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 Jayessey
Female, 13-17, Midwest US
 36 Posts
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Friday, May 27, 2011 9:45:07 PM
drating Bill O 'Reilly, just because you speak louder, that doesn't make you correct. |
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 KMeatPiLover
Female, 18-29, Canada
130 Posts
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Friday, May 20, 2011 9:52:22 PM
IN YOUR FACE YOU RACIST @SSHOLE!!!!
This clip made me so happy! |
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 scottthebum
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
379 Posts
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Friday, May 20, 2011 3:46:03 AM
"Meanwhile, libs think they deserve taxpayer money for NPR, and yet think Rush, Beck, and Fox News should be shut down. It all stems from a belief that their view is the "correct" view."
Again, like the conservatives youre lumping all libs into one concrete group. If the good is ever going to come out of this country, it is when misleading bulltalk like this is learned to be self-corrected when heard by the individuals.
You can't make good decisions if you start out with the wrong premises, the wrong ingredients.
As for Bob Dylan vs Common, like I said history will take its course. And if both of them eventually end up at the same stature and reputation but at different times, this controversy will be a drop in the bucket. Right now, let it not take more of our attentions than it warrants. Tbh, I even have pba friends who agree Common is more or less being used as a political arrow by only god really knows who. |
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scottthebum
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
379 Posts
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Friday, May 20, 2011 3:34:04 AM
"I have never heard a conservative say that a liberal tv or radio show host is a threat to the country. Conservatives don't try to shut down opposing viewpoints in order to validate themselves."
That says it all because apparently you aren't receiving a wide enough gamut of viewpoints. Either that, or you are trying to perpetuate a misleading binary via our conversation that lumps all conservatives together into a concrete classification, that is for your convenience the innocent class vs the aggressive class. |
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scottthebum
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
379 Posts
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Friday, May 20, 2011 3:23:14 AM
"Why? Why does anyone care about a show that they are not forced to listen to, that sustains itself because it is successful?"
Because as a communal species, individuals work together to exchange information to survive and in human beings' cases, to progress; that information includes the emotion of fear. What is out there to fear? For those mentioned moderates, they eventually hear extreme views from both sides of the political spectrum. Reverberations of fear naturally garner attention and so people may not be forced to listen to these such shows, but eventually they somehow do from listeners of such shows passing on the transmission of fear. If the people want to change their quality of life for the better, they if smart, will try to weed out the sources of fear that repeatedly lead them falsely and clutter their attention spans. |
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 TheiaRenown
Female, 18-29, Southern US
390 Posts
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Thursday, May 19, 2011 9:48:20 PM
Annnd that's why I love Jon Stewart |
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 gargamel314
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
80 Posts
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Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:36:02 PM
Jon Stewart is the king of cool. |
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 RETARDEDBEAR
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
440 Posts
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Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:38:19 AM
"When as a matter of fact the person in question merely discussed the idea."
You know, from all the screaming about how Fox News is a lie factory, I would think someone would be able to come up with much better than this.
Anytime Fox News does a story involving controversy, they get two people who disagree about it to come on. This happens during every program, usually with different people. There are plenty of chances for people to call them out on perceived disinformation. I guarantee that if someone says something incorrect on Fox News, someone is going to call them out on it pretty fast. It isn't like conservatives are the only ones paying attention. |
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RETARDEDBEAR
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
440 Posts
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Thursday, May 19, 2011 11:26:04 AM
"There are many moderates who also wish Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck off the air."
Why? Why does anyone care about a show that they are not forced to listen to, that sustains itself because it is successful?
"As is how many a far right sees liberal viewpoints. Liberalism, to them, threatens 'the soundness of the country' and 'human intelligence.'"
I have never heard a conservative say that a liberal tv or radio show host is a threat to the country. Conservatives don't try to shut down opposing viewpoints in order to validate themselves. Meanwhile, libs think they deserve taxpayer money for NPR, and yet think Rush, Beck, and Fox News should be shut down. It all stems from a belief that their view is the "correct" view.
As for Bob Dylan, he was not controversial WHEN he was invited to the White House, last year. |
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 HumboldtPie
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
310 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:58:09 PM
I really think that politics needs to turn back to the economy and seriously put aside the stupid partisan bullpoo for a while, especially on morality issues brought up by special interest groups. Those petty things need to die forever, or at least until our actual problems start showing signs of clearing up.
