# Hey O Reilly-- SPIN ON THIS!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-o-reilly-spin-on-this/94584>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 21, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-o-reilly-spin-on-this/94584 "2001-11-21T14:20:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-o-reilly-spin-on-this/94584/21 "2001-11-26T01:37:30Z")

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Didn’t O’Reilly grow up in Nassau, Long Island? Not exactly a poverty stricken area.

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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-o-reilly-spin-on-this/94584/22 "2001-11-26T01:59:51Z")

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O’Reilly grew up in Levittown, Penn. (I believe? Or was in New Jersey? I am not from the East Coast so all these places mean nothing to me.) It apparently is known for not being a “fancy” part of town, anyway.

This is one of those things that is hard to define. I was born in Glendale California, which some people might know as a nice, middle class town. But the area I grew up in wasn’t that hot, especially when I was a kid (lo, so many years ago). We lived a humble life, where we didn’t eat out much, go to a lot of movies, and drove the same ratty car until its wheels fell off. Yet someone could say, “Well, you were in _Glendale_!” And my response would be, “So? Were you there when I was growing up? Did you see how we lived, how we ate, how we dressed?” I think that’s the kind of thing that was pissing O’Reilly off. I think it’s pretty rude to just assume you know all about a person’s childhood, and then go on to accuse them of lying about their past (which is what Kinsley basically did). I got no impression that Kinsley did a whole lot of comprehensive fact-finding about O’Reilly’s past. He just made an assumption, and spouted off about it. No wonder O’Reilly popped a cork. It doesn’t take much with him anyway.

And as far as “why was he snubbed at the party” thing - who will really know? O’Reilly interpreted it one way, Kinsley interpreted it another way. The only people who _really_ know what really was going on are the people who left the party. But I will concede one thing - O’Reilly was at the party, Kinsley wasn’t. I think that O’Reilly may have more insight in the matter, compared to someone that wasn’t even _there._ But still - :shrug: - O’Reilly’s a blow-hard, I can see him misinterpreting the reasons why the people left. I guess none of us will really know for sure.

So - O’Reilly’s to be on Drudge’s show tonight? That should be interesting.

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