Posted on 05/10/2015 1:40:40 PM PDT by South40
I know this will come as a shock to a lot of you. But the blowhard Bill O’Reilly can actually be an idiot when he longs for “strange new respect.” Such is the case with how he dealt with Pam Geller and the Garland, TX terrorist attack. Via the Daily Caller:
“The dead men deserved what they got,” O’Reilly said. “But the incident was ignited by a contest featuring cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. Any depiction of that Islamic icon is a sin in the Muslim world.”
“Many Americans believe the provocation was legitimate under freedom of speech, but that is not the issue,” the host contended. “No one I know favors curtailing speech in this case. The real issue is whether the exposition was the right thing to do.”
See the problem here? The incident was not “ignited by a contest” any more than the Benghazi attack was caused by a video. The contest was privately sponsored and by invitation only. The two yahoos who ended up on the morgue slab ignited the incident by driving over a thousand miles to attack people who made them mad. The only issue here is curtailing free speech because if, Heaven forfend, Bill O’Reilly gets in the business of deciding if something is the “right thing to do” then we are really screwed. In all seriousness, if the “right thing to do” standard was in force, does O’Reilly think he wouldn’t be forced off the air by the very people he’s fellating right now?
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Bill O’Reilly is an idiot - Breaking News!
“Any depiction of that Islamic icon is a sin in the Muslim world.”
Uh...Bill...Duffus. This is not the “muslim world.” This is America. Duh.
Concise, true, and damning.
O’Dorky is not worth a f*rt.
It is difficult to DISAGREE with you on that statement.
This IS NOT the Muslim world you creep!
It’s rational, but I disagree with O’Really. Backing off because it isn’t “prudent” is just another step towards censorship.
It was a legitimate contest, legal and setup to be fun and constructive for those who care to see.
I don’t remember any mainstream media outlets declaring “He brought it on himself” about the Abortion Doctor murdered a few years back by radicle ______ (you fill in the blank).
I agree with you 100%. In his new series about historic legends he spoke of the bombing of Jesse James mother’s home and stated that Jesse James brought the attack down on his family. In other words it was Jesse James’ fault that the Pinkertons bombed a house full of an innocent women and child.
BOR is a idiot, and in breaking news, the sun rose in the East today.
Keeping it “pithy” I agree!
Bill oreilly on the jimmy kimmel show last year:
O’REILLY: “I like Barack Obama as I liked George W. Bush. I think they’re both patriots, okay? Now, you may not agree with their policies — you may think they’re not managing well. That’s fine. Everybody has an opinion. But as human beings, I think they’re both trying to do what’s best for their country. So I admire that, I respect that.”
Bilbo’s premise is valid only if we are to assume that muzzies have no self-control - that they are literally incapable of understanding the axiom of “sticks and stones”. If this is true then they all need to be institutionalized - for their own sake ;’)
Yeah, I figured that out more than a dozen years ago. Way too much ego.
“The dead men deserved what they got,” O’Reilly said. “But the incident was ignited by a contest featuring cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. Any depiction of that Islamic icon is a sin in the Muslim world.”
This isn’t the Muslim world Bill, at least not yet.
Now THAT is a headline that says it all.
Not breaking news ... that fact that the blowhard republican establishment cheerleading ... talk over all his guests ... Bill "The Pinhead" O'Really is an idiot par excel lance has been know for quite some time.
BOR and Bambam love that phrase, it's getting really old.
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