At about 1:10 into this video, you’ll see Glenn Beck show video of a mysterious group of young black “militants” marching in a line while chanting. Beck, of course, assumes that they’re part of a massing black army controlled by our Keynan overlord, Barack Husein Obama.
Only problem is, they’re actually more of a dance troupe.
And I don’t know that it really fits here, but I’m wondering what the rest of you think of Dan Savage’s theory that people like Beck, in advancing these kinds of asinine conspiracy theories, are in fact trying to get our President assassinated. And, before you answer, check out these comments left in the wake of that Savage video being posted to a conservative website:
I beg to differ, its Thuggy’s policies that is trying to get him killed
Posted by: Elric66 | September 02, 2009 at 10:11 AMExactly Elric.
Posted by: J. Wright | September 02, 2009 at 10:14 AMAgreed, El.
Thuggy is going to get Thuggy killed.
Posted by: the REAL Bob | September 02, 2009 at 10:17 AM
I don’t know that Beck, Limbaugh and company are purposely encouraging assassination – I think their behavior can best be explained by ravenous insecurity and a desperate need for power and ratings – but they clearly aren’t doing anything to stop this growing undercurrent of paranoia and fear in our nation.
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Best thing we can do. Serious. Best thing.
Stop allowing black men and women to enlist in our military.
Dead serious.
No more colored military.
So, so many problems. Solved.
Like dat!!!
Speaking of Beck, it seems Sarah Palin is a fan. Here’s something she sent out via Facebook a few days ago.
These people that are taking anything and everything President Obama states or does out of context, and applying it to a power grabbing conspiracy theory are total lunes. The more I read President Obama’s speeches, the more he sounds like Presidents Roosevelt, Kenedy, and Reagan all rolled into one. He’s only attempting to do a good job as President compromising when needed, and attempting to make some progress in many areas of need. It’s an overwhelming job, and I don’t envy him at all.
What happened with Obama’s private black army anyway? I haven’t heard about it in a while.
The black army is real. Ignore at your own peril.
It turns out that the black army wasn’t real, but it doesn’t matter. Now we’ve got the New Black Panther Party to worry about.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/13/megyn-kelly-flips-out/
Back in high school (late 60’s), I wrote a play about Black militants winning the Civil War by guerilla insurrection as the white power structures of the North and South fought each other, oblivious to the slave uprising. It was titled “Mondo Terrible Swift Sword”. Among other characters, I played Dred Scott. The play was submitted in a creative writing class. It was returned to me as unacceptable.
“I is what I is and that’s all what I is, all three fifths o’ me.”