Savaged!
As we mentioned earlier this week, homophobe and hate monger Michael Savage completely trashed all autistic children and their parents on his radio show recently.
Most memorably when he said "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.”
And now, finally, some radio stations are fighting back.
Making a step in the right direction is Mississippi.
Steve Davenport, head of the Super Talk network in Mississippi, called Savage's remarks "beyond inexcusable."
The network of seven stations has announced they will no longer carry Savage's radio show, Savage Nation, after his ridiculous remarks.
Davenport continues, “Effective immediately, Michael Savage and his Savage Nation Radio Show have been cancelled on all Super Talk Mississippi stations,”
Savage has also lost a major advertiser for his program in AFLAC insurance.
A statement released by the company says, “AFLAC has a strong commitment to helping children through the AFLAC Cancer Center and AFLAC foundation. We understand that radio hosts pick on any number of targets however we found his recent comments about autistic children to be both inappropriate and insensitive.”
Savage on the other hand is trying to validate what he said.
On his website, Savage writes, “My comments about autism were meant to boldly awaken parents and children to the medical community’s attempt to label too many children or adults as ‘autistic.’”
But if that were the case, why would he say that the problem with most autistic kids is that "They don’t have a father around to tell them: ‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life.”
John Gilmore, executive director of Autism United, says "We are asking him to be fired and we want to make advertisers aware of what he is broadcasting.”
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Hello 1984! Thank you, Thought Police, for making free speech in this country a thing alive only in books and memories. Political correctness has gone WAY too far. It's nice to know that I can say whatever I want…as long as the majority agrees with my view. Welcome to the machine.
GET OVER YOURSELVES, people. The man is a talk radio host. He is not known to be an unbiased news source. His job is to express his opinions and get a rise out of his listeners, NOT to be politically correct.
Re: Tara –
Freedom of speech does not mean you can say whatever disgusting thought runs through your mind. There are a lot of things you can't say, that's why we have laws regarding terroristic threats, slander, liable, etc.
Secondly, and unfortunately, a lot of people don't take the time to get truly educated and do take misinformation on the tv, radio, and in magazines as the truth. This hateful, ignorant rant has definately done damage to the Autism community. I assure you, my child meets the diagnostic criteria for Autism, and if I could snap him out of it by yelling at him and telling him to quit acting like an idiot I would do it in an instant. Instead I spend my days taking him to and from therapies, doctors, social groups, etc, trying to give him the tools to function in this "free" society.
I wish there were simple answers for issues like this, but unfortunately there are not. All I'd like is to see people be a little understanding of people who are different than them. And if one radio talk show host can lose his job for not being understanding of racial and ethnic differences, than one shouldn't be able to keep his job for his lack of understanding of disabled children.
i think he should be given a child ith autism and see how little yelling and force works, these children need constant attention and a gentle guiding hand, yelling and force just pushes them into recession asshole
i understand that he has the right to have an opinion and whatnot. i just think that he went a bit too far with this, to be in the public eye and make such a comment is disgusting. i work with autistic children and see how they act and most of them are totally unaware of what is going on. a simple "no" to them wont help them. so i just think his comment was totally innappropriate.
Autism ruins lives…when your child suffers from autism, you won't be feeding this "freedom of speech" bullshit anymore. Fire his ass! What a moron
Perez honey, you really got to quit lying about this Savage thing. I was incensed and thinking this man was a straight up no good insensitive jerk…[i][b]until I went ahead and read the transcript of the entire section.[b][/i]Shame on you Perez for taking a small piece of a very large speech, and then hyping it something fierce to whip up the mindless drones that don't know any better. Lucky for me I decided to look for the whole story, otherwise I too would've jumped on the bandwagon, for no good reason.
Re: Frank – FRank he wanst talking all kids look at jenny mccarthys kids got mis diagnosed. I was a hyper kid then thank god those liberal nuts didnt give me that F–in Zombie medicene
Michael Savage once worked in an AIDS hospice.
HE IS NOT A HOMOPHOBE!
By the way, for all you people getting outraged over this article, you guys need to listen to the entire speech first. Michael Savage doesn't just verbally abuse children with autism. In fact, he talks about his sympathy for true sufferers of autism. The comments Perez has chosen to highlight is strictly his views on children being diagnosed as 'autistic', when really it's nothing more than needing firm, loving, and attentive parenting. Honestly Perez, I'm starting to wonder what your agenda is.
