This is why Michael Savage is the most hated conservative in America.
Posted on July 21, 2008
I’m embarrassed that this guy is on our side. He’s got more in common with the Krazy Kos Kids than conservatives. Things like this are why I’m ashamed of him.
For whatever reason, Michael Savage decided that he needed to attack the autism epidemic, saying some pretty inflammatory, insulting, and just plain wrong things. Check it out:
My first thought was, I wonder if Melissa has heard about this.
While I do agree with Savage that kids are often overdiagnosed and overtreated by idiot parents these days (hello, ADD), I don’t know that autism necessarily fits into that same category. And to say that children who have autism are kids whose dads just need to tell them to “wake up and be a man” is outrageous, insulting, and just plain idiotic. What makes Michael Savage, a political commentator, some kind of expert on autism? Probably nothing except that he wanted to say something inflammatory enough that he’d get people talking. I mean, this does not equal “spoiled brat”:
Autism is a severe disorder that first appears in infancy. Individuals with autism are characterized by problems with language, social bonding and imagination. All suffer from serious communication deficits, and some are mute. They do not establish close relationships with others, preferring to remain in their own mental worlds.
They engage in highly stereotyped and repetitive activities, exhibiting a marked aversion to change. About two thirds of autistic individuals are mentally retarded. For reasons that are unknown, most are male.
The causes of autism remain enigmatic, although studies of twins suggest that genetic factors play a prominent role. Still, genetic influences alone cannot account for such a rapid and astronomical rise in a disorder’s prevalence over a matter of just a few years. As a consequence, investigators have turned to environmental factors for potential explanations. The causal agents proposed include antibiotics, viruses, allergies, enhanced opportunities for parents with mild autistic traits to meet and mate, and, in one recent study conducted by Cornell University researchers, elevated rates of television viewing in infants. Few of these explanations have been investigated systematically, and all remain speculative.
But of course, to Michael Savage, this just means the kid is a spoiled brat whose parents need to stop being such pansies and hammer down the discipline. Real intelligent. I’d hate to hear what his thoughts on Down Syndrome are. The backlash is already building, but Savage is refusing to back down. Meanwhile, Autism United is hopping mad:
Michael Savage, the incendiary radio host who last week characterized nearly every child with autism as “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out,” said in a telephone interview on Monday that he stood by his remarks and had no intention of apologizing to those advocates and parents who have called for his firing over the matter.
“My main point remains true,” Mr. Savage, whose radio audience ranks in size behind only those of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, said in the interview. “It is an overdiagnosed medical condition. In my readings, there is no definitive medical diagnosis for autism.”
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“He characterizes children with autism who are very, very ill — disabled children — as essentially bad kids; the only thing wrong with them is they have parents who don’t discipline them,” said John Gilmore, executive director of Autism United and the father of an 8-year-old with a diagnosis of autism. “That completely misrepresents what is going on with children with autism.”
“Basically, what he’s doing is parroting what used to be said about autism 40 years ago, back in the heyday of Freudian analysis,” Mr. Gilmore added. “It was blamed on bad parenting. There wasn’t a shred of evidence to support that.”
I’m not a big fan of the new style of parenting, which usually involves giving your child anything they want if they just cry and scream enough. I’m not going to argue that there are a lot of parents who need to take more of a tough love approach with their bratty kids. But to say that an autistic child is just a brat whose parents need to tell the idiot to straighten up is ignorant and idiotic. I mean, honestly — where does this guy get this stuff? It’s crazy and moronic and hateful, and it makes absolutely zero sense whatsoever.
And this is exactly why Michael Savage is the most hated conservative in America.
Update by Lobo: July 24th, 4:10pm CDT Network Won’t Fire Michael Savage
The Network is particularly concerned with respect to efforts to remove Dr. Savage from the airwaves by persons or organizations who disagree with his political views. In the case of the underlying July 16th autism clip comments now in issue, the Network must be cognizant of the fact that the initiation of a campaign to remove Dr. Savage from the air for those comments was instigated by Media Matters, an organization which regularly tapes broadcasts of The Michael Savage Show for the purpose of finding sound bites which could be used in an effort to remove him from the airwaves, for their own political ends.
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One of us thinks “Our Side” is a way of thinking, not the attaching of a label.
