It is a strange little bubble those "View” gals must live in. You can just imagine Barb, Whoopi, Behar, and the rest sitting in front of their TV sets, watching their own show, smirking and tittering to each other about their supreme ability to influence the court of public opinion. Enter Fox News Channel commentator Bill O’Reilly to slash, crash, and burn those warm and fuzzy notions of a View-centric universe.
Why did Whoopi and Behar react so violently to Bill O’Reilly? Why did they stomp angry off the set like the selfish, sequestered ideological cheerleaders they are? Was it only because of O’Reilly’s statements about Muslims and their role in the 9/11 attacks?
If you watch the video clip, the real fireworks begin when O’Reilly states a simple, documentable fact: A CNN/Opinion Research survey found that 68% oppose the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero. This is where the ladies’ TV freak-out actually begins. This is where they begin getting irritable. This is where they begin trying to muffle O’Reilly. It was impossible for Whoopi and Behar to fathom that a majority of Americans disagree with them on any issue. After all, they are the stars of “The View.” Their opinions matter, don’t they?
Despite “The View” ladies strange reaction, O’Reilly’s argument was completely reasonable. Why is President Obama’s approval rating so low? O’Reilly argues that is the case because the President caters to the left-wing of his party instead of speaking on behalf of and for all Americans. The President ignores polls. The President does and says what he wants. The President ignores most of “us.” A majority of Americans are opposed to the 9/11 mosque and it’s not because we don’t respect freedom of speech and religion. It is because we have not recovered from the 9/11 tragedy as a nation. We are opposed to the mosque near Ground Zero because Muslims – both here and abroad – have not sufficiently condemned the worst act of terrorism we, as Americans, have ever experienced. We view their collective silence as a form of assent. Moreover, we view President Obama’s statement that developers have a “right” to build their mosque in the same vein.
We aren’t looking for a professor to give us a recitation of U.S. Constitutional law. We aren’t looking for someone to tell us that our feelings were wrong. We aren’t looking for a President to tell us to be sensitive to the feelings of the Muslim community, which still stands by far too much without condemning regular acts of terrorism committed in their religion’s name. We were looking for “our” President to stand up and say, “Yes, you have a right to build that mosque. But, I’m asking you not to. I’m telling you not to.” We were looking for a sign – any sign – that this President understands us. So, far, there has been no sign.
That is the “gulf of understanding” that Bill O’Reilly was trying to explain to a Whoopi Goldberg who made absolutely no sense. That is what he was trying to explain to a juvenile in TV host's clothing like Behar. However, that point went over their heads. Soon it became all about political correctness and whether we are allowed to use the word, “Muslim” to describe the 9/11 terrorists. In the course of the yelling match, O’Reilly shouted over the din, “Muslims “killed us on 9/11.” That was the tipping point and the girls stalked off the set. O’Reilly had violated their PC taboo. But was he wrong or just, as the politically correct establishment would say, “insensitive?”
Sure they were terrorists, ladies. However, the cold, hard fact is that they were also Muslims. They were Muslims that murdered in the name of their religion, which is why the wording is relevant. In order to bridge this gulf of understanding, we need to talk about this. We need to say the now-dirty words: Muslims killed Americans on 9/11. Yes, they were extremists. Yes, they were terrorists, but the Muslim aspect to the 9/11 tragedy is something that the Muslim community should have to deal with and speak to.
But the Left does not want to speak about it or deal with it. They just want us to accept it. Just today, NPR's Juan Williams was fired for honestly expressing himself on the "Muslim" issue on Monday's O'Reilly Factor. "Look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country," said Williams. "But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous." Honesty. Freedom of speech. The attempt to voice real concerns. That is what is being condemned in America today and that is what was condemned on "The View."
What it comes down to is this: It really isn’t about “The View.” It is, unfortunately, about “Their View.” Sorry Ms. Goldberg, Ms. Behar if that offends you. OK, ladies. You can go ahead and walk off the set now.
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