Dear Glenn Beck

You are not Martin Luther King Jr.

You are a jackal who feeds off the ignorance of Americans too gullible to research your erroneous statements. You are smart, there's no denying that. You and your friends at Fox have implemented an ingenious system. Via your fear mongering and hate spreading, you completely have the uneducated and poverty stricken in the palm of your hand. The rich don't have a need to fight to stay rich any longer, the poor do that for them.

I think about how drastically different our country would be if the lower class were afforded the same opportunities as the middle and upper. We would still have varying opinions, but they would be well informed. If we all went to college (or had a decent, well funded public education system) we would learn the importance of research (hopefully).

Unfortunately, this is not going to happen any time soon. The right wing media is going to see to that. The 1% of Americans who own 40% of our wealth do not want a more robust middle class.

When I think of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, I think of a man who spoke truth to illuminate a terrible injustice that had been thrust upon a group of people for centuries. His cause was great. There was no need for him to spread rumors and lies. Glenn Beck is grasping at straws. By being sure in his convictions he convinces an alarmingly high percentage of Americans that our President is a communist Muslim (honestly I don't see why his religion matters one way or another, but that's another post).

I'm trying to maintain the idea that our country is merely ignorant, not stupid, but my self restraint is slipping. It's exhausting fighting an uphill battle against inaccuracies, lies, and intolerance, especially when they seem to be winning with no sure fire way to turn the tide.