I live near DC and my parents are hardcore tea partiers. They came from out of town to attend the rally and stayed at my house for the weekend. They somehow convinced me to attend.
AMA.
Edit:
Several people have asked what pissed me off the most. There were three things:
1) Beck kept talking about the virtues of truth and honesty and that one should always stick to the entire truth even when it hurts to do so. This was the most hypocritical thing (IMHO) he said.
2) Repeatedly stating that without religious faith our country is doomed. I don't believe in God, so it was hard to agree with this sentiment. About half the rally was devoted to religious content.
3) He kept referring to how the media would probably misrepresent what happened at the rally. He is probably right that this would happen, but in light if the misrepresentations he has made in the past, he's a pot calling the kettle black.
Another Edit:
I think that Redtooth700 pretty much nailed it in this comment:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/d78j2/iama_liberal_atheist_who_attended_glenn_becks/c0y2x4t
** Also, the good things **
Not wanting to sound negative, here is the good:
1) There were no protest signs of any description. I was disappointed because I hoped to gain much entertainment from this.
2) Nobody left any trash or littered at all. The place was pristinely clean afterwards. I despise littering and wish all assemblies of people would treat areas with this amount of respect.
3) Everyone was very nice and polite.
4) The presentations were not political, and if not for Glenn Beck's closing douchebag speech, I really couldn't be all that critical of the rally's content.
** Another edit: **
People keep asking why I went. I answered it here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/d78j2/iama_liberal_atheist_who_attended_glenn_becks/c0y2oo8
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