Dear Bill O'Reilly: the pope really IS a primate.

[bleever]

In his feud with the Daily Kos, the Lord of the Wingnuts complained that a poster at dKos had referred to the Pope as a "primate". Clear proof that "hate speech" permeates that web site, said Falafelmort, who then likened it to the KKK and the Nazis.

A brief look at a dictionary might have been a good idea, though:

Main Entry: pri·mate

Pronunciation: 'prI-"mAt or especially for 1 -m&t
Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English primat, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin primat-, primas archbishop, from Latin, leader, from primus

1 often capitalized: a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
2 archaic: one first in authority or rank : LEADER
3 (New Latin Primates, from Latin, plural of primat-, primas) : any of an order (Primates) of mammals that are characterized especially by advanced development of binocular vision, specialization of the appendages for grasping, and enlargement of the cerebral hemispheres and that include humans, apes, monkeys, and related forms (as lemurs and tarsiers)

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/primate

Now, I'm not sure which of those definitions strikes Billo as "hate speech" and makes him think that dKos is full of murderous psychos, and I sure don't want him sending Fox Security to my house, so I'll just say:

Mr. O'Reilly: I've known primates. Primates have been friends of mine.

You sir, are no primate.

[drm604]

1. K&R ROFL

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

2. Oh my gawd that's too funny!

:rofl:

[originalpckelly]

3. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Damn!

:rofl:

[Ediacara]

4. "Primate of Italy" is in fact one of the many official titles of the Pope

And if he's hung up on the biological meaning of the word, he should be reminded that the man who coined the term "Primates," Linneus, was a Christian creationists and included humans, apes, and monkeys within the order. In fact, Billo might blow a gasket if he were told that Linneus originally included chimpanzees in the human genus as Homo troglodytes.

[HughMoran]

5. Bill O'Reilly defines hate and stupidity

It sucks to have to respect his freedom to spew such pure moronic stupidity.

[JTG of the PRB]

6. LMAO! BRAVO!!!

:spray: :rofl:

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Bull O'Liarly thanks you very much! (ROFL)

Well I'll Be Danged, The Pope Is A Monkey!
Submitted by Bull_Oliarly on Sun, 07/29/2007 - 01:29.

I never knew that the pope was a monkey, but some smart person over at www.democraticunderground.com showed us all that it was true! You can see for yourself here! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&add...

Now I just can't believe that they'd go and let a monkey be a pope, but it really seems to be true. I mean, look at this:

Main Entry: pri·mate

Pronunciation: 'prI-"mAt or especially for 1 -m&t
Function: noun


{SO Much More} http://www.myfoxnewsonline.com/ :evilgrin:

[karlrschneider]

8. Yeah, well, Orally does have them grasping appendages, but

I don't really want to think about that right now...or ever.

[spooky3]

9. What do you expect from someone who can't tell a loofah from falafel?

Dictionaries are not his friends. Being correct is not a goal.

And it just didn't FEEL right to him to consider that the Pope was a primate.

Thanks for setting US straight anyway! :-)

PS on edit: if this were a weekday, I would fully expect for Keith O. to use your info on WPITW!

[bleever]

10. Keith will probably be over his antipathy to Billo by Monday.

Or maybe not. :)

[spooky3]

12. The sad thing is that Keith's hatin' is so irrational and baseless.

:sarcasm:

Poor widdle Billo.

[kenny blankenship]

13. Be fair now! It was up his ass crack at the time. Could you tell the difference? Are you SURE ?

[UrbScotty]

11. Actually, all humans (Homo sapiens) are of the primate order

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: H. sapiens

[Help me help Earth]

14. How dare you sir!

I'm taking my kids out of this forum and sending them to one that does not offend my irrational beliefs!

[bleever]

15. Please be careful not to fall off the edge of the earth!

And welcome to DU!

[eallen]

16. That actually would make a good question on a high school exam...

"Describe two different senses in which the Pope is a primate."

:hippie:

[truth2power]

17. OMG!! Even I know that, and I'm not even Catholic. sheesh!!

O'Reilly. Watta :dunce:

[Canuckistanian]

18. LOL

I thought Billo's family line would have died out before Homo Erectus.

Obviously there's a link anthropologists haven't explored yet.

:rofl:

[bleever]

20. I'd suggest

Homo Ignoramus.

[Canuckistanian]

21. How about "Homo Mendax"

"lying man"

[bleever]

22. Or, as opposed to 'Homo habilis' ("tool using man"),

Homo habilimus, "The man who is a tool".

[Canuckistanian]

23. Even better!

Or maybe the two could be combined - Homo mendax habilimus - "lying man who is a tool"

:rofl:

[bleever]

24. 'Homo mendax habilimus' - "lying man who is a tool".

I'm phoning the engraver.

:thumbsup:

[muntrv]

19. Billo, how about a nice cup of shut-the-fuck-up.

[EFerrari]

25. LMAO!

k&r

[bleever]

26. And if Billo wants Coit Tower "blown up",

what does that say about him?

San Francisco folklorists have to ask.

[EFerrari]

27. Did you know that Fox actually RETURNED some of those phone books?

They went to the trouble of sending them back. :rofl:

:toast:

[Harry Monroe]

28. I thought this asshole was a Catholic

He should have known this. Ignorant fuck.

[Patsy Stone]

29. English is not Bill's first language.

His ancestors are known in many circles for their guttural noises, grunts, and dragging women around by their telephones until they submit to the ancient rituals of his clan.

Until the late 1990s, O'Reilly lived under a rock, in a cave on the side of the mountains in Northern Ireland. Recently, brave anthropologists discovered the last of these creatures and, as an experiment, loaned him to FOX News as part of a grand experiment: could an O'Reilly, despite his humanoid appearance, really make it in a national setting without embarrassing himself? After years of trying various methods of experimentation on radio, on television, and in print, the answer is, apparently, no.

Great post, and thanks for the laugh this morning. K&R

:rofl:

[shenmue]

32. Zing!

:applause:

[Homer Wells]

34. FAUX Noise

So sleazy a cave man can do it!!

(Apologies to all cavemen everywhere)!:spray: :rofl:

[Miss Chybil]

30. ROFLMAO! nt

[shenmue]

31. Oh jeez what a dumbass!

How can BOR be a Catholic and say he doesn't know what the word primate means, in that sense? Yes, the Pope is "the first of" something, namely the leader of the Church in a country (as well as the world overall), and he is also a member of the homo sapiens sapiens category. So what's the problem?

:dunce:

[mudesi]

33. I love how "fair and balanced", "independent" O'Reilly NEVER talks about freerepublic.com

:eyes:

[bleever]

35. Apparently, liberal bloggers are the only crazy ones.

Never mind about the freeper who mailed anthrax to KO and others.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

36. In 1988,O'Reilly was a very liberal far left, Investigative Reporter, for Inside Edition.

:spray: bleever, He wasn't always this dumb!.... Once upon a time in the 80's.... Bill O'Reilly reported on Oswald's association with the CIA. Bill O'Reilly's JFK Conspiracy Theory ' YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4OLJthRj6Q Check out the comments! Here is a sample "Wow, what a hypocrite you are O'Reilly. Rosie O'Donnell can't ask simple questions about 9/11 but here you are spouting Conspiracies about the JFK assassination. What a traitor to the country you are, how un-american O'Reilly!"
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