WileyCoyote
03-17-2006, 11:52 PM
O'Reilly thinks Saint Patrick's Day is about some guy named Patrick. I doubt that he really thinks that. I suspect he knows it's about Irish pride and partying. But it's just one more opportunity to bash gays, though I'm sure some of his best friends are gay and he respects other people's lifestyles and all that blah, blah blah.
He had a psychologist on tonight to discuss gays having the temerity to act gay at a St. Patrick's Day parade. She was as weak as anyone I've ever seen. He even tried to get her to agree with him that the gays involved are insane, based on the "fact" that everyone can see how inappropriate their actions are except them.
According to King Bill, St. Patrick's Day is meant to honor a saint. So gays have no right to use the day to flaunt their sexuality. He's worried that some child will see them "acting out" and the poor mother will have to explain homosexuality to the young innocent. Doing so would mess up their minds, you see. Because the parent couldn't just say something like, "Usually men and women date and marry each other, but some men want to date and marry other men and some women want to date and marry other women". No, the parent would have to explain all the mechanics of same-gender sexual relations. Of course, explaining the details of heterosexual sex might also mess up the kid's mind, but let's not confuse the issue with rationality.
Meanwhile, Bill thinks that religious symbols should abound in public. After all it wouldn't mess up a kid's mind to ask his mother what a crucifix is and be told that the Son of God was tortured and killed and it's everyone's fault, including the kid's, because of sin. "Gee Mom, what's sin and what have I done that's so bad"? "Well, you see, Bobby, you didn't wash your hands the other night when I told you to, and anyway, you're responsible for Adam and Eve's sin and that's why this really good man, who was the Son of God had to be tortured. And even if you beg God's forgiveness and never ever do anything wrong again, including thinking bad thoughts, Jesus still had to die for your sins". And I'm sure the thought of possibly spending eternity in Hell would never had an adverse effect on the mind of a child.
So back to O'Reilly's silly notion that the day is about some saint. It would be interesting to take a survey of partiers to see how much most of them know about this great saint that they're honoring by getting drunk. Speaking of which, why isn't Bill complaining about the inappropriateness of honoring a saint with beer?
So the question is, is Bill simply an egotistical idiot or is he a puppet for fundamentalist fascists?
Same show: Bill's talking to someone in Florida about a new law the brilliant Floridians want to pass to make it illegal to aid and abet a sexual predator. The new law would make it a felony to not cooperate with police regarding suspects in rape and child-molestation cases. Um, aren't there already laws prohibiting aiding and abetting? And if a new law is needed, why is it specifically concerning crimes of a sexual nature? So, you can still refuse to cooperate in a murder investigation, as long as sex wasn't involved. Or is this just a way for the grandstanders to show how much the care about the children?
Bill was puzzled as to why Brad King (attorney general or some such thing), a REPUBLICAN, refused to prosecute uncooperative witnesses in the Jessica Lundsford case. No spin there, Bill. Just the implication that it would be expected of a Democrat. Of course Bill is an independent. He doesn't side with either party. Almost every show starts off with missives about the Far Left and the ACLU. Oh, he does mention in passing that the Far Right ain't too cool either. Problem is, according to Bill, anyone to the left of him is Far Left. Only Mussolini is Far Right apparently. Not the television evangelists who want to legislate Christianity that Bill caters to. No, they're just moderate conservatives.
He had a psychologist on tonight to discuss gays having the temerity to act gay at a St. Patrick's Day parade. She was as weak as anyone I've ever seen. He even tried to get her to agree with him that the gays involved are insane, based on the "fact" that everyone can see how inappropriate their actions are except them.
According to King Bill, St. Patrick's Day is meant to honor a saint. So gays have no right to use the day to flaunt their sexuality. He's worried that some child will see them "acting out" and the poor mother will have to explain homosexuality to the young innocent. Doing so would mess up their minds, you see. Because the parent couldn't just say something like, "Usually men and women date and marry each other, but some men want to date and marry other men and some women want to date and marry other women". No, the parent would have to explain all the mechanics of same-gender sexual relations. Of course, explaining the details of heterosexual sex might also mess up the kid's mind, but let's not confuse the issue with rationality.
Meanwhile, Bill thinks that religious symbols should abound in public. After all it wouldn't mess up a kid's mind to ask his mother what a crucifix is and be told that the Son of God was tortured and killed and it's everyone's fault, including the kid's, because of sin. "Gee Mom, what's sin and what have I done that's so bad"? "Well, you see, Bobby, you didn't wash your hands the other night when I told you to, and anyway, you're responsible for Adam and Eve's sin and that's why this really good man, who was the Son of God had to be tortured. And even if you beg God's forgiveness and never ever do anything wrong again, including thinking bad thoughts, Jesus still had to die for your sins". And I'm sure the thought of possibly spending eternity in Hell would never had an adverse effect on the mind of a child.
So back to O'Reilly's silly notion that the day is about some saint. It would be interesting to take a survey of partiers to see how much most of them know about this great saint that they're honoring by getting drunk. Speaking of which, why isn't Bill complaining about the inappropriateness of honoring a saint with beer?
So the question is, is Bill simply an egotistical idiot or is he a puppet for fundamentalist fascists?
Same show: Bill's talking to someone in Florida about a new law the brilliant Floridians want to pass to make it illegal to aid and abet a sexual predator. The new law would make it a felony to not cooperate with police regarding suspects in rape and child-molestation cases. Um, aren't there already laws prohibiting aiding and abetting? And if a new law is needed, why is it specifically concerning crimes of a sexual nature? So, you can still refuse to cooperate in a murder investigation, as long as sex wasn't involved. Or is this just a way for the grandstanders to show how much the care about the children?
Bill was puzzled as to why Brad King (attorney general or some such thing), a REPUBLICAN, refused to prosecute uncooperative witnesses in the Jessica Lundsford case. No spin there, Bill. Just the implication that it would be expected of a Democrat. Of course Bill is an independent. He doesn't side with either party. Almost every show starts off with missives about the Far Left and the ACLU. Oh, he does mention in passing that the Far Right ain't too cool either. Problem is, according to Bill, anyone to the left of him is Far Left. Only Mussolini is Far Right apparently. Not the television evangelists who want to legislate Christianity that Bill caters to. No, they're just moderate conservatives.