Glenn Beck and extremism

Glenn Beck, has, unfortunately, a youtube channel (meaning more people can have access to his ideas). This is however useful when seeking to find his point of view on certain matters. I was browsing through his channel and found a short video called "When is an extremist not an extremist ?" and I watched it and decided to do my post on this. I know that the subject of the blog post was supposed to be about a current political affair, but tea-baggers (they need a new name !) and extremism was still interesting, I hope I don't go too far away from the political scene.

Tea-baggers, as they call themselves, are very much against Obama and feel that he is robbing them from their freedom. Their name is quite evocative of their ideas, in my opinion. Even though they are not a political issue per se, they are still on the political scene for the moment. And the video is not so much about them but about who is called extremist in the Country. Indeed, Glenn Beck jumps at Obama's throat accusing him to call simple protestors extremists whilst not labeling Hasan, murderer of 13 people, with such a term.

Glenn Beck, I am sure of it, would jump on any occasion to criticize Obama and this was just another excuse ! He also manages to mention the gun situation in his 4 minutes of talk. Now, it may be my way of seeing things, but in his mention of guns, I could clearly hear him just pointing out the fact that Obama wants more gun control and that it is a bad thing for which we must be against him.

Link to the video