The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Fvck You Glenn Beck

...and there was a shooting a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth or you know whatever. Who does a camp for kids that’s all about politics? Disturbing.

Yeah. Who would do such a thing, Glenn? Disturbing indeed.



Meanwhile, that had me looking up info about the camp itself. I found this bullet point on their info page a heartbreaking footnote, a reminder of how this was just a camp full of innocent kids trying to make their country better by meeting like minded people.

If something happens
Norwegian People Aid will be present at the camp at all times. They can help if someone breaks an arm, gets a blister or something else.

yeah. Something else.

[wendybeth]

I saw that, and thought the same thing, GD. Beck himself belongs to a religion that very strongly endorses right wing ideology and at a very young age. If he's going to use Hitler Youth comparisons, I would suggest he get his history straight. The Hitler Youth were indoctrinated into the fascist ideology. There are/were plenty of left wing oriented organizations (The USSR's Young Pioneers, etc) that he could have chosen from, but he went right for the most infamous example. None of them are appropriate in this situation, but then Beck has never been a terribly appropriate person.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Beck himself belongs to a religion that very strongly endorses right wing ideology and at a very young age.

The terrorist who did this belongs to the same religion and ideology as Beck.

He is a Christian, [blond-haired blue-eyed] right-wing anti-Muslim extremist.