“I don’t want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless ..."

[BattyDem]

UNLESS?!?!?!?!? There are actually circumstances in which he would be fine with a lynching?!? How does this man stay on the air? :grr: :grr: :grr:

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, click here

[maddiejoan]

1. WTF!!!!!?????

I'm in shock --and I don't even shock easily!

[Lint Head]

2. I sent a complaint to the FCC.

:dem:

[BattyDem]

3. That's a good idea.

:hi:

[samdogmom]

4. Wow! Just...WOW!

If he gets away with this....

Well, bottom line, he shouldn't get away with this, no matter what! He should pay big time for such a
racist, bogus comment!

Why does this man have a television show????? In the real world, he should be unemployed and homeless!

Bill O'Reilly is despicable.

[BattyDem]

10. It truly is despicable. ... even for him.

The fact that the word "lynch" popped into his head when talking about an African-American woman is just .... :puke:

[griffi94]

5. devils advocate here

but nobdy in their right mind thinks bill o meant to literally lynch her....it's a term that gets used in the media all the time and has nothing to do with race.....ya;ll are goin out of yer way to get offended...

[BattyDem]

6. Considering what that word means in our nation's history ...

and considering the fact that Michelle Obama is African-American, I don't see how you can possibly say it's not offensive and has nothing to do with race.

[Lint Head]

7. Yeah. Howse about 'lets lynch us some Republicans'.

It's just a word. Kinda like Bush is a traitor, criminal, liar, fuckwad. Just Words. I really don't think Republicans should be lynched. They should just be thrown into jail for supporting a fascist theocratic dictator.:dem:

[BattyDem]

8. self delete

posted in wrong place


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[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. He didn't just use the word lynch. He said a lynching party

What is the number one thing you think of when you hear the words "lynching party"? What were the main organized lynchings carried out in groups or as parties in this country? To me, it's the organized activities of the Night Riders, the Ku Klux Klan and the whites in the South who carried out hundreds of lynchings to keep black people in line and intimidated. That's what lynching parties were.

He might as well have said "Michelle, don't make me grab my white sheet and hood." If he wasn't aware of the history of what a lynching party means, then he's got to be the most reckless and ignorant SOB in the media.

[BattyDem]

13. Exactly! This is what I think of ...

Lynchings in America

[blondeatlast]

15. Exactly. How in the hell can an American of his age, who saw the civil rights marches,

make such a "mistake?"

Some stupid 20 year old schmuck on his pathetic little blog from mom's basement MIGHT be forgiven. O'Reilly knew ESACTLY what he was saying.

[Warren Stupidity]

20. That term is not used all the time and when used in any

context against african americans is completely unacceptable.

"ya;ll are goin out of yer way to get offended..."

First of all, it's 'y'all', not 'ya;ll'.

Secondly, it is quite odd to me that you say this here:

"well i guess disgusting is in the eye of the disgusted....because ......i find the statement she made pretty disgusting whether or not she said REALLY or not. i understand she was trying to fire up the crowd...but imo that's over the line."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4660312&mesg_id=4660830

You carefully parse Michelle Obama's off the cuff remarks for the worst possible interpretation, and having found that worst possible interpretation you are disgusted and find that she has gone 'over the line', but when it comes to notorious rightwing hate talk Bill calling for a lynching party for Michelle, there is nothing there. Very interesting.

[Political Heretic]

24. It doesn't get "used in the media all the time"

The last person to do it got a two week suspension and had to make a public apology. And that even more obviously not serious - someone saying that if x wants to have any chance they'd better lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley (sorry I don't follow golf, that's all the detail I can muster.)

Bill's comments come just after President Bush, even being the dumbass he is, gave a public speech talking about the seriousness of the offensiveness of the term, and urging that the term not be used.

I'm sorry to break it to you, but its not acceptable, but any standard, and no it is not used in the media all the time.

[blondeatlast]

9. UNLESS. May that single word finally reveal him to be the racist hate merchant he is right down to

his mechanical, FAUX heart.

[stewert]

14. O'Reilly

O'Reilly made the statement on the radio factor, not on FOX News O'Reilly factor.

O'REILLY: You know, I have a lot of sympathy for Michelle Obama, for Bill Clinton, for all of these people. Bill Clinton, I have sympathy for him, because they're thrown into a hopper where everybody is waiting for them to make a mistake, so that they can just go and bludgeon them.

And, you know, Bill Clinton and I don't agree on a lot of things, and I think I've made that clear over the years, but he's trying to stick up for his wife, and every time the guy turns around, there's another demagogue or another ideologue in his face trying to humiliate him because they're rooting for Obama.

That's wrong. And I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels -- that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever -- then that's legit. We'll track it down.

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No white person should ever use the word lynch or lynching when referring to any black person, ever, no matter what context. Even if it is in a joke, you should just never do it, and it is a racist comment. The statement O'Reilly made was not part of a joke, and he should not have used the word lynching when talking about a black person.

This statement from O'Reilly is just one more racist comment that shows a history and a pattern of racist statements.

Recently a female anchor Kelly Tilghman on the golf channel joked that the other young guys on the tour should form a lynch mob and beat Tiger Woods in an alley.

She was suspended for 2 weeks, and she was clearly joking, she said it to Nick Faldo in the context of joking about how you stop Tiger from winning all the tournaments, then they both laughed at her statement, not to mention she is good friends with Tiger Woods.

O'Reilly was not joking. The comment by O'Reilly was not in the context of a joke, so I consider what O'Reilly said worse. And if she was suspended for 2 weeks, O'Reilly should get a month.

I dont think he should be fired, but he should be suspended, and maybe donate some money to a black charity, and of course give an apology for saying it.

Westwood one syndicates his radio show, contact them here.

http://www.westwoodone.com/pg/jsp/contactus/corp.jsp

[blondeatlast]

16. The RW is very deliberately trying to dilute the power of words like

well--the N word, lynching, nappy, etc.

Watch how those who use the words in the upcoming presidential race (I'm NOT taking sides here) play the ignorant, innocent victims of "misunderstandings" when they are called on it.

Classic Rovian Luntzery. Be on guard. WE have to make it a huge issue. I watched the civil rights marches as a toddler. I saw those hoses and dogs and the riot gear. Never forget.

[BattyDem]

17. I never thought of that, but I think you're right.

They're laying the groundwork for the GE.

How do they sleep at night? :puke:

[blondeatlast]

18. O'Reilly and Imus are old enough to remember the civil rights era.

I was a toddler and I'll never forget those TV pictures. I'll never forget JFK Jr. saluting his dad's coffin. I cried to my mom because I could see he was so sad.

I have never, ever used those words. This is utterly deliberate.

[librechik]

22. oh yeah. He must walk the plank for this, indeed, and not vaguely

It's criminal how these professional dream builders (buster?s) creep into our language and culture with their chainsaws and bandaids. (love the Luntzery quip, BTW! He's one of the worst!)

[librechik]

19. has there ever been such a clueless anus as OReilly in the history of the universe?

I say no.

[blondeatlast]

21. Ah, but perhaps he isn't clieless--maybe he knows PRECISELY what he's doing.

See post 16, above.

[HuffleClaw]

23. this deserves not one moment of attention

he is TRYING to provoke outrage. why give him free publicity?