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oberliner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 04:01 PM
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Glenn Beck calls Israel social protesters communists
Glenn Beck, an American right-wing talk-show host currently visiting Israel, compared the Israeli protesters demanding social justice to communists in his show this week.

Beck is currently in Israel for a mass rally to "Restore Courage" in Jerusalem.

The conservative pundit, who left Fox News in June of this year, scoffed at the protesters’ list of demands, comparing many of their calls for increased social benefits to those of the former Soviet Union.

When he heard that the protest leaders were calling for higher taxation for the Israeli upper-classes, Beck laughed derisively, saying “ah, hate the rich.”


http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/glenn-beck-calls-israel-social-protesters-communists-1.378784
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 04:03 PM
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1. Actually, the kibbutzim are probably the closest to true Communists that exist
But I don't think that's what Beck meant.
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 04:03 PM
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2. I'm skeptical
Wouldn't he have called them Commonists?
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