tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post2763571179488639305..comments2024-02-11T21:38:42.656-08:00Comments on mulling and musing: Glenn Beck and Social Justice, and Thinking Outside the Box in Politicsm_and_mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00552368137212513094noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-26517607188695041592010-07-29T00:40:48.767-07:002010-07-29T00:40:48.767-07:00You and most other members are cowering to man'...<i>You and most other members are cowering to man's threats and wickedness...You feel if you can't beat em, then Join em.</i><br /><br />Wow. That's quite an accusation from someone who presumably just stumbled on my blog. <br /><br />I don't think it's cowardly to realize that no one side of the political spectrum has a corner on truth. <br /><br />I admire Glenn Beck's m_and_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552368137212513094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-4284858384119252632010-07-28T13:34:59.785-07:002010-07-28T13:34:59.785-07:00M&M, you highlighted what I believe to be the ...M&M, you highlighted what I believe to be the very problem we are experiencing among the membership of the church.<br /><br />You mention extreamism on either end of the spectrum as being a problem. And that view of extreamism is exactly the problem the average member faces.<br /><br />If something is true, there should be no extream to which we should not be willing to go to support or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-58061935451015760602010-07-28T13:34:48.846-07:002010-07-28T13:34:48.846-07:00M&M, you highlighted what I believe to be the ...M&M, you highlighted what I believe to be the very problem we are experiencing among the membership of the church.<br /><br />You mention extreamism on either end of the spectrum as being a problem. And that view of extreamism is exactly the problem the average member faces.<br /><br />If something is true, there should be no extream to which we should not be willing to go to support or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-38877521526606277312010-07-28T12:14:25.463-07:002010-07-28T12:14:25.463-07:00Wow! Such divisive opinions coming fom a single g...Wow! Such divisive opinions coming fom a single group concerning one man!<br /><br />I agree with the guy who made the original comments concerning Glen Beck and our needing to think outside the box.<br /><br />But let me offer an analogy of what I observe in the huge disparity of comments regarding this man.<br /><br /><br />In the Marines, your basic training is established in what appears to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-84135222923896096452010-07-28T12:12:03.951-07:002010-07-28T12:12:03.951-07:00Wow! Such divisive opinions coming fom a single g...Wow! Such divisive opinions coming fom a single group concerning one man!<br /><br />I agree with the guy who made the original comments concerning Glen Beck and our needing to think outside the box.<br /><br />But let me offer an analogy of what I observe in the huge disparity of comments regarding this man.<br /><br /><br />In the Marines, your basic training is established in what appears to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-13097951161284613702010-03-22T16:34:17.085-07:002010-03-22T16:34:17.085-07:00Thanks m&m,
I have mixed opinions on Glenn Bec...Thanks m&m,<br />I have mixed opinions on Glenn Beck. I have family members who have embraced him to the point of climbing completely in your box and it hurts me to see their brilliant minds shuttered. But I also have family and friends who are in on the invective slinging on the other side--still in the box. What I wonder is if all these people slinging invective at each other realize Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373394125196084799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-34230429302757539252010-03-16T23:46:20.779-07:002010-03-16T23:46:20.779-07:00It's good to read a post about Glenn Beck that...It's good to read a post about Glenn Beck that takes a more analytical and less emotional approach. Some of the invective I read on some of the so-called "cool" LDS blogs is downright un-Saintly. <br /><br />Extremism on both sides does hurt, but I find more of it on the progressive side. Some progressives will say <i>"intolerance of intolerance is the only intolerance Jack Mormonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08671278467022843855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-47472496401530498132010-03-16T23:38:36.654-07:002010-03-16T23:38:36.654-07:00BTW, Mark, I understand that you are seeing this a...BTW, Mark, I understand that you are seeing this all in a context of a lot that is bothersome in your mind, and as I just said in a recent discussion, big picture thinking has a place in analysis of ideas and all. So I'm not trying to argue away your opinion of Beck. <br /><br />I still think, however, that the general concept of political dialogue is so often dominated by intense, extreme, m_and_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552368137212513094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-37741894818604015662010-03-16T21:08:21.415-07:002010-03-16T21:08:21.415-07:00Mark,
My point is that this post isn't really...Mark,<br /><br />My point is that this post isn't really about Glenn Beck, although you should note that I noted his extremism in my post; he definitely falls into the trap I'm talking about. (No, I don't think he wanted to start a discussion and that is half the problem. But if people insist that he's all the problem, they are in the box, too. It's easy to do -- it's m_and_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552368137212513094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-56654632424073103952010-03-16T17:18:35.413-07:002010-03-16T17:18:35.413-07:00m&m,
With respect, I think it is you who is m...m&m,<br /><br />With respect, I think it is you who is missing the point. Are you under the impression that Beck really wanted to start a conversation about how we can better care for the poor? I disagree that that was his intent; I believe he wanted to take shots at people in liberal denominations. Period.<br /><br />I am somewhat incredulous that you want to defend him. With his Mark Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-51877936080723582152010-03-16T11:54:04.152-07:002010-03-16T11:54:04.152-07:00I'm not going to take on opinions about Beck, ...I'm not going to take on opinions about Beck, here, folks, because that is missing my point. Regardless of what you think of Beck, in my view this is a simple example of a larger problem inherent in politics. (And I didn't say Beck didn't and doesn't contribute to the problem. But then again, I think most people who deal with politics do.)<br /><br />And I think in order for us tom_and_mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552368137212513094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-61093984495361663442010-03-16T06:18:03.344-07:002010-03-16T06:18:03.344-07:00If it's all the same to you, I don't care ...If it's all the same to you, I don't care about Beck's views on anything. He's never served in public office, never served in the military, never done anything, in fact, except promote himself as a media personality. So he has opinions -- so does my dog, and I'll take his over <br />Beck's any day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-85493951060581157412010-03-16T06:03:22.822-07:002010-03-16T06:03:22.822-07:00Here is what is reprehensible about the comment, m...Here is what is reprehensible about the comment, m&m.<br /><br />Conservative people are always up in arms because they fear the government might be intruding into this or that aspect of their religion. So there is a great deal of irony, not to say hypocrisy, when a man who purports to be conservative thinks it is OK to mess with religion. If a pastor or priest advised his flock not to Mark Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29724538.post-44158070421094219752010-03-16T01:53:03.951-07:002010-03-16T01:53:03.951-07:00Well saidWell saidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com