Glenn Beck Under Investigation For Alleged Threat Against Trump

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: CBS

DALLAS (CBS11) – Conservative radio host Glenn Beck is under investigation after a comment he made on his radio show when talking about GOP front-runner Donald Trump. Beck says his comment was not directed towards the presidential candidate.

This appears to be a misunderstanding but the Secret Service tells CBS11 it’s aware of the comment and will conduct an appropriate follow-up investigation.

During his radio show Friday morning, Beck and his producers were talking about the other candidates saying they would support Donald Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee. His producer mocked Beck after Beck mentioned being in the shoes of Trump’s rivals:

“Was it gigantic shoes?” asked the producer Stu Burguiere. “If I was close enough and I had a knife. Really. I mean the stabbing just wouldn’t stop,” Beck responded, appearing to direct his comments at Burguiere.

Read more: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/03/04/glenn-beck-under-investigation-for-alleged-threat-against-trump/

[truthisfreedom]

1. Silliness.

[tomm2thumbs]

8. Yes

[madokie]

9. How the hell can anyone listen to this cretin

He's in the same class of intelligence as the gravel I'll walk over out to pick up my morning paper. His delivery just pisses me off so I made it all of 20 seconds before I reflexively had to turn that shit off.

[wordpix]

23. I accidentally caught him on teevee raving against Trump

I thought, good, here's one good thing Beck has done for humanity

[FarPoint]

42. He wants to be relevant...

Beck is very irrelevant..... He is also a " dry drunk"....his behavior is obnoxious...smart people ignore him as that is healthy.

[Purveyor]

2. Oh hell, I've had a visit before myself. Code word: tomatoes eom

[Judi Lynn]

3. There never really was a place in the world for Glen outside the bottom of rocks.

What an ugly, slimy, absurd, amazingly stupid "man."

He shouldn't be able to defend himself by claiming he's too handicapped to be responsible.

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. ...

[wordpix]

24. how does an idiot like this get his own show and make so much $$$?

Oh yeah, he's a repugnant on Faux

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. He used to be on CNN....

I feel Wolf should have followed Beck over to FOX "News" long ago.

[world wide wally]

5. So that's how his "Christian" mind works?

Only Cruz would understand.

[braddy]

7. Beck is in the Mormon religion, it is not a Christian denomination.

Mormonism is a different, unique religion.

[Android3.14]

14. Wrong. Mormons self-identify as Christians

They are most certainly Christian.
http://www.pewforum.org/files/2012/01/Mormons-in-America.pdf

[graegoyle]

20. My understanding is...

That, to be a Christian, one must believe that Jesus is the virgin-born son of their god AND is the savior of mankind. I think that Mormons believe that Jesus is the son of man, but is not the savior of man. If that is the case, Mormons are NOT Christian.

I could be mistaken.

[Android3.14]

21. 97% of Mormons self-identify as a Christian

What you are reciting is dogma that certain Christian sects espouse to create a sense of greater legitimacy in the eyes of their followers. You might have heard the old joke about some group of people from a particular religion who go to heaven and stay in a segregated area so they don't have to see that some other religious sect is also there. The punchline is usually "Shhhhhh. Those are <insert target religion>. They don't believe anyone else is here."

Self-identifying is probably the best gauge rather than arguing over a secular definition of Christian.

[brett_jv]

22. Yup ... they love Jesus, they just don't like 'The Cross' as a symbol FOR Jesus

My wife grew up LDS, and her whole (large, of course) family, with a few exceptions, are still active in teh Church.

Mormons are most definitely Christian, they love and worship Jesus as Lord and Savior and all that. The one thing they DON'T do ... is glorify the Cross, nor make it part of their 'iconography', if you will. You don't see crosses on Mormon churches, nor in them, nor will you ever see a Mormon with a Cross pendant dangling from a necklace.

