Yep — it really happened. <\/p>\n
By this time, you are likely well aware that FOX News personality Glenn Beck held his large, dubiously-conceived rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC this Saturday — the site and anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s ‘I have a dream’ speech during the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Justice. While the Daily Show Video we’re posting here easily has the funniest take on why Beck’s event (and the lack of irony displayed by him and his followers) is so incredulous, some of the other bloggers-about-town make some insightful comments, too. Chauncey DeVega’s piece on Alternet, How Glenn Beck\u2019s Perversion of Dr. King\u2019s Vision is Proof Positive of Orwell\u2019s Wisdom<\/a>, gives some nice historical context for Beck’s particular inversion of truth. John Nichols over at Reader Supported News notes that ‘No, Glenn Beck is not a Civil Rights Icon<\/a>‘ and the real<\/em> commemorative march on Saturday was taking place in Detroit, staying true to the 1963 message of job creation and social justice.<\/p>\n While it would be easy to simply laugh this off as a misguided stunt and try to forget it ever happened, we would do well to pay close attention. Beck and Sarah Palin drew a significant number of people to this rally in a time when our society’s pain and rage seem to be glaringly lacking a productive outlet. I’d love to hear what Planet Waves readers have to say about the posts linked to here and whether anyone has any ideas about how to get a toe-hold for truth when so many seem to be on the other side of the looking-glass. — amanda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yep — it really happened. By this time, you are likely well aware that FOX News personality Glenn Beck held his large, dubiously-conceived rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC this Saturday — the site and anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s ‘I have a dream’ speech during the historic … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28261"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}