Bill O'Reilly here and I'm warming up.

Standby for the O'Reilly Update Morning Edition.

But first, on this Thursday, I am thinking that the worst social change in America over

the years has been the gradual acceptance of treachery in our country.

Yes, awful people have always been with us, brutal slaveholders, Native American destroyers,

narcotics merchants, assassins.

We've had them all.

If you read killing the mob and killing crazy horse, you'll know that I know what I am

talking about.

The difference today is that ruthless people have cover the internet, ask any school kid

and they'll tell you stories of betrayal and emotional brutality attached to social media

that devastate children and the miscreants go largely unpunished.

In Rome is the best example of a society that became so desensitized that thousands flocked

to the Coliseum to see innocent people killed by wild animals.

That was entertainment.

The crowds couldn't get enough.

Civility in Rome became non-existent, a collapse was inevitable.

Those in positions of power in our country are often frightened.

The treachery machine will turn on them.

Those politicians and influencers stand mute when due process is denied, laws go unenforced,

corruption is carried on in plain sight.

Where are the crusaders for true justice?

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