Glenn Beck calls Hillary "stereotypical bitch"
Another day, another right-wing media celebrity hate assault on a Democratic presidential candidate. From Media Matters:
This isn't funny, it's not "entertainment" and Democrats don't need to "lighten up." It's crass, uninformed blithering that once upon a time, should a person have said such a thing, Andy Griffith or some other mythical character from an imaginary America would have agreed that Beck deserves a sock in the chin. Of course, in imaginary America Andy Griffith would have told Opie that we can't do that, because we have to show that we are better than that. Andy was right, real or not, but if the info-tainment complex masquerading as news in this country doesn't find a way to deal with irresponsible figures, there will have to be regulations put in place to protect the public interest.
Yes, yes, the First Amendment. Tell it to Janet Jackson's nipple. You have a First Amendment right to believe nearly anything in this country, but that doesn't mean that media conglomerates should abandon editorial judgement and any sense of civic responsibility because it might make them a little more money.
And yeah, what Beck said is how some "real guys" talk. Guys who are women-hating jerks. That's no justification, any more than racist comments by talkers are acceptable because there are real racists in the country.
Goodness, it's like the worse things get for Republicans the more truly insane they get. It's creepy and bizarre, like watching someone who already had a few screws loose finally just lose it. You know they won't do themselves any good in the end, but nobody can reason with them, because they're nuts. So all you can really do is shake your head and go about your business.
BECK: I don't want to sound like the old ball-and-chain guy, but Hillary Clinton cannot be elected president because -- am I wrong in feeling, am I the only one in America that feels this way? -- that there's something about her vocal range. There's something about her voice that just drives me -- it's not what she says, it's how she says it. She is like the stereotypical -- excuse the expression, but this is the way to -- she's the stereotypical bitch, you know what I mean? She's that stereotypical, nagging, [unintelligible], you know what I mean? And she doesn't have to be saying -- she could be saying happy things, but after four years, don't you think every man in America will go insane? Is it just me? I mean, I know this is horrible to say, but I mean it not -- I would say this if she were Condi Rice and she sounded like that. Condi Rice doesn't have that grate to her voice. You know what I need to do? I need to talk to a vocal expert, because there is a range in women's voices that experts say is just the chalk, I mean, the fingernails on the blackboard. And I don't know if she's using that range or what it is, but I've heard her in speeches where I can't take it.Beck doesn't need to talk to a vocal expert, he needs to talk to a shrink. Because there is something truly pathological about a person who would say that.
This isn't funny, it's not "entertainment" and Democrats don't need to "lighten up." It's crass, uninformed blithering that once upon a time, should a person have said such a thing, Andy Griffith or some other mythical character from an imaginary America would have agreed that Beck deserves a sock in the chin. Of course, in imaginary America Andy Griffith would have told Opie that we can't do that, because we have to show that we are better than that. Andy was right, real or not, but if the info-tainment complex masquerading as news in this country doesn't find a way to deal with irresponsible figures, there will have to be regulations put in place to protect the public interest.
Yes, yes, the First Amendment. Tell it to Janet Jackson's nipple. You have a First Amendment right to believe nearly anything in this country, but that doesn't mean that media conglomerates should abandon editorial judgement and any sense of civic responsibility because it might make them a little more money.
And yeah, what Beck said is how some "real guys" talk. Guys who are women-hating jerks. That's no justification, any more than racist comments by talkers are acceptable because there are real racists in the country.
Goodness, it's like the worse things get for Republicans the more truly insane they get. It's creepy and bizarre, like watching someone who already had a few screws loose finally just lose it. You know they won't do themselves any good in the end, but nobody can reason with them, because they're nuts. So all you can really do is shake your head and go about your business.
