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.
And then sue the rubble.
Isn’t posting this non article, article here, a way to continue the ‘rumor’ on, while putting it under a ‘pretty’ title?
Do not post commie propaganda on FR.
Not exactly... but it is true that Arianna was a member of a sex-orgy cult that attempted to poison an entire Oregon town on election day so the voters would stay home and the cult leaders would get elected and take over the town.
True story.
Spot on! (and a Glenn Beck ping)
The difference between Beck and this guy, however, is that regardless of how Beck presents his information, his information is FACTUAL.
This low life, who’s obviously trying to mimick Glenn Beck, has no facts.
“And while Id like to see this entire situation go ignored, I also hope that these people are who Beck was referring to when he said folks are going to jail.”
Post is in reference to this:
GLENN BECK: “YOU WILL SEE BY THE END OF THE WEEK THAT PEOPLE WILL GO TO JAIL”
VIDEO: By the end of the week you will see that something everybody feels in their gut is wrong but nobody has really exposed it is going to be exposed this week, and you will see by the end of the week that people will go to jail. — Glenn Beck
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2335212/posts
They said the same thing about Joe Scarbough, when they said he killed that one lady who died in his office. He just threatened to sue.
Elizabeth Ward of Russellville, Arkansas, the 1982 Miss America, has been mentioned as another possible victim of WJC.
Several years ago someone tampered with the Wikipedia biography of John Seigenthaler, retired journalist and author who once worked for Robert F. Kennedy, so that the entry claimed that Seigenthaler was connected to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Apparently it was some time before this was brought to Seigenthaler's attention--naturally he was furious about it.
This is quote from the ‘cache’ of that ‘site’.
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They’re attacking us! Lawyers contacted the server hosting guys, the datacenter guys, and the domain name registrar. The latter took my domain offline! Please use GB1990.com for now!
UPDATE: We appear to be back, for now.
Note to the lawyers: It’s apparent you’re reading the site and keeping up-to-date. I suppose our silly justice system means you can’t open a dialogue directly with me? I’ve always felt it never hurt to talk... My email is on the left, my phone number below...
Updated the domain name - got a new one and parked it: DidGlennBeckRapeAndMurderAYoungGirlIn1990.com
Gay or not, she only hurt him. She probably married him for $$$$.
Sounds like the classic question in divorce court:
Sir, please tell us, when exactly did you stop beating your wife?
Just read the forum attached to the site....and it reeks of /b/. Meme-a-licious.
Contrast with how the MSM refuses to cover any questions about why Obama will not allow the State of Hawaii to release his long form birth certificate.
It wasn’t meant to be serious.
See if I can make this simple. GB is being accused of rape and murder in 1990. Is the media running with it, unverified?
Therefore, lets just start throwing out wild and crazy accusations and see if anything sticks, gets reported, etc. etc.
That’s ok. The more they attack Beck, the stronger we will rally around and support him. You would think he was running for political office, the way they’re going after him. Then again....
maybe he should.
Well, that one actually happens to be true.
If a horrible woman could make a man gay, Bill Clinton would be a flaming queen.
Is there anything else I can explain to you?
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