{"id":7148,"date":"2009-03-23T12:14:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T19:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=7148"},"modified":"2009-03-23T12:14:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T19:33:53","slug":"billy-goes-a-stalkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=7148","title":{"rendered":"Billy Goes a-Stalkin'"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"billo.png\"<\/a>So as you may recall, Bill O’Reilly was invited by the Alexa Foundation to give a speech at a fundraiser. The Alexa Foundation is a group that supports rape survivors — a great cause — but the invitation to O’Reilly was odd at best, given that O’Reilly has, in the past, embraced a blame-the-victim approach to the crime of rape<\/a>. So a variety of crazy lefties pointed that fact out, which seemed pretty reasonable, all in all.<\/p>\n

One of the writers who followed the story was Amanda Terkel of ThinkProgress. She had the temerity to suggest that maybe, just maybe, someone who thinks a rape victim could be asking for it<\/a> shouldn’t have been invited to address rape survivors.<\/p>\n

O’Reilly responded in typically mature fashion<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This weekend, while on vacation, I was ambushed by O\u2019Reilly\u2019s top hit man, producer Jesse Watters, who accosted me on the street and told me that because I highlighted O\u2019Reilly\u2019s comments, I was causing \u201cpain and suffering\u201d to rape victims and their families. He of course offered no proof to back up this claim, instead choosing to shout questions at me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Watters evidently followed Terkel for two hours, following her and a friend to a hotel, where they ambushed her. Terkel responded, it appears, as professionally as possible under the circumstances; O’Reilly’s producer, of course, was about as far from the standards of professionalism as is humanly possible.<\/p>\n

I’d comment further, but Terkel already has the most sane response to these events:<\/p>\n

The main issue remains: O\u2019Reilly should offer an apology\/explanation of why, when a woman is raped and murdered, it\u2019s relevant what she was wearing or how much she was drinking. O\u2019Reilly never asked me for a statement nor invited me on his show before sending Watters to harass me. Since I\u2019m a 5 ft, 100 pound woman with an opinion that he doesn\u2019t like, perhaps O\u2019Reilly believes I deserve to be treated this way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bill O’Reilly is a bully and a stalker. He should never have been invited to headline an event for anyone, anywhere. Indeed, one can only hope that he will Go Galt someday; the world will be a better place without him in it.<\/p>\n

(Via Shakesville<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

UPDATE: If you are familiar with the Facebook on the interwebs, you can lend your support there<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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