On his radio show earlier this week, asshole radio personality Glenn Beck was discussing last week's attacks in Norway, where at least 76 people were killed. The fired Fox News commentator was talking about the Utoya Island camp run by the ruling Labor Party for youngsters interested in politics, and he had this to say:
"sounds a little like the Hitler Youth or whatever . . . Who does a camp for kids that's all about politics? Disturbing."
Wow.
Actually, Mr. Beck, there are several youth clubs that are devoted to government right here in the U.S.A.
While in high school, I was (briefly) in a club called Close-up, a group that studied and debated government. Membership in this club included a trip to Washington D.C., where club memebers toured the Capital and met with local congressional and senatorial representatives. At no time did anyone wear a swastika or any other kind of "Hitler" regalia.
While in high school, I was (briefly) in a club called Close-up, a group that studied and debated government. Membership in this club included a trip to Washington D.C., where club memebers toured the Capital and met with local congressional and senatorial representatives. At no time did anyone wear a swastika or any other kind of "Hitler" regalia.
Torbjorn Eriksen, a former press secretary to Norway prime minister Jens Stoltenberg had this to say in response to Beck's hateful and hurtful comments:
"Young political activists have gathered at Utoya for over 60 years to learn about and be part of democracy, the very opposite of what the Hitler Youth was about . . . Glenn Beck's comments are ignorant, incorrect and extremely hurtful."
Glenn Beck, you really do redefine the word asshole.
that guy is such a sensationalist joke. is it wrong that when i meet people that follow/agree with his rhetoric i immediately judge them hard?
ReplyDeletelol no, no it is not. anyone who finds his pile of verbal shit acceptable should be judged and judged harshly.
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