O'Reilly thinks his listeners are complete morons

O'Reilly recently said "Hitler would be a card-carrying ACLU member. So would Stalin. Castro probably is. And so would Mao Zedong." He also called the ACLU a "fascist organization" and "the most dangerous organization in the United States of America right now ... second next to Al Qaeda."

Let's see...the one group guaranteed to stand up for civil liberties--regardless of how controversial the issue might be--is the most dangerous organization to the U.S. THAT tells you what O'Reilly really believes in. He truly believes America stands for an oppressive state power that trumps individual rights. He hates Americans having rights that can't be taken away. Because these rights are the one thing that keeps the true Republican agenda at bay.

Why do Republicans keep letting these right-wing pundits talk to them like they're morons? Anyone with a simple high school diploma has been taught what fascism and communism was like under Hitler, Stalin, Castro and Mao. Fighting for civil liberties was NOT part of their agenda.

Unless his listeners truly are as ignorant as he treats them, O'Reilly will soon ratchet up his rhetoric to the point where even a dullard will know what a liar O'Reilly is.

The issue at hand is a Dover, PA school district's plan to insert intelligent design "theory" into the school's biology curriculum. If you don't know what intelligent design theory is, well, first it's not a theory at all. It's theology. It simply suggests that since nature has a system, that system had to be created. It's Creationism with a different name. It is not a scientific idea, it's a philosophical/theological one. How can you tell the difference? Because science is an academic discipline based on what is quantifiable. If you cannot observe and test it, then it's not science. Science is about the natural; intelligent design is about the supernatural.

Keep in mind, the IDT people are trying to offer their concept as an ALTERNATIVE to evolution (which IS a scientific theory because it is based on quantifiable facts). Where the IDT preachers are misguided is that evolution theory and the story of Genesis are not mutually exclusive. Even the Bible says the universe was developed over time (six days), not magically appearing in the blink of an eye. The theory of evolution is the scientific exploration of that development based on the empirical record found in nature. It's entirely possible that evolution is the method God used to create the universe. So even if you believe in IDT, it does not displace the science of evolution.

But this isn't about science at all. It's just a new-fangled attempt by the religious right to impose their religious views into the schools. Thankfully, the First Amendment blocks that from happening. And that's what O'Reilly and his ilk really hates. The ACLU defends Americans' civil rights, such as the First Amendment. And the GOP will never completely take over the country so long as those pesky civil liberties keep being protected.

If you want to know what the REAL threat to America is, it's Rupert Murdock and his GOP propaganda machine that O'Reilly serves like a good little stooge. Murdock's agenda is to destroy any semblance of fact or truth in the "news," because facts and truth have been holding back the GOP's bid to turn the world over to corporate rule. This is what Bush's "ownership society" is really about: only the owners matter. And thanks to deregulation, the mega-corporations will eventually own everything.

This all ties together. O'Reilly is just a dishonest mouthpiece for that agenda. I hope his listeners eventually prove him wrong, and prove they're not the morons he thinks they are.