Which leave Savage and Buchanan (just to pick a couple of names at random) on their side, not mine.
how are you a conservative and taking mini clips from “Media Matters” ?
Michael Savage is hardly the most hated conservative in America. Probably the most revered TRUE conservative left in America. If you can’t see a corrupt medical profession that over diagnoses just about every illness than you are blind. If you have actually listened to Savage you would know he is very compassionate about children with disabilities given that he had a brother who was severely disabled. But I don’t suspect you would have the brains to comprehend a real talk radio show like the Savage Nation, you seem more of an intellectual slow lane listener who probably prefers the likes of Limbaugh, O’Reilly or Hannity. What’s really pathetic is that you are playing right into the hands of a Media Matters smear job, fools all of you. There’s a reason I unsubbed from your lame [edited] StopTheACLU group of Bush bots years ago.
The funny thing about Autism is that it is genetic and not due to vaccines or other outside sources.
Autism is the new ADD and ADHD. Those 2 were so over diagnosed that they have lost all meaning. Parents have to understand that little Johnny or Suzie isn’t going to be the brightest star in the sky. That they have an average child. And that they will never be the rocket scientist, rock star, movie star or whatever they think their child will be.
A smart parent already knows this and develops the skills and talents that their child shows. The “victim” parent looks for an exotic reason for the reason their child is just “normal”.
I like Michael Savage and listen to his broadcast daily.He has a large listenership.
Being a parent of many children I see how children are labled and have explained to my own children just because they do not have”issues”does not mean that are not normal.Kids now days feel out of the norm if they don’t see the school counselor or have messed up drugged up parents.It is really sad…But Michael Savage is a patriot and a lover of America.God Bless Michael Savage.
First of all autismmis not genetic it is caused by outside sources. That it is overdiagnosed is up for debate. My expertise comes from the fact my son has autism. you will notice i said he has autism and not that he is autistic. it is a disorder it does not define him. anyone that thinks that savage made a good point should thank god the have healthy children and i pray that you never experience the pain of looking into the eyes of your child and knowing they will never live a normal life, or even worse wonder if they even know who you are. take your most hate filled shots at me now i can take it just leave out the children. oh and i am a conservative, veteran, paratrooper. ive not only talked about loving america i proved it, has he?
jeremy collins I direct your attention to the following news articles: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36703-2004May18.html
Experts find No Vaccine-Autism link
And this one:
Middle East Families shed new light on autism gene
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080710/wl_mideast_afp/healthautismmideastus;_ylt=AjxQPAsEJZaCIEEy3FbvQQL9xg8F
The research “strongly supports the emerging idea that autism stems from disruptions in the brain’s ability to form new connections in response to experience — consistent with autism’s onset during the first year of life when many of these connections are normally made,” a team led by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and members of the Autism Consortium said.
It is a genetic disease. The autistic children studied received their MMR shots after the age of 5. Autism showed up at 2. There is no link.
Now you can believe scientists who have been studying this problem and working on it for years or you can believe some Hollywood bimbo who cries her kid has autism when it is only the fact that he is a stupid kid.
I believe the scientists over the bimbo any day.
Well consider me on the side of Savage and Pat Buchanan. I love Savage, and again as about 90% of time, I agree with him here as well.
Autism, is something I don’t really understand. But from what I have read, it seems it is from Federal Government Approved vaccinations. Which scare the crap out of me.
Who ever said Savage was the last True Conservative is right in a round about way. I’d put Pat Buchanan in there as well.
jeremy collins on July 22nd, 2008 12:06 am
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I won’t take a shot at you but seriously what conservative commentator in the media even comes close to defending the military like Michael Savage unlike the frauds like Limbaugh who talk out the side of their mouth and only pretend to give a damn about the military when it’s convenient. The neo-cons don’t give a damn about the military, they are nothing but cannon fodder to the Bushies. Savage actually puts his money where his mouth is, literally. When have you last heard any of these phonies defend or raise a single dime for the Haditha marines who have been wrongly persecuted by our corrupt leftwing government? So you may disagree with him on this issue, but he certainly meant no harm. Just realize who is really on your side.
why doesnt Michael Savage talk about something else?
Picking on autistic kids and their families is just crazy and he should be ashamed.
