Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Using the Jack Thompson Defense, Then Becoming Worst Person in the World

Remember how Jack Thompson said he would give a charity his own money if someone made his game, then backed off calling the remark "satire".
Well, Bill O'Reilly not only used the same defense, but one-uped Thompson in how much of a ***hat you can be at the same time. He not only called his previous comments "satire", but made the following comment as well:

(taken from the Countdown Nov. 15 transcript)
"What did the citizens of San Francisco think was going to happen after they voted to oppose military recruitment? We‘re in the middle of a war on terror, and these loopy voters did something like this and I‘m not supposed to call them on it? Come on. Can you imagine this happening during World War II?

So I‘m glad the smear site‘s made a big deal out of it, because now we can all know who was with the anti-military Internet crowd. We‘ll post the names of all who support the smear merchants on billoreilly.com."

Yes, not only did he try to cover his butt with a pathetic excuse, but also put one of the worst forms of attacks on decent ever made. As Media Matter points out (here: http://mediamatters.org/items/200511160016), that was only the tip of his attacks on decenters.
Then today, he furthered his "satire" by saying, "No, no, but that's good. You can have a militia that's a rainbow coalition, armed with spatulas." (another Media Matters post: http://mediamatters.org/items/200511150011).

Is anything that comes out of his mouth isn't some form of insult? Even when trying to back down a bit, he just can't stop not being an ***. He not only said that anyone said that his statements went too far only consist of "far left Democrats".
If he only came out and disagreed with this initiative, then I wouldn't mind as much. He has his own opinions. But to say that the military should abandon San Francisco for it, or event to practicly invite terrorists to blow it up? Demogogic isn't even the word.
My advise to O'Reilly would be to just be quiet on the matter. It would be best if he would apologize, but I doubt he could without saying something just as bad, or possibly worse. This is a guy who gets hot-headed faster then water boils on the Sun.

But for something a little lighter on O'Reilly, see his Daily Show interview that happened a while ago(here: http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/celebrity_interviews/index.jhtml?playVideo=24091). I should note that since the video is old, you may have to search for it, then it may not automaticly pop up.

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