That's not because they're not just as Jesus-loving as the rest of the Xtians, it's that they don't like it as a 'symbol' for Jesus. It is, after all, where he died a horrible death.

I think this 'disavowal' of the Cross is what has led many to believe that Jesus isn't as much a part of their 'faith' as it is with other Denominations, but believe me, it's not so.

[braddy]

29. It has nothing to do with displaying the cross, that is common to

Protestants, who don't use imagery, it is because they mention Jesus, but not as Christian, instead they think God himself was a man at one time, and that Jesus is not the Jesus of Christianity.

That is part of the religion and why Mitt Romney, Glenn Beck, and Harry Reid are all assuming that they will become Gods themselves, all three hold Temple Recommends.

[braddy]

31. Pretty much right, in their religion they can all become

Gods themselves, going from man to being God.

By the way, they baptize us after death, in their world Pope John II is now a baptized Mormon.

I'm not anything close to being a Catholic, but their answer on Mormonism is as good as any of the other Christian denominations.

" The Mormon’s very concept of God is infinitely different from that of Christians—even though they call themselves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Mormons believe that God is only one of many gods who were once men and that each of us in turn can become what God is now. This process of men becoming gods is said to go back infinitely. But of course none of these gods can be infinite if they are multiple and had a beginning and are actually human beings. In Mormons’ view, both Jesus and the Father are what we would call glorified creatures.

They also believe that Jesus came into existence after the Father, and that the Father and the Son are not one in being. Thus, although they use the phrase "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit," in their usage this phrase takes on a meaning that is actually polytheistic and pagan rather than trinitarian."

[ET Awful]

35. So your criteria to decide whether it is a "Christian" religion is to go by what other "Christian"

religions say while never figuring into your equation that every one of those other "Christian" sects base their entire belief system on them being the one and only true version of "Christianity".

Your definition of "Christian" is a bit flawed. Let's see what Merriam Webster has to say: "a : one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ".

Now, nowhere in that definition does it say anything resembling what your definition is, nor does it set forth what teachings they must believe in.

If someone states to believe in Christ, and professes to believe in the teachings of Christ (as they understand them, not as you or another sect dictates them), they are, by definition, Christian.

[braddy]

36. No, they all share the basic criteria of Christian and are all part

of the Christian religion, but they do all agree that Mormonism is a different religion and not a Christian denomination.

Mormon religion has a holy book called the Book of Mormon, is is their religious text and their religion, the actual bible is largely a prop, one that they describe as being useful only when interpreted correctly.

A shocker for most Christians if they try to discuss religion with Mormons, is to find out that the Bible doesn't carry much weight with them.

Mormons are polytheists and seek to become Gods themselves.

[ET Awful]

37. None of which has anything to do with what I posted.

First, your understanding of Mormonism is flawed in that the Book of Mormon is NOT seen as a substitute for the Bible, but as a "second testament of Jesus Christ".

Once again, the definition of Christian is stated in my post above. If one professes a belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ, they are, by definition, a Christian.

Simply because another person or group of persons reads those teachings a different way doesn't negate that.

Most so-called Christian religions would also say that Jehovah's Witnesses are not Christian. They read the Bible, they follow the teachings of Christ as they understand them, and they profess a belief in those teachings.

Let me guess. . . you don't consider them Christian either?

As to religions claiming that the Bible is only useful when interpreted correctly . . . how much do you actually know about Catholocism?

I find that the people who are most likely to say "x religion isn't Christian" are people who belong to "y religion" which has different teachings.

Many Protestant faiths will say Catholics aren't Christian because they think the iconography goes against the teachings of the Bible. Many Catholics will state that Baptists aren't Christian because they reject the Papacy. Little tip: When you let other "Christian" groups with differing views determine what is or is not "Christian", you end up with things like the Inquisition.

[braddy]

30. No they aren't, they have adopted that as a strategy, but

all christian denominations agree that they are not a Christian denomination.

