Why Is This Idiot Still On The Air?
Filed under: Media MinuteRadio host, homophobe, hate monger Michael Savage has created some scandal with his uneducated comments yet again.
This time, Savage stated that nearly every child with autism is just “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out."
And, to make matters even worse, he actually believes that!
Savage has said that he has no intentions to apologize for his remarks.
The idiot says, “My main point remains true. It is an overdiagnosed medical condition. In my readings, there is no definitive medical diagnosis for autism.”
He even went on to say that "99% of the cases" of autism were a result of lax parenting. Adding, “They don’t have a father around to tell them: ‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life.”
As for what he believes autistic children should be hearing, he said they should be told, “ ‘Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.’ ”
Savage's program, Savage Nation, is heard nationally on more than 350 stations.
He did say he would dedicate Monday's segment, from 3pm to 6pm pst, to allow parents to call in and discuss autism.
John Gilmore, executive director of Autism United, says, Savage "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."
He adds, "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. It was blamed on bad parenting. There wasn’t a shred of evidence to support that.”
As for WOR, one of the stations that carries Savages program, they released a statement saying “The views expressed by Michael Savage are his views and are not those of WOR Radio. We regret any consternation that his remarks may have caused to our listeners.”
At least they're trying to cover their asses.
Catherine Lord, a professor and expert on autism, says "Any tendency to blame the children or to think they’re just being bratty if they misbehave perpetuates the myth that autism isn’t a learning disability. It’s a neurobiological condition, just like epilepsy or another medical condition like diabetes or a heart condition. It would be like blaming the child with a heart condition for not being able to exercise.”
What do U think?
jigaboo
Piece of shit.
haha that's funny, he's prolly right
How terrible… autism is a horribly diffiult way to go through life, being unable to express yourself and socialize with others…
He is just trying to stir the pot and create controversy because nobody cares about him anymore, but he is getting 5 more minutes of fame from these comments so I guess he accomplished what he wanted.
I think he is right.
ADD kids just need to go out and play and get off of the dope!
Todays children are just doped up and put on a damn pedastal
ASSHOLE!!!
TWAT
DOESWNT DESERVE TO BE ALIVE
He has a point.
the only thing i have to say is what a douchebag. & grow up you 50 yr old a**hole.
What a fucking ass. I hope he gets injured.
i think he's an idiot. yea it is overdiagnosed and there is no definitive diagnosis but its DEF not due to bad parenting. this guy is just another loser talkin about somethin he clearly knows nothing about
His radio show reaches more than 10 million listeners on 410 stations throughout the United States, ranking third in number of stations syndicated nationwide and third in nationwide audience behind Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
Michael Savage rocks!!!!!!
what an idiot. i work with autistic kids and other mentally disabled kids, this guy has no idea. In fact, i am doing a camp with autistic kids and ill enjoy myself.
This is damaging to individuals with a serious disease. It is people like this that perpetuate the stereotypes that make the lifes of affected individual harder and less productive than they should be.
one word: Media Whore (actually that's two words,lol).
frikin idiot.
FIRST
idiot
First!
What he does for a living, means more to this country, than some butt licking gossip queen
Re: jin – AND UR OBVIOUSLY AN IDIOT!
yeah, i bet–coming from the idiot who can't even spell "probably."
Can't wait until Jenny McCarthy gets ahold of this asshat
As the child of 2 autistic children, both well behaved, I think this man should b taken out in the back of the radio station and shot. Idiots like this are the ones that give the morons who listen to him, the fuel for making wrong judgements about something they no nothing about. Not only should he Apologize he should donate half his salary to Autisim Awareness.
Re: Roo – GO SIT IN THE CORNER AND READ A BOOK, WE ALL KNOW U NEED IT.
He must be a Scientologist b/c this sounds like some crap Tom Cruise would say. It's the same thing uneducated people said when reports of kids w/ ADD and ADHD came out. I cant wait for Jenny McCarthy to jump all over him!! CANT WAIT!!
What a piece of shit this guy is. Its just because he hasn't ever spent any time with a child that actually is autistic. Same with kids that are bi-polar, does he just think they're brats? I didn't believe in ADD until my adopted sister came along. OMG you can't control her at times and she was only 2.
omg thats horrible. i know a family friend whos had it forever and for him to be accused of faking it is absolutely insulting. hes 16 now and i doubt hes still faking it!!!
