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Glenn Beck Stays Up At Night Worrying That Our Nation Is Hopeless Against The ‘Horror Show’ That Is Glee

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by Jon Bershad | 6:53 pm, April 28th, 2011

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The entire message of today’s Glenn Beck was that our children are in terrible, terrible trouble. Every day, they’re being indoctrinated by Commie teachers, fashionable Che Guevara t-shirts, and the grinning, gaping maw of Al Gore. Sure, all of these examples are horrifying, but there is one cruel scourge that got a special mention from Glenn Beck. This menace is one that stalks our children so tightly, that it’s like the minotaur creeping through the labyrinth. It’s so evil, that that the very fires of Hell feel cool to the touch after standing in its presence. It is so absolutely terrifying, that Beck himself admitted to being kept awake, shivering as he pondered its sinister “brilliance.” I speak, of course, about television sensation and iTunes marketing machine, Glee.

Beck warned his audience of the unstoppable force already upon us with the grim resignation of the doomed men of the Alamo.

“I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the TV show Glee, but this show stands out and stands against almost every value that I have. I’ve seen this show twice and this year and I’ve watched it in stunned horror combined with a sense of admiring awe. It is a brilliant, brilliant show. Very well done. But it is a horror show.

…

I watched this scene the last time I saw it, must have been maybe two months ago and I said to my wife, play a little bit of this. [plays clip] It goes on and it is brilliant, brilliant. I looked at my wife and I said, ‘There is no way to beat this. There is no way to beat this.”

Yes, Glee is a clear signifier of the end of times. But, why did Beck still lavish praise upon it? He must have used the word “brilliant” 20 times in the segment. Well, because the best propaganda is hidden. It disguises itself amongst a bounty of earthly pleasures. Also, I guess, a Fox News show can only diss a Fox Entertainment hit for so long before it becomes rude.

Anyway, what is the scene that gave Beck his one, Christ-like moment of doubt? Was it one of those oft-cited examples of Glee trying to persuade audiences that the gays are humans too (or at least as close to a human being as any character on the show)? No, it was worse. This scene contained the physically attractive and relatable demons of the cast singing a seductive siren’s song by My Chemical Romance about the dangers of corporations. Yes, Glee is clever enough to turn our children against capitalism with that which they hold most dear; terrible pop punk music.

Just take a look at the Marxist lyrics below which Beck made sure to highlight:

“Cleaned up, corporation progress
Dying in the process
Children that can talk about it
Living on the railways
People moving sideways

Sell it till your last days
Buy yourself the motivation
Generation nothing,
Nothing but a dead scene
Product of a white dream”

What child wouldn’t see through those brilliantly constructed metaphors and get the message festering beneath? Why, it’s what Bill Ayers himself would write if Bill Ayers was also a man in his mid-30s who dyes his hair hot pink and plays “punk” music for tweens. Yes, this song was clearly chosen by the producers of Glee to sway our children against American values and not at all because it was one of the biggest hits off the band’s most recent album and was therefore likely to sell a veritable ton of downloads on iTunes which is run by Apple, a corporation they so clearly despise.

But there is hope, dear friends. It is a faint flicker in a sea of blackness, but it is there. Beck mercifully followed this descent into catchy, colorful, queer-friendly barbarism with the inspirational story of his chief of staff Joe Kerry. When Kerry was a boy, his mother threw out the family television, thus saving he and his siblings from a life of protesting stuff and watching the Lea Michele’s of the day sing evil Top 40 hits. Perhaps we too should dispose of the devil box before our children are longer our friends. They’ll be our comrades.

…of course, wait to throw the set out for a few months. The Glenn Beck show is off the air yet.

Watch the clip from Fox News below but, be warned, you should probably keep a Constitution present so as to protect yourself from second-hand indoctrination.

Glee, Glenn Beck

ModerateMan

How many more snarky and condescending stories can Mediaite produce about conservatives? This is just getting ridiculous. Or should I say riducless.
Bill Huggins

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Yet, he praises the lyrical genius of MUSE.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Neck knows little about history and even less about pop culture.

THE WAR ON GLEE !!!!!
BeckFinallyDemoted

In The World According To Beck any message that he doesn’t approve of is propaganda.
Please, Beckerheads, throw away your TV’s and burn your books, they are corrupting influences on you.

This is all you need…Beck on the radio, Beck books and Beck websites.

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CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT…

Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, Jaurez
WCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershow
TeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekim
mdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT
Bill Huggins

ModerateMan said:
How many more snarky and condescending stories can Mediaite produce about conservatives? This is just getting ridiculous. Or should I say riducless.

