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Typically, I find that I disagree with Bill O'Reilley more than I agree with him, but this is one of the few times where I think he makes a very important point and does an excellent job of defending it (the Civil Rights Act). Ironically, the one time I fully agree with him he's arguing against libertarianism (an ideology I associated myself with for many years):
It's interesting to ask the question of whether Bill O'Reilley is racist and if so to what degree. I've heard a lot of people accuse him of racism, although I think the evidence is mixed. The above video would seem to indicate no. However, then you have the following two videos which may suggest otherwise...
Exhibit A, wherein O'Reilley spontaneously decides to slip in a remark to a black Columbia University professor... oh, by the way, you kind of look like a cocaine dealer!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeejS2Sa-bQ
(the professor handles it remarkably well, turning it around on O'Reilley, although I imagine on the inside he must have been like "WTF??")
Exhibit B, wherein O'Reilley very candidly admits that he considers himself a part of the "white power structure" in America which he worries unchecked immigration may threaten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC8mNynSJi4
In the 3rd video, I have to chuckle at him a bit for lumping the New York Times in with the "far left". I've never been quite sure what to think of him. He's clearly a step up from Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, or Anne Coulter (or John Stossel), but still manages to be annoyingly wrong a lot of the time. Also, he reminds me so much of my father, it's scary! I think they have a lot of the same personality traits.
It's interesting to ask the question of whether Bill O'Reilley is racist and if so to what degree. I've heard a lot of people accuse him of racism, although I think the evidence is mixed. The above video would seem to indicate no. However, then you have the following two videos which may suggest otherwise...
Exhibit A, wherein O'Reilley spontaneously decides to slip in a remark to a black Columbia University professor... oh, by the way, you kind of look like a cocaine dealer!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeejS2Sa-bQ
(the professor handles it remarkably well, turning it around on O'Reilley, although I imagine on the inside he must have been like "WTF??")
Exhibit B, wherein O'Reilley very candidly admits that he considers himself a part of the "white power structure" in America which he worries unchecked immigration may threaten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC8mNynSJi4
In the 3rd video, I have to chuckle at him a bit for lumping the New York Times in with the "far left". I've never been quite sure what to think of him. He's clearly a step up from Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, or Anne Coulter (or John Stossel), but still manages to be annoyingly wrong a lot of the time. Also, he reminds me so much of my father, it's scary! I think they have a lot of the same personality traits.
