Sometimes when Bill O’Reilly speaks I find myself shaking my head in disbelief and disagreement. Other times my nodding is profuse and fervent in the positive.
Regardless of what you personally think of Bill O’Reilly, the man isn’t afraid to say what he thinks and more often than not what others are likely thinking but are too afraid to say themselves.
So it is with his Talking Points segment on the O’Reilly Factor Monday night following President Obama’s second speech on the Trayvon Martin case and race in America.
Personally, I felt the President injected himself into the Zimmerman case haphazardly and recklessly when he made his first statement prior to the trial or any presentation of evidence in the case. I felt he unnecessarily created more angst and bitterness with his unbalanced remarks which made it appear the president had taken sides and with no thought toward the presumption of innocence until proven guilty by a court of law with regard to George Zimmerman.
This second speech was more tempered and calculated than the first but still failed, in my opinion, to root out the main cause for the tensions and problems that exist with regard to race in America today and failed to acknowledge the core reasons for the problems that plague the African American community. He ignored them, played the blame game, and did little to ease the tensions of which he spoke.
I’ve long held the belief that the disintegration of the family has led to more problems in society than any other failure and that includes the black community. I still hold that belief and apparently Bill O’Reilly sees it that way too. Fix that problem and many many other problems go away. It’s not a panacea but it is a huge part of the cure.
Of course in the days following this monolog the excuse makers and placaters have come out in droves.
The Royal Court is not pleased at having its leader’s bareness outed.