Shooting fish in a barrel, dude. Maybe if they didnt set themselves up for ridicule so much…
Azarkhan

Another nothing story by Mediate. Jon is the new Glynnis.
tgk

Well Jon, I bet you were thrilled that Beck finally did another piece you could mock. I bet you and the rest of the mediaite staff were really pissed off the last 3 days when Beck was being so “normal” and you had to IGNORE that.

This site is so freaking transparent.
“Real” American

Man, glad Glenn is back on message. Contards will be able to sleep better tonight.

ModerateMan said:
How many more snarky and condescending stories can Mediaite produce about conservatives? This is just getting ridiculous. Or should I say riducless.

You have to admit, Glenn likes to wear the suit with the big bullseye on the back. Unfortunately you won’t be able to see it on AM radio.

I guess Glenn on AM is a good thing. It does require his listeners to come up out of the basement so their transistor radios can recieve his program…..
BeckFinallyDemoted

tgk said:
Beck was being so “normal”

That is called a “short leash”.

You know, the one that Roger Ailes has him on. lolol

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CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT…

Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, Jaurez
WCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershow
TeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekim
mdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT
BeckFinallyDemoted

Can you imagine being Beck’s wife…

Glenn: “Honey, c’mere…you have to see this outrageous propaganda on Glee!!”

Wifey: *rolls eyes* “That’s nice, dear.”

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CAUTION: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE EX-BIRTHERS, THEY ARE ARMED AND IGNORANT…

Dem4Ever, The Lantern of Truth, juan, Arkansas Steve, murf, Jaurez
WCinWI, Barack Must Go, NOBAMA, Colorado_Conservative, gordonbloyershow
TeaPartyPatriot, notsofast, Severian, Dronetek, TfT, mitchflorida, skoorbekim
mdanielson, Harry Flashman, OxyCon and NORBIT
Thelonious Funk

It’s called a remote.
jjay7381

Slow news day?
ModerateMan

jjay7381 said:
Slow news day?

No. Just the biggest day of natural disasters since Katrina, three wars, and a horrible economy. Let’s write snarky articles about Trump and conservative personalities!
Cancon2

Meanwhile, some people farted as well.
Alice67

“The entire message of today’s Glenn Beck was that our children are in terrible, terrible trouble.”

Right here in River City?
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

Glee is absolutely a propaganda program. It’s entire purpose is to promote the gay agenda. That’s not to say it isn’t entertaining, but kids should be clear about the program’s intent.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

And yes, the gaping maw of Al Gore is horrifying.
skyfet

Glenn, I blame Murdoch (your boss)
grafxmail7

Can someone please tell me who this guy is and why he is on TV?
skyfet

Glenn and the Glee cast receive their paychecks from the same boss.
Patrick

I don’t like Beck, but Glee is an abomination.
brooksider926

Dudes, listen to GB again. He said “I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the TV show Glee, but this show stands out and stands for almost every value that I have.” HE DIDN’T SAY IT “STANDS AGAINST ALMOST EVERY VALUE THAT I HAVE.” So, does Glenn Beck even know what Glenn Beck means. If so, he’s in a company of one.
SnowSoul

People who are defending Glee clearly haven’t watched it recently. That show is so bad, how you misconstrue it as anything other than horror is mind-boggling.
damien

I have an image in my head of Beck pacing his living room in a cold sweat, his head buried deep in his hands and his wife looking on nervously as he mutters, “There’s no way to beat this. There’s no way to beat this.”

For some reason it’s an image that amuses me greatly.
damien

grafxmail7 said:
Can someone please tell me who this guy is and why he is on TV?

You needn’t worry about it for much longer.
The Tea Weasel®

Poor NeoTards. Beck is going away. But Obama isn’t.
damien

Chris Jones said:
Glee is absolutely a propaganda program. It’s entire purpose is to promote the gay agenda. That’s not to say it isn’t entertaining, but kids should be clear about the program’s intent.

Are the gays getting in on this Marxist/Socialist coming insurrection?

I smell sitcom!!!
Paul G

Simple question. Is he wrong? NOPE!
Barack Must Go

The Tea Weasel® said:
Poor NeoTards. Beck is going away. But Obama isn’t.

For all practical purposes Obama is already gone frome the hearts and minds of the ” real ” American people. All we need do is cleanse what’s left of him from our colons and we’ll be completely useless, racist, socialist free for good. You of all libs should know that ‘ pop goes the Obama ‘.
Barack Must Go

I hear Glee is simply a show to make the libs in this country believe it’s OK to be a degenerate. Do any of you degenerate libs find that to be true?
Newsjunky

Tee hee! Bu-bye Glenn. I hope you have lots of good supplies in your bunker. Weirdo.
damien

Barack Must Go said:
For all practical purposes Obama is already gone frome the hearts and minds of the ” real ” American people. All we need do is cleanse what’s left of him from our colons and we’ll be completely useless, racist, socialist free for good. You of all libs should know that ‘ pop goes the Obama ‘.

