Send Bill O’Reilly Back to School

Send Bill O’Reilly Back to School

O’Reilly’s bullying antics show he never learned the lessons the rest of us were taught in school.

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It’s back-to-school time! Parents are starting to shop for their
children’s school supplies: notebooks, pencils, crayons, and of course,
Bill O’Reilly’s book, “The O’Reilly Factor for Kids.” Talk about one of
these things being NOT like the others!

O’Reilly thinks he can teach our children proper behavior, and we can’t
think of a worse father figure than an angry, hate-filled shock jock
notorious for telling guests to “Shut up!” We wondered what would happen
if kids read O’Reilly’s book and then saw the real O’Reilly for
themselves. So we put together a video to illustrate O’Reilly’s
duplicity.

O’Reilly’s bullying antics show he never learned the lessons the rest of
us were taught in school. Send this video to all the teachers, parents,
parents-to-be, and anyone who has contact with kids, and don’t forget to
Digg it! Tell us what your teachers taught you that O’Reilly should have
learned about how to be a responsible grown-up, or what your kids’
teachers have taught them. We’ll put all your suggestions together and
send the list to O’Reilly at FOX News.

It’s bad enough O’Reilly spews hate-filled lies on his shows to grown-up
audiences, do we really want our children to be exposed to the same
behavior? Do we really want this angry adult influencing our kids? While
we only subjected the kids in our video to a few minutes of O’Reilly in
order to prevent permanent damage, imagine the harm his children’s book
could do!

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