Answer: Probably, but this kind of disregard for slavery is expected given that Glenn’s intellectual mentor believed that that the “worst victims of slavery” were the slave owners. That mentor being Cleon Skousen.

On Friday, Glenn Beck did a show on “African-American founders.”  It was generally consistent with Glenn’s prior similar discussions: to downplay the institution of slavery.  It sounds utterly bizarre for someone to get on national TV and do this, but, so it goes.  Oh, and this burning drive to minimize slavery was another of Skousen’s oft repeated memes.

One clip from that show struck me for how demonstrably false More >