The Ravens Nest

A Deep Dive Into Glenn Beck’s Video

If you haven’t seen Glenn Beck’s Video, I’d urge you to watch it in full before reading on.

Okay, finally getting a bit to address this but here goes. Beck has some points of agreement I think we can reach here. First point, Christians are looking at Radical Islam as a potential ally in their fight against the marginalization that is happening to them. And it is. Plenty of Christians around the country have been mandated to go against their own beliefs or suffer consequences that are unreasonable. The fact that they are looking to Radical Islam is a concerning point because it points to something that I’ve been cautioning people against for awhile. Really examine this stance for a moment if you find yourself agreeing. What is reasonable about taking someone those who (and there are people like this, I happen to know them) want to live their lives, doing what they do behind closed doors between consenting adults as is reasonable and flinging them from a rooftop to their death?

Before I go on, here’s something else we have in common with Christians in that we’re all getting rubbed raw and, for some of us, it’s doubly so because some of us went through The Satanic Panic years ago. I had to cut a ten-mile walk short because of some effects that are catching up to me from injuries suffered long ago from those claiming to do “The Lord’s Work.” If anyone gets that feeling of being pretty raw, it’s me.

That being said, it speaks to overcorrection. When your “tribal” opposite seems sane by comparison, it’s a sure sign you’re about to create a monster in hopes of achieving equilibrium at some point but that’s not realistic. Realistically, all that will eventually happen is the monster you create becomes uncontrollable and does more destruction. In reality, it’s not a choice of one or the other, it’s realizing that if you want to establish a reasonable baseline then that means taking on a more active role. That means, at minimum, stop trying to get out of jury duty because something like that is super important. It’s a means of nullifying bad laws if necessary.

Second point, Beck wants us to try the Constitution and Liberty as they haven’t actually been tried yet, we can agree on that. Since the Constitution is considered The Supreme Law of The Land, my previous point about jury duty stands. Hear me out on this point. Take marriage as an example. Factually, logically, it’s not a function of institutions of faith, it’s a matter of law which is why non-denominational or even people without a faith per se can be married, legally. If we take the stance against gay marriage, it sets a dangerous and unreasonable precedent because then we are now implying that we favor a two-tiered system. It begs the question. What makes me as a straight man different from a gay man in the eyes of the law. Under the law if I were to marry a woman and then we were to divorce, why does the law put me through divorce proceedings that obviously disadvantage me and, if children are involved, the deck is even more stacked against me. The gay man is effectively immune from that altogether. Due to something that happens, reasonably, between two consenting adults behind closed doors which is none of our business, I am required to undergo legal proceedings that the gay man is not. In that instance, the actual law concerning marriage is not applied equally and going back to the Constitution, these laws are not being applied equally in the least. The point: If we are going to agree on The Supreme Law of The Land Then It Must Be Applied Equally Across The Board, Reasonably.

Third, the pedophile, let’s call it what it is, that is an intact, biological male needs to be in a men’s prison. I hate to admit this but I have direct experience with this particular issue. When I worked in corrections, we had two biological men that were still intact and had breasts, not kidding, and our system never dreamed of sending them to a women’s prison. Also, the guy is a sexual predator. His “identification as trans” is little more than a smoke screen he’s using because he knows, once he’s in a men’s prison, he’ll be a target if word hits the walk if you get my meaning. As a rule, we’re not told what the inmate did or how long they’re in for. Better that way. That doesn’t mean those things get out, they do, however, if they do get out, best believe there’s a thorough investigation to find out how. With this guy, he’s doing exactly what no self-respecting (key term there) pagan would do but he obviously would, engage in yet another subset of victimhood. It’s pretty easy to figure out. Identify as trans to escape the logical conclusion to his actions and then, once there, find another victim class in order to jump in and white knight.

Let’s get one thing clear and, again, we can all agree that prisons have security coming first in mind. Example, no prison on earth would allow an athame. To us that’s a means of directing energies but to prison officials, that’s a knife, therefore, a weapon and there’s no way ever that that’s getting approved. The implements he wants? He can improvise. Even Raymond Buckland’s Big Blue Book (If I’m Not Mistaken, feel free to correct me) has sections on getting started, making your own ritual items and, failing all else, using your own finger to direct energies.

Back to the point of the Constitution, this is where I disagree with Beck. Even in prison, the religious practices of the inmate cannot be denied. At minimum, access to books can be provided. Then he’s free to practice within reason at times in the chapel. Now, for all his white knighting, I’m more interested to hear what the women around him who share that faith have to say. Do they feel the same or is he just being a loudmouth who doesn’t understand that pushing his luck is ill-advised?

Fourth thing, Beck clearly stated that he’s not pushing a particular religion which clarifies plenty to me and doesn’t make room for implication. I can agree that there are those of us who need that framework and that ritual, whatever it may be because we do things religiously, we do them all the time.

Question is what do we do religiously and why? Some will watch a TV show religiously, observe holidays, read certain books, listen to certain music but that’s not the point, the point is where are you putting your spiritual focus at all times and what are you doing to practice it? That type of religion breeds discipline and discipline is important as many in our society lack it.

I don’t think Beck is making a point that the pedophile is representative of us but what he is trying to do is urge people to seek out their spirituality for these very reasons so that we have discipline, we have focus and we don’t lose sight and overcorrect.

To close out, I’d like to offer a quote from one of my favorite writers, J.R.R. Tolkien, “Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin good forces have invented or made” and I think that is the real evil that Beck is pointing out.

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