Sorry, but I agree. Quit having children you can't support emotionally and monetarily and therefore mistreat, causing doctors to label them as autistic.
Re: Mom o – It is truly frightening to me that you are trying to be an advocate for Autism and yet you talk about "people who agree with Savage, should be shot". You ma'am should not be allowed to be a Mother. I'm sorry to hear that you have a child with Autism and I am equally sorry for your son to have a Mother that is so blood hungry with misplaced rage - if you had taken the time to actually listen to the clip you would have used your brain and realized that Savage did NOT say ALL kids with Autism, but that sounds a little too hard for a foul mouthed hate monger like you.
Most of the parents in a rage on here don't know what they are so pissed off about because they obviously have not even listened to the video - I have a feeling these parents are defensive 24/7. Parenthood sounds absolutely miserable these days!
What an idiot.
That Is Disgusting I have an autistic Brother and people seriously need to get off the kick of Picking on Fucking people With Disablities:(
I can't believe that Mississippi is finally doing something RIGHT for a change! And don't jump on me - I'm a 44-year native of this state. I do believe in freedom of speech, but with any freedom comes responsibility. Yes, RESPONSIBILITY! Something a lot of people seem to forget about. I'm glad that this jerk is getting flak for his insensitive, uninformed remarks.
Re: Jessi – If you would take the time to view the entire transcript, you would see that he wasn't "picking on F*cking people with disabilities (your words)." He said some NOT all. ARE YOU PEOPLE EVEN READING BEFORE REACTING OR ARE YOU THAT QUICK TO ANGER AT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING?!
Noticing here that people who ignore the entire piece and story are very fond of using immature language and are, by far, the worst name callers. Ironic, huh?
To all the idiots who think Savage has the right to free speech…yes, free speech with social responsibility….duh! Is he aloud to day the "n" word on air? NO! Is this man allowed to incite riots? No!
Hitler spoke freely all the time…hate speech that is and that's all Savage is doing as well.
SuperTalk Mississippi's decision to yank that piss-poor excuse of a talk show off the air makes me proud (for once) to be a native of the Magnolia State. Hoorah!
He's an ignorant ass. Autism is a medical condition!!! I've worked along side children with autism, and other diverse abilities, and they are NOT acting. What he said is like telling someone with Cancer or AIDS to buck up and stop faking it. I think he should be fired. What a FUCK-NUT!
Savage, just like Michael Moore or Rush Limbaugh likes to shock people into waking up. I am a liberal, I can still appreciate the bigger point that he was trying to make which is the fact that KIDS ARE OVER MEDICATED in this country. My mother is a speech pathologist who works with autistic kids - autism is real. But another problem is that sometimes it is hard for Dr.s and psychologists to make behavior based diagnosis on kids who may simply have straight up behavior problems. I think Perez is quoting Savage in a very limited context to make him look bad because Perez views him as a "homophobe." Maybe if Perez listened to him more he would know that Savage isn't all that crazy… Just like if conservatives listened to Michael Moore they could see some of his logic. Before you judge, try and get ALL of the information!
He's right.
If you actually listen to what he SAID not just PARTS of his conversation…. he is basically just trying to raise awreness of the fact that prescription drugs prescribed to children have raised 8-10% in the past year, and the rate of children born with autism and ADHD has not exceeded 8-10% in the past year. Therefore, doctors are meeting with children for 15-30 min. appointments and dignosing them and sendingthem away with a prescription to drugs. I don't think its possible for a child to be dignosed in that short period of time. From personal experience it took 3 months for me to be diagnosed with ADHD. Doctors are not doing their job, they are just looking at symptoms and prescribing something so they can be on time for their next appointment. Yes, Savage could have worded his opposition in a different way but basically he is trying to save the future of america from becoming dependent on prescription drugs.
Ok Seroiusly….if everone took what you said as actually fact then that would be mean that Samantha Ronson is really a man, that Brit should have died last year adn a whoel bunch of other garbage. Micheal Savage is a very smart man who was trying to make a very valid point and overstepped by his very broad genrealiation. Nothing should happen to him as far as I'm concerned except that people can call his show and tell him what they think. He always lets people escpecially people who do not agree with him to have thier say…
Children with autisim are way over medicated …that is a fact… and it is also a fact that with proper care, teaching and loving encouragement most tof these kids do not even need to me medicated. That was the main point he was making along witht he fact that this autisim spectrum that was founded just recently is a load of crap and allows for kids with behavioral issues to be diagnosed as mildy autistic..which is just ridicoulous. In the 90's there was a huge outbreak of kids diagnosed with ADD….way too may kids were put on ritalin and then had to take other meds to help the side effects of that when in all reality if parents would learn to parent then much of this could resolve itself. This is not to say that some kids do have autisim and ADD just that it is being diagnosed too easily and quickly in most cases.
