I heard about this on the news and I didn't believe it until I saw it on the website of the organization. My shock isn't because of O'Reilly's political views, it is because he has unapologetically bashed survivors more than once and has not recanted on any of his statements. He said that Shawn Hornbeck (the child that was kidnapped at age 11 and SA'd for four years) "liked" being in that situation.
Jennifer Moore commentary (this was a radio show so I could only get a transcript of what was said):
O'REILLY: So anyway, these two girls come in from the suburbs and they get bombed, and their car is towed because they're moronic girls and, you know, they don't have a car. So they're standing there in the middle of the night with no car. And then they separate because they're drunk. They separate, which you never do. All right.
Now Moore, Jennifer Moore, 18, on her way to college. She was 5-foot-2, 105 pounds, wearing a miniskirt and a halter top with a bare midriff. Now, again, there you go. So every predator in the world is gonna pick that up at two in the morning.
I just saw on the news that the organization has released a statement saying that they are aware of Bill O'Reilly's comments and they are not going to cancel him because it is "not an issue." I am looking for a link showing this and will post it when I have located one.
WTF? Why stop there? Why not invite other victim bashers? Why not invite their secondary abusers, hell, since something like that doesn't matter why not go all out and invite the criminals responsible for the existence of that organization! To allow someone that feels this way about survivors seems about as sensible as letting David Duke speak at the NAACP centennial celebration. I don't understand why they would do something like this.
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