Michael Savage should be talking about The Federal Reserve and the takeover of this country by corporations and Big Business, the police state or how martial law is coming.
autism is a problem for the families and the children. I really dont think that misdiagnosing autism is a huge problem.
Mr Savage needs to wake up to reality and focus on helping people instead of making children and their families feel guilty for having a disabled child.
**Deleted due to profanity and stupidity**
Savage may not be completely wrong as to often it seems that parents of autistic children do let them get away with bad behavior just as Helen Keller’s parents did. On the other hand he is probably incorrect when he states that is the only problem those children have as a communication difficulty does most likely exist. That was basically Helen Keller’s problem also though she had a different reason for the communication breakdown and a strict teacher was able to resolve it.
This is so pathetic.. every idiot who has left a post on this site clearly never listens to the Savage Nations and knows flat out nothing about him. The so-called Conservative author is writing with a tone that lacks even the smallest inkling of understanding of Michael Savage and how he portrays his ideas and opinions. His rant on Autism was not meant to insult children who actually have the disorder. The entire monologue follows a much larger theme of corruption in America. Savage often talks about the pharmaceutical companies pushing doctors to diagnose certain medical diseases and disorders to enable them to sell their drugs. It is actually -frightening- to watch the mainstream media, which has absolutely no grasp on what Michael Savage is all about, rip Savage up and take his comments out of context. Of course, when you play one specific monologue of his show out of context, people are going to be incredibly insulted because they have no idea what his larger message actually is.
For example, a comment made by “Nina” is just so ignorant. “Michael Savage should be talking about The Federal Reserve and the takeover of this country by corporations and Big Business, the police state or how martial law is coming.” Maybe if she listened to the show just ONE TIME, she would perhaps know that he often discusses this issue. In fact, it is part of his overall message. It makes me sick to watch all of these people protest who have no idea who Savage even is. Another absolute fool, I believe his name is Mike Malloy, was calling Savage a Nazi on his radio program and repeatedly saying that Savage is a threat to freedom. Meanwhile, he is calling for Savage to be tried for war crimes because of what he says on his talk radio show. Is he completely out of his mind? How can you talk about freedom and then say we should put somebody on trial for speaking their mind? This country is really going to hell and it is flat out frightening. Even the “conservative” who wrote the original article is out of his mind if he thinks he is conservative. He’s just one of the Limbaugh-Bush brainless mob.
As much as I hate Savage, he’s right here. They’re diagnosing every child with a speech or behavior problem as Autistic, including a large number of mentally retarded children. A lot of the children they used to diagnose as ADD and ADHD are now labeled midely autistic. Autistic “afflictions” range from Asbergers syndrome to eplipsy. There’s very little criteria. Being anti-social, socially clueless, repetitive, or verbally unresponsive can all be interpretted as Autism. Several years ago they said that less than 1 child out of several thousand would get autism, and now they have signs up at Schnucks saying that 1 out of every 133 people have it. The cases of autism have not increased…but what we classify as autism has.
Savage is an entertainer, and he clearly overstated his initial comments, as he admitted yesterday. But my wife was misdiagnosed with autism by her public school in the mid-1970s and, if her parents hadn’t moved to a new school district, her life could have been ruined. A different school claimed 8 years ago that our son had ADHD. We took him to a university medical clinic and they said, rather firmly, that no, he didn’t have ADHD. After many years of violent outbursts growing in intensity, child protective services got into the act and wanted to lock him up for psychiatric treatment. After he completed his mandatory 72-hour “evaluation” period, my wife signed him out of there “against medical advice,” took him to another university children’s clinic where, once again, they refuted the diagnosis claimed by child protective services. Nothing made sense with my son. 99% of the time he was the best-behaved kid you could ask for, got very high grades in school, and was just a really great kid. The 1% were inexplicable extreme aberations. Three months ago we finally got a real answer. All these years, my son had Lyme Disease. But the medical establishment hates a diagnosis of Lyme Disease for some reason and only about one doctor in 10,000 will properly diagnose and treat Lyme Disease. Something needs to change in this country when the medical establishment refuses to diagnose and treat the actual disease my son has but insists on diagnosing and treating numerous illnesses he does not have. So, in this case, I’m much more with Michael than against him.
