Bill O'Reilly gets smackdown on The View

[Salemite]

Bill O'Reilly is an ass and a half.

Was it really necessary for him to tell Joy to shut up so she can "learn" from him? She should've slapped his ass into next week as soon as he said that.

As for the mosque debate, I see both sides of the coin and I completely understand why many people would be sore about a mosque being built, but the way Mr. O'Reilly expressed his opinion was very, very tacky, IMO.

"It's inappropriate to build a mosque because the Muslims killed us on 9/11."

There's a difference between Muslims and extremist Muslims. He knows that, of course, but he played dumb on The View because he wanted to get a rise out of the women, stir up controversy and sell more books. He knew full well what he was implying. He's like a male version of Ann Coulter. Ignorant and vitriolic to the core. The more you debate with him, the more he loves it. Pissing people off is his specialty. He was happier than a pig in shit when Whoopi and Joy stormed off because he knew it would get his name back in the papers and it would spike his book sales.

Anyway... point being, there's no rationalizing with him because he's not a logical man.

Back to the mosque debate...

For him to go on national television and throw all Muslims in the same pot by saying "a mosque shouldn't be built because Muslims killed us" (even though innocent Muslims were ALSO killed that day -- Christians weren't the only victims, so get off the cross, Mr. O'Reilly) is like saying a church shouldn't be built in Guyana because Jim Jones was a Christian and followers of Christ killed people there. To play devil's advocate, I ask... if there are people in Guyana who want a church, why should they be denied one? Because of Jim f-ing Jones? And why should "Christians" in general be blamed for the actions of one deranged nutjob? Aside from the fact that most religions do breed extremist lunatics who use religious texts to justify their their hate/prejudice/homicide, there is no one religion that's "worse" than the others, IMO, and it's irresponsible to blame "Muslims" and "Christians" in general for the reckless actions of a select few extremists.

 

[Telstra]

he is a big mouth idiot. End.

 

[80KGold]

Bill O'Reilly should choke on a dick. Also, he has that look of senility.

And Whoopi is tacky.

 

[Joeking]

I saw Bill win this one.

I guess if you distort your mind enough you will see it as a "smackdown."

The audience was also behind Bill on this one, if you listen.

 

[Jayden]

Cant stand Bill. But I also cant watch that show. Those screaming yentas give me hives. Remember when whoopi was funny and made movies?

 

[LiquidSky]

What a mess. I wouldn't have walked out. I would have sat there and schooled his ass.

Walking out makes you look bad and it weakens or diminishes your arguement. Stay and fight.

I agree.

 

[leomendez93]

Bill was correct in everything he said. Joy (who I do not like) disrespects and belittles anyone who goes against her liberal views. These girls do not represent the voice of America. They represent their voices ONLY. Bill has the same right. More so, Bill loves America for what it has been while I cannot say Joy and the other hormonal women are focusing on the nation as a whole but on their "I-want-to-be-popular-and-show-my-hormones-on-stage" attitude. Joy is an ignorant woman, semi educated. The longer she stays on tv, she shows the world what a clown she is. Worse is when the viewers believe in a woman such as this.

 

[Spiff]

In all honesty I think you are right. They looked childish walking off the set. He got to them and it shows. By walking out not only do they look like they can't handle a heated debate, but it also gave Bill more time and made him look better (I dread saying that).

Now Bill can go back to his stupid network and they can show their audience how biased and how stupid they think the women on "The View" are.

I completely agree. Bill is still an asshole, but playing devil's advocate I must say Whoopi and Joy acted unprofessionally. Girls, the name of your show is "The View" not "My View".

 

[NedNickerson]

Joy's a few bricks shy of a full load anyway...

Remember this?

 

[Rex]

I'm pretty convinced that Bill O' Reilly plays up his character to get more views and controversy. The girls walking off the set made them seem immature though. O' Reilly is a douche bag but they should have kept debating instead of just leaving.

 

[Telstra]

^ yeah he say bad stuff to provoke to get more viewers and hence make more money.

I don't mind watching someone punch his mouth

 

[nbluth]

I'll never understand why anyone would invite that man on their show or accept an invitation as a guest on his show. All political beliefs aside, he doesn't let anyone else get a word in. Ever.

I'd also like to add that I had never seen the View before...and now I wish I never had. Those women just gave me a headache and I only watched 4 minutes!

 

[scrapple]

The moment that struck me the most was when Bill said that 70% of Americans agree that the mosque should not be built so close to Ground Zero. Joy had a stunned look on her face, like she could not believe waht she was hearing. I truly thinks she believes that most Americans think just like her...and she can't abide hearing anything else.

The problem with that show is there is just one view, with Elizabeth Hasselback the token conservative. Anytime a conservative goes on the show (Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly) , they are either shouted down, or the libs walk off the set. Yeah, they believe in freedom of speech.

 

[Spiff]

Anytime a conservative goes on the show (Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly) , they are either shouted down, or the libs walk off the set. Yeah, they believe in freedom of speech.

Ok, now you are just exaggerating to try to make a point. Name all the times, other than today, on The View when a liberal co-host has walked off the set from an argument. And the shout down argument can be made for virtually any show where politics is discussed, especially The O'Reilly Factor.

 

[CowboyBob]

The guy is a complete asshole. The only safe place he can be is at his Fox. America hates him.

 

[jerjerboi]

I agree...walking off, well...it's almost as tacky as the Tool Himself....not very professional of them.

 

[mikeyjon]

Many have said that Muslim Extremists take pride in us being afraid of them, and if we let build their Mosque they will have won. Let them build their Mosque, and lets stop this hate for all Muslims. If we don't, they will have won.

 

[BearBoi]

Why is it that nobody simply replies that another Mosque has been in operation just down the street from the World Trade Center for nearly 30 years?

All these right-wing bigots talk about the Muslim Cultural Center like it is a new “scary” thing… idiots.

 

[nbluth]

Just my two cents about the mosque:

I think a big problem with this whole situation is that the media is reporting that a mosque has been proposed to be constructed AT ground zero and it therefore has been dubbed the "Ground Zero Mosque". So people are picturing a mosque in the exact spot where the WTC used to be, when in reality, it's a couple blocks away. If the media reported that there was a proposed mosque on Park Place in New York City, no one would even think about it.

 

[nbluth]

They've also called it a mosque when it is, in fact, NOT a mosque.
It's a community center.
Which will include a memorial to 9/11 - something those crazy protesters haven't thought to fight for yet.

Thats a brilliant point as well. It's a community center that was originally going to include a mosque. They are now calling the "mosque" portion of the building a "Muslim prayer space."