I don’t know how many of you that browse my blog are Republican, watch Fox News, and or a fan of Conservative talk-show host Bill O’Reilly, and frankly, its not that big of a deal if you are. I’m liberal, you’re conservative, who cares. As much as I willing to give some individuals, such as Bill O’Reilly, the benefit of the doubt, sometimes I just can’t. For those of you who don’t know, the rapper Eminem has come out with a new video. Bill O’Reilly has taken it upon himself to attack Eminem because he (Eminem) makes light of the Republican Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.
For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about here is the video that I am talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smSB7e2RTzI
Now that you have watched the video, let me ask you this. If Bill O’Reilly and his guest, Tammy Bruce, are so concerned with feminism and the degradation of women, as they so appear to be, then why is it that Sarah Palin is the only woman that they are talking about? Why is that they are not outraged at the degradation of Britney Spears, Ellen Degeneres, Kim Kardashian, and so on and so forth? What makes Sarah Palin so special that she can’t be the topic of a spoof music video, yet the other women represented in the video can? Let me think about that for a second…nothing. Absolutely nothing makes her more special than the other women. While she may be the Governor of Alaska and the other women may only be celebrities or at best women in their 15 minutes of fame, that doesn’t mean that they are no less offended or important than Sarah Palin.
The hypocrisy and utter stupidity by Bill O’Reilly is astounding. Here is a man who is attacking a rapper, calling him vile and nothing; as well as attacking liberal media in their “hypocrisy” for not bashing Eminem because Sarah Palin is conservative. O’Reilly stated that the Liberal media says nothing when a conservative woman gets attacked, but they go off when a liberal woman gets attacked. Yet in his rant with Tammy Bruce, neither of them say anything about the other women in the video. According to that, it is easy to see that O’Reilly and Bruce harbor and exhibit the same hypocrisy that they are condemning. Along with that hypocrisy, who is Bill O’Reilly to call someone nothing and vile? This is the same individual who scolds people because they don’t share his opinion. God forbid if you get on his bad side.
Bill O’Reilly is nothing but a pompous, conservative, biased, hypocrite. I used to enjoy watching his show when I was younger, because I found it entertaining, but now that I am more aware and I can understand his rants, I can’t stand him. Debate is healthy, but what O’Reilly does is spew out verbal and biased diarrhea. I have nothinng personal against O’Reilly, Palin, or Bruce because I don’t know any of them personally, and while it may be interesting to meet them once, I can’t say that its something on my to-do list. And please, don’t think that this is a endorsement or an effort to defend the liberal media, they are just as bad. At times, Keith Olbermann is an idiot and should’ve stayed at ESPN.
All I’m saying is that if you are goingn to argue a point make sure that you aren’t doing what you are arguing against, or just don’t say anything at all. Bill O’Reilly should take that to heart.
For those of you who haven’t seen the Eminem video, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIkzQYns61Q
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His point is that the liberal media dosen’t give the same kind of defending that a liberal woman gets. Thank God for people like Sarah Palin and my wife who are strong women. I am not saying that you are wrong but I wish you could see past you biased.
While I will admit that I do have some biases, that is not the point of the post. The point of the post is that in Bill O’Reilly’s attempt to lecture or point out that the liberal media doesn’t give the same treatment, he himself is being a hypocrite. He is only trying to argure the case, or protect one individual. Why isn’t he concerned about the portrayal of the other women. If he was truly concerned about the portrayal of women in liberal media, or their portrayal in general, he would have spoken up about all the women, not just the most widely recognized Republican woman. Whether he realizes it or not, his biases were an avenue of hypocrisy in this instance.
well said.