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On July 16, Michael Savage, conservative radio talk show host, claimed that autism is "[a] fraud, a racket. ... I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, 'Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot.' "
That's the summary. Click on the link for all the assholish goodness.
mecurtin thinks he should be nomiated for Scum of the World. I think I agree. Either that, or burn him in effigy. I'm not particular, at this point.
The most effective way to demand that this scumsucker be yanked is to call whatever station is broadcasting him in your area. Media Matters has links to help you find your station, though it isn't complete -- AFAICT Savage is still heard on WNTP AM-990 in the Philadelphia area. Be as polite as possible -- it's going to take a lot of deep breathing on my part.
Also, a great article from Louise at Pam's House Blend about her autistic child. In case you think Savage is a lone nutjob, read the part at the end where a relative told them, you [parents] are the only people responsible for that (Jean's autism), the consequences of your actions and denials that have made your daughter the person she is today. I DO NOT wish that upon any parent. Scum spreads.
mecurtin:On July 16, Michael Savage, conservative radio talk show host, claimed that autism is "[a] fraud, a racket. ... I'll tell you what autism is. In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is. What do you mean they scream and they're silent? They don't have a father around to tell them, 'Don't act like a moron. You'll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot.' "
That's the summary. Click on the link for all the assholish goodness.
mecurtin thinks he should be nomiated for Scum of the World. I think I agree. Either that, or burn him in effigy. I'm not particular, at this point. The most effective way to demand that this scumsucker be yanked is to call whatever station is broadcasting him in your area. Media Matters has links to help you find your station, though it isn't complete -- AFAICT Savage is still heard on WNTP AM-990 in the Philadelphia area. Be as polite as possible -- it's going to take a lot of deep breathing on my part.
Also, a great article from Louise at Pam's House Blend about her autistic child. In case you think Savage is a lone nutjob, read the part at the end where a relative told them, you [parents] are the only people responsible for that (Jean's autism), the consequences of your actions and denials that have made your daughter the person she is today. I DO NOT wish that upon any parent. Scum spreads.
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Date: 2008-07-21 01:44 am (UTC)I'm just going to go over into a corner and scream ragefully for a couple minutes.
ASSHOLE.
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Date: 2008-07-21 01:51 am (UTC)Scum indeed.
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Date: 2008-07-21 01:56 am (UTC)The "parents are responsible" thing gets me especially, because for YEARS, my grandparents (and my grandmother in particular) were told that they were responsible for my mother's mental illness, as that was the standard theory in mainstream psychiatry at the time. That thinking was discredited a couple of decades ago, but my grandmother STILL blames herself. I'm not equating autism and mental illness, just the flavor of asshatry, which makes me want to SHAKE PEOPLE.
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Date: 2008-07-21 01:59 am (UTC)Those who listen to me say they hear a bit of Plato, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Moses, Jesus, and Frankenstein.
I have nothing to add, as this statement mocks itself.
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Date: 2008-07-21 02:01 am (UTC)I love how society points fingers and assigns blame. *scowls*
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Date: 2008-07-21 02:03 am (UTC)I think my screaming might last longer than a couple minutes, though. Grrrr.
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Date: 2008-07-21 02:51 am (UTC){{{you}}}
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Date: 2008-07-21 03:22 am (UTC)Um. WHAT?
*handwave*
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Date: 2008-07-21 07:31 am (UTC)*hugs you*
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