Glenn Beck Compares Norway Shooting Victims To Hitler Youth
On July 22, Anders Behring Breivik went on a shooting rampage on Norway’s Utoya Island. At the time of this blog post, the most current reported number of casualties is 68.
Strangely, on his July 25 radio program, Glenn Beck smeared the victims of this tragedy by comparing them to Hitler youth, saying:
“As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth. Who does a camp for kids that’s all about politics? Disturbing.”
Needless to say, Beck’s smear was wildly off base. A former press secretary of Norway’s prime minister explained to The Daily Telegraph:
“Young political activists have gathered at Utoya for over 60 years to learn about and be part of democracy, the very opposite of what the Hitler Youth was about. Glenn Beck’s comments are ignorant, incorrect and extremely hurtful.”
Audio of Beck’s remarks:
Beck is no stranger to smears and outrageous comparisons. Just a few months ago, Beck claimed that Reform Judaism was akin to “radicalized Islam.”
Update (7/26/11):
On his radio show today, Glenn Beck offered no apology for comparing the victims to Hitler youth. Instead, he defended the use of Hitler analogies, explaining that if we can’t use Hitler comparisons in “logical conversation” then “we are going to be a society of gas chambers.”
Audio:
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about 7 months ago
How despicable this is goes without saying, but what is it with Beck? Was Nazism the only thing he paid any [loose] attention to in high school history? If you literally know nothing about anything outside of your pointless little opinions, then yes, I suppose you can find similarities to Nazism in pretty much everything. Like the rice I had for lunch. Or my shoes. Or that guy at the food bank with the thin moustache. Nazi-Communist Hitler-Stalinist bastard!
about 7 months ago
Seriously, what is wrong with him, he is not even worth talking about.
about 7 months ago
Beck is what we called an absolute “MALAKA” – he needs to start drinking again to calm the heck down and shut that trap of his
about 7 months ago
I’m a liberal and found nothing wrong with Beck’s statement. If you actually listen to it in perspective to the rest of what he is talking about, it doesn’t sound bad at all. Don’t stoop to right wing level “quoting” it isn’t good for the cause.
about 7 months ago
Gert Wilders is NOT danish – he’s dutch.. Christ – Glenn Beck is the verbal terrorist of today!
about 7 months ago
“As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth. Who does a camp for kids that’s all about politics? Disturbing.”
Lets read what was said here. With a little understanding about the English Language we might be able to understand what he said. For a little more understanding you might want to try this http://esl.fis.edu/learners/advice/syntax.htm
Now lets begin.
We have “As the thing started to unfold and there was a shooting at a political camp, which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth” Which has a comma located after the words “political camp”, he then moves on to say “which sounds a little like the Hitler Youth.” Now generally when one uses a comma, the section of the sentence after the comma is explaining/commenting upon the last subject used before the comma, in this case the subject would be the words “political camp”.
Now I have seen all sorts of compared the victims to hitler youth, but when looking at what was said, this is wildly incorrect. As one can see, with a little basic understanding of the English language, he was talking about the “political camp idea, and not the subject attending the camp.
about 7 months ago
How to add insult to injury…Glenn Beck compares victims of Utøya, Norway to the Hitler Youth. Faithful to vintage right wing cunning deceit, GB refuses to accept that the terrorist was a conservative and a Christian fundamentalist.