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O'Reilly asks abortion opponent guests whether "the far left is exploiting this, trying to shut guys like me up"

June 01, 2009 9:15 pm ET

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    • Author by christopher howard (June 01, 2009 9:25 pm ET)
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      That was the first thing I thought of when I heard Tiller was murdered: How is this going to affect Bill O'Reilly?
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      • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (June 01, 2009 9:55 pm ET)
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        I've been looking over some of the old items about the DHS reports on Wingnut extremism, and those who downplayed the seriousness of these lunatics.Here is one comment, in response to a list of Anti-choice terrorists.



        Your examples are at best six years old and those miscreants are behind bars. They are hardly a security threat today. You guys arguing that there is an organized effort of lawbreaking by pro-lifers is simply regurgitated propaganda and woefully out of date...I'm done now with this thread. Thanks for the discussions
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        • Author by mikehuck1976 (June 01, 2009 10:10 pm ET)
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          Excellent point that must be repeated time and again. When this report came out the right-wing was up in arms defending the groups the report was documenting. O'Reilly, Hannity, Fox News, and the trolls here must all answer for this now. They owe Napolitano and their country an apology.
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        • Author by christopher howard (June 01, 2009 11:22 pm ET)
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          Agreed, Col. Sanders. Rightwing extremism flares when "their guy" is not in power. If now is similar to the Clinton 90s, we may see more of this in the coming years. Not just from the "pro-lifers," as your commentator said, but from other extremist rightwing groups. The alleged perp in this case, Scott Roeder, is a part of the Montana Militia according to the FBI. I just hope we don't see anything like a repeat of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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      • Author by wookie (June 01, 2009 10:12 pm ET)
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        O'Reilly's ego is a black hole that threatens to suck up all matter in the universe. Or maybe it just sucks.
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    • Author by pete592 (June 01, 2009 9:59 pm ET)
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      O'Reilly's got a hell of a lot of nerve lecturing about exploitation. This man has never come across a tragedy or a quote that he wouldn't exploit for ratings.
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    • Author by Daniel Barber (June 01, 2009 10:03 pm ET)
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      Bill O'Lielly will never accept his part in this heinous crime, but anyone with a brain can easily understand that while this assassin was certainly already a Right-Wing extremist bent toward criminal acts, his targeting of Tiller is almost assuredly ONLY because scum like Bill O'Lielly fueled his hatred with their heinous rhetoric.

      I mean, if Bill and his guests want to make the argument that this guy would have likely killed someone anyway, I wouldn't disagree in the least. Their argument that Bill O'Lielly bears no responsibility for his having killed Tiller specifically flies in the face of reason. O'Lielly piled up the explosives, and the assassin simply set the match to them. Acting like Bill is innocent in all regard is ludicrous.

      Bill, if you're reading this, YOU HAVE TILLER'S BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS. And while I'm an agnostic, I have to say that if there is a heaven and a hell, you have a very, very special place reserved for you in the latter for this and many other things. You're a sickening individual.
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    • Author by teabaggers ♥ [wing]NUTS (June 01, 2009 10:34 pm ET)
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      wow billo, if you hadnt brought these two guys on to agree with your rationalization, would we dare to blame you for any of this? well, i still see blood on your hands, so better luck next time.
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      • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (June 01, 2009 11:18 pm ET)
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        Don't ya love that, NCLF? BilldO spends a few years lying and inciting hatred against a man, and when that man is murdered, he simply hires a couple of fellow travelers to tell him it's not his fault.

        BTW, who gave this Russell guy his PhD.? His rambling about ideology and motive is about as weak and incoherent as some of the comments by the drunken dittoheads at this site.
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    • Author by Übermensch (June 01, 2009 10:47 pm ET)
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      So now everyone who commits a crime is not allowed to use any outside influence to push them over the edge?
      Does that mean the right-wing christian coalition will issue an apology to artists such as Marilyn Manson, or Rockstar Games for Grand Theft Auto? Because surely they were never targeted by anyone for influencing behavior on any level.

      You stay classy Bill O'Reilly
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    • Author by thelittlethings (June 02, 2009 3:07 am ET)
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      As far as I know, no one on the left has used this against the criticisms of abortion (there's always room for healthy debate). They certainly have brought attention to the right-wing extremists, naturally, people need to know that they're still dangerous. But O'Reilly, you're pre-emptively going on the defense. Don't start something. We want you to shut up for a lot of other reasons.
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    • Author by thelittlethings (June 02, 2009 3:40 am ET)
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      Also, it's pro-CHOICE. Get it right. It's not like we want abortions all willy-nilly, we just disagree with the irrationality of taking away a woman's right to choose what happens to her own body.
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (June 02, 2009 11:47 am ET)
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      Oh Bill, if only we could.
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    • Author by magnolialover (June 02, 2009 11:48 am ET)
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      Found this quote in an article about the murderer today:

      "Some anti-abortion activists said they were familiar with Roeder. Regina Dinwiddie, a protester in the Kansas City area, said she had picketed a Planned Parenthood clinic with Roeder. She said she was "glad" about Tiller's death.

      I wouldn't cry for him no more than I would if somebody dropped a rat and killed it," she said."

      And here, is a representative of the anti abortion crowd, and I would be willing to bet, she consdiers herself a GREAT Christian. Even though, she is not.

      http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31052280/page/2/
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    • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 02, 2009 12:06 pm ET)
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      So Bill actually brings on so-called experts JUST so he can ask them leading questions about whether or not everyone's picking on him. Is that their specific field of expertise? Is one of those guys with the Institute of How Bill O'Reilly Died for Your Sins? It's no easy feat, being simultaneously the biggest bully on TV and the biggest whiner on TV.
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    • Author by maddymort7289 (June 02, 2009 12:10 pm ET)
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      Of course, someone else will be killed. When Jim David Adkisson walked into a Unitarian Church in 2008 and killed 2 people was anyone surprised his reading material included O'Reilly's book? Or that his real desire was to kill all those listed in Bernard Goldberg's book, "100 People Who are Screwing Up America"? O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh Beck and others demonize those they disagree with, use distorted sweeping generalizations and outright lies to incite their audience and boost their ratings.
      They are heros to the ignorant and inspiration to the mentally unstable.
      Will O'Reilly ever stop and think: words matter?
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      • Author by budrykzp9226 (June 02, 2009 12:24 pm ET)
           
        Yes, but he'll only apply it to people who make fun of him on their computerized Net-sites with the kids and their Face-Books.
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    • Author by daleski22 (June 02, 2009 1:00 pm ET)
         
      I don't understand why the murder of a so-called "baby killer" is "a sad day in America" as O'Reilly suggest? I would think that would be a day of rejoicing by his ilk.
      Given a chance to go back in time to murder Hitler to prevent the holocaust, I think all of us including O'Reilly would do it gladly. So to his way of thinking, what's the difference?
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    • Author by latanza (June 02, 2009 4:33 pm ET)
         
      This was the weakest whimpiest panel I have seen yet. Bill was leading and they were eagerly following at his ques to be defended and validated. This was the puppet show of all times. The argument that had been raised was not that he had caused the man who murdered Tiller to kill Tiller but that his inciteful and inflammatory media style prompted contempt and disrespect for the lives of people like Tiller was the subject. Major spin because this was avoided throughout the entire a kissing segment. Way to smooze. They both looked a shade of brown when done. Bill is the best at this go on, k my a thing! Agree with me since I have been detected or called out.

      What stimulating information came from the segment, I don't know.
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