O’Reilly – It’s Not a Lie If You Believe It To Be True

In an interview with Michael Moore Bill O’Reilly stated ‘it’s not a lie if you believe it to be true’ as a defense for the lies and wars of President Bush. This statement ‘it’s not a lie if you believe it to be true’ is telling if you have seen much of O’Reilly. He has the habbit of inviting guests on and not actually letting them present an opposing argument. He is able to maintain his stance without opposition because he does not hear an opposing view.

O’Reilly often makes demands of his guests to bow to his tyrannical views without allowing truth to be spoken. If they begin to speak against his narrow view he will shut them down with insults and by simply speaking louder. If you speak a lie enough times people will believe it. O’Reilly uses this to his advantage by reciting the same uncritical responses we were given initially with no intent on ever questioning anything the warfare party has dictated.

His arguments are often those that defend the violent actions of the state by claiming something is immoral or may lead to a negative condition. He by default assumes this justifies the authority of the state to initiate force on human beings. For by not questioning or hearing facts O’Reilly is able to tell untruths based on his idea that ‘it’s not a lie if you believe it to be true’. His thought process is dangerously pathological.  It spreads his psychotic stance for violence and his unquestioned biases by repeating the lie enough times that his viewers believe it to be true.