Comments on: More on the “Courage” of a Disability-Ridiculing Talk-Show Host: Michael Savage Urges Autistic Kids to “Stop Acting Like a Putz”

By: adsoofmelk

adsoofmelk — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:24:43 +0000

YES! I loved this part: “This is what kills me about you supposed free-market capitalists: You love a free-market until that free market bites you in the behind. Then you weep about your rights to free speech.”

YOU GOT IT.

By: lockemonda

lockemonda — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:43:25 +0000

“Don’t act like a girl!” Wow. That’s insightful. What does he tell girl children? Don’t act like a boy? This guy has a severe problem with women and with anything that he associates with women. He’s preoccupied with the castration of America by…what? Compassionate people? Responsive government? Savage is an a–hole. I listen to him sometimes just to remind myself that a huge chunk of the listening public loves this guy, which in turn reminds me of why Bush is still in the White House (Savage may hate him, but not as much as he’d hate having a Democrat in the White House), which then reminds me to not get my hopes up that we may actually elect an intelligent and well-informed president in November. It’s sad that so many people listen to this guy. Maybe it’s the car wreck factor. Whatever it is, he’s poison. He’s vicious. Worse still, he’s an educated man who proselytizes ignorance, inhumanity and bigotry. I intend to let his advertisers know how I feel.

By: Steve Gorelick

Steve Gorelick — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:01:47 +0000

One last try: Sarah, I have no reason not to believe you. But given the widespread stories on various wire services that Home Depot did advertise and pulled these ads, I wonder if you can tell me if this is true, ie, that Home Depot did advertise through TRN but no longer does.

Or are you saying Home Depot never did?

By: Steve Gorelick

Steve Gorelick — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:43:09 +0000

Sarah:

As a fan of Home Depot and frequent customer, I am thrilled that this is the case. Do you have any idea how an ad might have been broadcast? Might it have been a local ad that was not tied to the Savage broadcast but was broadcast at the same time on the radio station of the person who listened and recorded the advertisers?

Steve

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:02:38 +0000

The Home Depot does not currently advertise on The Michael Savage Show, nor do we have any kind of sponsorship in place with the program. Again, we do not advertise with this program and any suggestion of such support is false.
Sarah, Home Depot Communications

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:22:04 +0000

His father told him ‘Don’t act like an idiot’? Uh … *FAIL!!!*

As to the ‘disease’ having ‘no definitive diagnosis’ .. .I’m speechless. Well, almost speechless. Yet another comment demonstrating his basic lack of understanding.

I have a ‘disease’ that has no definitive diagnosis, but I can assure him it’s very real. And I’d like to remind him that at one time, cancer had no definitive diagnosis, nor did heart disease. Perhaps he’d like to tell us all that those two major causes of illness and death had no basis in fact until medical science had developed real, measurable testing for them?

Well? I’m waiting …

By: Fence Postings

Fence Postings — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:09:01 +0000

Thank you for your comment – its gratifying to realize the uncalled for comments by Mr. Savage outrage more than just the parents of kids with autism.

By: QuakerDave

QuakerDave — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:44:31 +0000

Nice post. Well said.

By: Trey

Trey — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:40:02 +0000

thanks for the comment over at our site. you’re right about how silly it is when these guys ‘apologize’ and back track 24 hours after saying something absurd and offensive. shouldn’t someone on the air be paying extra close attention the words coming out of their mouth. so if his REAL argument was to awaken parents to the medical community’s mislabeling of children then why didn’t he say that? i mean, either that wasn’t his argument and he really was just being mean for no reason or that was his argument and he isn’t smart enough to express his views, which probably isn’t a good think if your job is to express views on a radio station.