Re: g-ro – Hi, fellow Mississippian! Well stated!
SAVAGE JUST SAYS THE THINGS EVERYONE IS THINKING.. HE MEANS WELL
IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS SHOW, YOU KNOW HE REALLY CARES ABOUT CHILDREN. PEOPLE SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND LET US HAVE THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH. HE IS ALSO NOT A HOMOPHOB
I think that the idiot should be fired as soon as the severence check can be written! I know someone autistic and his remarks were completely mind-blowingly stupid and ill-informed.
He's a dick for all the gay bashing but to attack little children who can't defend themselves is way beyond disgusting. Having said that, he does have the right to free speech just like companies have the right to not sponsor an ignorant piece of shit's radio show and just like a broadcasting company has the right to lower thier fucktard quota by cancelling said show.
I love Savage! We need more real men like him to raise their kids. I also believe Autism is way too over diagnosed. I believe it may happen in some cases, but not all. I think ADD is made up and over diagnosed, too. Just rambunctious little boys who need better discipline, in my opinion.
As a father of an autistic child (Asperger's Syndrome).
I say KEEL HEEM, KEEL HEEM WIT KNIVES!!!!!!! (Best said with generic eastern European accent).
I taught autistic kids for years. I WISH they were all just brats who needed to be told to cut the shit. Please. This guy doesn't just need to get fired, he needs to get beat the hell up. What an *sshole. He is a waste of space.
Perez, we all know you are biased because Savage is an ultra conservative, and although you are of cuban descent your views remain liberal (borderline communist - like the rest of the democrats in this country). Anyway, in The USA Savage is entitled to his opinion just like you are entitled to your opinion.
HIS COMMENTS WERE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT!!! HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW KIDS WHO REPEATEDLY LINE OBJECTS IN A ROW ARE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AND THAT 99% OF THESE KIDS ARE BEING MISDIAGNOSED AND THEIR LIVES ARE BEING RUINED BECAUSE OF IT!!!
Did the Non-Reverand Jesse Jackson get "blackballed" for his comments on Barack Hussein Obama and the N-WORD- NO! Why - because he is a far left wing liberal democrat like 90% of the media. Savage's comments are completely true and you should be ashamed of yourself for leading the poor young people in this counrty who get 99% of their political news from entertainment blogs and other Clinton Sponsored interest groups.
Idid not know that Mr. Savage had any kind of medical background.
I think he is a big moron that is talking down to autistic children and there parents .
Fire the asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a FUCKING IDIOT! I teach children with Autism in a self-contained classroom. He obviously has no clue what Autism is. He suggests Doctors benefit from the diagnosis, but how…there is no medicine which cures it. Fire the motherfucker! He crossed a major line. Prior to his comment about autism, he said kids on welfare faked asthma to get bigger checks, not because of substandard housing or living in cities where air pollution is terrible. FIRE HIM!! I would like him to spend one day in my classroom to see how many kiddos are "faking" it. P.S. All my students have fathers.
What a FUCKING IDIOT! I teach children with Autism in a self-contained classroom. He obviously has no clue what Autism is. He suggests Doctors benefit from the diagnosis, but how…there is no medicine which cures it. Fire the motherfucker! He crossed a major line. Prior to his comment about autism, he said kids on welfare faked asthma to get bigger checks, not because of substandard housing or living in cities where air pollution is terrible. FIRE HIM!! I would like him to spend one day in my classroom to see how many kiddos are "faking" it. P.S. All my students have fathers.
He has a lack of tact, but he makes a valid point. People are so quick to diagnose their kids as autistic, because they are unable to take the responsibility of raising & disciplining their children. Some may be in fact autistic, but honestly autism isn't that common - everyone can't have an autistic child - some *are* just brats. The way Parents are quick to medicate rather than get involved. No wonder kids are so screwed up.
