Bill O'Reilly probably said the stupidest thing I've ever heard him say on "The Factor" two weeks ago. In an interview segment with Bernie Goldberg and Jane Hall about the rise of hatred on the Internet, O'Reilly said: "There should be laws in the civil arena to deal with this."
To be fair, O'Reilly was talking about allowing people to sue for defamation of character - which is entirely reasonable. However, the fact that Bill married that concept to the notion of "hate speech on the web" is what troubles me.
O'Reilly is an intelligent guy. He knows that Web musings are covered under constitutionally protected free speech. Sure, a lot of offensive things are said, but in a democracy some things like free speech have to be guarded as sacred ground. And that's why the connection he drew between "defamation of character" and so-called hate speech - which is a ticking time-bomb - was far too direct and potentially destructive to my way of thinking.
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