"There isn't enough shame in the world for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. "

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2010/8/27/91039/7143

Restoring Honor

by BooMan
Fri Aug 27th, 2010 at 09:10:39 AM EST

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On the anniversary of the speech, a guy who said the following will be holding a rally at the Lincoln Memorial:

"This president I think has exposed himself over and over again as a guy who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture....I'm not saying he doesn't like white people, I'm saying he has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist." - Glenn Beck, July 28, 2009

The theme of the rally is 'restoring honor,' which can only be interpreted as a call to get the half-black man out of the White House.

I ignore Glenn Beck as a matter of principle. It's easy to simply not watch his show and not read articles about the idiotic things he says. But it's not easy to ignore the offensive nature of this rally. Jim Crow technically ended forty-five years ago, and no one wants to harp on the injustices of the past. But we have a right to use the anniversary of the I Have a Dream speech to look back and remember the way things were and what it took to change them.

Instead, we are treated to a Glenn Beck rally at the site of the great speech that will be headlined by Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin recently defended a radio shock jock's repeated use of the word 'nigger' by saying she shouldn't apologize but 'reload.'

Compare this nonsense to the history it seeks to besmirch:

"But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone."

There isn't enough shame in the world for Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.

[Stevenmarc]

1. The only thing he would like to restore is Jim Crow

[great white snark]

2. So true Stevenmarc.

I'm afraid to watch this farce-the first douchebag who quotes Lincoln or MLK is responsible for my broken tv screen.

[asjr]

4. Racism has always been with us. It has

remained semi-dormant for years. All it took to awaken it was to elect a president who happens to be black. Black and white to be precise; nevertheless that fact doesn't matter. Color should not matter. Beck and his ilk are giving people like himself, Sarah Palin, and numerous others cachet to become what they consider "leaders." Hate speech still makes money for some people. Easy money! Their followers do not seem to realize they are not benefitting from that money; their idols are. This is not my country anymore. The followers are like zombies rising from the dead to follow the leader. This country has become sick, sick, sick. I am beginning to think there is no antidote.

[monmouth]

3. A permit should never have been granted for this travesty. A lot

of stupid people, rules, regs...I don't know what's to blame but this is ridiculous.

[babylonsister]

5. Freedom of speech to trash the government; ironic, isn't it, but

them's the rules.