Bill O'Reilly is more than likely a racist.

Before I start my arguments, I want to clarify a few things. First of all, I am completely fine with the resolution that the Con has settled upon, that Bill O'Reilly is probably not a racist (as the contrary to my thesis). This being the no-spin zone, I am willing to admit that I was incorrect in what I claimed to be the contrary to my resolution, and completely okay with what the Con has accepted. Having said that, I will begin my arguments. I am arguing, based on things that Mr. O'Reilly has said, that it is safe to assume that he is more than likely a racist. It would seem that racial slurs are constantly spilling out of his mouth, whether on his Spin Zone television show, the O'Reilly Factor, or simply at a fundraising event for school children. For example, at a Best Friends Foundation charity event, to raise money for inner-city schoolchildren, O'Reilly going on as the audience waited for a group of mainly black kids to come up and perform. O'Reilly proceeded to say, "Does anyone know where the Best Men are? I hope they're not in the parking lot stealing our hubcaps." [1] (The Best Men is the name of the group that was coming up) But this isn't the beginning or end of it. Other examples go as the following: ~~“the most unattractive women in the world are probably in the Muslim countries.” [2] ~~In a segment about black athletes suing over the minimum academic standards for college admission, O’Reilly commented: “Look, you know as well as I do most of these kids come out and they can’t speak English.” (February 9, 2000) ~~And on several occasions, Bill has been found using the slur "wetback," when refering to Mexicans living in the US, legal or not. [3] ---------------- The definition of a racist is someone who believes that a particular race (usually their own race) is superior to all others. The tricky thing about it, is that racism actually doesn't completely involve hate. There are racists who openly exemplify that they believe their race is superior, and show that racial slurs and discrimination, though not always in violence. In today's society, racial slurs are used by only two groups of people: comedians, and straight up racists. With that, I believe it is safe to assume that Mr. O'Reilly is not a comedian; however, his frequent choice of language that is demeaning to races other than Caucasian shows he must be something else. It is possible for a racist to have friends of the other race, because people define friendship differently. What some people call friends, may simply be known as acquantices to others. But with the fluid definition of friendship, it definitely doesn't mean that you view a "friend" as equal. --------------- All of this ties up in supporting my contention; that Bill O'Reilly is more than likely a racist. The fact that he says things that are insulting to other races and are based on stereotypes and discriminatory assumptions all back up my thesis. Because Bill O'Reilly and his loose lips say things that racists say, it is very safe to assume, and only logical to believe that Bill O'Reilly is more than likely a racist. More things said by Mr. O'Reilly can be found here: [4] [1]http://www.washingtonpost.com...; [2]http://www.smearcasting.us... [3]http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [4] http://fair.org...