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kpete

(71,954 posts)
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:18 AM Mar 2014

Letterman to O'Really: “We don’t go calling people thugs” receiving audience applause."

“We don’t go calling people thugs,” said Letterman in response, receiving audience applause."


While talking to Letterman, O’Reilly called Beyoncé‘s recent music videos “raunchy.” Letterman replied by saying this has been in the music industry for the last 40 to 50 years.

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The Fox News personality went on to say that Beyoncé is worth $350 million, and that “she doesn’t have to do this. I mean some of these thugs that’s all they can do, but she doesn’t have to.”

“We don’t go calling people thugs,” said Letterman in response, receiving audience applause.

On The O’Reilly Factor last week, the host ranted about the singer’s sexually provocative appearances, claiming they set bad examples for young girls.



speaking of "bad examples" Mr. O'Really:




more:
http://thegrio.com/2014/03/16/bill-oreilly-bashes-beyonce-on-late-show/

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Letterman to O'Really: “We don’t go calling people thugs” receiving audience applause." (Original Post) kpete Mar 2014 OP
I Don't Go Calling People Thugs Dirty Socialist Mar 2014 #1
+ 1 bazillion geardaddy Mar 2014 #16
Just say no to thugs, Bill Blue Owl Mar 2014 #2
That's rich coming from the falafel man ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #3
Letterman is one if those guys you forget about... Lost_Count Mar 2014 #4
HA! That must be in your world 'cause I find Letterman very interesting in his monmouth3 Mar 2014 #6
+1 JimDandy Mar 2014 #35
Read the details of the lawsuit against O'Reilly...You won't forget about him soon and not whathehell Mar 2014 #8
O'Reilly is the forgettable one ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #12
Gee willikers Mr. Internet tough guy... Lost_Count Mar 2014 #20
uh huh eShirl Mar 2014 #23
Thanks for such a well reasoned response... Lost_Count Mar 2014 #24
Right.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #26
Exactly. Who is going on whose show, after all? arcane1 Mar 2014 #30
All those left wing pinko A-listers who come on Dave's show.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #32
Of course you're here to defend O'Reilly... CreekDog Mar 2014 #29
"accurate observation" is quite different than "editorial lacking citation" LanternWaste Mar 2014 #31
Sort of like banned DUers who come back? CreekDog Mar 2014 #25
Letterman's been a raging success on national television for four decades - unlike O'Really? tenderfoot Mar 2014 #34
Only thugs should be called thugs. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #5
He's not restricting it to young black men, he called Beyonce a thug! cui bono Mar 2014 #14
Yeah...which is pretty absurd. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #18
Jeebus, check out that lawsuit!...He wanted to give sex lesssons to two female employees.. whathehell Mar 2014 #7
O'Reilly must have been so surprised he almost falafel his chair underpants Mar 2014 #9
DUzy! longship Mar 2014 #10
hey! eShirl Mar 2014 #21
Billy O is a pathetic, desperate man creature. Rex Mar 2014 #11
When someone calls Beyonce a "thug" it's crystal clear what they are trying to say. cui bono Mar 2014 #13
I thought so too. kpete Mar 2014 #15
As Richard Sherman noted ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #17
bingo! yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #19
Hey Bill, just say "Black people." eShirl Mar 2014 #22
Or what Santorum said, "blah people" nt alp227 Mar 2014 #27
Bill-O is so tone deaf saying this on the same network that censored Elvis shaking his hips. nt alp227 Mar 2014 #28
So Beyonce is a thug. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2014 #33
Pretty good proof to all the naysayers JimDandy Mar 2014 #36
O’Reilly is a lecherous old piece of shit. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #37

ismnotwasm

(41,952 posts)
3. That's rich coming from the falafel man
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:26 AM
Mar 2014

Who is a documented sexist asshole and a hypocrite. Sounds like a racist as well.


All par for O'reilly, really.

 

Lost_Count

(555 posts)
4. Letterman is one if those guys you forget about...
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:29 AM
Mar 2014

... And then every year or two he pops up and you go "Wow, he's still around ?"

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
6. HA! That must be in your world 'cause I find Letterman very interesting in his
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:35 AM
Mar 2014

monologues, discussing the latest political climate and just generally hilarious with some great guests..

whathehell

(29,023 posts)
8. Read the details of the lawsuit against O'Reilly...You won't forget about him soon and not
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:47 AM
Mar 2014

because of his erudite political views.

Consider a middle aged man offering female employees half his age "lessons" in sex, complete with

telephone sex and a "threesome" in a hotel room.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
12. O'Reilly is the forgettable one
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 12:28 PM
Mar 2014

Except he says stupid shit, everyday of the week on a network that embraces stupid, on behalf of it's terminally stupid viewers, who celebrate the culture of ignorance.

