Bill O'Reilly is Tearing Me Apart

It all started a few years back when I received a copy of The O'Reilly Factor book as a Christmas gift from my brother. I had heard of Bill O'Reilly at that point but had never watched his program or read his book. I figured I might as well give it a read just to see what the fuss was about. I remember stopping several times during the book and putting it down, vowing never to finish it. But I eventually did and I was immediately aware of a problem. I disagreed with a lot of what the man said but I enjoyed the book immensely. It didn't make sense.

In the years since that time I have ended up reading all of his books and watching The O'Reilly Factor and listening to the Radio Factor on a regular basis. But I still don't agree with much this man has to say. Why do I keep coming back and why I can't I wean myself off of his products? Is it because of subliminal messages embedded in the broadcasts? Is it a crack-like substance in the pages of his books that is being absorbed through the pores of my fingertips that makes me want to keep coming back? Rationally I know I don't like the man or what he believes, but emotionally I feel like I need to know what he thinks.

I have started taking my lunch at work to align with the Radio Factor broadcasts. I sit and listen to his arrogant monologues on my car radio and eat my artery-clogging fast food lunch each day, periodically hitting the steering wheel in frustration or arguing with him out loud. I hear him spout off on a range of subjects and sometimes he does hit on an opinion that coincides with mine, but rarely. I know his views are primarily conservative, which mine tend not to be, and this should tell me that we aren't going ti hit it off, but I have this need to be challenged somehow. Maybe it's easier to debate a radio personality than a real flesh and bones human being. Sometimes I feel that I'm not up to the task of debating someone, particularly regarding political topics. I wonder if I enjoy O'reilly because I can sit there and formulate responses in my head before I fire them back at him, a luxury I am not afforded in the real world.

Bill O'Reilly

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