I will admit what he said was hurtful to parents of autistic children, but the truth can be hurtful. I don't think he should be fired, but he should issue an apology to those who are actually afflicted with the disorder. Everyone at one point in their life is going to say something that offends another. We would all be out of a job if we got fired for saying something someone didn't like.
I think he should have to spend a week with an autistic child and his/her parents to see the constant struggles that occur every day. As a father of an autistic child, I find Savage's comments completely ignorant. I would like to know what education/research he haqs done to come to these conclusions!
Man O Man, Parenthood sounds absolutely miserable! I'm not joking - it sounds awful!
Michael Savage once worked in an AIDS HOSPICE.
Dr. Savage is not a homophobe!!!
Thanks for pointing out that AFLAC has pulled ads from Michael's show- we will no longer be selling AFLAC to our clients.
His real name is Michael Weiner!!! haha "Michael Alan Weiner (born March 31, 1942 in New York City), better known by his pseudonym Michael Savage" from Wikipedia
Re: Nicky – What's so funny about that. did you know there is a prominent Democrat Congressman in NY with the same name. Go look it up. You must be brain dead.
Perez, You must retract your story, you are telling the part that Media Matters gives you. I am sure they give you your marching orders. The people behind Media Matters are Hillary Clinton & Geogre Soros. They want all conservative radio off the air. Some free speech. Also call you congress and senators and have them investagate Media Matters tax returns and see where the money is coming from.
boiled in oil !!!!!!!
Savage - it's too late to apologize.
As for those ranting and raving her - what ev. He is an ahole and should have have used his noggin b4 to process his thoughts b4 his mouth opened. Parents of children with autism would love to tar and feather this ahole. Good riddens to the fool.
We have free speech in this country. If you don't like it, don't listen. You don't get to go through life not being "offended." Grow up. Censorship is UNAmerican.
Re: bridg – Yeah, like violence is going to make me sympathetic to the plight of Autism - I was on the fence, but now I do believe that this country is over medicated and (mostly) misdiagnosed!!!! So very mature of the people posting on here against Savage - nice language and lovely attitudes. This would have been a great way to open up a dialog, but you people that jump the gun before getting all the facts straight are acting like idiots. Maybe this country IS FULL OF PEOPLE WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS!!!
Re: bridg –
DO YOU HAVE ANY BRAINS AT ALL THAT ARE USED FOR THINKING???
OR DID SNIFFING GLUE CURE YOU.
U R S DUMB S@#$%
STICKS AND STONES WILL BREAK MY BONES BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME!!!
MOST OF YOU ARE MIDNLESS CREATURES. GET A LIFE. AND STOP BEING SO F@##$#$ SENSITIVE. AND JUST GROW UP.
Re: dg – YOU MUST HAVE NPT READ THE WHOLE STORY…OR CAN YOU EVEN READ?
As someone who works with children with autism, I think he should come into my work and try to take over my caseload for a day. What an ass!!
Re: dg – U R S DUMB S@#$%
IF I READ THAT CORRECTLY YOU ARE S DUMB SHITS
GREAT ENGLISH DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL???
Re: Jill – WHY DON'T YOU ASK HIM, HE JUST MIGHT DO IT.
Re: Jill – You and many other posters keep saying that Savage should spend the day with Autistic children as some sort of PUNISHMENT. Michael Savage would spend the day with Autistic children, as he has spent much time at Hospice and donated time with the "underprivileged" (more so than many commenting on this site). You act as if the children themselves are some sort of punishment because "they are so awful to be with". Are you an advocate or anti child? I'm childfree, but I would never call a child "punishment".
He should be fired and made to apologise to all Autistic children and parents of Autistic children for being so ignorant! My daughter is 13 and Autistic - and I have a 'typical' son - this man is seriously stupid if he thinks kids are labelled Autistic easily! Does he have children-I'm guessing not! Thanks for bringing this out in the open Perez. I admire you. A mom.x
Do people realize that Savage's comments about "Drugging' up kids that have Autism makes absolutely no sense. There are no approved drugs for autism. You don't actualy drug them up, you work with them on behaviors and helping them cope with a world that makes little sense to them.
Anyone who would try to defend Savage is as ignorant as he is.
