by way of KRON-4:
O'Reilly reacted to San Franciscans approval of Proposition I, which discourages military recruiters on public high school and college campuses.He advised President George W. Bush to react by withdrawing any military protection for the city. "...If al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead," O'Reilly said.
On the one hand, jerky people are going to make jerky statements, and calling them out can make the jerks seem more important than they are.
On the other hand, it is important to call jerky people on their jerkiness, because silence can equal assent. And saying that it's OK to bomb San Francisco is not OK.
Coit Tower, for those unfamiliar with it, is a memorial honoring San Francisco firefighters.
