(2011/08/11) Down the path of intolerance (Religion and Terrorism in Norway)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2011
⏱️ 71 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Edition #517
Down the path of intolerance
Visit BestOfTheLeft.com to share your favorite clips with your social networks! Join the virtuous cycle!
Act 1: Bill O'Reilley Bigotry against Muslims, Secularism - Media Matters
Song 1: Birds of a feather - The Rosenbergs
Act 2: Terrorism Training Casts Pall Over Muslim Employee - NPR Air Date: 07-19-11
Song 2: Training montage - Vince DiCola
Act 3: Catholic Child Told About Doggy Heaven, Doggy Hell - The Onion
Song 3: Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum
Act 4: Can religion reduce crime and delinquency? - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 5-23-11
Song 4: In the beginning - K'naan
Act 5: Imam Arrests Show Shift In Muslim Outreach Effort - NPR Air Date: 07-20-11
Song 5: Living in America - James Brown
Act 6: Miss U.S.A. shows a problem with religion - Jimmy Dore Show - Air Date: 06/23/11
Song 6: My brother the ape - They might be giants
Act 7: God of Equality Makes Liberals More Sympathetic to Muslims - Media Matters Air Date: 8-1-11
Song 7: Praise you - Fatboy slim
Act 8: Norway Terrorist Not Right-Wing (Fox News) - Young Turks Air Date: 7-26-11
Song 8: Best god in show - NOFX
Act 9: Christ Returns For Some Of His Old Things - The Onion
Song 9: Vespera - Libera
Act 10: O'Reilly Decides Who Is and Who Is Not a Christian - Media Matters Air Date: 7-27-11
Act 11: Norway Shooting Manifesto Muslim Plot - Sam Seder on TYT Air Date: 8-3-11
Song 11: Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Act 12: Oslo Norway Shooter Right Winger...Who's Telling You the Truth? - David Pakman Air Date: 7-26-11
Voicemails:
Call for checking out Bill Moyers on Tavis Smiley - Dan from Columbia, SC
Thoughts on progressive talking points - Matt from Eastern PA
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on email overload and a call to share your media activist stories
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Christian Fundamentalists - Young Turks
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
Thanks for listening!
Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com
Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores!
Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft
Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft
Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com
Review the show on iTunes!
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by members and donors to the show, for details visit the |
| 0:06.2 | membership tab at BestOfALeft.com. |
| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfALeft podcast, with clips today from CounterSpend, |
| 0:13.0 | NPR, The Onion Radio News, The Tom Harp and Program, The Jimmy Door Show, Media Matters, |
| 0:17.9 | The Young Turks, Sam Cedar, and The David Pakman Show, with a bonus video clip for our |
| 0:22.1 | Apple iOS and Android app users from The Young Turks. |
| 0:30.0 | If you needed any more evidence of Fox host Bill O'Reilly's bigotry, he delivered on his |
| 0:34.5 | May 19th show. The Fox host was trying to explain why Barack Obama is unpopular in Muslim |
| 0:40.1 | countries, chalking it up to a Muslim problem in the world. The West is secular and human rights |
| 0:46.8 | oriented, while Muslim societies are, quote, centered on religion, and many Muslims believe, |
| 0:51.9 | if you don't worship Allah, you are an infidel, and therefore you don't deserve human rights, |
| 0:56.8 | close quote. Odd that O'Reilly, who has claimed for years that the traditions of Christmas have |
| 1:02.4 | been under fire by committed secularists, people who do not want any public demonstrations of |
| 1:08.2 | spirituality, would hold up U.S. secularism in a positive way. But he had more to say. |
| 1:14.4 | The USA has poured trillions of dollars into the Muslim world, fighting wars in Iraq and |
| 1:19.6 | Afghanistan, designed to liberate those people from tyrannical governments. But apparently, |
| 1:24.8 | the vast majority of Muslims are not grateful. They despise President Obama as much as they hated |
| 1:30.1 | George W. Bush. So, Muslims haven't thanked the U.S. for the Iraq war. As if that weren't bad enough, |
| 1:37.3 | O'Reilly concluded like this. For every Muslim in the world that wants democracy and wants human rights, |
| 1:44.0 | there's one who doesn't, and the one who doesn't doesn't have any rules. It'll blow the hell out of |
| 1:49.6 | the one that does. So, that silence is the good Muslim who see the danger for the Muslim world. |
| 1:56.0 | I got to run down. That's Fox's Bill O'Reilly explaining the problem with Muslims and the problem |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jay Tomlinson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Jay Tomlinson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.