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Huffington Post slams Glenn Beck and his 'Irish' roots group

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FRIEDA KLOTZ
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Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 4:54 PM
Updated Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 5:49 PM

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Read more: Michael Hill, Racism and Bigotry, Social Issues, Glenn Beck, Ireland, League of the South
In a stew: The League of the South has a strong Irish flavor
In a stew: The League of the South has a strong Irish flavor

There is a significant Irish presence on a Southern separatist group known as the League of the South that calls itself Anglo-Celtic and has been featured on the Glenn Beck show on Fox News. Now, The Huffington Post has attacked the group as racist — and Beck for allowing them to appear on his show.

The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled League of the South a "racist hate group" and issued a report filled with allegations of racist statements, especially by the League's president Michael Hill. According to a news article, Hill "welcomed the designation as a 'badge of honor'" and stated SPLC has "a very leftist agenda, these sorts of things are designed to discredit you public.

Hill  –  the man who appeared on Beck’s show – spoke of his connections with Ireland. “My family emigrated from Ulster back in the 1680s and 1690s,” he said. Hill has spent time in the Republic of Ireland and in the North. “It’s almost like home,” he said, adding that in Ireland “I see an organic, deeply-rooted historical culture that stands at odds with the international global elite.”

Part of the group’s philosophy  is its links with Ireland. On its website it sells Irish records from a company called harpofdixie.com, as well as Irish food. 

Thomas Ray Floyd is chairman of the group’s Mississippi chapter. “The people who settled the South were Irishmen, Scots, and Welshmen,” he said, speaking to IrishCentral.com. “Most were Christians, and they established the Protestant churches in the South.”

Hill refuted any accusation of racism. “We don’t accept that label. It’s very easy to throw labels around. We’re Southerners, and Southerners, particularly traditional conservatives, have always been cast in that light.”

Sam Stein of The Huffington Post disagrees  “Hill's League of the South group is a decidedly white supremacist organization, arguing that the ‘Anglo-Celtic’ culture of the South must be protected and insisting that ‘white men’ must ‘shed the guilt heaped upon them by their opponents and defend their interests.'"

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Posted by liseuxx on Nov 24, 2009, 10:08 PM EST
Glenn Beck has a great following in America- because we're tired of the socialist mess Obama is bringing on us. Personally, I think Beck is a bit extreme, but with wackos like Obama and his socialist/marxist fellow traveler appointees, Beck seems quite safe and able to get us some conservative values back in play.
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Posted by liseuxx on Nov 24, 2009, 10:06 PM EST
Who cares about the Huffington Post. It's about as biased as was TASS News Agency in the old USSR.
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Posted by IrishAndProud on Nov 22, 2009, 10:26 PM EST
sully1167 wrote: "Hey IrishAndProud why don't you get over yourself already? Being angry at the world is not going to get you anywhere. You obviously have way too much free time to be blogging on this website." No more than you, sully. You have consistently interacted with me on this blog -- and yet you've failed to answer my question.
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Posted by IrishAndProud on Nov 22, 2009, 10:24 PM EST
sULLY1167 wrote: "Hey IrishAndProud why don't you get over yourself already? Being angry at the world is not going to get you anywhere. You obviously have way too much free time to be blogging on this website." No more than you, sully. You've consistently interacted with me, just as much -- but have not yet answered my questions.
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Posted by IrishEddy on Nov 22, 2009, 08:58 PM EST
Beck needs an injection of freon, he keeps blowing nothing but hot air.
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Posted by sully1167 on Nov 20, 2009, 09:28 AM EST
Hey IrishAndProud why don't you get over yourself already? Being angry at the world is not going to get you anywhere. You obviously have way too much free time to be blogging on this website.


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