Perhaps freedom of speech isn’t such a good thing…
Blow hard Bill O’Reilly used his Fox News show to again rail against the sexually deviant queers. Discussing cutest lesbian couple Lupe Silva and Brandy Johnson, O’Reilly not only claims students voted for the girls to “tweak the adults,” but also says it’s “inappropriate” to discuss sexuality in a minor setting. We can still talk about genocide and the atomic bomb, though.
Dr. Laura Berman of Northwestern University and The Chicago Sun-Times stands her ground, telling Bill-O that gay kids need educational support. Media Matters has the entire transcript, but here’s a taste:
Berman: …Yes, there is experimentation, absolutely, but it’s also very true that many teens are becoming very clear that they are seriously attracted to the same sex, not the opposite sex. And they have nowhere to turn.
O’Reilly: Well, I think —
BERMAN: They have no support systems.
O’Reilly: Look, I’ve been very consistent on this since my first book was written. I think private behavior belongs in private settings.
Berman: Right.
O’Reilly: I don’t think it belongs in the high school yearbook.
Berman: But you’d be OK with the cutest couple, heterosexual couple, though?
O’Reilly: I would be, because that is the norm of society.
We take it Bill O’Reilly doesn’t have much of an imagination, compassion or a soul. This bastard of a man felt the need to shit on these two girls’ shining moment? What a disgraceful example of a human being.
Dom
To paraphrase the great Gertrude Stein:
“An asshole is an asshole is an asshole.”
I guess that just about sums up Billo.
Boy, I can’t wait to watch Keith Olbermann tonight. I know he’s going to rip Billo a new one after this example of mindboggling stupidity.
DavidDust
Dom – that was MY first thought as well: can’t wait to watch Countdown! I heart Keith Olbermann.
Dawster
i’m sorry, but have you seen teens today? they know more about sex than Billy O’ will ever know.
the reality is that, in his mind, a boy and a girl get together to simulate a couple in preparation for marriage, and eventually a sexual relationship to produce children.
and for some reason, by the sheer nature of the word, “homosexuals” can’t go through a similar process, we’re all just in it for the sex.
is anyone else confused by that?
according to an ABC poll, 65% of young adults say homosexuality is OK, and 71% say pre-marital sex is okay… yet, they are similar sins in the eyes of god. is one okay because it’s “the norm”?
and if the majority think that gay are okay… then isn’t the new “norm” to accept a gay lesbian couple like the girls mentioned here?
I think Billy O’ forgot what he was fighting for.
Rowen
normally, when Bill has on a liberal, he dosen’t allow them to talk. I’m glad that for the most part, she didn’t roll over and take it.
Rt. Rev. Dr. RES
This thread reminds me of the movie script between the arms dealer and a weak client state.
“You win, I win, You lose, I win.” The tall man with the small stature is one who will win, even when losing, because his audience are always on their knees before him in silent adoration.
Speedsausage
What a total fucktard assrat bastard!
Tegus Todd
I give both of them credit. Bill, for having someone on with an education, an open mind and the spine to not back down, and to her for going on knowing Bill’s habit of turning some of his guests into simpering babies by the time the interview’s over!
All that said, Bill’s still, and always will be, a self-important blowhard who, like death and taxes, you can always count on!!
Ash
This video made me want to cry. These girls are so courageous, as are people like Claudia Contrada. No one at my high school was out, and I graduated in 2004 in Connecticut! I am in awe of out high school students, especially in the face of morons like Bill O’Reilly. This video really, really got to me. Sometimes, living in New York and going to a very queer-friendly college, I forget how many people out there think we’re vile, twisted perverts.
Danny
I want to rip out his throat. These girls could not just enjoy their happy moment, no, Bill O’Reilly had to use it to try to validate anti-gay sentiment. Being 58 years old, I would have thought he’d have grown up enough to stop bullying high schoolers. Dr. Berman was impressive. I’m glad she stood up to his fucked up homophobic views.
ed dowd
I agree with the people who say we shouldn’t have dropped 2 atom bombs on Japan….
No, we should have dropped 25 or 30 atom bombs on those mother fuck’n savage gooks.