Re: Roo – ADD is not autism, you idiot.
While it may be an overdiagnosed condition, autism does exist and its effects can be extremely severe. Those effects are NOT the result of bad parenting.
I do agree though that autism is starting to be overused in that even small symptoms now qualify one for having this condition. However, there are people out there with this condition and it completely interferes with how they interact with others, and it's not because of environment.
My sweet little nephew was diagnosed with Autism last year. He is the most wonderful kid and brilliant, to boot…with a dedicated mother AND father. I don't know who Michael Savage is, and don't really care to know him, but he could not be more ignorant and uneducated. He found in "his readings"… is this moron a doctor, or a low-income DJ with a horrible up-brining? I would guess the latter. There is a special place in hell for people like Savage.
My sweet little nephew was diagnosed with Autism last year. He is the most wonderful kid and brilliant, to boot…with a dedicated mother AND father. I don't know who Michael Savage is, and don't really care to know him, but he could not be more ignorant and uneducated. He found in "his readings"… is this moron a doctor, or a low-income DJ with a horrible up-brining? I would guess the latter. There is a special place in hell for people like Savage.
Let me guess…..Micheal Savage is a Scientology-believer, isn't he?
Re: CoDy A – My thoughts exactly.
As a mother of a brilliant and well behaved autistic son I'd like to challenge his views. His comments show he's uneducated and lacks enough experience with an autistic child to have an opinion. He needs to just go away. Why do stations play someone like this who just spouts off any garbage they want?
autistic kids rock!
Re: Shann – Agreed. I never heard of this guy, but he is acting like such an ass! It must be wonderful to live without any health problems or illness…I assume this is the case with him because he seems so totally oblivious to the reality of sickness and disabilities.
Re: Roo –
ADD and Autism are two VERY different disorders idiot. My little brother has autism and if I had it my way, I'd put this dude in a room with 10 autistic kids so he could try and "straighten them out" - I bet they'd straighten him out before he had the chance to say a word. Dumb ass. This sounds like what my great grandma told my parents when they were explaining my brothers issues. The difference is she was in her late 70's and it was 1995. This man needs to evolve - its sad he has such a large audience. I hope they can see the ignorance in this man's words and don't take it for truth.
Thank god he doesn't have any disabled children - I'd pray for the life of that child.
I think he is 100% CORRECT
Re: Roo – autisim and add are 2 VERY different things
Figures. This guy is on our local talk radio station, and I switch the station every time I hear him come on.
As the mother of a child who is on the Autism Spectrum, I am absolutely outraged. This guy obviously has no idea what he is talking about. My child did not speak until he was 2.5 years old, and must attend speech therapy as well as occupational therapy. I don't see what this has to do with the "lack of a father to tell him to stop being an idiot". He has always had a dad. Funny, I don't recall paying a professional $60/hour to "discipline" my son, the professional is there to provide speech and motor skill development…..or maybe I should just tell him to "stop being an idiot". Someone needs to tell Mr. Savage to stop being an idiot. I would pay the $60/hour to see that.
i am a child that grew up with autism,, my parents never told me they had me tested when i was a child, i now see a therapist and know that there are severe effects on my adult life from not knowing my disorder how ever slight my symptoms may be now. this guy needs to be beaten with a stick to within a inch of death so he can empathize with my suffering.
Brad and Angelina are sooo perfect, I bet their farts dont even stink.
Re: Roo –
Not all Autistic kids are doped up. My kids aren't. My oldest is 13 a straight A student, but because of men like this and you, uneducated people get the wrong Idea about ADD, ADHD, and Autisim.
What a F'ing idiot! Why do people speak when they don't know what they are speaking about! I'd like him to taste what it's like having a child who can't understand you, and you can't understand them. Because they can't speak or understand what you're saying. F-off Savage!!!!
wow, this is sad. he should be taken off the air indefinitely.
autism is a serious condition- it has nothing to do with parenting.
even sadder is that people here are agreeing with him.
he has a point?
are you kidding me?
hell no.
what a goddamn fucking douchebag son of a mother fucking bitch
ignorant idiot! who lets this ass on the air!
