Anyone with a properly functioning brain knows that O'riely is a dirty little pig, he's just so good at BSing that people think he's "fair" or "balanced".
I think he made a couple of ignorant comments.
The restaurant comment was not meant in sarcasm, but it sounded as if he was speaking out of his own superficial experience with blacks- his comment smacked of the great divide between classes and cultures in the US. Do I think he should be tarred and feathered for this comment? No. He is just ignorant. When I say "ignorant" I mean he really has nothing to draw from except his superficial meetings with Sharpton and other talk show guests and his exposure to black American culture. It sounds as if he does not know any blacks on a personal level in other words.
He stated that blacks Americans are just like everybody else in America; they are the same as everyone else. I would agree with him if I thought he was referring to morally the same as we are all pretty much the same morally- we all do bad things and are no better than anyone else. But, my impression is that he was speaking about being "colorblind." Blacks in America have had a much different experience and history than any other community in America. This makes for a significant difference culturally. It is important to respect those differences . how do you respect those differences? By listening and not making assumptions, whether the assumptions are positive or negative.
He also seems to think that Rap and Hip Hop are not as popular as they are.. I think he is wrong on that due to my own observation. I see blacks old, young, male and female lapping that stuff up. I agree with him that it is a negative influence and that too many blacks are being defined by the negative stereotypes portrayed in that music.. and that many take their identity from such stuff. However, I think that the main factor is parenting, and that due to lack of positive identity being nurtured by parents, children find other types of identities to make their own.
Despite all this, the topic is one that should be addressed, and he did an ok job of addressing it. The problem is that people are so blinded by their loyalties they will not acknowledge when "the other side" has something that needs to be heard. Not that Bill said anything new. It is still an important issue. However, he does oversimplify the issue and b/c of that no real solutions are presented... which leads me to believe that he, like most people in America, doesn't really have any intention of helping to solve problems. It seems his solution was assimilation... which is pretty pathetic.
The restaurant comment was not meant in sarcasm, but it sounded as if he was speaking out of his own superficial experience with blacks- his comment smacked of the great divide between classes and cultures in the US. Do I think he should be tarred and feathered for this comment? No. He is just ignorant. When I say "ignorant" I mean he really has nothing to draw from except his superficial meetings with Sharpton and other talk show guests and his exposure to black American culture. It sounds as if he does not know any blacks on a personal level in other words.
He stated that blacks Americans are just like everybody else in America; they are the same as everyone else. I would agree with him if I thought he was referring to morally the same as we are all pretty much the same morally- we all do bad things and are no better than anyone else. But, my impression is that he was speaking about being "colorblind." Blacks in America have had a much different experience and history than any other community in America. This makes for a significant difference culturally. It is important to respect those differences . how do you respect those differences? By listening and not making assumptions, whether the assumptions are positive or negative.
He also seems to think that Rap and Hip Hop are not as popular as they are.. I think he is wrong on that due to my own observation. I see blacks old, young, male and female lapping that stuff up. I agree with him that it is a negative influence and that too many blacks are being defined by the negative stereotypes portrayed in that music.. and that many take their identity from such stuff. However, I think that the main factor is parenting, and that due to lack of positive identity being nurtured by parents, children find other types of identities to make their own.
Despite all this, the topic is one that should be addressed, and he did an ok job of addressing it. The problem is that people are so blinded by their loyalties they will not acknowledge when "the other side" has something that needs to be heard. Not that Bill said anything new. It is still an important issue. However, he does oversimplify the issue and b/c of that no real solutions are presented... which leads me to believe that he, like most people in America, doesn't really have any intention of helping to solve problems. It seems his solution was assimilation... which is pretty pathetic.
This statement to me has the tone that you expect to be harmed in a black neighborhood. You could have easily said "I walked through a bad section of inner city Philadelphia and was pleased to come out unharmed." To me the use of a race in the statement means something.
Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
"patriarchal underpinnings?" Huh? As opposed to his matriarchal underpinnings?
So if O'Reilly had gone to an Asian restaurant instead and wryly observed that the place wasn't jumping with people leaping through the air kung fu-ing each other that would have been racist too?
That's exactly what he did.
Hardly.
He has said far worse, his shock value for myself is gone, at least. I'm amazed that people still take the hack seriously, much less jump in to defend him. Moronic.
I for one am quite amazed when I go into an Irish pub and find the bartender sober, figure he/she must not be Irish, and no one plotting the downfall of the English!
As always, lefties only read/listen to what they wanna hear, neverr wanting to know the whole truth. Expand your horizon. Do not limit yoursel to Media Matters, MoveOn.Org or Daily Kos. Otherwise your life iwill be filled with hatred of others. Oh wait, it's too late to save you already.
I know the fact that he has more viewers than the other shows in his time slot combined is disheartening to liberals, but such is life. It's hard to paint the guy as irrelevant when he has such a large following.
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