Bill O'Reilly blasted by Russell Brand for appearing to praise the Berlin Wall
3 posters
Page 1 of 1
Bill O'Reilly blasted by Russell Brand for appearing to praise the Berlin Wall
On the latest episode of his web-series “The Trews,” comedian Russell Brand tackled the question of immigration reform by offering commentary on a segment from The Bill O’Reilly Show in which the Fox New host spoke to Karl Rove.
“If you built a border fence like they did in East Germany,” O’Reilly said before Brand interrupted him. “I’m going to stop you there, Bill, because that wasn’t actually a triumph of social engineering, or even architecture. That wall became a symbol for all that was wrong with the world — a country riven in two, the epitome of the Cold War, a symbol of conflict, dishonor, and disdain. Surely, Bill will say, ‘Let’s never again repeat these horrors.’”
Brand then cuts back to O’Reilly, who said, “I was there, when that wall came down — and nobody could get through that fence. It was a formidable obstacle. Israelis have done the same thing to keep out terrorism there. So, we haven’t done that on the southern [U.S.] border.”
“Bill, he’s really learning the wrong lessons from life,” Brand interjected. “Bill fails to absorb the most obvious lessons of history — the Berlin Wall was bad, what’s happening between Israel and Palestine is bad. These aren’t tidbits of knowledge that you should pick up and apply to America.”
“Mistake #2,” O’Reilly continued, “in this current flashpoint situation with the Rio Grande Valley — you could put the National Guard in there to stop the madness, just like you put them in there to stop the Rodney King riots, Hurricane Katrina, all those other things.”
“No, Bill,” Brand said, “you’re getting the wrong message again!” After noting the differences between “the Rodney King riots,” which were the result of social unrest, and Hurricane Katrina, which was literally a force of nature, Brand connected immigrants to corporations that are “inverting” their profits overseas.
He said that General Electric made $108 billion in profit last year, but “decided, ‘Hey, we don’t really want to pay tax on that, let’s put it over the sea!’ Imagine if immigrants were stealing $108 billion and they had it, you’d want that back, wouldn’t you?”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/08/russell-brand-rips-bill-oreilly-for-turning-to-communist-east-germany-for-immigration-ideas/
Re: Bill O'Reilly blasted by Russell Brand for appearing to praise the Berlin Wall
I'm liking Russell Brand more and more.
Guest- Guest
Re: Bill O'Reilly blasted by Russell Brand for appearing to praise the Berlin Wall
Fuzzy Zack wrote:The problem with modern age, wannabe messiahs like Russell Brand is that he knows the problem (or think he does) but has no solution.
Unfortunately the young and naive will buy his shit. But at least they will eventually grow up.
Maybe, but at least he doesn't buy the establishment shit, and that has to be a good thing.
Guest- Guest
Re: Bill O'Reilly blasted by Russell Brand for appearing to praise the Berlin Wall
Sassy wrote:Fuzzy Zack wrote:The problem with modern age, wannabe messiahs like Russell Brand is that he knows the problem (or think he does) but has no solution.
Unfortunately the young and naive will buy his shit. But at least they will eventually grow up.
Maybe, but at least he doesn't buy the establishment shit, and that has to be a good thing.
Yes, Zack. Bill O'Reilly is proof that some of them never grow up. The story is about mixed metaphors, and not walls. Shame on Brand for bothering.
That said, I like Russel Brand...very funny.
Original Quill- Forum Detective ????♀️
- Posts : 37540
Join date : 2013-12-19
Age : 59
Location : Northern California
Similar topics
» Russell Brand wants a political revolution
» Russell Brand: too quick for the talking heads
» Russell Brand & Jordan Peterson - Kindness VS Power | Under The Skin
» Russell Brand on Canada Attack and Media Manipulation of Fear
» Russell Brand has Westboro Baptist Church Members as Guests
» Russell Brand: too quick for the talking heads
» Russell Brand & Jordan Peterson - Kindness VS Power | Under The Skin
» Russell Brand on Canada Attack and Media Manipulation of Fear
» Russell Brand has Westboro Baptist Church Members as Guests
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:28 pm by Ben Reilly
» TOTAL MADNESS Great British Railway Journeys among shows flagged by counter terror scheme ‘for encouraging far-right sympathies
Wed Feb 22, 2023 5:14 pm by Tommy Monk
» Interesting COVID figures
Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:00 am by Tommy Monk
» HAPPY CHRISTMAS.
Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:33 pm by Tommy Monk
» The Fight Over Climate Change is Over (The Greenies Won!)
Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:59 pm by Tommy Monk
» Trump supporter murders wife, kills family dog, shoots daughter
Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:21 am by 'Wolfie
» Quill
Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:28 pm by Tommy Monk
» Algerian Woman under investigation for torture and murder of French girl, 12, whose body was found in plastic case in Paris
Thu Oct 20, 2022 10:04 pm by Tommy Monk
» Wind turbines cool down the Earth (edited with better video link)
Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:19 am by Ben Reilly
» Saying goodbye to our Queen.
Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:02 pm by Maddog
» PHEW.
Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:33 pm by Syl
» And here's some more enrichment...
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:46 pm by Ben Reilly
» John F Kennedy Assassination
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:40 pm by Ben Reilly
» Where is everyone lately...?
Thu Sep 15, 2022 3:33 pm by Ben Reilly
» London violence over the weekend...
Mon Sep 05, 2022 2:19 pm by Tommy Monk
» Why should anyone believe anything that Mo Farah says...!?
Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:44 am by Tommy Monk
» Liverpool Labour defends mayor role poll after turnout was only 3% and they say they will push ahead with the option that was least preferred!!!
Mon Jul 11, 2022 1:11 pm by Tommy Monk
» Labour leader Keir Stammer can't answer the simple question of whether a woman has a penis or not...
Mon Jul 11, 2022 3:58 am by Tommy Monk
» More evidence of remoaners still trying to overturn Brexit... and this is a conservative MP who should be drummed out of the party and out of parliament!
Sun Jul 10, 2022 10:50 pm by Tommy Monk
» R Kelly 30 years, Ghislaine Maxwell 20 years... but here in UK...
Fri Jul 08, 2022 5:31 pm by Original Quill