Bill O'Reilly: The Cliven Bundy controversy

Fox News ^ | 04-24-2014 | Bill O'Reilly

[PaulCruz2016]

When the story broke about the feds going to Nevada, to make a rancher pay grazing fees, my staff did what it always does. We researched and found out the facts and those are these. That rancher Cliven Bundy broke the law for many years by not paying the fees, that the federal government owns the land and that the State of Nevada readily admits the feds have jurisdiction in the grazing controversy. Those are the facts.

So, we presented them to you and then mildly criticized the feds for overreacting. You may remember, Judge Napolitano and I basically said it's a waste of taxpayer money to conduct a raid and seize cattle. You simply use the legal system to eventually make Bundy pay up.

Now, most of you agreed with our analysis. A few threw in with Mr. Bundy but not very many. However some commentators including a handful on Fox News rallied to Mr. Bundy's side. But most Fox News people did not. And that's why we're successful. We have a wide variety of opinion expressed in a vibrant way.

Now, we know that Cliven Bundy is a man who does not see things clearly. He made very offensive ignorant remarks about African-Americans and was roundly condemned for doing so. But here is something interesting. Mr. Bundy is also sympathetic to Hispanics.

[TigersEye]

0’Reilly sucks and so does his staff’s research.

[Vigilanteman]

So far as I can tell, the only mistake Cliven Bundy made was using the archaic term "Negro." And the only reason that term is archaic (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used it regularly, look it up) is because about the time I was in junior high school, it was declared archaic by the thought police. We were told that the proper term was "African-American" or "Black."

Bundy is at least half a generation older than I am, so I would guess he never got the memo from the thought police. Or maybe he just doesn't give a damn.

Whatever. How can it be racist to use exactly the same term used by St. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

[Kenny Bunk]

.... archaic term "Negro."

"Negro" is now almost the equivalent in politically correct circles of the other "N" word. It is apparently OK for use by the United Negro College Fund. "Colored People" is in the same category, being kept around for the exclusive use of the NAACP.

Under no circumstances must white people use any terms that are exclusively for the use of black people in their everyday speech. Or screen writers like Tarantino.