The group Jewish Funds for Justice brewed up a twitterstorm this past week and launched it at Glenn Beck, sending thousands of tweets--in haiku form-- to Beck's official Twitter page over a 24 hour period. The move was sparked by this alarming statement by the Fox News host:
"I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church website. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice are code words [for Communism and Nazism]. Am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!"
The group called its haiku storm "the first large-scale Twitter protest of its kind," and it was large. So large, in fact, that its Twitter page reached the limit of allowable tweets (who knew there was one?).
The haiku ranged from the basic take down of Beck's statement
"Do unto others..."
If that's not social justice
I don't know what is.
to deep thoughts
Do you have to check
your church website for justice
to know that it's there?
to the sarcastic
I hate socialists
far too much to really learn
what "socialist" means
It also became clear that Beck inspires hate in more people than just his followers.
If you think justice
Has no religious basis,
You can go to hell.
Who knew that chalkboards,
Scribbled on by a jackass,
Could be so harmful?
Know who else said we
shouldn't help one another?
Not Hitler -- Satan
Some of the haiku left a little evidence that a Jewish group was involved.
Glenn Beck, hate monger
Those of faith know better than
to heed your words. Schmuck.
One was just a good, albeit off-color, joke:
Why does Glenn exist?
Even the Body of Christ
has to have an ass
Glen Beck's twitter page was back to normal today as he focused on his "American Revival." The word "revival" was no doubt selected for its religious connotations. Apparently, after asking people to leave their church, Beck encourages them to join his. This tweet sums up his audience's response on Twitter:
I cry as I write: my life is forever change. TY
I wish that one were a joke.
You can take a look at all of the haiku here.
using Alinsky tactics.
Gee, who is surprised?
vengence and furious ang-
er, the male white right.
thicken the clown's bank account
watching chalkboard hate
followers gather
blinding eternal snowstorm
rescue dogs will come
Haiku is a subtle form of art; requires much thought and nuance ~ neither of which GB inspires!
that dry drunk cry ....... again.
This Glen Beck guy really is
Dumb as all get out
Ignorance and faith are one
God is in exile
Voluntary charity and a general disposition to do good unto others is NOT the same thing, even remotely. Why can't people understand this? NO Where in the Bible or Talmud does it ever once teach that mankind should establish a bloated bureaucracy to force people to be nice and thoughtful. Free agency must reign supreme. If you takw away man's agency to act for himself and choose good over evil then we are all slaves without the ability to progress as individuals.
I guess you missed this line.
"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s and unto God the things which are God's"
Why can't you understand this?
Crazy rantings from Glenn Beck
More than fear, himself
I learned long ago that you can never stop poverty... it's totally impossible. It's like saying we will improve education so much that everyone will be above average... can't be done. LBJ has his war on poverty and what did it accomplish? It drove black men away from their families, increased welfare dependence on black women, and helped to create the welfare state. Clinton pretended to fix it but created a back door of permanent help for those that don't feel like working... SSI where those that don't like to work claim to be depressed and in return become permanent drags on society.
If no one has any money there is no poverty. Poverty only exists in the mind when a person is jealous of what someone else has.
And what do you call the lifetime dependence of corporations who feed off the government in the form of subsidies?
My minions march to what they've been told.
No reason to reason,
Just ratings for the season.
And the Entertainer buys more gold.
but this time it's different,
Glenn Beck is the cause!