The Methodists, Catholics, Southern Baptists, Greek Orthodox, etc, etc, all have disagreements among themselves, but they do agree that Mormonism is a unique religion that is not Christian.

That is why all denominations require a Christian form Baptism for Mormons who convert to Christianity, and why Mormons require a Mormon religion baptism for any Christian who converts to Mormonism.

[Android3.14]

38. Links please

I do not see any corroborating data in your post, whereas my information comes from a reputable source. What you are describing is restrictive exclusionary thinking.

[braddy]

39. Your source is a polling company.

Why do you think that I used a Catholic source although I'm not Catholic, it is because it is pretty generic for a quick explanation of why Mormonism is a different religion.

Here is a quick one from the Methodists "The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by self-definition,does not fit within the bounds of the historic, apostolic tradition of Christian faith. This conclusion is supported by the fact that the LDS Church itself, while calling itself Christian, explicitly professes a distinction and separateness from the ecumenical community and is intentional about clarifying significant differences in doctrine. As United Methodists we agree with their assessment that the LDS Church is not a part of the historic, apostolic tradition of the Christian faith." http://www.gc2000.org/pets/cal/TEXT/c0806.asp

Here is an ecumenical source http://www.thethoughtfulchristian.com/Products/TC0452/what-our-nonchristian-neighbors-believe.aspx which is linked to from the Presbyterian site. http://www.pcusa.org/search/?criteria=latter+day+saints&x=-940&y=-117
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The Orthodox http://orthodoxwiki.org/Mormonism

Southern Baptist http://www.4truth.net/fourtruthpbnew.aspx?pageid=8589952813

[Android3.14]

40. You are spouting nonsense

I'm done here.

[C Moon]

6. Beck's paid lies and hate-filled banter are what helped create Trumpenstein. nt

[Crowman1979]

10. I always said that Becks demise will be from his fellow teabaggers.

[salinsky]

11. Dude has been in need of a rigorous mental health evaluation for many, many years ...

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. Et tu Beck?

[Backwoodsrider]

13. Glen B gives us other sober alcoholics a bad name

He scares me inpart beause he seems so convinced he is living a good life when all I can see him doing is spread hate and fear, sharing his misery.

I know all I need to worry about is that little circle around my feet but he is putting himself out there in the public eye. And I don't see how, if Glen is in recovery can he live such an anger fear based life?

Have faith Glen will soon be exposed for what he truly is.

[Gregorian]

15. "insane in an insane world"

[Chasstev365]

16. If Glenn Beck had said that about President Obama...

I've would have been fine! Conservative hypocrisy makes me sick.

[navarth]

17. I assumed he would be a fan of Der Trumpenfuhrer

silly me.

[Shrike47]

18. Yes, he meant Trump, but who cares? It's all bluster. He's a big Cruz supporter, God's choice.

Becky's whole shtick is fear, something awful is about to happen. He and his kind created Trump.

[tabasco]

19. These sick hatemongers and the people who employ them are enemies of America.

The oligarchs pay these cretins to keep America divided upon itself.

[wordpix]

25. "The oligarchs pays these cretins"---you got that right

But now the cretin lower class is turning on the cretin oligarchs so it's getting interesting

[tabasco]

26. Except that "pays" should be "pay." LOL.

I fixed that.

Yes, I can't believe that these "shows" would continue to exist were it not for assistance from the ruling class.

I'm betting even Father Coughlin got donations from the rich in the 1930s for his hatemongering radio show.

[Zippyzagnut]

27. Beck need mental help

maybe he could tap into his ACA benefits.

[gwheezie]

32. This is Beck shtick

He's not crazy or stupid, he's making a living pretending to be whacky and/or holy.

[valerief]

33. I take shits smarter than Beck. nt

[VoteOrDie]

34. Glen Beck doesn't know who he's dealing with...

[Bucky]

41. Much as I loathe the Donald, violence against politicians is never funny

People who "kid" like that are not to be trusted or humored