Everyone always talks about how the government is "for the people", and while this is true, the government kind of has to be for itself when things get dire, otherwise there's not going to be a government for the people for very long.
(I know that last part sounded kinda grim and dictator-y but I'm sure you can take the underlying point from it) |
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scottthebum
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
379 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:48:58 PM
There are many moderates who also wish Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck off the air. Limbaugh and Beck are exceptionally inciteful, more about drawing people to react extremely. Jon Stewart uses his comedy more to bring people back to a level headed center better for compromise.
"They are completely intolerant of views which contradict their own."
As is how many a far right sees liberal viewpoints. Liberalism, to them, threatens 'the soundness of the country' and 'human intelligence.'
Your welcome, for the 'valuable' counterpoint.
And RETARTEDBEAR, Bob Dylan most likely WAS controversial to at least some people back in the day. You can't claim no one. You're only adding to the argument that eventually those who are upset or irked by Common's invitation will end up on the more forgotten side of history. |
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 Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:38:38 PM
Just because there are teachers who are not living lavishly does not mean that there are no teachers who do.
Bill O'Reilly's statement was nonetheless a hasty generalization.
...and much earlier in Obama's term Fox News was up in arms about the White House inviting a person who "supports the widespread use of abortion as a means of population control". When as a matter of fact the person in question merely discussed the idea. |
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RETARDEDBEAR
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
440 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:10:53 PM
"Well during the affair involving teacher's unions in Wisconsin Fox and Bill in particular were said that the teachers were living lavish (Bill says with a capital L) lifestyles."
Just because there are teachers who are not living lavishly does not mean that there are no teachers who do. There really are teachers in Wisconsin with ridiculous benefits. |
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Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:41:04 PM
40" by the way refers to the distance between opposing corners. |
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Cajun247
Male, 18-29, Southern US
9438 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:40:18 PM
So, what is it that Fox News has lied about, anyway?
Well during the affair involving teacher's unions in Wisconsin Fox and Bill in particular were said that the teachers were living lavish (Bill says with a capital L) lifestyles. Jon Stewart (shocker) had a Cribs-esque segment featuring Samantha Bee. Long point short if you call a one-bedroom apartment with a couple kids no dish-washer and a 40" CRT TV 'lavish' then my family is officially related to Bill Gates. |
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 SephirothA83
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
946 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 4:49:18 PM
oh snap |
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RETARDEDBEAR
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
440 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 4:44:07 PM
"This makes him the most dangerous man alive, and a threat to the progression of our country, and human intelligence in general."
This is how the far left sees conservative viewpoints. Conservatism, to them, threatens 'the progression of the country' and 'human intelligence.' This is why they try relentlessly to get people like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck off the air. They are completely intolerant of views which contradict their own.
Thank you, for the valuable insight. |
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 MattyP
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
173 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:25:15 PM
Bill O'Reilly has a frighteningly huge following. One of the most watched shows in America, and his viewers just eat up whatever he feeds them. This makes him the most dangerous man alive, and a threat to the progression of our country, and human intelligence in general. And before you say anything bear, I am forced to watch his show at the gym and it makes my skin crawl and my stomach hurt. |
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 BiGpHiL
Male, 18-29, Canada
253 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:55:11 PM
who seriously watches Bill O'Reilly and think what he says is really constructive,He's a crazy Xenophobic republican, and what he says usualy makes no sense at all |
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 noxert323
Male, 18-29, Canada
227 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:44:34 PM
I've got much love, it's a rap term
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 Solvent
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2695 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:41:16 PM
Where's your god now? |
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RETARDEDBEAR
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
440 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 11:46:09 AM
"Bob Dylan was incredibly controversial in his prime, "Blowing in the Wind" is an anti government song"
Bob Dylan is not controversial today. Nobody cares that he was invited to the White House. Common is controversial. People are actually upset about it, whether you are or not. |
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 havoctwin
Male, 18-29, Southern US
63 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:37:39 AM
BOOYA |
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 WorstCaseOnt
Male, 30-39, Canada
214 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:57:42 AM
Free Mumia! |
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 tryit0nce
Female, 18-29, Canada
100 Posts
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:56:37 AM
Fantastic. |
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