O'Reilly Blasted for Coit Tower Comments
I saw this on Kron4 News last night already.
While I appreciate knowing about Bill O'Reilly's unhinged comment hollering in anger over San Francisco's vote to "encourage schools to discourage military recruiters off the campus," somehow, I don't think O'Reilly should be given more attention than is necessary. Then again, the only way to get ratings is to advocate inflammatory positions. He's certainly getting that.
My opinions on San Francisco's vote is mute. The vote doesn't specifically ban recruiters, only make it harder for them. I wish that there was a specific reason for it.
I don't think "not supporting the war" is a good reason. If it was about getting rid of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy and letting gays and lesbians serve in the war, then I would support that. The war is something you're a part of, no matter how much you want to secede from the United States. Trying to get rid of recuiters, just as not letting USS Iowa dock in San Francisco, doesn't help the situation. At all.
To me, it's dishonorable.
Then again, I know that San Francisco and Berkeley are two cities on the West Coast too famous for the anti-war movement of the 1970's. A little quirk now and then is to be expected, especially since such a move would never find traction anywhere else, when you have people screaming red-faced at you, "You Hell-Bound, Weed-smoking, Drug-popping, Hippie-living, Bible-burning, French-loving, Terrorist-aiding, Canada-moving, Flag-hating, Un-american Traitors!"
While I appreciate knowing about Bill O'Reilly's unhinged comment hollering in anger over San Francisco's vote to "encourage schools to discourage military recruiters off the campus," somehow, I don't think O'Reilly should be given more attention than is necessary. Then again, the only way to get ratings is to advocate inflammatory positions. He's certainly getting that.
My opinions on San Francisco's vote is mute. The vote doesn't specifically ban recruiters, only make it harder for them. I wish that there was a specific reason for it.
I don't think "not supporting the war" is a good reason. If it was about getting rid of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy and letting gays and lesbians serve in the war, then I would support that. The war is something you're a part of, no matter how much you want to secede from the United States. Trying to get rid of recuiters, just as not letting USS Iowa dock in San Francisco, doesn't help the situation. At all.
To me, it's dishonorable.
Then again, I know that San Francisco and Berkeley are two cities on the West Coast too famous for the anti-war movement of the 1970's. A little quirk now and then is to be expected, especially since such a move would never find traction anywhere else, when you have people screaming red-faced at you, "You Hell-Bound, Weed-smoking, Drug-popping, Hippie-living, Bible-burning, French-loving, Terrorist-aiding, Canada-moving, Flag-hating, Un-american Traitors!"
posted by Alan at November 11, 2005
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