherently and then starts ripping his clothes off. You see some stagehands run over to get him under in the control in the moment before the screen fades to black and then cuts to commercial. And why would _he_ do that when he apparently has damn near every lib in the country doing that on a daily basis? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/136 "2009-10-05T02:31:06Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > And why would _he_ do that when he apparently has damn near every lib in the country doing that on a daily basis? I flip by and every now and then I try to watch some Beck. But it has too damn many commercials . To put up with his ravings and commercials one after another, is more than I can stand. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/137 "2009-10-05T04:22:16Z")
I can’t take Glenn Beck’s style - he’s too overly dramatic and always sounds like he’s addressing a roomful of 4-year-olds - BUT aren’t we all glad that he exposed ACORN for the criminal enterprise that it is (or at least took the initiative of airing the undercover videos)? And was instrumental in keeping a nut-job Truther (Van Jones) from becoming an adviser to the president? However you feel about Beck, you should at least be able to give credit where due. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/138 "2009-10-05T04:32:59Z")
When was ACORN exposed as a “criminal enterprise?” I missed that story. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/139 "2009-10-05T04:40:07Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > When was ACORN exposed as a “criminal enterprise?” I missed that story. It was on Troll news at 9. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-when-glenn-beck-finally-goes-nuts/511367/140 "2009-10-05T04:40:57Z")
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