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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill O’Reilly: It’s ‘part of the culture’ in the ‘ghetto’ for 9-year-olds to smoke weed
In a segment Monday night on The OReilly Factor, host Bill OReilly claimed the left supported marijuana legalization because children in certain ghetto neighborhoods were using the drug.
The Fox News host was responding to the New York Times call for the legalization of marijuana.
Joined by anti-legalization advocate Kevin Sabet, OReilly said that the left has claimed that marijuana is harmless and that they are concerned that the blacks are being trapped by drug laws.
Look, the left is basically saying harmless, okay, which I dont agree with, I think you know that. Not a harmless substance, alright, OReilly explained. And, its blacks, you know, because in certain ghetto neighborhoods its part of the culture. nine-year-old boys and girls are smoking it, and they dont like that. They dont want those kids to be targeted by the cops.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/29/bill-oreilly-its-part-of-the-culture-in-the-ghetto-for-9-year-olds-to-smoke-weed/
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)Or is he just talking out of his ass again?
My money is on the latter.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)And what with O'Really having such an advanced case of gin blossoms, he shouldn't really be discussing other peoples' addictions.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)After all he once dined in a restaurant frequented by a lot of African American customers and was amazed that not once did any of his fellow diners say "MF'er I want more ice tea". And besides they used spoons and forks just like Bill.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/bill-o-reilly-harlem-shocker-famed-eatery-sylvia-white-restaurants-article-1.243912
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)onethatcares
(16,188 posts)I cannot wait for these old assholes to die by natural causes.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)That's because your kid has the money and the ghetto kid doesn't.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)And what about a 9 year old smoking weed in a white middle class neighborhood
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)This is standard right wing procedure: make a statement that has no basis in fact that indirectly disparages the poor and minorities. But, they're not racists, no sir.