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Bill O'Reilly surprised that blacks aren't crazy?

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by burritos, Sep 26, 2007.

  1. burritos

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    http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3649826&page=1
    Wow. Bill O'Reilly, the spokesman and hero of the conservative right, is so ignorant that he's literally "shocked" that an African American restaurant can be run civilly without it being a gangsta hang out.
     
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    nonstory. (filler news)
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Darwood @ Sep 26 2007, 01:17 PM) [snapback]518003[/snapback]</div>
    This is not a nonstory. It shows how stupid Republicans like O'reilly and his sheeple think that all blacks are uneducated hiphop drug dealing athletes.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dion @ Sep 26 2007, 02:16 PM) [snapback]518055[/snapback]</div>
    Bill O'Reilly isn't stupid, just ignorant. Many of his sheeple followers are both.
     
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    "Bill O'Reilly isn't stupid, just ignorant."
    No, he's just bought and paid for.

    "Many of his sheeple followers are both."
    That I can't argue with.

    The story is a waste of time. Move along. There's no need to turn this PR stunt into a talking point. That's exactly what O'Reilly AND SHARPTON want from this. Divide, divide, divide.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dion @ Sep 26 2007, 03:16 PM) [snapback]518055[/snapback]</div>
    Says the sheeple who blindly follows news reports about out-of-context quotes.

    Here's the full text from which the out-of-context quotes were taken. O'Reilly and Juan Williams were discussing the perception that the Black culture is dominated by gansta rap and the gansta culture. O'Reilly was pointing out how wrong that perception is and was giving counter examples.

    Talk about sheeple... Take a look in the mirror. Who is the one following storys about out-of-context quotes as if they were the truth?

    http://mediamatters.org/items/200709210007?f=h_top

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("Bill O'Reilly")</div>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Marlin @ Sep 26 2007, 02:51 PM) [snapback]518089[/snapback]</div>
    I read the entire quote the first time. O'Reilly was amazed that people don't act any different at a black owned establishment. Come on get with it.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dion @ Sep 26 2007, 04:16 PM) [snapback]518137[/snapback]</div>
    He should be AMAZED. Cause most conservatives believe that African Americans are all gangsta rappers with their boxers sticking out and their ho's by their side, incapable of doing anything that an industrious entrepreneurial white man does.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(burritos @ Sep 26 2007, 06:30 PM) [snapback]518210[/snapback]</div>
    I think that's a completely unfair characterization, as blatantly unfair as the stereotypes lobbed about at liberals.

    If you even try to look at the entire interview/discussion the context makes it quite clear that the "amazed" was meant as tongue in cheek for sarcastic affect.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 26 2007, 06:52 PM) [snapback]518219[/snapback]</div>
    Though that may have been the intent, that's not what I heard in the recording. I didn't hear a sarcastic tone. If the whole interview were scrutinized, then yes, Bill O was trying to be complimentary, just like Senator Biden was trying to be complimentary. Unfortunately in this sound bite world we live in, this is not the message that will be heard by average conservative joe. And since average conservative joe regard Bill's rantings as gospel 99.999% of the time, it will only reinforce the attitudes that average conservative joe already believes.
     
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    Maybe, but as I understand it even FoxNews was critical of the way the statement was taken out of context...
    I just reiterate, I think you owe a little more to the people of this forum to at least try to look into the context and circumstances before posting something this inflamatory.
    Further, as a liberal, I think you harm the credibility of the rest of us by stooping to such a sophomoric level.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 26 2007, 07:37 PM) [snapback]518242[/snapback]</div>
    What do you mean that "even" FoxNews was critical of the way the statement was taken out of context. Of course they would be critical in the way it has evolved.
    I did look into the context and I agree that Bill O. may have been tried to be complimentary, but the effect did not follow the intent. Since that is the case, it has now become a topical, and why not bring up something that is topical in FHOP? I think a discussion about the sensitivity of racial stereotypes would appropriate for FHOP. Though the tone may have been inflamatory, I disagree that the topic was sophomoric.

    I appreciate the criticism. I always think that your opinions and posts are very thoughtful, well spoken, and right on the money.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 26 2007, 05:37 PM) [snapback]518242[/snapback]</div>
    Too late. Partisans on the fringes do this all the time, so whenever I see anything like this, I try to withhold judgment until I can find out if the person is lying. In most cases, the hard left or hard right folks are indeed lying.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 26 2007, 07:37 PM) [snapback]518242[/snapback]</div>
    AMEN !!!!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(fshagan @ Sep 26 2007, 07:17 PM) [snapback]518269[/snapback]</div>
    That is why i enjoy reading your posts. :)
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 26 2007, 07:37 PM) [snapback]518242[/snapback]</div>
    Burrito's is what he is.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 26 2007, 04:52 PM) [snapback]518219[/snapback]</div>
    Evan, good god man!! You are defending Bill O'Reilly. Now, I'm all for fair minded discourse, but there should be limits. I'm going to have to ask you to turn in your Starbucks card.

    I know, I know, we really should try to keep the discussion adult, but I think a little balancing to the "Fair and Balanced" Mr. Bill is probably fair. And besides, he's such a smug, annoying bastard that you just <strike>want</strike> NEED to bash him.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(05_SilverPri @ Sep 28 2007, 07:37 AM) [snapback]518964[/snapback]</div>
    Actually, Burritos is not a possessive form.
     
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    What this whole episode really demonstrates is how our sound bite media culture can really distort the truth. O'Reilly is obviously criticizing OTHERS who would expect there to be half-naked rappers swearing in a black restaurant, when you read the whole content. You do realize that Juan Williams is black, and wouldn't be having this conversation otherwise.

    So we take a guy who is trying to express how black culture is NOT stereotypical, pull a few words out that don't make sense in context, and attack him as insensitive or bigoted.

    Personally, I have never watched O'Reilly, and don't know about his views, but this kind of "reporting" is blatant lying to the public. No wonder politicians never say anything meaningful, because the media loves to take out the worst sentence and highlight it.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ Sep 29 2007, 11:19 AM) [snapback]519043[/snapback]</div>
    I wondered about that, but I had been to bed late and up early and didn't care too much. :)