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O'Reilly Won't Lynch Michelle Obama. Praise The Lord! |
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This is too good bad to pass up:
In a discussion of recent comments made by Michelle Obama, Bill O'Reilly took a call from a listener who stated that, according to "a friend who had knowledge of her," Obama " 'is a very angry,' her word was 'militant woman.' " O'Reilly later stated: "I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels — that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever — then that's legit. We'll track it down."
How come you can't show a nipple during the Superbowl, but Bill O'Reilly can talk about lynching an African-American woman on Fox? If you're against all censorship, fine, but if you're going to censor, you can't ignore things like this.
I'm no O'Reilly fan, but listen to the entire conversation on the link here and then decide if you are taking this out of context or not. The original poster appears to have read a blurb about the broadcast and, without doing any due diligence, ran with it - even as far as suggesting we start violating the first amendment. Give me a break. Seriously.
link with comment in context is here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/20/bill-oreilly-i-dont-w_n_87616 .html
While I agree that the context is somewhat mitigating, you simply can't use the word lynch to refer to an African American. That history is too long, painful, and recent to be ok.
J,
Cry about it.
I'd give up lunch for a year to punch Bill O'Reilly in his neck. No bullshit. This guy is the definition of a coward.
I think we should all go on O'Reilly's lynching party–and then turn around and lynch him!