Here’s a shocker: Bill O’Reilly said something incredibly stupid on his show yesterday, something that would be offensive if it weren’t so laughably moronic.
This time, it was about J.K. Rowling’s recent claim that she felt Dumbledore was gay – a claim that sent a chorus of shrugs through her legions of young readers.
Here’s what O’Reilly had to say about the whole kerfuffle, according to Think Progress:
Bill O’Reilly joined in the fray, asking if Dumbledore’s outing was part of the “gay agenda” of “indoctrination” of “children.” O’Reilly claimed that by dropping “the gay bomb,” Rowling is a “provocateur” who is “going to let all hell break loose.”
O’Reilly made clear he didn’t think Dumbledore’s sexual preference was a case of just one queer apple in an otherwise unspoiled basket. “Those wizards,” he said, “I’m very, very suspicious about what they’re doing in their spare time.”
For the morbidly curious, here’s what O’Reilly gets up to in his spare time. (Not for the faint of heart.)
What exactly is The Gay Agenda?
How many people does it take to provide a quorum to pass an item on The Gay Agenda?
Is The Gay Agenda considered Old Business or New Business?
I’m so confused.
With all my love,
Aunty Em
Dumbledore’s orientation isn’t pivotal to the story, and I understand it’s not outwardly mentioned; I think to mention it after the fact means little, and that she only ‘felt’ he was gay means even less.