Now, do you have a problem with that?

 

Lost_Count

(555 posts)
20. Gee willikers Mr. Internet tough guy...
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 02:42 PM
Mar 2014

Why you gotta be so mean to little ol' me?

Seriously though, you are cute as a button...

While it is absolutely subjective, I'm comfortable in my choice of who is more famous, has more influence and makes the news more often at this moment in time.

That fact doesn't mean I think he's a swell fella. It just means I can make an accurate observation without getting my knickers all twisted.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
26. Right....
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:28 PM
Mar 2014

You do realize more people watch Letterman on a nightly basis than O'Reilly, right?

So it was a bit silly for you to enter the thread to dismiss Letterman as basically irrelevant in the first place.

The fact he was knocking Idiot O'Reilly while you were dismissing him is telling.

I'm glad you're perfectly comfortable in being wrong. Most people don't give a shit about Bill O'Reilly, and David Letterman has been famous and funny for a long time.

But you go on with your fair and balanced self, pal.

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
32. All those left wing pinko A-listers who come on Dave's show....
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:35 PM
Mar 2014

....are simply out of touch and trying to revive a dead horse while Billo The Clown is the new wave of the entertainment future! Ann Coulter! Brent Bozell! Laura Ingraham! Who can compete with that???

CreekDog

(46,192 posts)
29. Of course you're here to defend O'Reilly...
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:32 PM
Mar 2014

To post that women should pay more for maternity coverage, to ask what the downsides are of an NFL team drafting a gay player...

You're here why? Are you a Democrat, a liberal, at all?

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
31. "accurate observation" is quite different than "editorial lacking citation"
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:34 PM
Mar 2014

"accurate observation" is quite different than "editorial lacking citation", regardless of how tough you allege others to be or what color your knickers really are...

tenderfoot

(8,425 posts)
34. Letterman's been a raging success on national television for four decades - unlike O'Really?
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:59 PM
Mar 2014


too obvious.... waaaaay to obvious.
 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
5. Only thugs should be called thugs.
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:34 AM
Mar 2014

It's a good, descriptive term and it shouldn't be allowed to be co-opted by bigots as a "dog whistle" term for young black men.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
18. Yeah...which is pretty absurd.
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 02:26 PM
Mar 2014

For one thing, a music industry friend of mine has had a small amount of professional contact with her, and says she's a delight to work with: no "rock star attitude" bullshit, just a professional approach combined with respect for everyone involved.

whathehell

(29,023 posts)
7. Jeebus, check out that lawsuit!...He wanted to give sex lesssons to two female employees..
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 11:41 AM
Mar 2014

He also suggested telephone sex and invited them to a "threesome" in a hotel.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
11. Billy O is a pathetic, desperate man creature.
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 12:22 PM
Mar 2014

"On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details about vibrators, phone sex, threesomes, masturbation, Caribbean shower fantasies, a Thai sex show, falafel, stewardess trysts, vehicular coupling, and Al Franken.

The New York State Supreme Court lawsuit filed by Andrea Mackris, a former Fox News producer, quoted O'Reilly verbatim and at length, leaving readers to believe that the TV star's dirty soliloquies were surreptitiously recorded (an impression reinforced when the lawsuit was settled within two weeks). A copy of Mackris's complaint, drafted by lawyer Benedict Morelli, can be found here.

Time has not robbed the document of any of its page-turning entertainment value. It is unknown how the litigants will mark today's anniversary, though were it a marriage, tradition would call for gifts of wood."

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/oreilly-falafel-suit-turns-five

eShirl

(18,477 posts)
22. Hey Bill, just say "Black people."
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 02:47 PM
Mar 2014

We all know you're too afraid to use the word you really want.

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,867 posts)
33. So Beyonce is a thug.
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 03:53 PM
Mar 2014

But his network is glad to have Ted (alleged pedophile) Nugent on anytime. Read the lyrics to any Beyonce song and then read the lyrics to Jailbait by Ted Nugent and tell me what song is more repulsive.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)
36. Pretty good proof to all the naysayers
Mon Mar 17, 2014, 04:59 PM
Mar 2014

that "Thug" is being used assiduously by conservatives to describe anyone who is black.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)
37. O’Reilly is a lecherous old piece of shit.
Tue Mar 18, 2014, 07:31 AM
Mar 2014

An arrogant, condescending, bullying complete asshole. Hear that Bill?

I felt bad for Dave. Dave was clearly uncomfortable having a real Nazi on his program. CBS, you are really fucking up.

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