"Bill O’Reilly, it should be noted,
is a man whose mind is entirely undarkened by doubt. I have seen him refuse
even to consider the arguments of a Notre Dame theology professor who took
exception to his interpretation of the life and message of Jesus. When Juan
Williams told him that Jonathan Gruber from MIT had calculated that 80 percent of
American citizens would find their health insurance unchanged under Obamacare,
O’Reilly responded, 'I don’t believe that for a second…That’s what some pinhead
says. That’s not a fact.'
"Doubt, as well as its cousins
ambiguity, complexity, subtlety, and nuance, are simply not welcome on
O’Reilly’s show. Socrates said 'To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to
be certain is to be ridiculous.' Bill O’Reilly, I imagine, would think that
Socrates was a pinhead."
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