Linguistic Magicians: What the Left Hand Is Doing

David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | January 25, 2011 | Jeff Jefferson

[Walter Scott Hudson]

There is a storm brewing over a recently surfaced segment of The Glenn Beck Show from June of 2010. In the video, while he is talking about impeding people with strong convictions, Beck says, “you are going to have to shoot them in the head.” The clip was quickly posted on DailyKos.com along with a description of Beck’s statement. Jed Lewison, the author of the post, provides a long list of names that Beck has put up on his chalkboard, and then goes on to claim that Beck has called for their death:

“The only way to stop their plot, Beck says, is to "shoot them in head" before they "shoot you. It's worth noting that this wasn't the first time Beck told his audience that the only way to stop their political opponents was through violence.”

Although the leftist media elites fancy themselves to be so much smarter than the hoi polloi, they seem to be unable to glean meaning from context. Below Lewison’s post is a full transcript of the Beck segment. A quick read of the transcript reveals that Beck does not call for his audience to shoot anyone in the head. Instead, the “you” Beck is addressing happens to be opportunistic politicians, not his audience, and the “them” Beck is talking about are the radical revolutionaries that the politicians are using to empower themselves.

This kind of willful unawareness is a staple tactic of the Left. They feign ignorance, twist meaning, and make radical assertions. By the time their marks (conservatives) have caught on to the sleight-of-hand, the media memes have run their course. Conservatives often issue a response, but by then, the narrative has already been established...

[MeganC]

Nothing G. Gordon Liddy hasn’t said already.

[cripplecreek]

Immediately prior to that Glenn Beck said that they would have to shoot him in the head to silence him.

[manic4organic]

willful unawareness = deception

[Smokin' Joe]

And how many leftists have been victims of headshots since June?

All of them? My, my, how effective.

Since it appears that people weren't exactly running out and declaring open season on leftists, I'd say this is really digging for something to gripe about.

[cripplecreek]

Meanwhile on the right side of the aisle.....

The Anti-GOP Threat in Maine You Didn’t Hear About

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-anti-gop-threat-in-maine-you-didnt-hear-about/

[muawiyah]

Leftwingtards are sometimes just IGNANT. They can’t think about more than half a dozen words at a time so they think everybody else suffers from that particular disability.