I’ve been meaning to ask, why do you always write ‘”real” Americans’? Why do you give ‘real’ quotation marks? You are you quoting? Because, you know, it sounds like you’re being sarcastic about real Americans.
Pickles McKay

I have been watching Glenn for a while. I think I have this chalkboard thing down.

Glee is destroyong America _________________________________> Glee is on the Fox Broadcasting Network__________________________________________>Fox is owned by NewCorp_____________________>NewCorp owns Fox News________________________________>Fox News just signed a big new contract with Mercury Arts (and currently broadcasts his show)_________________>Mercury Arts is the Glenn Beck deal.__________________>Glenn Beck is getting money from that horror show.

So Glenn is responsible for the show that is destroying America.

Why do you hate the troops Glenn?

This is no more stupid than the crap Glenn does by the way.
Nationman

I’m not actually a fan of glee, i feel like most of it is pretty contrived and the characters aren’t stable in any sense of the word, Ie: their personalities change every week. But seriously? People call you dangerous all the time glenn and you just shrug it off. You don’t see the comparison?
Skippy

Yes Glenn.

Obama and George Soros and the Google Taco Bell Van Jones Che Guevara Marxist Caliphate finally got to Rupert Murdoch.

It is your duty, Reverend Doom, to whine and pout again because you love the country so much but if your flock just buy Survival Seeds they will survive the impending tribulation.
Pablo

I’m with Nathan Followill:

“Dear Ryan Murphy, let it go. See a therapist, get a manicure, buy a new bra. Zip your lip and focus on educating 7yr olds how to say f*ck.”

…for America!
Pablo

BeckFinallyDemoted said:
In The World According To Beck any message that he doesn’t approve of is propaganda.

Wow. He’s just like Barack Obama! I had no idea.
Nacho

Glenn who?
milynily

If Glee keeps this idiot up at night, then he is in serious trouble. Good thing he doesn’t watch Jerry Springer.
HateTheGOP

LOL. Oh no. There are no VALUES in Glee. Frankly it seems like an idiotic show but the fact that Glenn is horrified proves what a pathetic, provincial, conventionally-minded peon he is.

And lol at Glee pushing the “gay agenda” and My Chemical Romance being propaganda. Jesus Christ. Paranoid CLOWN.
Alice67

He is such a ham!
Barack Must Go

damien said:
I’ve been meaning to ask, why do you always write ‘”real” Americans’? Why do you give ‘real’ quotation marks? You are you quoting? Because, you know, it sounds like you’re being sarcastic about real Americans.

More than likely only to non ” real ” Americans it seems like I’m being sarcastic. I can assure you they’d be wrong.
Barack Must Go

HateTheGOP said:
LOL. Oh no. There are no VALUES in Glee. Frankly it seems like an idiotic show but the fact that Glenn is horrified proves what a pathetic, provincial, conventionally-minded peon he is.

And lol at Glee pushing the “gay agenda” and My Chemical Romance being propaganda. Jesus Christ. Paranoid CLOWN.

Talking about being paranoid, you ARE hipster….big time.
me2010

why would any person with logic listen to this fool? He really said on the air Pres. Bush back in 03 met with then not even Sen Obama ( and not even President ) on making sure not to bomb areas in Iraq because it will be to future home of the Islamic Empire. Again why do some of you people follow this fool? This is not liberal spin Beck said this not me or someone else, he said this on his own crazy show. PLEASE ANY BECK FAN DEFEND THAT CRAZY STATEMENT! Remeber somehow in Beck’s f’d mind Pres. Bush KNEW Obama would become the next President! ….my God….crrrrraazzzyy!
Pablo

Nacho said:
Glenn who?

Beck.
Harry Flashman

Don’t like Glee? Neither do I. Know what i do about it?

I CHANGE THE FREAKIN’ CHANNEL!

Mind your own damn business. If someone wants to watch Glee, let them. And shut up about it. I have absolutely no idea why people would watch that flock of harpies on The View cackle and squawk but if that’s what they wanna watch it has nothing to do with me. I have a magic device called a remote control.

Sweet tapdancin’ allah.
Nacho

Pablo said:
Beck.

