Michael Savage, autism comment

I know this sounds mean but I hope he has a child or grandchild with autism in the future and I wonder if he would consider them brats.

The only truth teller on radio. I am the SAVAGE NATION.

"Members of the National Autism Group will also protest today in front of the Manhattan studios of WOR710..."

If one is autistic wouldn't it be difficult to formally protest a radio station?

How insensitive.

OH PLEASE!

1.) He has said FAR, FAR WORSE!!!!

2.) What gives that group some special right to demand anything? So you have a kid with autism or retardation or some other ailment and that automatically gives you the power to demand what people get to say or where they get to work or whatnot.

Jesse Jackson thought he had that same magical right to waive his little finger and have people speak as he deems fit and do his bidding or else lose their jobs (Read: Don Imus, Bill Clinton/Hillary).

That is until they just caught Jackson saying he wants to cut off Obamas's nuts, and that Obama is some arrogant n--ger talking down to black people.(The missing letters are "ig.")

Perhaps one day one of these autism protestor leaders will get caught calling his own kids brats, or, gasp, even spanking one!

Freedom of speach is becoming a very rare freedom these days. IF an action didnt cause a reaction, persons of nasty mouths would began to silence.It's time for the public to ignore comments they deam inappropriate.Remember, sticks & stones will hurt my bones but NAMES will never hurt me..this is my mantra, try it, you may like it.

“Freedom of speech” covers just about everything short of yelling ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.
If you start to censor opinions where do you stop?
No body makes you listen to any radio station you don not want to hear.

Savage is a conservative in his own mind, and maybe the Tribune's. That's it, but I guess it's good enough for this stupid story.

Why not spend some bandwidth talking about something Al Franken has said or what some other liberal dolt has muttered?

I don't completely agree with his comments, however, is seems like, see ya freedom of speach. It is great though that we can say "b*tch, hoes," etc. on national tv and radio. I can't stand his type like you got Stern slapping sleazy broods on the behind with balogna or show me your b**bs. People love that idiotic behavior, but yell at a guy for stating his opinion. HMMMMM. Turn him off and don't buy the products his station promotes and advertises. Simple, but leave speach alone!

SAVAGE nation = Borders/Language/Culture.

I listen to Micheal Savage everyday driving home. I agree and disagree with some of his ideas. Sometimes he shocks me with his comments about race and nationalit political views. He is entitled to his own ideoloogy and I have the choice to keep or switch the station.

So does everyone.

Thank god for the 1st amendment :)

Savage is the voice of the right wing. He is the voice of the Bush administration and the voice of the republican party. And when McCain gets into office (if not when) he will be the voice of what it means to be an American. Get used to it.

Apparently many of you don't understand the concept of free speech. Free speech means the government can't tell you what opinions you can or can't express. In this case, no one is asking the government to intervene. Free speech means that you have the right to say what you want, but it also means that I have the right to respond.

The National Autism Group is using their constitutionally protected right to protest in order to pressure the radio station to can him. Raise your hand if you have a problem with the Constitution.

They're also using the free market system to threaten boycotts against companies that support the radio station in order to affect their bottom lines and pressure them to remove their support in order to affect the station's bottom line. In any case, the radio station's response is completely a function of the free market system - if they believe they'll lose more listeners/revenue by letting him stay, they'll can him; if they believe they'll lose more listeners/revenue by letting him go, he'll stay.

Again, raise your hand if you have a problem with the free market system. Considering that conservatives are masters of the boycott, I hope I'm not seeing any hands.

I'm all for free speech.
But, This guy is just doing it for ratings.

Bad press is good press.
Just another jerk on the radio-

Case closed.

Mary wrote:

I know this sounds mean but I hope he has a child or grandchild with autism in the future and I wonder if he would consider them brats.

It isn't mean. Difficult life lessons are the only way some people learn. If this Savage experiences it first hand (a child or grandchild), perhaps he will one day retract his ignorance on his radio show.

Mary wrote:

I know this sounds mean but I hope he has a child or grandchild with autism in the future and I wonder if he would consider them brats.

Honestly, I think some folks have to learn compassion the hard way - particularly some of these conservative media types.

This man is making false statments about disabled children. I have 5 year old severly autistic twins so I know what he dosen`t. He is ignorant and it has come shining through here.

So what ya gotta do folks is stop listening to this ignorant piece of trash.
no viewers, no job....

Dienne wrote:

Apparently many of you don't understand the concept of free speech. Free speech means the government can't tell you what opinions you can or can't express. In this case, no one is asking the government to intervene. Free speech means that you have the right to say what you want, but it also means that I have the right to respond.
The National Autism Group is using their constitutionally protected right to protest in order to pressure the radio station to can him. Raise your hand if you have a problem with the Constitution.
They're also using the free market system to threaten boycotts against companies that support the radio station in order to affect their bottom lines and pressure them to remove their support in order to affect the station's bottom line. In any case, the radio station's response is completely a function of the free market system - if they believe they'll lose more listeners/revenue by letting him stay, they'll can him; if they believe they'll lose more listeners/revenue by letting him go, he'll stay.
Again, raise your hand if you have a problem with the free market system. Considering that conservatives are masters of the boycott, I hope I'm not seeing any hands.

THANK YOU! People fail to realize this point when they talk about "Free Speech." Remember when the Dixie Chicks said their famous comment and then got upset because people were boycotting them, burning their discs, etc.

Savage may have said some bone-headed stuff, but he should always be able to speak his mind. Private citizens should also be able to do what they want in response. Isn't America great?

SirEddie wrote:

This man is making false statments about disabled children. I have 5 year old severly autistic twins so I know what he dosen`t. He is ignorant and it has come shining through here.

Perhaps in his limited experience with autistic children they have all been brats, therefore his view of the situation. Was it irresponsible to say what he said? Probably. But could there be some truth to it, at least based on his experience. Maybe.

LP Trixie wrote:

SAVAGE nation = Borders/Language/Culture.
I listen to Micheal Savage everyday driving home. I agree and disagree with some of his ideas. Sometimes he shocks me with his comments about race and nationalit political views. He is entitled to his own ideoloogy and I have the choice to keep or switch the station.
So does everyone.
Thank god for the 1st amendment :)

Why does this not surprise me? And you call yourself a Bene Gesserit!!!