Glenn Beck said this on Tuesday November 8th. He was right, except, he is always guilty of projection. Did Beck know his rhetoric was inflammatory? You make the call. Full text here.
Beck says on Nov 8, 2010........
OK. Now, here's the next pang. Here is this one. This one I fear is coming from the left.
The second one, the radicals reveal themselves. They'll become unafraid. I told you this. And I believe I set this up with something along the lines of look-out because we'll be in trouble when the mask starts to come off. I told you a year ago that as it would come unraveled, the radicals would start revealing themselves.......
The following block of words preceded the ones above........
Obama needs a similar kind of event. Oh, like Oklahoma City! If only Barack Obama can have the opportunity to speak to America after another Oklahoma City type event, then he'll politically be in good shape. Wow!
Now, according to Drummond Pike, the founder of Tides, who — Drummond, I hope you watch this week because — oh, it's all coming undone this week. I will be the guy who causes the next Oklahoma City.
This is in a letter, an appeal to advertisers of Fox: Dear Fox advertisers — read this part of it — no one, left, right, center, wants to see another Oklahoma City, the next assassin may succeed. If so, there will be blood on many hands.
They are setting up another Oklahoma City. They are claiming that one is coming. And they've already marked the one who caused it.
But don't you miss Wednesday's show when I show you violence and the pressure from below, it will boggle your mind!
Beck's pre-emptive strike. Foretelling of what was to come because even Glenn knew it was coming. So here we have Beck claiming something was going to happen and it would be blamed on him. I think it's not stretching it to say Beck knew his rhetoric was inflammatory. How many TV personalities have tried to shun the blame for something that hasn't happened yet ? Now the rightwing is claiming there is no connection between the rightwing rhetoric and this latest incident but, even Beck himself saw it coming 2 months ago. The violence and pressure from below has blown out. Loughred blames mind-control and the gold standard for his anger. The radicals have revealed themselves and it's not the liberals causing the violence.