Ohhh, the radio host.
Nacho

A two day old Beck post with just 50 comments…

How the mighty have fallen.
BarneyFranken

me2010 said:
why would any person with logic listen to this fool? He really said on the air Pres. Bush back in 03 met with then not even Sen Obama ( and not even President ) on making sure not to bomb areas in Iraq because it will be to future home of the Islamic Empire. Again why do some of you people follow this fool? This is not liberal spin Beck said this not me or someone else, he said this on his own crazy show. PLEASE ANY BECK FAN DEFEND THAT CRAZY STATEMENT! Remeber somehow in Beck’s f’d mind Pres. Bush KNEW Obama would become the next President! ….my God….crrrrraazzzyy!

Maybe sourcing your reference would help. No one is going to be your errand boy.

Or did you not want to link to Media Matters?
BarneyFranken

Nacho said:
A two day old Beck post with just 50 comments… How the mighty have fallen.

Maybe no one cares about Glee, have you thought of that?

I doubt the hatred for Beck has dissipated much- You are living proof of that.
tgk

Nacho said:
A two day old Beck post with just 50 comments…

How the mighty have fallen.

Nope, nothings changed re: Beck – Still on the air, same amount of viewers, same amount of radio listeners. The ONLY thing that has changed is all the liberal (Shut ‘em down if they disagree) thinks they accomplished something and have moved on to the next “target”
cyberk9sheriff

I like Beck…maybe not everything he says, but on the most part. I find a lot of what he says is true, even looking up the stuff my self. Now Obama, well..didn’t vote for him and will never. He hasn’t done anything he said he was going to do, Well I take that back, he did do one thing he said he would do. CHANGE America, But who knew it would be for the worse.
Don’t like Beck, change you’re channel, Don’t like Obama pick the next booger on the list !!!!
Darr247

Actually, I thnk Beck is a hypocrite… he does his pitch for the money, not out of any sense of values (other than “sell it”). If he had been hired by MSNBC first, all you afterbirthers would be calling him liberal lame stream.

Still, I think it’s funny he’s sniping at one of murderoch’s hits. I hope he drives it off the air so that soon, pertie won’t be able to afford hijacking *any* NFL games from American networks.
tgk

Darr247 said:
he does his pitch for the money, not out of any sense of values (other than “sell it”).

So you say………….

First, you assign intent and THEN you call him a hypocrite.
CanofSand

Glee IS a disgusting morally bankrupt time sink, as is much of the slop churned out of Hollywood these days. If you need proof, look at the kind of defenders the program gets:

HateTheGOP said:
LOL. Oh no. There are no VALUES in Glee. Frankly it seems like an idiotic show but the fact that Glenn is horrified proves what a pathetic, provincial, conventionally-minded peon he is.

Yes, that’s right. The guy says there ARE no values… what a great defense about people who attack it for… being void of moral values. Huh. You might also notice that the guy’s handle is “HateTheGOP.” How mature! And certainly not part of “the culture of hate,” oh no! Couldn’t be, since it’s the conservatives, the people promoting moral values — *those* are the haters… not the people who, you know, say hateful things (let alone those who take PRIDE in their hatred).
CanofSand

Darr247 said:
Actually, I thnk Beck is a hypocrite… he does his pitch for the money, not out of any sense of values (other than “sell it”).

And your evidence of this is what? Remember: Personal experience doesn’t count when we’re just talking about you and your ilk; it has to – get this – *actually involve* Glenn Beck directly for it to mean anything.

If he had been hired by MSNBC first, all you afterbirthers would be calling him liberal lame stream.

Again, you actually need evidence to make ridiculous claims like that. First of all, he worked on radio for years before he went to television… and when he first went to television… IT WAS TO CNN. Hardly a conservative bastian, there!

Still, I think it’s funny he’s sniping at one of murderoch’s hits.

Kind of runs counter to your “he’s only in it for the money” theory, isn’t it?

What a maroon. Not that I expect any Glenn Beck hater to put forward a theory that actually holds an ounce of water. Rational thought has never been your strong suit.
X-3

Darr247 said:
he does his pitch for the money

I disagree with you but tell me this: Why do you go to work? Is it for the money? It had better be. If it is not, I’d like to hire you to volunteer your time to come work for me.
X-3

CanofSand said:
Glee IS a disgusting morally bankrupt time sink, as is much of the slop churned out of Hollywood these days. If you need proof, look at the kind of defenders the program gets:

I agree.
cyberk9sheriff

We’re not all birthers….I for one think he was born in the USA, but went to other schools (Muslim), in other countries. He doesn’t see things like most Americans. He wants to spread the wealth. I don’t mind helping someone out who needs it. But, it is my money, and i should have the say so on who I share it with. Beck sees all this and you guys just cant see the forest for the trees…