Glenn Beck, known for his incendiary tirades, said on his radio show, The Glenn Beck Program, that the 200,000 lives lost in the Syrian civil war were less important than the achievements of Robin Williams.
“Look, I, look, I know this might be unpopular, but I’m just saying that if you weigh the value of the lives of the two-hundred thousand Syrians who have died against Robin Williams accomplishments – who did more to benefit the world? Who was more beloved? Who touched more lives? Who brought more laughs? More tears? Who brought more touching moments to film, stage and TV? These dead Syrians are breeders, basically, mindless, look, they don’t bring any positives to the world. Sounds terrible to some of you. I know some of your are nodding your heads because you agree — You, look, let the people in the Middle East just kill each other… Keep America out of it. We have it good here because we’ve worked hard and we have our own people to worry about… like Robin…. And all of us who are deeply wounded by his suicide.”
Glenn then referenced a video from his TV show, The Blaze, of a commander of the Syrian rebels eating the heart of an enemy soldier. *WARING — GRAPHIC*
“Look, this is what they do over there. They eat internal organs of their own people. What kind of message is that to send to kids? Yeah, Robin had his battles with cocaine and alcohol, but so did I… and Robin and I have both beat them to bring positive, truthful messages to the world. Look, I know, take one Williams’ movie, Patch Adams, okay, was important… it showed us the power of humor to heal the human soul. They eat each other in Syria. Not a positive message in Syria.”
He went on to say that the conflict in Syria was a way to ‘cull the herd.’
“Look, this, I know what I’m saying will get picked up by biased media as bad, they won’t see it clearly. I’m used to that. But, okay, look, there are too many people over there. People that take up space and resources and support terrorism. They’re killers… they, I see this civil war as culling the bad people from the herd. Let them do it, okay, let them kill each other, okay. Go shopping, partake in your hobby, go to the movies, ignore it — not good for your health.”