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Glenn Beck Rewrites Civil Rights History [Alveda King: Park Police Forewarned, We Just Might Sing]
CNN>COM ^ | August 26, 2010 9:02 a.m. EDT | Willie Bunch, Special to CNN

Posted on 08/26/2010 3:32:54 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- "We are on the right side of history! We are on the side of individual freedoms and liberties and, dammit, we will reclaim the civil rights moment. We will take that movement -- because we were the people who did it in the first place." -- Glenn Beck, on his nationally syndicated radio program, May 26.

It is Glenn Beck's most audacious stunt yet: This Saturday, in the company of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the National Rifle Association and others, the Fox News Channel host will stand in the sacred shadow not just of the Lincoln Memorial, but of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. himself, near the spot where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 47 years earlier to the exact day.

During this event -- billed as "Restoring Honor" -- Beck will aim to "reclaim the civil rights moment" for his cause, and in the process he will continue what he's been doing for the last 18 months: bending the history of 20th-century America like a Philadelphia soft pretzel.

The revisionist message behind "Restoring Honor" is nothing new for the conservative shock jock. In the year and half since President Obama took office, Beck has led his loyal followers on a journey not just to "reclaim" civil rights but much more audaciously to rewrite the sweeping narrative arc of American history from the time of the Founding Fathers forward.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anniversary; beck; ciivilrights; civilrights; cnn; glennbeck; mediamatters; mlk; restoringhonor; willbunch; williebunch
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To: rarestia
So you believe in multiple gods, that you can become god, that god was a sinner and progressed.....sorry that is NOT Christianity.
121 posted on 08/27/2010 9:21:35 AM PDT by svcw (Everyday the enemy tries to offer you an apple, when God has already given us an orchard.)
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To: rarestia
Beck is preaching spiritual and religious renewal

ahh, no he is preaching for his own ascendancy to godhood, that's what lds do.

122 posted on 08/27/2010 9:24:52 AM PDT by svcw (Everyday the enemy tries to offer you an apple, when God has already given us an orchard.)
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To: reaganaut

Oh snap


123 posted on 08/27/2010 9:25:39 AM PDT by svcw (Everyday the enemy tries to offer you an apple, when God has already given us an orchard.)
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To: rarestia
I don’t give one red flippin’ rip what Beck’s religion is.

Too bad; as it shows where your priorities are.

A mans POLITICIS is more important than his SOUL.

124 posted on 08/27/2010 9:25:42 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: The Theophilus
Doesn't anyone read their Bibles anymore? Romans 13

Sadly; no.

(Of those who DO; many fail to FOLLOW it's teachings!)

125 posted on 08/27/2010 9:27:00 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: Elsie

a person’s soul is outside the jurisdiction of FR.

last I checked it was a private one on one discussion with the final judge.


126 posted on 08/27/2010 9:27:15 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: fight_truth_decay

i am so over Beck and his pandering and King worship

i just don’t get it


127 posted on 08/27/2010 9:27:17 AM PDT by wardaddy (effed up times..)
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To: airborne
AMEN!
128 posted on 08/27/2010 9:27:43 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: fight_truth_decay

btw...Beck was on TV last nite saying all this was unintended

they had no idea when they booked the joint

Abe’s place


129 posted on 08/27/2010 9:28:15 AM PDT by wardaddy (effed up times..)
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To: airborne
Took 25 posts.

It took THAT long before the TRUTH was written?

130 posted on 08/27/2010 9:28:41 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: fight_truth_decay

further disclosure:

I like the niece far better than I liked the uncle and I was alive then


131 posted on 08/27/2010 9:29:23 AM PDT by wardaddy (effed up times..)
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To: airborne
Please don’t allow this thread to be turned into another anti-Mormon stomping grounds. Ignore these posters, please.

What?

You do NOT want MORMON writings posted here?

Why not?

132 posted on 08/27/2010 9:30:04 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: Jaded

You are right on target; press the release button...


133 posted on 08/27/2010 9:30:57 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: samtheman
You miss the fact that the Beck critics and the hamasque supporters all hate America. Each and every one of them.

Methinks thou protesteth much.

134 posted on 08/27/2010 9:32:49 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: airborne
And I hoped (and posted) that it wouldn't turn into a “I hate Beck and all Mormons” thread.

But it STARTED with that 'little' lie: "Beck is a CHRISTIAN."

We will NOT let things like that go by!

135 posted on 08/27/2010 9:34:20 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: samtheman
To the exact day! Wow! Unbelievable! How dare he!

I'd like to know how Beck was able to arrange for the MLK speech anniversary to fall so conveniently on a Saturday this year. Must have taken some doing.

136 posted on 08/27/2010 9:34:58 AM PDT by kevao
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To: airborne
on a thread titled Glenn Beck Rewrites Civil Rights History

This is not a religious thread!!!

Joseph Smith REWROTE the 'history of Chrsitianity'.

Beck has CHOSEN to follow his teachings.

NOW just WHY don't you want 'religion' to be ALLOWED here?

137 posted on 08/27/2010 9:37:44 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: fight_truth_decay

The entire essay is written haphazardly and reasoned poorly. He is screaming that Beck is wrong but has not bothered to put forth even a shred of evidence to support his contention.


138 posted on 08/27/2010 9:38:17 AM PDT by behzinlea
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To: rarestia
You complain about OUR zeal; and yet...

This rally is about America and the need to take it back with the same spiritual/religious zeal that it was founded upon.

139 posted on 08/27/2010 9:39:13 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: ejonesie22
Nice speech, however I made no comment on Beck or his politics.
140 posted on 08/27/2010 9:39:59 AM PDT by Elsie
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