I usually let my friend Anthony handle the deed of pointing out conservative talk host Michael Savage's sick inadequacies , and hatemongering show. I have had enough. One could call his show a "gaffe factory", it isn't, it is hateful, meanspirited and intended to hurt people. A small man, with a show of such a large audience, should not be suggesting "The homeless, why not put them in work camps?"
is now claiming autism to be a "fraud, a racket"
It is time for The Savage Nation to be overthrown. When I have put forth every effort to make an autistic child comfortable years ago when he entered my business, to the work my best friend does, to what every parent of an autistic child has gone through, this comment needs him to be held accountable. At what point, do the listeners of his show say "enough". In addition, if you listen to the above sound, you will hear there was no actual point, but to be hurtful. If all of us demand from our local stations to remove his program from the airwaves, and hold this man accountable for his daily spew of abhorrence. Contact your local program director.
Update: As I mentioned, the Savage Nation crap I usually leave for my friend Anthony, and the Youtube wizard contributes this.
Another Update: For the first time in my adult life I am proud of large companies.
Anthony at Equal-Radio posted this.
"The "compassionate" "conservative" Michael Savage certainly knows how to sound...uh, "compassionate". Talking about children suffering from autism, Savage said on his July 16 show that autism is "A fraud, a racket. [...] In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out".
The reactions against the extremist radio host has been loud, and Media Matters have put up links to give their visitors the possibility to contact his affiliates and react to his attacks on children with autism. One of his sponsors, insurance company Aflac, announced earlier today that they are dropping their advertisements on his show, according to an article on the New York Times.
Savage has stated that he "stands by his words", and went on to call Media Matters a Fascist site once again. Coming from a person who wants to take all liberals in America and throw them into prison within six months of "his taking power" - a reference to his failed bid for the 2008 presidential election.
UPDATE: According to the Adventures in Autism blog, Home Depot have also distanced themselves from Michael Savage after his remarks about children with autism. From the article:
Clarification from Home Depot Communications:
"To clarify, I work at The Home Depot and can confirm that we do not currently advertise on The Michael Savage Show, nor do we have any kind of sponsorship in place with the program."
Mike Malloy had a few things to say about The Savage Nazi on his show yesterday, and I thought for a while as I was listening that I was listening to myself - if I had my own radio show, that is.
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The sad part is Savage is partially right.
ReplyDeleteOf late Autism has become the "Disease Du Jour". The "IN" thing for your child to have. conspiracy theory types stared the idea vaccinations cause autism. They has no real medical research to back this up, but the anti vaccination hysteria is still big among some. And no shortage of people who will pray on that fear. Oprah help with her show, but she too ignored the fact no legitimate medical organization would back the anti vaccination people. Then you had the people who blame it on everything from video games, cell phones and Wi-Fi networks.
It has become a situation where kids who are mildly learning disabled are being diagnosed as "Autistic" because there are more special programs for the autistic and in some cases sleazy lawyers suing doctors for $$$$$$$$$ because a persons learning disabled child was made autistic by getting a vaccination! Sadder still are parents who have their children labeled with this condition because the kid is not doing as well in school as they would like.
The sad part is this draws away from the kids who are REALLY autistic.
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Well, it is clear there is a conspiracy for everything these days. The fact remains that it is not what Savage was talking about. The fact remains that this piece of human waste puts on his headphones, pulls the mic to his mouth, and decides who to offend or hurt on a daily basis.
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