Baraka_Guru

There is a difference between disagreeing with someone's viewpoint and not being able to take them seriously.

I cannot simply disagree with Mr. Beck.

I'm not against all conservative principles. I am not too strongly opposed to liberal conservatism; it's just that many key powers under that description simply made a mess of things.

I'm not opposed to fiscal conservatism either. It's just that I don't think it exists. If fiscal conservatives do exist, well, then, they aren't very good at what they do.

That said, I don't think Beck represents, nor speaks for the average conservative. I'm not sure he even considers himself one. Maybe he's a libertarian. I know for certain he's a rabble-rousing, alarmist, populist propagandist (calling him merely a political commentator and/or entertainer is undermining what he really is). That is far worse than the average conservative...because it misleads the minds of the average conservative.

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