Discussion: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Hits O'Reilly: 'It Feels Good' To Blame Muslims (VIDEO)

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“When the Ku Klux Klan burn a cross in a black family’s yard, prominent Christians aren’t required to explain how these aren’t really Christian acts. Most people already realize that the KKK doesn’t represent Christian teachings.”

Worth repeating…Klan reminders are so-o-o-o appropriate with the ‘new’ Republicans.
Kareem creamed Bill…

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Does that mean that O’Reilly is a “Irish IRA terrorist?” That’s how I’m going to describe O"Reilly from here on out!
O"Reilly (noted IRA terrorist)…

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Logic doesn’t feel good on FOX, so they avoid it.

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I love how O’Reilly, a white Irish Catholic, presumes to tell blacks and Muslims how to frame racism and Islamophobia.

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Ditto for Peter King (R-NY).

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Let me tell you about the Muslim…

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I’m sorry, Mr. Abdul-Jabbar, but in this dynamic, there is no place for your intelligent, reasoned, and articulately delivered position.

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Well if you empower O’Reilly with recognition like that you’ll be hearing a lot more from him. It’s ridiculous to think O’Reilly knows anything about “Most of Muslim World” ( But you can bet your sweet ass Todd isn’t going to say that ) so why not dismiss his words as those a a fool and have a real discussion without mention of him? Why does everything that appears on FOX have to be replayed and amplified all over the place? Ill bet there are 3 or more bits on TPM right now that center on FOX outrages. Why? They say dumb shit on FOX…we all know that. Their audience, less than 2 % of the American people want to hear that dumb shit. We don’t.

So why drag it into our joint? Leave it in the streets.

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The elephant in the room is this word:

“Fundamentalism”

Everyone here knows this. And so do prostitutes like O’Reilly and Chick Toad. But hate and rage SELLS. The fundamentalists here who (through the Republican party) run the government are more than happy to rage against all people with the nominal religion of the Middle Eastern fundamentalists who destroy in their name.

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Bingo. The US when run by a born again Christian fundamentalist has killed and terrorized many more civilians than any terrorist claiming Islam as their inspiration. George Bush referenced his god many times when speaking about the wars. I fail to see the difference between the two except that one person wears a thousand dollar suit and uses aircraft carriers and F-16s to do his killing and terrorizing. And I know all about the “polls” of Muslims world-wide (how exactly does that work?), and that a majority think women should be subservient to men. I got news for you, a majority of our elected officials in Congress believe that women should not make as much money as men for the same job, that abortion should be illegal, that poor people should not be allowed to vote, that (Christian) prayer should be in our public schools, among other things.These are the people we are electing to represent what we believe in. Save the outrage at Islam, the men who do these acts are criminals first and foremost, their religious beliefs are a sideshow, and our distraction with them has ensured that we have fumbled how to deal with this problem and made it much worse than it ever had to be.

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Excellent point. I think O’Reilly and Peter King should apologize for the bombings in Northern Ireland and London.

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Fox News Nation to Kareem: Shut up and play basketball!

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I don’t think Loofah Boy was ever big on the IRA. But Peter King directly abetted terrorists.

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looks like another sky hook went way over BillO’s head.

Thoughtful, reasoned, sound argument.

The Fox News Organization and audience will never be able to process it.

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Muslims unite against Faux. That is the best outcome that could come from Faux’s fear mongering. O’reilly, too invested in spreading Faux fear never stops to realize that the Muslim version of the KKK will turn their focus on him and his Faux friends.

Keep poking Tigers Billo and reap the rewards.

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Mr. Abdul-Jabba has only been a Muslim for 50 years and yet he thinks he can school O’Reilly on the religion. Big Bill already knows all there is to know in the universe.

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Oh look, a reasonable person. Anyway…

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This bears repeating, again and again.

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