O’Reilly’s redefinition of patriotism

Greg W. writes:

Yesterday Bill O’Reilly excoriated those opposing intervention in Libya for being isolationists, which is a pejorative on par with “racist” in his mind. He has defined “isolationists” as those who believe the U.S. should only intervene in situations that serve our national interest; to protect Americans from an imminent threat.

He insinuated that it is un-American not to bomb Libya and take out Kaddafi. So, to O’Reilly, Americans who think America should look after Americans first and protect only American national interests, are un-American. The only true American patriots are those who favor perpetual war in foreign countries that are no threat to our national security.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at March 24, 2011 05:15 PM | Send