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<\/p>\nOn Glenn Beck’s Holy Day of Miracles, August 28, 2010, when he promised that it would be a turning point for America; that it would be an awakening; that miracles would happen; that your children would be branded (and that’s a good thing?), the only miracle he was able to identify was that a flock of geese flew overhead. Quick, somebody call the Vatican!<\/p>\n
Another notable peculiarity of the BeckFest was that he ordered his disciples to leave all signs, posters, and other expressive regalia, at home. There was speculation at the time that he wanted to avoid a recurrence of previous gatherings that devolved into a swamp of derogatory and offensive signage that ultimately embarrassed the organizers. Well, he was right.<\/p>\n
Just two weeks later, the 9\/12 Project held a rally sponsored by many of the same people who brought us Beck’s Revival Meeting on the Mall, including Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks, It was also attended by the same deluded masses that genuflected before Beck, however, there was no prohibition of poster-boarded speech. The result is this representation of the sign carriers that would surely have graced Beck’s event had he permitted them:<\/p>\n
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When you leave right-wingers to express their own thoughts, this is what you get. It is an amalgam of threats and hate that they learn from their leaders (i.e. Beck, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Pam Geller, etc.). It is encouraged by conservative institutions like FreedomWorks and the Republican Party and, of course, Fox News.<\/p>\n
Some on the right complain that these signs are not representative of their movement. But it simply could not occur with such reliability and frequency if it were not an ingrained part of their message. This is who they are and they cannot run away from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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