DU mad at Bill O'Reilly... Can't say I blame them

Hrm... Shades of Pat Robertson:

Okay, no more Mr & Mrs. Nice Guy (Democratic Underground forum thread)

As of Monday, Doug and I will be pursuing EVERY LEGAL AVENUE to get Bill O'Reilly off the air.

He just invited the "terrorists" to attack San Francisco.

Not being someone who follows what O'Reilly says (he's too moderate for me) and not trusting the statements of people on DU very much, I asked what this was about at the Conservative Underground forums. I was directed to this article:

O'Reilly reacted to San Franciscans' approval of Proposition I, which discourages military recruiters on public high school and college campuses.

He advised President George W. Bush to react by withdrawing any military protection for the city. "...If al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead," O'Reilly said.

Now, while San Francisco's Proposition I (and Proposition H, which effectively violates people's constitutional right to bear arms) is stupid, O'Reilly's comment was equally stupid. Should he be fired for it as DU and people in SF want? I don't know and it's not for me to decide. At the very, very least, an apology is in order. O'Reilly probably would do well to make a donation to the city's fire fighters (if they take donations for charities or memorials) as Coit Tower is a monument to them.

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