Re: Trace – Savage wasn't talking about YOUR CHILD if she is a true case of Autism - he didn't say ALL kids. He was making the public aware of the danger of over diagnosis and over medication that is running rampant in this country. If your child is a true case, then there is no reason to get so riled up and if you are that upset, maybe the truth hurts.
fucking firing him is not enough! My 6 year old son is autisitc and doesnt say a word. i only wished a "spanking" would get him to talk. And screw you bunny you dumb ass bitch. its insensitive and uncaring idiots that creates audiences for this ahole.
Re: coral – Ok, you're just an idiot. It scares me to think that you have a child and you write like that. Nice spelling….nice language. If you are "right" then I will gladly be "wrong".
Wait…
So how does this theory work for families with a mixture of autistic and non-autistic?
I have 5 kids. Three are not autistic. In fact, they have consistantly been ahead of the curve. And two are autistic. So, did just decide to not discipline the two who are, while firmly disciplining the others? I'm the same person. Same parent. Two different outcomes. (Well, I would argue five different outcomes.)
Sorry. Even though I am a conservative, and I do uphold Mr. Savage's right to free speech, he is full of crap. One reason he needs to stop talking is people ARE taking is ill-informed comments and running with them and that is hurting the kids who really are suffering with autism. We already have to deal with so much. We don't need more ill-informed jerks.
It's almost embarassing to watch the big man with the national radio program pick on the little non-verbal disabled kids.
So does free speech only apply when people are saying things that we agree with. I'm so sick of seeing people lose their jobs and reputations and being drug through the mud because they said something against PETA, Barack Obama, minorities,etc. or because they use a racial slur or insult someone.
I don't think he was right by any means, but he does have a right to his opinion and according to the constitution of this wonderful country that we love, he has a right to express that opinion through his words.
I'm so tired of seeing cry babies whine that their freedom of speech is being violated and then turn around and do the same to someone who doesn't agree with them. It's just a disgusting double standard.
he is right. if all these people with power who are scrutinizing him and trying to destroy his livelihood and his inalienable right to free speech had the same fervor toward our big pharma-medical complex, just maybe they could actually be useful.
I listen to the michael savage show often, and I believe he was taken out of context. His show is very interesting and educational. People are scared to talk about how things really are and he is one of the few people around that discuss things that others are too tight lipped about. The truth hurts sometimes…
Fire the fuckbag.
This guy is an ignorant piece of shit. He has obviously never been around an autistic child to know that it is a serious condition. These kids don't act like this on purpose. He's a fucking prick.
im boycotting every damn product on his fuggin show.
he is hated by all in the biz..
If you read between the lines he is actually trying to save children from being misdiagnosed and drugged unnecessarily. But whatever, vent if you want. But here's the thing, all of you that feel righteous in calling out Michael to deal with 10 autistic children or your caseload for a day will not get the "just desserts" effect you are looking for. He grew up with a SERIOUSLY disabled brother and a lot of the care fell to him when he was young. He was also a teacher so he wouldn't be as overwhelmed as you would wish.
Also, you all must have selective outrage. If Michael Savage is more outrageous, shocking and hateful in one week of programs than Howard Stern is in ONE half hour show then you get a brownie button. Howard makes fun of everything and everyone and has live sex acts on the show for God's Sake! Where is your parental outrage now!!??
Lastly, Knee Jerk Responders or KJR's often end up with egg on their face. But, keep ingesting the Reader's Digest version of the news from the networks and Perez as your daily pablum and be happy in your world of righteous indination.
as the sister of an older brother with autism i can assure it did not happen on the lack of good parenting or improper substance abuse during pregnancy. sometimes these things just happen. so before people go and say it's a bunch of bs try living with a person with autism. get your facts straight.
i think the man is ignorant. if autism is so fake then why can an infant as young as six months old be diagnosed with autism. he needs to be better educated on the matter.
Bunny– you are just like Savage. . . uneducated! Iw ould suggest that you go read a few articles, or perhaps go visit a center for children with autism. Actually, it would be great if you and Savage went together!! Anyone who says autism is fake is obviously a very ignorant person, and I feel sorry for u and Savage both. There is nothing fake about a child who can not participate in their environment-and some will never be able to speak! FYI–it has nothing to do with the parents, but has been linked to genetics and enviornmental factors So while I do agree with free speech, I do think that people should know the facts and educate themselves before they open their mouths!
I agree with Savage 100%. Is it just a coincidence that as spanking and disciplining your child became frowned upon, this bullshit "Autism" racket started rearing it's ugly head? I think not.