No one should ever use the word intellectual in any context including Sean Hanity
Scott says: There’s a reason I unsubbed from your lame [edited] StopTheACLU group of Bush bots years ago.
Thats great Scott! Now if we could only have you stop reading and commenting here altogether things would be better for both of us.
Keep in mind that every writer here has individual opinions. You may disagree with one writer on one topic, and agree with another one on a different topic.
While he’s often hot-headed, Savage does have a point. That there is far too much “over-diagnoses” of autism, ADD…. you name the “disease”. It’s a function of a society of “victims”.
As usual, the public becomes roused to attack the messenger when they don’t like the message. What people should be outraged about is the core reason for Savage’s rant. The rampant misdiagnoses of children and the long term damage this does to them, to their families, and to society in general. In this case, Savage, I am reminded of that old fable about crying wolf. There were two lessons to be learned from that fable; one was cry “wolf” too often and people will stop believing you, the other is that not every time that “wolf” is cried is the danger not real.
Oh, and one more point about Savage. Those who want him fired need to get some education about the concept of Freedom of Speech. They obviously do not have a clue about what it means.
To all the Savage defenders. Perhaps he had valid points but the way he chose to express this was careless and insensitive. He could have made the same valid points in a more careful manner. If he actually thought this a real problem worth garnering support, he would have. As far as I know, no one here is calling for him to be fired over it, just pointing out how running one’s mouth without restraint can equal shooting one’s self in the foot.
RegularRon wrote
>>I love Savage, and again as about 90% of time, I agree with him here as well.
Autism, is something I don’t really understand.
Wow.
this guy is a god to a lot out there who can’t think clearly for themselves.the trouble with that is they’ll believe everything he said about autism. i have worked with autistic individuals for two decades and see daily what savage cannot comprehend.
I consider myself to be a conservative, and while I listen to Savage every now and then, I don’t think I’ll be listening to him anymore.
This latest rant of his just proved to me how delusional this guy is.
Perhaps he should hang around families of autistic kids and actually gain some insight on what they and their kids have to go through day to day, before spouting off on a subject that he obviously has no experience with.
Just sayin’
Once again,Michail Savage has opened his big mouth and stuck his big foot in it. This guy is a complete embarressment to our side.
Our leadership needs to seriously rope this guy in–if he can’t stick to the script then we should remove him. I can’t understand at all why he is being allowed to speak for conservatives.
The last thing we need in an election year is a guy like this–we need the independents this time.
” Thats great Scott! Now if we could only have you stop reading and commenting here altogether things would be better for both of us. ”
I’m sure you would like that wouldn’t you, conservatives that can think for themselves must be a real threat to you.
“ScottW, there is absolutely nothing “real” about michael wiener, starting with his name. Take a minute to google this piece of [edited], and you will see that everything about him is a lie.”
He’s certianly more real that some douche on a blog that no one has ever heard of. So what exactly is a lie? You present nothing to back up your claim. If you are referring to his support of the military you obviously have never listened to his show and therefore don’t have a damn clue about what you are talking about. So I suggest you go dig up some more leftwing propaganda from Media Matters and continue making a fool out of yourself.
Savage tells the truth and the truth always upsets people.
Long live the Savage Nation
“Our leadership needs to seriously rope this guy in–if he can’t stick to the script then we should remove him. I can’t understand at all why he is being allowed to speak for conservatives. ”
“The last thing we need in an election year is a guy like this–we need the independents this time.”
Oh I know that damn first amendment is such an inconvenience, you sound as bad as the left. If you knew anything about Savage you would know he is definitely an independent and no friend of the republican party. And if in exposing the frauds in the republican party costs them some elections then too damn bad, this isn’t the Soviet Union.
I can not fathom how anyone on this site can give a diagnosis or point to a cause of autism when the best and the brightest minds on this planet can’t. When someone says it is an over diagnosis or an environmental or genetic cause you don’t sound smart you sound foolish because there is NO KNOWN ANSWER as of today just theories. So when you spout your false assertions all you are doing is pointing out that you are the average non-star not too bright kids who grew up with their moms and dads telling them they were special.
