Why Do We Support Bill O'Reilly?

It seems like a trend in the progressive/ anti-bush/ anti-fox news/etc. blogsphere/ media/ social circles to bash and highlight the absurd things that come out of Bill O’Reilly’s mouth. It’s as if every bias/ ignorant/ raciest comment that he spews forth is somehow a surprise.

And people eat it up. There are whole websites devoted to lambasting him and his ilk for the venom they spit. (Which I refuse to link to)


But all these things are just lending him support by trashing him. My mother always told me that the best way to deal with a bully was to ignore them. Because if this punk was treated like the insignificant piece of shit he is then he wouldn’t be around anymore. Why lower ourselves to his level? Why even mention O'Reilly and Fox News? The question of debate is open of course, but it is proven that a network and a persona like Fox and Bill O are not going to be willing to meet in the middle as a true intelligence would. Their soul intent is to subvert, manipulate and right out lie to further their agenda. It is a mistake to assume that their talking points is only a misguided way of thinking and that with enough understanding an agreement can be made. Two opposite agendas cannot agree because there is no common ground. You cannot lead someone to water that is not looking for water.

Bill O'Reilly is part of the machine that is eating up humanity, but he is only a small part. If you’re car is missing a cylinder you don’t get an oil change and hope it will start in the morning. All of these people, and I’m not going to limit it to Bill O, are results of a system that is set against you. And you’re not going to change that system by scrapping off the fringe elements.

It goes one step further into the shit house. Bill O and Fox exist for the purpose of distraction. The people pulling the strings and putting you in a little box don’t want you to see them. They want you to waste your time getting mad a Bill O'Reilly and Fox News. They want you to be so caught up in saving the world by taking on the big bad News Corp. that when and if you ever win you will be so filled with pride that you will not see that you haven’t put a dent in the machine at all. Or worst, you won’t win because you’re fighting a shadow boxer and you’ll spend you days fighting that until your old and worn out.

I use to get upset when I would see various clips of these people, and I couldn’t understand how people bought it. But it is mostly because we have made them our enemies. Like that school yard bully, we are afraid of them and that gives them power. Instead let us treat them like the insects they are and ignore them. Let them piss and moan about whatever they damn well please and let us shut them up with our silence. They are classic attention hogs and we are giving them what they want. Let’s spend our time on truly meaningful things. Let’s fix our country at the source by talking to each other about things that really matter. Instead of showing your friends the ridiculous clip of Bill O, show them a documentary.Instead of laughing is disbelief at the blatant bias of Fox News, talk with your friends about how you can make the world a better place.

The tools to fix this world are out there, we just need to pick up the right ones.