I think his sponsors should offer him a deal. He has to work with an autistic program in order to keep his sponsors. They are letting him off the hook by firing him or dropping him. Let him stay with a family that has an autistic child for awhile. I will offer him a room. He can spend everyday with my son. I would rather him be educated about Autism than to let him off the hook. I think he would change his mind.
The problem with people who spout off about wildly innappropriate opinions publicly is that they are too ignorant to realize that if you express such off base opinions, you must be able to back your opinions up with proof of study, experience, knowledge, illustrations, etc. to maintain your credibility. For instance, I don't talk politics with my father, because he has a Ph.D. in poly-science, and I would never win a debate with him. An intelligent person who deserves to be heard would have something to back their theories up with.
Secondly, he mistakenly paired his disgust with the epidemic of labeling many children with something to describe behavioral problems and his frustration with the lack of parenting used in our current culture, and brought in a scientifically proven disorder as a poor example of an increasingly label. Anyone who has known an autistic person knows how much distress they feel. If they are given the means to communicate, they often express how much they have had to hold inside because their bodies don't cooperate in expressing their emotion. Who would choose that? It isn't a behavioral problem.
Someone should bitch slap this conservative Christian Republican mother ****er and then ask their spychics to wish all his children be afflicted with autism. Perhaps that would be good enough for this evil horrid of a human b(e)(itch)ing.
You people should try listening to his show before you take words out of context. His show is largely satirical! The written word it much different than his spoken word in the proper context.
Re: Big M – IF AUTISM IS SUCH A "FAKED" CONDITION, THEN WHY DID MY SON HAVE TO GO THROUGH OVER A YEAR OF EVALUATIONS, SEEING DOCTOR AFTER DOCTOR, NOT ONCE DID ANYONE OF THEM SAY TO MEDICATE HIM! HE IS GOING THROUGH SPEECH AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY. HE IS NOT, NOR WILL HE EVER BE MEDICATED. SO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO THINK THAT AUTISM AUTOMATICALLY RELATES TO TONS OF PILLS AND DRUGGING YOUR CHILD ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU ARE JUST AS IGNORANT AS THE IDIOT YOUR LISTENING TO ON THE RADIO. UNTIL YOU HAVE A CHILD THAT YOU HAVE TO WATCH SUFFER WITH THIS DO NOT DARE SAY YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOUR TALKING ABOUT. MY SON DID NOT SPEAK A WORD UNTIL HE WAS ALMOST 4 AND STILL HAS WHAT THEY CALL SILENT SEIZERS. BUT YET YOU CLAIM HIS CONDITION IS "FAKE"!! DO SOME DAMN RESEARCH AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY STATED THAT THE MERCURY IN THE SHOTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO CHILDREN ARE ONE OF THE CAUSES OF AUTISM. YOUR PARENTS GOT THEM, YOU GOT THEM, THEN BY THE TIME THE CHILD GETS THEM DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THE AMOUNT OF MERCURY THEY HAVE IN THERE BODY. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK.
Re: CHRIS – CAPS LOCKS = BLAH BLAH BLAH
he can rot in hell after he dies a painful death.
FUCK this ignorant self righteous douche. Let's drag him through the streets.
I hope Jenny McCarthy rips him a new one.
Re: cavy – LIKE I SAID YOUR JUST AS IGNORANT AND UNEDUCATED AS HE IS. SCREW FREEDOM OF SPEECH. WHEN DID IT BECOME OK TO PUT DOWN CHILDREN FOR ONE, AND WHY THE HELL WOULD HE TARGET CHILDREN WITH A TRUE UNCONTROLLABLE DISORDER? AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR BLAH BLAH BLAH, AND STICK IT UP YOUR UNINFORMED ASS BECAUSE ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT AUTISM KNOWS THAT WHAT I SAID WAS THE TRUTH. PEOPLE LIKE YOU SHOULD BE SENT TO SPEND TIME WITH AN AUTISTIC CHILD FOR A COUPLE DAYS THEN MAYBE YOU WONT BE AS IGNORANT TO THE FACTS.
Re: chris – If you would actually listen to the clip and stop yelling in CAPS LOCK, you would see that Savage did not say all children (he, as well as I, believe in true Autism cases and are not bashing real medical intervention) - he was actually trying to wake this country up to the dangers of over diagnosis and over medication that is running rampant, but if you want to call me the "ignorant one" to make yourself feel better, go ahead.