I am a teacher of children with autism. I have attended many conferences on the subject. The truth is no one can completely pin point the cause. There has been many studies done that does link it to the themerisol in the the vaccines, but that preservative has not been used in several years, but is used in the flu shot. Environmental factors are believed to be a possible cause. Genetics are being considered because your chances are greater of having another child with autism after having the first one. I still don’t understand why Mr. Savage thought he could make such comments and give percentages and try to look like he was an expert. I currently work with 6 children with autism, 4 boys and 2 girls, and all are from 2 parent homes, so that alone blows Mr. Savage’s 99% brat theory due to no having a father around. All but one of my children’s parents noted typical development until between 9 and 14 months. Then, the milestones reached in communication and expression began to decrease. This is typical with autism. It has been said that a person with autism’s brain is wired completely differently than one without autism. If Mr. Savage would be willing to fund it, we could start doing MRIs on every child with an autism label and separate the fakers.
Savage is “savage” about speaking truth to power. Do I worship him? Of course not, he makes mistakes, I agree with much but not all of his opinions.
He has spoken on the issue of over-diagnosing Americans, especially kids for years now, just like he was about the first to sound the alarm on the illegal alien invasion – a topic even now, most in the media will not honestly address, calling illegal aliens “hard working immigrants”.
They are not; they are illegal aliens, worthy of deportation, nothing more.
Medicating our children is a great way to lose our country as those kids grow into adulthood and become soft and weak-willed.
Borders. Language. Culture. Without it, we will not be a country much longer.
It is a dammed shame that people who believe they have all the answers have never learned to tell when they do and when they don’t.
Anybody who lumps ADHD, ADD and Autism together for discussion has labeled himself as an idiot or worse. A grossly uninformed idiot at that.
since so many of us dont listen to savage
will some please post a list of his advertisers so i know what companies
NOT to do business with.
i am all for free speech
i also believe in freedom of choice and i choose not to do business with
companies that finacially support
such a crude hateful person
man the conservatives must hate themselves
cuz all they do is talk about hating others
try some therapy.
spare us your self important whining
“…was calling Savage a Nazi on his radio program”
^^^ Michael Savage (real name: Michael Wiener) is actually a JEW.
Everybody should know better than to call him (Savage) a Nazi.
And it’s not surprising that many here who are in the same age range as Savage, consider Autism to be baloney. That generation pretty much grew up with the ignorance that prevailed at that time concerning science and common knowledge.
And they have embraced that ignorance to this day, it seems.
Okay first of all free speech is one thing this guy is a menace. He doesn’t even know how difficult it is to be diagnosed with autism. I have been through it twice. There are phyc evals,speech evals, hearing specialist and neurologist MRI’s EEg’s and extensive blood and chromosonal work done. Its not like a guy sits in his office and glances at a chart and goes yup autism. It takes 6 months or more to get a diagnosis and often older drs won’t start testing till the kid isn’t talking at age 5 or 6. There has to be extensive testing done its not like adhd a school simply isn’t qualified to make this decision and there isn’t a miracle drug to fix it. This jerk wants to come and tell my 2 boys to stop being brats he won’t be walking straight for the rest of his life.
Budweiser and Home Depot and Liberty Mutual insurance are a few sponsors. If you visit the Autism speaks website they have a very well written form letter you can send.
V Marra, I am sure you are speaking from experience and personal concern. Likewise, to you, autism is a 100% correct diagnosis. That does not change my opinion that many children are incorrectly diagnosed. That you went through many, many tests to have your children causes me to wonder why you needed to do that. Why were the tests administered? Who demanded them? What symptoms were suspect and what were the other possible causes of those symptoms? I only ask for educational purposes. Rather than screaming (figuratively) at Savage and others, why not detail the steps taken and the reasons these steps had to be taken?
As for your comment about free speech. You are right freedom of speech is a dangerous right. But it is a right that must be preserved, regardless of the supposed danger, because the alternative is incredibly worse. If a man (or woman) states a lie in public, it can be refuted publicly and easily (well, maybe not so easily); it can be countered. Take away the freedom to speak and you drive it underground where it cannot be refuted and cannot be challenged.
See http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
Many conservatives are not authoritarians, but Savage is. He isn’t happy unless he has someone to blame. Some things about the world aren’t black and white, and that bothers him.
Dr. Grandin is probably right that mild to moderate autism has some adaptive advantages. That may be part of why it persists in the genome.
http://www.templegrandin.com/templehome.html
ADHD, ADD and Autism – all touchy, feely nonsense by soft, feminized, homosexualized liberals. Total nonsense.
