Posted on 09/09/2009 10:51:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
"Glenn Beck 1990" is an exercise in the politics of retribution - a spoof of Glenn Beck's outrageous assertions and obfuscations - an Internet meme engineered by those seeking justice - a theater of the absurd.
"Glenn Beck 1990" is short for "Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990", a web site dedicated to tracking the meme questioning Glenn Beck's guilt in 1990. Glenn Beck is not pleased, and is taking legal action against the website tracking the meme.
tech dirt reports:
It turns out that Glenn Beck isn't happy about this either. He's filed a domain name dispute over the domain name, claiming that it violates his trademark.
The Internet meme apparently began with a question on Fark: "Why haven't we had an official response to the rumor that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a girl in 1990?" The idea, which seems plain to many involved, is not to actually suggest that Glenn Beck did such a thing -- but to highlight this tactic of making a totally bogus rumor into "news" by stating it, and wondering why there hasn't been a denial. A bunch of folks have picked up on this claim and run with it (apparently greatly upsetting some loyal Beck fans), turning it into one of those Internet memes with legs.
Associated Content reports:
But lately, Glenn Beck's brand of rabble-rousing rhetoric and baseless inflammatory theories have begun to be aggressively met and countered. Like when Color of Change went after him for labeling President Obama a racist on the Fox News show "Fox and Friends."
Last week this Examiner was one of the first reporting on the story:
In a fast moving, developing story, shocking allegations have come to light that Glenn Beck is responsible for the rape and murder of a girl in 1990. Are these allegations true? Is Beck guilty? Various websites are offering conflicting points of view. Some claim it is a hoax. Many are suspicious because Beck has remained silent on the matter.
The topic is setting the blogosphere on fire, and threatens to go viral.
Questions remain. While Beck has issued no formal response, he is apparently taking legal action against the web site. Beck is not claiming defamation, nor libel, but a trademark violation. It looks like the story is not ending.
Indeed, perhaps it is just the end of the beginning, as we go down the strange rabbit hole that is Glenn Beck, in search of the politics of retribution.
The fool won’t last long.
Esp. not-so-bright for putting up his access info.
Are you sure he is not? He has never denied it.
THE POINT THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the millionth time.
Is that better?
You are taking it seriously. It is not meant seriously. Oh my gosh. It is meant to be taken in contrast to what is being said about GB. The loonie left loves throwing out accusations about those on the right and the media RUNS with it. How does it feel when they get ridiculous accusations thrown right back at them.
There are FReepers who actually take it seriously!
I am not one of them!!!!!!!
I guess I just assumed that Barney is a “top”, based on his assertive, not to say abrasive, personality.
You really need to step away from the computer. You are getting so worked up over this. It is a joke. I see crap on FR all of the time that people take seriously and it is best to let it go.
Why haven’t we had an official response to the rumor that Bill Clinton raped and murdered a girl in 1990?
I agree!!! We should have done that with this.
I'm not even close to "being worked up;" I can't imagine "being worked up" by something like this! When it gets onto religion...I stay away ... because I have never known anybody personally who can get as narrow minded as some people here.
Truce.
Not a truce. You need to enjoy the amusement in the accusation in this context.
Were you here the day that someone posted a blog from another site that witchcraft was being practiced in the Whitehouse? If you were, you would have been ashamed of the people on this site that fell for it, completely. They dislike the Obama’s so much, they will believe any bad thing thrown out about them.
The same thing is happening in this situation. Someone is throwing out a baseless accusation about Glenn Beck and people will run with it. So, lets throw out a few accusations so off the wall about them, and see how they like it.
Why don't we come up with some faccusations that haven't been over used for the past 10 years.
Michael Stone looks like a pedophile.
Are you saying revealing that Van Jones though 9/11 was an “inside job” is equal to saying that Glenn Beck raped and killed a woman? Because I don’t understand your logic.
What does a pedophile look like?
So if they know it is false and they continue to spread it, with the hope of causing him trouble, is there legal recourse for Glenn?
I have no idea. Celebrities are fair game.
OH NO!!!!!!!!!! The poster I was replying to was upset when someone commented about Huffington & gay husband. I was saying that throwing out accusations against the left like that is humorous given what they do to those on the right.
As long as the left keeps using.... Haliburton, Bush Lied, et al, I have no problem using the same things against them.
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