Re: Jenny – Nice to see violence as the solution - you have one lovely attitude. WTF is wrong with this country? I fear we've regressed back to the Dark Ages. One public figure speaks out and the "mob" wants blood.
Bunny- you are an idiot. You have no fathomable idea about what autism is apparently. I have two autistic brothers and having autism has absolutely NOTHING to do with smoking or drinking while pregnant. I can't even begin to describe how idiotic you are by making that comment. And if you did know anything about it, you would know that they have found that these children have a genetic predisposition to this disease and that the mercury in these shots may not be helping the case any as well. You are dimwitted and ignorant and I feel sorry for you and your so called reasonings. Sorry if I used words too big for you. Also, this guy is even more of an idiot for saying that these kids need fathers to tell them not to be a moron. Even though "he says" he meant that toward the kids that are being diagnosed even when "he thinks" they are just brats, what he is saying is that the "real" autistic kids are morons. Wow. He really tried hard to clear that up. Your opinion is garbage Mr. Savage. How about you read up a little more on a subject you are not familiar? I live it. Firing is called for.
True he is allowed his say but I think he should leave the diagnose to doctors as he hasn't a clue what he is talking about autism is a real condition which I hope he actually really looks into then he can know what a jerk off he was for saying such things
That pathetic excuse for a human and everyone who came out with the comments that hes right or that he can say it if he wants to want to try living with a child with autism. The trouble with people like you is your ignorant you dont no anything about it so it doesnt exist or there putting it on your pathetic grow up and go an learn something about life and that arsehole should be FIRED.
Re: love2 – My grandson is exactley the same he is only 3 and hasn't had a full diagnoises yet but he puts his hands over his ears at loud noises he lines his cars,toy animals,figures anything he'll line them up.As for a hair cut its a living nightmare he goes balistic and you still cant understand words he says and its not because hes a brat or a moron or an idiot its because he doesnt no wots going on he has to have a routine everything the same or else he freaks out that DOES NOT MAKE HIM A BRAT.
That looser should be FIRED.
Re: Jack – The trouble with YOU is that you did not LISTEN to the entire clip/transcript because, if you had, you would realize that he was NOT talking about people like YOU with TRUE CASES OF AUTISM. If your family members do INDEED have true cases of Autism than it's absolutely absurd for you to get pissed off. If your family members are NOT true cases, than you would have something to feel guilty about.
Come on people…it's not that hard to understand, but judging from the holier than thou types on this board, I'm not surprised that you don't "get it".
He is the only voice of wisdom in this country, and I totally agree with him. Parents have no clue how to treat their kids so they just ignore behavior until their kids control them. So what do parents do get them to the doctor and say that their kids are out of control and then the get put on meds. Yes there are some kids that need meds but not all. Savage is a doctor and has written books about Autism and know a whole lot on the subject. I know he can be a ass sometimes but if you look past the ego he really knows what he is talking about.
Re: tana –
UMMMMMMM, exactly what books did he write about Autism? He wrote a book about natural cures for ADD/ADHD.
This man knows nothing about Autism, and trying to play Mr. Niceguy and claim he was trying to address the issue of overmedicating children-which, by the way MANY in the Autism community are concerned about-is a too late attempt to make himself not look like a total butthole.
And where are all these fake Autistic kids? I had to jump through a lot of hoops before my son was officially diagnosed *AND* we have NEVER EVER been offered drugs to treat him. The popular treatments for these kiddos is THERAPY-speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, applied behavior analysis, floor time. I don't know too many who use any kind of meds on their Autistic children.
Furthermore, there is no money to be made off an Autism diagnosis. We spent thousands of dollars on treatments for my son, were unable to pay bills, had friends buy us groceries several times…if anything an Autism diagnosis is a financial death sentence.
Sorry, but this guy is way off the mark.
I agree with savage. They medicate all these kids for every problem that exist. Also the thing about them being the way they are because they are "spoiled brats" i think is about right i have a stepbrother is is autistic and its all because he is spoiled beyond beleif. if he wasnt so spoiled he would be a "normal" teen. I honestly think savage deserves to keep his job, he is a very intelligent man that seems to know what he is talking about.
he actually is a doctor. if you all looked up michael savage you will see he has actually written a book on treating children naturally….FREEDOM OF SPEECH…why is it ok for a liberal to say what they want and it is not ok for a conservative to speak their mind? isn't this america?