Sorry if this is a double post.
See http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
Many conservatives are not authoritarians, but Savage is. He isn’t happy unless he has someone to blame. Some things about the world aren’t black and white, and that bothers him.
Their are indeed other reasons certain behaviors can exist tumors, seizures and certain chromosonal disorders do in fact immitate autism like symtoms. That is why its so hard to get a diagnosis in the first place they need to eliminate all other possibilities before determining autism. A person with severe seizures which causes a mental disassociation is not autistic. So its not as easy as he makes it sound to be misdiagnosed its a group concensus on autism not 1 dr trying to make his bread and butter on research dollars as he claims. As a parent I assure I wish the millions raised went more to help other parents since we are dealing in the here and now and they have been studying this disorder for 30 plus years and still have no cause or cure.
However the remarks of a mass misdiagnosis are just wrong and to group it in with adhd is ignorant. And the remarks were so offensive I can’t even describe the anger I felt. This is a man who has no knowledge of the disorder claiming its bad parenting. he can back pedal all he wants he has no evidence of misdianosis there isn’t this swarm of teens saying I don’t have it anymore. Very few claim to be “cured” and those just want your money for their program which will work wonders. Most autistics who learn to function in society if you met them you would know there is something odd or off about them. They through great amounts of therapy have learned to control their symptoms enough to get by. but they are not cured or “normal” just able to surpress the bad symtoms till they are in a safe place.
You call Michael Savage an “embarrassment” to the conservative movement, you go to MediaMatters, and you post this garbage on “StopTheACLU.com”. Michael Savage is one of the most revered conservatives in the proper media, and constantly proclaims that MediaMatters should be boycotted and that the ACLU should be completely destroyed.
Well, “StopTheACLU.com” just lost my visits. What a load of crap. Good job, you just lost another regular.
V Marra, thanks. I appreciate the information and your story and your plight. My position comes from a different perspective. I suffered through two years of malpractice because someone decided I had something I didn’t. That doctor was well respected in his field but that didn’t stop him from being wrong nor from blaming me when the treatment failed to produce results. Once that diagnosis was made, it was almost impossible to convince other doctors that it was incorrect. I had to start refusing treatment, demanding re-evaluations, and doing what I thought was right before I began to get better. Added to that was a misdiagnosis of my mother as diabetic and the struggle I went through to get her properly re-evaluated. As you know, sometimes symptoms can be attributable to several different conditions and that’s why tests are important but I have seen test results be ignored when they failed to confirm a diagnosis. I do not believe in the infallibility of doctors which usually gets me branded as the “patient from hell.” I do understand your anger at Savage, though, and I wish you well and that your future holds blessings and your children do well.
Author: Mike Gruber
“constantly proclaims that MediaMatters should be boycotted and that the ACLU should be completely destroyed.”
Add CAIR to that list as well.
It sounds like some people are a bunch of robots as they do not have enough sense to question authority. In reality any truly skilled doctor should want patients to ask questions. I know I do and have benefited from it.
WOR Radio of New York posted this comment regarding Mike Savage’s unthinkable comments, “It is impossible for WOR Radio to know the subject matter in advance of airing.” WOR while attempting to take the blame off of themselves, continues to allow this man to attack my child. Sponsors and Radio Executives continue to give him a huge public forum to influence others against the disabled. If they fail to act they are condoning his message and are therefore adding to the pain caused by his “opinion”.
I have two autistic children. My wonderful wife has supported them during three of my recent combat tours. I have volunteered and fought for the “freedoms” that Mr. Savage will quickly use to defend his statements. What I find ironic is that Mr. Savage will hide behind freedom of speech to attack those who can not speak for themselves.
Nothing is more painful than being attacked (or having your child attacked) by the community for something that is beyond their control. Frequently we come face to face with neighbors who blame autism on “our poor parenting”. What is most painful are the moments when that hatred is directed towards my children. There is a misconception that autistic children do not understand what is happening to them. Nothing can be farther from the truth. They know they are different and it pains them. My son has come home crying from school because he recognizes, hears, and understands the hateful words of others.
Companies should think twice about putting money into radio stations that spread such hatred. Any company interested in retail should realize that 1 in 150 children are autistic, and that adds up to alot of loving parents and caregivers who will turn against Mike Savage’s supporters.
