Posted on 10/07/2009 5:04:49 AM PDT by steve-b
I don't know if you've ever seen the Did Glenn Beck Rape and Murder a Young Girl in 1990 website, but it's fairly amusing. It's a political satire of the style of argument Glenn Beck likes to engage in, which involves requiring that someone prove a negative ("prove you didn't do X") and making claims in the form of an interrogative ("Hey, I'm just asking questions here. I'm not saying he did this. What's wrong with asking questions?").
Well now Beck is trying to kill the site by making a formal complaint (PDF) to an international internet governing body, the World Intellectual Property Organization. He wants the domain name taken away from the person who registered it.
Why would he do that rather than file, say, a libel suit? Because he knows he would lose a libel suit. He is a public figure and the site is clearly satirical. Under precedents like Falwell v Flynt, it is virtually impossible to win such a suit. The attorney for the site owner, Marc Randazza, has filed a response brief (PDF) that is hilarious in its attack on Beck's thin-skinned and legally dubious argument. For instance, on the notion that someone might think the site was serious or that it was affiliated with Beck himself, he responds:
There is no indication that the Respondent has intentionally attempted to confuse anyone searching for Mr. Beck's own website, nor that anyone was unintentionally confused - even initially. Only an abject imbecile could believe that the domain name would have any connection to the Complainant.That's brilliant. I like this lawyer. He also includes examples of Beck using exactly the same rhetorical techniques. For example, in questioning Muslim legislator Keith Ellison, Beck said:We are not here because the domain name could cause confusion. We do not have a declaration from the president of the international association of imbeciles that his members are blankly staring at the Respondent's website wondering "where did all the race baiting content go?" We are here because Mr. Beck wants Respondent's website shut down. He wants it shut down because Respondent's website makes a poignant and accurate satirical critique of Mr. Beck by parodying Beck's very rhetorical style. Beck's skin is too thin to take the criticism, so he wants the site down. Beck is represented by a learned and respected legal team. Accordingly, it is beyond doubt that his counsel advised him that under the First Amendment to the United States' Constitution, no action in a U.S. Court would be successful. Accordingly, Beck is attempting to use this transnational body to circumvent and subvert the Respondent's constitutional rights.
"No offense and I know Muslims, I like Muslims, I've been to mosques, I really don't think Islam is a religion of evil. I think it's being hijacked, quite frankly. With that being said, you are a Democrat. You are saying let's cut and run. And I have to tell you, I have been nervous about this interview because what I feel like saying is, sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies. And I know you're not. I'm not accusing you of being an enemy. But that's the way I feel, and I think a lot of Americans will feel that way."And an analog from the website in question:
"Why won't Glenn Beck deny these allegations? We're not accusing Glenn Beck of raping and murdering a young girl in 1990 -- in fact, we think he didn't! But we can't help but wonder, since he has failed to deny these horrible allegations. Why won't he deny that he raped and killed a young girl in 1990?"Randazzo says that the owner of the website "has merely presented Mr. Beck with a mirror. If Beck does not like what he sees, the Respondent is not to blame." Seems reasonable to me.
What stands out most in Brayton’s article is that he finds the concepts of rape and murder amusing.
HasEdBraytonstoppedrapingpigs.com
Har-de-har-har.
Rush’s policy is never give anything like this any attention at all. Beck should do the same. The only thing Beck is doing is drawing attention to this site, and making himself look like he can dish it out but he can’t take it.
Must be a genetic issue that progressives and liberals find crap like this amusing.
Maybe someone should start an anusing website about this author’s membership in a secret sect whose members fantacize about copulation with barn yard animals. Somewhere out there inquiring minds want to know.
http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/Foghorn_Leghorn/ltfl_023.mp3
Differences:
1. Beck only asks those questions if he has some hard evidence pointing toward a definite answer.
2. Beck is a private citizen asking questions of elected officials, sworn under oath to defend the constitution and serve the people, and who are failing at this miserably.
3. Beck never levels personal attacks to destroy an individual’s character — only their politics and associations that may conflict with their oaths.
4. Beck is amusing. The creator of this “parody” site is just an ahole.
Laughter is the Left’s new koolaid. They claim that vicious attacks based on lies are really just “satire,” or “parody” or “comedy.”
But it is really nothing more than propaganda with a clown’s fake smile painted on its ugly face.
Make one about Obozo and the secret service will show up to shut you down.
he is doing a bang up job of it already. He doesn’t need any help.
This writer is the political satire. Beck's methods very often involve: prove that's not you making a speech on this video, or audio, or prove that column or book published under your name is not really you. There is a wealth of practically irrefutable evidence around for Beck and others to use when it comes to many of Obama's radical appointees. People can really make themselves look like fools denying the obvious.
That sure as hell wont change my mind about GB, facts people nothing but the facts.
Troll food:
“Glenn Beck Viewership Beats The Combined Competition Every Night In September”
Does Ed Brayton sit inside a Econoline van watching elementary-school bus stops, quietly shooting photos?
What disgusting liars. They say the site is “did Glenn Beck rape and murder a young girl in 1990”. But the ACTUAL URL is : http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com Can’t they even tell the truth about the website name?
I see nothing amusing in the betrayal of the rape and murder of a young girl. Since I am confident Glenn was never involved in anything like this, I suspect the sickos who created this site see rape and murder as something to joke about. How sick.
Raping young girls seems to be a great source of amusement of late. The Polanski proponents, the Letterman audience and Letterman himself regarding Palin’s daughter, and this. Ha ha ha ha. What NOW, N.O.W.???
Yeah, “rape” and “murder” ...a real knee slapper. This reminds me of Letterman’s sick joke on Sarah Palin’s daughter or stuff you’d see on some of these liberal websites. These people aren’t funny, they’re showing who they really are, vermin.
This is not satire, it is outrageous defamation made in the guise of parody. Glenn does not make false claims/charges with the challenge to prove it's not true.
This is not something to dismiss, Glenn is prudent to seek a cease and desist.
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