Lumeau wrote:Nierra wrote:In all honesty the guy is a fairly sensible and moderate guy even if you don't agree with him. He's incredibly intelligent
No he isn't. If you watch his show, pretty much everything he says is an example of dog-whistle politics - mischaracterizing the arguments of people on the other side to make it seem like they're pro-deadbeat, pro-terrorist, and "anti-American," whatever that means.
He has an unintelligent audience that buys into said dog-whistle politics. He's playing to the emotions of people that watch him.
Just look at the way he interviews. If he brings a liberal on his show, it's usually someone who's also not that bright whose views border on left-wing caricature, so that O'Reilly can easily cut them off and make them look stupid.
Anyway, this is clearly a bait thread, with OP calling everyone who doesn't agree a "leftist," which is an incredibly politically charged word to conservatives. Just wanted to throw in my $0.02. The only way you could call him "intelligent" is that he's smart in the sense that he knows exactly what will get his viewers riled up.
That's why he brought on Jon Stewart, Bill Nye, and Bernie Sanders right?
You watch any debate there will be a strawman, usually multiple, given by both sides. Also a lot of rhetoric, used everywhere, by both sides. These are debate tactics used by everyone not Bill's evil plan for neo-conservatism and the US to conquer the world.
Most people who dislike O'Reilly would naturally be leftists, am I wrong in this assumption?
