Bill O'Reilly on The View
Ugh! Bill O'Reilly makes me so crazy. Just a little while ago on The View he divided the country into Traditionalists and Secular Progressives.
Traditionalists, he said, are those who believe the country is good and that the Judeo-Christian values it was founded upon are also good. Secular Progressives, he said, are those who believe the country is socially and economically flawed.
Have I mentioned in the last five minutes how much I despise black and white?! Isn't it ironic that black is the absence of light and therefore the absence of color? Somehow that must seem safe. And white is achieved by adding the three primary colors together in equal amounts. Isn't this far too limiting, not to mention boring? Isn't the world a better place with all the colors? At the very least give me some gray. I'm not afraid to get messy.
Dividing people into categories helps to make sense of the world, but I think it also shows how afraid we are of just letting people be free. Folks like Bill O'Reilly are happier when everything is controlled, clean, and in it's place. Hello Leviticus.
Thank God for Rosie and Joy. Bill put them in the Secular Progressives category, and they both immediately responded with, "Hold on! We also believe that the Judeo-Christian values that the country was founded upon are good."
Just because there are a few of us out here who believe the country would be better off with progress, doesn't mean we also believe the country is a bad place. It's fundamentally good. But so are humans, and we make mistakes. As humans, we're also in a whole heap of trouble once we stop growing. Isn't maturity the point? I guess the word "progressive" just carries too much fear for those who are content to cling to the status quo, and believe that clinging to the past is better than growing into the future. By attaching the word "progressive" to a cause that is interested in growth, it makes it sound like we would like the country to fly off out of control and over a cliff, to its death. Nothing could be further from the truth. Progressives are interested in growth. And for crying out loud..."growth" does not equate "secular."
What's the solution? Who knows. Perhaps we should be called Thinking-Caring-Fair-Spiritual-Accepting-Confident-Unthreatened by differences-Growth Seekers. That seems to be much more accurate.
Fearless
Godly
Thinking
Concerned
Unselfish
Aware
Capable
Ethical
Moral
Generous
Organic
Loving
Strong
Profound
Faithful
Perhaps it's time to begin a new tradition.
Traditionalists, he said, are those who believe the country is good and that the Judeo-Christian values it was founded upon are also good. Secular Progressives, he said, are those who believe the country is socially and economically flawed.
Have I mentioned in the last five minutes how much I despise black and white?! Isn't it ironic that black is the absence of light and therefore the absence of color? Somehow that must seem safe. And white is achieved by adding the three primary colors together in equal amounts. Isn't this far too limiting, not to mention boring? Isn't the world a better place with all the colors? At the very least give me some gray. I'm not afraid to get messy.
Dividing people into categories helps to make sense of the world, but I think it also shows how afraid we are of just letting people be free. Folks like Bill O'Reilly are happier when everything is controlled, clean, and in it's place. Hello Leviticus.
Thank God for Rosie and Joy. Bill put them in the Secular Progressives category, and they both immediately responded with, "Hold on! We also believe that the Judeo-Christian values that the country was founded upon are good."
Just because there are a few of us out here who believe the country would be better off with progress, doesn't mean we also believe the country is a bad place. It's fundamentally good. But so are humans, and we make mistakes. As humans, we're also in a whole heap of trouble once we stop growing. Isn't maturity the point? I guess the word "progressive" just carries too much fear for those who are content to cling to the status quo, and believe that clinging to the past is better than growing into the future. By attaching the word "progressive" to a cause that is interested in growth, it makes it sound like we would like the country to fly off out of control and over a cliff, to its death. Nothing could be further from the truth. Progressives are interested in growth. And for crying out loud..."growth" does not equate "secular."
What's the solution? Who knows. Perhaps we should be called Thinking-Caring-Fair-Spiritual-Accepting-Confident-Unthreatened by differences-Growth Seekers. That seems to be much more accurate.
Fearless
Godly
Thinking
Concerned
Unselfish
Aware
Capable
Ethical
Moral
Generous
Organic
Loving
Strong
Profound
Faithful
Perhaps it's time to begin a new tradition.
posted by Jen Austin at 10:35 AM
2 Comments:
isnt it amazing how you dont like "black or white" issues? You certainly dont want to be judged about your life style. YOU ARE A SP! SP's are trying everything that they can to ruin our country and what American has stood for for over 200 years now. Why do you think that you have the right to push your agenda on America? Bill is right on in his book. Rosie is so out there she cant see what is going on in America. Did you notice how she just plays to the crowd on the view? What ever she thinks that her SP friends will clap for is what she will say.
Ugh.. how can you even stand watching him?!?! eeek... no matter what show/channel he is on as soon as I see his stupid face I cringe and immediately change the channel. There is no way I'm going to waste my time listening to him...not even for 10 seconds. Hey 'ANONYMOUS' why don't you sign your comment with your real name?
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