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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 05:32 PM Apr 2013

O’Reilly Demands To Know Why Obama Didn’t Condemn Islam Immediately After Boston Bombing

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly chose on Tuesday night to slam President Obama for failing to condemn Islam in the immediate aftermath of the Boston bombings and claimed that American Muslims aren’t doing enough to stand up against jihad.

During his “Talking Point Commentary” segment, O’Reilly called the President “seriously wrong” for urging the country on Friday to not to jump to conclusions about the bombing suspects’ motivations.

“It’s all about motivation and it’s all about a specific group of people,” O’Reilly declared, referring to Muslims. He then went on to say that suspected Dzhokar Tsarnaev and his deceased brother Tamerlan were definitively jihadists, stating that “only radical Islam allows terror murder.”

What O’Reilly failed to mention is that Obama’s Friday statement was made before anything was known about the brothers or what led them to place explosives at the Boston Marathon. The FBI didn’t release the two suspects’ pictures until Thursday afternoon, kicking off a massive manhunt. While on Friday morning the media learned that the two were ethnic Chechens, that information alone provided no further knowledge of the motivation behind the attack. Only after questioning alleged bomber Dzohkar Tsarnaev in custody did authorities learn that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan provided at least part of the impetus for the bombing.

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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/04/24/1911791/o039reilly-american-muslims/

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O’Reilly Demands To Know Why Obama Didn’t Condemn Islam Immediately After Boston Bombing (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2013 OP
Tell him it's like the tides - we could explain but he still wouldn't understand. Scuba Apr 2013 #1
The same reason Pres. Obama didn't frogmarch Apr 2013 #2
I heard him yesterday while I was trying to live my life... dogknob Apr 2013 #3
I hate your picture MattBaggins Apr 2013 #19
"only radical Islam allows terror murder"-- geek tragedy Apr 2013 #4
And timdog44 Apr 2013 #17
I would think bill O'REILLY would remember stuff done by Irish Catholics, but geek tragedy Apr 2013 #18
Ocelot Demands To Know Why O'Reilly Still Has A Job. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #5
O'Really, ANOTHER blowhard with a tiny pee-pee. . . DinahMoeHum Apr 2013 #6
I am guessing the same reason he hasn't Kelvin Mace Apr 2013 #7
For the same reason why I don't condemn all of Christianity rocktivity Apr 2013 #8
Comrade Grumpy demands to know why anyone should give a rat's ass what O'Reilly says. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2013 #9
Because he isn't an ignorant racist fuckwad like you Bill? Rex Apr 2013 #10
“Only radical Islam allows terror murder.” Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #11
Oh really O'R: may the President condemn all extreme right-wing rhetoric like yours and indepat Apr 2013 #12
I demand to know why Obama didn't karaoke to "Let The Eagle Soar" rucky Apr 2013 #13
obligatory video: rucky Apr 2013 #14
that was cruel olddots Apr 2013 #16
OMFG!!! I totally forgot about that! Initech Apr 2013 #21
Short answer: He's not a bigot. BainsBane Apr 2013 #15
Because they're not Islamic? Initech Apr 2013 #20

dogknob

(2,431 posts)
3. I heard him yesterday while I was trying to live my life...
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 05:35 PM
Apr 2013

...he also said something about how Islam is responsible for "the most terrorism in the world history."

That caught my attention because it reminded me that for most 'Mericans, world history begins around 1929.

DinahMoeHum

(21,737 posts)
6. O'Really, ANOTHER blowhard with a tiny pee-pee. . .
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 05:40 PM
Apr 2013

. . .asking why the POTUS doesn't operate out of emotion.

Fuck that asshole.

 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
7. I am guessing the same reason he hasn't
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 05:40 PM
Apr 2013

condemned Catholicism every time a sex abuse charge is leveled against a priest. Abstract concepts, like religion, are not sentient beings. If Islam is to be condemned for the actions of its fringe adherents, then Catholicism needs to suffer the same fate.

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
8. For the same reason why I don't condemn all of Christianity
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 05:40 PM
Apr 2013

when an abortion clinic is bombed.


rocktivity

indepat

(20,899 posts)
12. Oh really O'R: may the President condemn all extreme right-wing rhetoric like yours and
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 07:19 PM
Apr 2013

all domestic right-wing extremists who unwittingly or otherwise preach hate and divisiveness.

rucky

(35,211 posts)
13. I demand to know why Obama didn't karaoke to "Let The Eagle Soar"
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 07:21 PM
Apr 2013

within 10 minutes of the bombings!

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