Bill O'Reilly is ridiculous

     For this blog I decided to look at a a clip from the Bill O'Reilly show because I always find his arguments to be extremely ridiculous.  In this particular clip the subject of Barack Obama's presidency and the peoples reactions as a result are being discussed.  At first, the discussion is organized.  Each person is taking their turn to speak.  However, things quickly escalate when Bill mentions that 10% of all Americans are racist.  Dr. Jeremy Levitt pursues questioning Bill where he got his statistics from.  Instead of backing his (Bill's) statistics, he tries to shut down that argumentative point and move one.  As the discussion escalates into more of an argument, Bill O'Reilly continuously cuts off Levitt.  By cutting off Levitt, Bill prevents the viewers from clearly listening to Levitt's argument and understanding it.  Finally, at the end of the argument Bill O'Reilly rudely shuts down Levitt.
     This isn't the first time Bill does this in an argument.  I have noticed in a lot of arguments about a range of subjects, from race to marijuana legalization, that once facts come into play Bill tends to stray away from them.  Bill definitely uses this as a defensive tactic when he can't back up his own information and quite frankly it is very annoying.
     Overall, I think when it comes to controversial topics, discussions often turn to arguments and peoples defensiveness and personal beliefs definitely take the better of them.  As discussed in class, It is very important to listen and understand opposing points in order to approach a matter and hopefully one day resolve it.