He is a royal fucktard. What does he suggest we do, Beat autistic children? What a moron.
Rape the autistic kids, they never tell
Hate to say it but I kinda agree with him… to a point
99% is waaay over exaggerated but still, everyone today is looking for a diagnosis for why they are messed up. when in reality they probably aren't as messed up as they tell themselves that they are.
Re: Roo – Hey Roo–ADD and Autism are totally different you fucking idiot.
he just has no idea what he's talking about at all.
Autism is as real as depression medicine. Savage is a brillant man, Perez is a big fat pig queer
This guy has obviously never spent very much time with a kid who is autistic. Hasn't he seen the movie "Rainman"??? The autistic adult in that movie was autistic and not just being a brat!
PEREZ TALK ABOUT DOUBLE STANDARDS DO A YOUTUBE SEARCH Perez Sez … Autistics are "Retards" AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I MEAN!!!!!! MY 6 YEAR OLD SISTER AND " YEAR OLD NIECE BOTH HAVE AUTISM I WISH YOU WOULD APOLIGIZE FOR THIS BEFORE JUDGING OTHER PEOPLES COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ASSHOLEEEEEEEEE
As the mother of an Autistic child, this pisses me off. I am a total hands on parent, I stay home with both my boys and stay active in their school classes and extra activties……poor parenting my ass.
His mom just didn't show him how to behave and talk to people.
Jenny McCarthy needs to kick his ass while Jim Carey holds him down. LOL
Savage is so ignorant. He is blaming the victim (children with autism and their parents). Plus who said kids with autism are bad? I babysit for a boy with autism and he is wonderful funny and VERY well behaved. Every child is different and it make such broad statements about children with a disease is horrible. This is perpetuating stereotypes including that of refrigerator parents. Not to mention the gender roles he is perpetuating. "be a man, they don't have a father around…" to think that in 2008 someone still thinks this especially a grown man who I am presuming is intelligent enough to read up on autism and get all the facts about it clear before he speaks nationally…. is really sad. Go back to college and take some diversity classes it will change your life.
I love Micheal! I listen to him every afternoon! I do disagree with him on this though…..I believe there are cases of autism that are really disabling, however, most kids nowadays ARE brats who just need a good old fashioned spanking!
PS. He is actually a very brilliant man! He has like three Ph.d's and knows more history than most everyone else that were schooled in our public school systems combined.
Obviously anyone who comments this man is correct has never be around a child w/ Autism. If they had they would never say anything so ignorant and naive. Laziness and out of control childish behavior is a 'behavior' - Autism isn't something you can turn on and off because you got your ass slapped by an annoyed mom or dad. People like Savage are ignorant and absolute scum.
This guy obviously doesn't even deserve the attention he's getting.
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He's just an ignorant attention-whore, who people should just ignore.
this man couldn't be anymore wrong.
I babysitt an autistic child and he's lived across the street from me his whole life.
This is a serious medical condition and not just a result of bad parenting.
People know in advance what they're going to be getting from him - a slew of misinformation and prejudice. people tune in purely for the entertainment value, he's practically satire ffs Oh the delicious irony.
I have worked with 20 year old autistic "kids" with the functioning level of toddlers.
They didn't talk, couldn't look you in the eye, and had heard enough abuse in their lives because of it than anyone should.
This guy is an idiot.
what is this idiot talking about?? I hope he never has to deal with a child with autism. I really hope no body is his family is ever diagnosed with it. If he ever gets cancer of the throat we will say he got it because talked too much
He's right. Autism is OVERLY diagnosed. It's like ADHD/ADD etc was 10 years ago. I'm in psychiatry and become quesy whenever another child is Dx'd with Autism. We need to focus on determining the causes and STOP throwing everything under the sun that is inexplainable as Autism. This shit needs to stop!
I see that Michael Savage, like the true spineless coward he is, doesn't have a link on his website for feedback. Clearly he doesn't have the balls to hear what people think of his brainless horseshit.
We all know the saying. "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".
For Michael Savage I would add: "And I will defend to the death my right to rip off your head and shit down the hole."
And as for you knuck