Sincerely,
CPT Jeff Nicholson
US Army
” WOR while attempting to take the blame off of themselves, continues to allow this man to attack my child. ”
” are condoning his message and are therefore adding to the pain caused by his “opinion”.”
” What is most painful are the moments when that hatred is directed towards my children.”
” Companies should think twice about putting money into radio stations that spread such hatred. ”
Attack your child? Hatred? Don’t you think you are being just a tad bit dramatic?
You must be referring to this page:
http://wor710.com/pages/2635709.php
Maybe if you continued reading what was said on that page you’d realize he’s attacking the fakers and corrupt medical professionals.
This is what is so desperately wrong with America today, no one can say anything anymore without people calling for their heads, freedom of speech is dead in America. Let me ask you do make such a big deal when low lifes like Howard Stern ridicule handicapped or disabled people on a regular basis? But go ahead and shoot yourself in the foot because you’ll find no bigger supporter of the military in the media than Michael Savage.
“Maybe if you continued reading what was said on that page you’d realize he’s attacking the fakers and corrupt medical professionals.”
^^^^^ SIGH… my dear Lord in Heaven, the ignorance of certain people. Tsk! Tsk!
@Scott W.
Scott, maybe if YOU had read, heard and opened your eyes and ears, you would’ve noticed that Michael Weiner (Savage) attacked the children who suffer autism DIRECTLY.
Did he not call them brats?
Did he not call them putzes (try finding the definition of PUTZ, a Yiddish insult)?
Did he not call them screaming idiots?
Did he not questioned the manhood of the children who suffer autism and who are mostly male (act like a man, he said)?
Don’t fool yourself, Scott. And don’t even try fooling everyone else. Mr. Michael Weiner (Savage) ATTACKED THE KIDS WITH AUTISM. Make no mistake about it.
If he wanted to make a commentary about the corrupt medical professionals, he should’ve attacked them directly.
But instead, he attacked the children WHO CAN’T DEFEND THEMSELVES AND CANNOT BE BLAMED FOR EITHER BEING MISDIAGNOSED (as Savage claims) OR BEING VICTIMS OF A PROVEN BRAIN DISORDER (as everyone who is well informed knows as being fact).
So please, please stop trying to defend Mr. Weiner. I know that he represents your deep feelings on several political/moral issues. But there is absolutely no defense possible for attacking and insulting children. No excuse whatsoever. NONE.
Got that?
the problem is, however, that Savage called 99% of the people diagnosed as fakers. How anyone can or would want to fake autism, is beyond me. Maybe Savage could explain it to me, so I can take advantage of my son’s condition as my state doesn’t even require insurance to cover occupational or speech therapy.
My Aspie son may continue to read and listen to Savage, but it won’t be on my dime.
I love how the operator of this blog takes down comments that hit a lil’ too close to home. Of course you are free to do whatever you want on your own blog, but I love the hypocrisy when so-called conservatives scream that the left censors conservative thought (and rightly so) but yet engage in the very same tactics…LOL.
Scott,
I disagree that Mike Savage is supporting our conservative movement. He is only driving away people from conservative ideals. The extremism that he supports is hateful and angry. Give me a level headed public figure, and you will see people rally around him. I would say Mike Savage has done more to damage the right. He is not an assest when he makes statements that divide our base.
And, no he wasn’t talking about health care fraud. That is what he said to back pedal. He told me to tell my children (who can’t speak) to stop being idiot’s, morons, and brats. He is effectively abusing children, and adding to the unfortunatley to common opinion that parents cause autism.
Jeff
“lil’ too close to home” , “hypocrisy” and “censors” have nothing to do with it Scott.
I actually agree with most of what you have been posting.
“Of course you are free…”
That is exactly right, and as such, I simply decided to end your apparent internal conflict.
If we are such “lame, Bush bot phonies,” why do you have a need to continue coming to the site to snipe?
Savage is right. Parents are over drugging their kids. Children are being diagnosed with everything under the sun just so that drugs can be pushed toward them. The pharmaceutical industry is taking over. I mean come on, almost everyone I know is on prozac. I feel like I am the only one on earth that isn’t taking a fist full of pills to hide my feelings.