When people do something good they deserve to be applauded for it, even by those who disagree with them on other things (such as politics).
Glenn Beck is doing a very good thing. And much as I dislike almost everything else he says and does, I applaud him for it.
And I am pleased to see that Beck is being applauded for this by people on the left. At Daily Kos a diary was posted almost immediately after this story broke praising Beck for this and the diary quickly made it to the Daily Kos recommended list (meaning other posters there felt this was something worth saying and discussing).
Even more to the point is a post by Michael Luciano at The Daily Banter: Ok Liberals, It’s Time For Us To Give Glenn Beck a Little Credit For Once
Glenn Beck is doing a very good thing. And much as I dislike almost everything else he says and does, I applaud him for it.
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Originally Posted by Business Insider Glenn Beck Is Bringing Aid To Young Refugees In Texas: 'We Must Open Our Hearts' Glenn Beck on Tuesday announced that he will be bringing tractor-trailers full of food, water, teddy bears and soccer balls to McAllen, Texas on July 19 as a way to help care for some of the roughly 60,000 underage refugees who have crossed into America illegally in 2014. Beck said he will be joined by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), and a number of pastors and rabbis... |
And I am pleased to see that Beck is being applauded for this by people on the left. At Daily Kos a diary was posted almost immediately after this story broke praising Beck for this and the diary quickly made it to the Daily Kos recommended list (meaning other posters there felt this was something worth saying and discussing).
Even more to the point is a post by Michael Luciano at The Daily Banter: Ok Liberals, It’s Time For Us To Give Glenn Beck a Little Credit For Once
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Glenn Beck is no fan of liberals, and liberals aren’t fans of his. But in the spirit of giving credit where credit is due, Beck warrants props for doing the exact opposite of what a screaming pack of protesters did last week in California. In that ugly episode, three busloads of young immigrants who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally had to turn back en route to a Border Patrol facility because an angry mob blocked their path while chanting “Go home!,” “We want to be safe,” and “USA! USA!” Now the easiest way for a guy like Beck to elicit nods of agreement from listeners would be to piggyback onto the protesters’ cause — if yelling at children can be called that — and decry those who jump the border into the U.S. illegally. But that’s not what happened. Speaking on TheBlaze TV, Beck announced that on July 19, he and a group of lawmakers, clergy, and others were heading to the horrendously under-supplied immigration detention facility at the Border Patrol station McAllen, Texas: "We’re going to fill some tractor-trailers with food, with water. The churches have asked us if we could bring teddy bears and soccer balls, so we’ve loaded up a whole tractor-trailer of nothing but teddy bears and soccer balls. And then I’m going to go serve breakfast and lunch, and I’m going to help unload these trucks, hot meals for 3,000. That’s what we’re doing.” His reasoning was simple, and something that could have easily come from the mouth of a liberal: “Through no fault of their own, they are caught in political crossfire. And while we continue to put pressure on Washington and change its course of lawlessness, we must also help. It is not either, or. It is both. We have to be active in the political game, and we must open our hearts." |
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