by von
Listening to Bill O'Reilly talk about gay folks is, well, an experience that can be missed. The guy is an embarrassment. Not to you, me, the country, or Fox News. To himself. He doesn't really get the fact that gay people are, well, people. And not some stange creatures to be talked about as though they weren't really there.
But I ain't putting O'Reilly in some box. We all have our ignorances and embarrassments. I've said stupier things than O'Reilly (who, obviously, doesn't really think that being gay is the same as being in al Qaeda). The difference between him and I is that I don't have a television show. I still enjoy the "benign indifference of the world."
Boy, wasn't that last line a misfit. I should be embarrassed.
Talk among yourselves. (This is an open thread.)
(FWIW, though the acting in this McD's ad is top-notch -- get that kid an Emmy -- I doubt it will sell many Royale Cheeses.)
he's not an embarrassment, he's and indictment; his show is still the most-watched show on news TV, both horizontally among the FNC choices and vertically in his timeslot.
He's just saying what millions of Americans want to have said.
Go us.
Posted by: Troy | June 04, 2010 at 10:31 AM
I just never have thought Bill O'Reilly had anything interesting to say, so I don't even bother with the watching-in-horror part.
What McD ad, von?
Posted by: Slartibartfast | June 04, 2010 at 11:04 AM
Here's a link to the ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBuKuA9nHsw
Posted by: David Dashifen Kees | June 04, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Aww, that ad is adorable!
Posted by: human | June 04, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Note that the median age of Bill O'Reilly's audience is 71 years old. This is an old man playing to the needs and desires of some very very old men.
Posted by: Turbulence | June 04, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Redhate looks up from assaulting their goats long enough to express outrage that South Carolina Republican gubenatorial candidate Nikky Haley was called a "raghead" by their fellow travelling Republican Jake Knotts.
No mention of the other individual Knotts called a "raghead".
Posted by: John Thullen | June 04, 2010 at 12:40 PM
He doesn't really get the fact that gay people are, well, people. And not some stange creatures to be talked about as though they weren't really there.
Nor do you.
Posted by: Jesurgislac | June 04, 2010 at 01:47 PM
This is an old man playing to the needs and desires of some very very old men.
"Thank you, Jane Skinner, and by the way, that makeup makes you look like a hoor."
Posted by: Hogan | June 04, 2010 at 03:07 PM
Go Flyers? Anybody?
Posted by: hairshirthedonist | June 04, 2010 at 03:14 PM
No.
Posted by: Eric Martin | June 04, 2010 at 03:15 PM
Go Flyers indeed. Although I grew up in central Illinois, so I'm a little conflicted about it. (Go it, husband! Go it, bear!)
Posted by: Hogan | June 04, 2010 at 03:51 PM
All, very sorry about not responding to comments (particularly on my last post). I was unexpected tied up all day Friday and didn't even look at the blog.
Posted by: von | June 05, 2010 at 11:45 AM
von: somewhat aside, definitely keep me posted on your NYC schedule, and we can send out the clarion call on the site in advance. Perhaps some World Cup viewing as well?
Posted by: Eric Martin | June 05, 2010 at 11:53 AM
This is a plan. Right now, it looks like the entire week of the 28th, which is really unusual for me. Usually I can get in and out in a single day or with just a short stayover. (The beauty of NYC having three multi-hub airports within striking distance.) I'll probably have to keep it midtown-centric, regrettably.
New Yorkers, you've been warned.
Posted by: von | June 05, 2010 at 12:54 PM
I work midtown, live in Tribeca, so I'm flexible.
Posted by: Eric Martin | June 05, 2010 at 12:57 PM
Typical narcissistic, brain-damaged behavior for O'Reilly. Bizz as usual...
Posted by: xephyr | June 10, 2010 at 12:31 PM