Mickey Weiner has a radio show. He broadcasts out of San Francisco and is heard all over the U.S.A. His radio show has been used as a forum against gays,women,and minorities. From what I hear, he has a lot of people tuning in, but has trouble getting sponsors. I hear that a J.C. Penney, Geico, and Intuit have dropped him ,all because he said the Senate has been ruined because women are in it -- that and so much more.
If sponsors can drop him because of that, what will they do after they hear his latest spew? This is extra putrid spew. This is Mickey Weiner at his worst. He has said that autism is not a disease, it is a case of children with no father not being told to shut up. He said that the asthma epidemic in inner city children is a just a ruse to get more welfare money.
Usually when Mickey picks on people, it is adults (except when he called Abu Grhaib "grab an Arab") who feel the sting of his bilious fangs. This time, he has attacked children,children with ailments that never go away, children whose illnesses bankrupt and split up families, children who are part of a tragic malady.
Naturally, the radio industry would be expected to step up and condemn this beacon of filth. He should be at least reprimanded for picking on the most vulnerable segments of our society, right? WRONG!
Yes, progressive websites have taken him over their metaphorical knee, but no conservative, not even the ones who have kids, have swung the heavy lumber against this bullying punk. Advertisers have run away like he is a walking contagion, but it is too much to ask that like-minded gabsters take offense at this offensive human being?
Weiner was axed from MSNBC when he wished AIDS on a caller. What will it take to make his presence unwelcome on all the airwaves? Murder? Theft? Authoring a book entitled "Hitler Had a Point"? I have never urged a boycott of a fellow radio host,but no good is served by hearing someone aver that sick children are not really sick. Enough.
By the way, you may know Mickey Weiner by his assumed identity, Michael Savage. I think "has issues" is all over a person who changes his name from Weiner to Savage, but it doesn't mean he is a bad person. What he says and thinks proves that.
But then I figured, NOBODY could be that idiotic. So I did some research. And sure enough, I found a news report that had the direct recording of the rant.
That's what he said, all right. And it wasn't out of context. It was just mean.
You have to be a special kind of bully to attack children who have enormous difficulties getting through an average day, and will for the rest of their lives. You have to enjoy it. You have to WANT to inflict pain on those who--in some cases literally--can't cry for help.
For decades, mothers of children with autism were told that Bruno Bettelheim had determined the cause of their children's autism: them. The mothers were aloof and unaffectionate, he said, and that was the problem.
So Weiner/Savage must have felt bad for us dads, and decided he'd even the score a little, assuring us that the reason our children have autism is that we're... NOT THERE! Otherwise, surely it would have occurred to me to tell my son at some point, "stop acting like a putz," and he'd be all cured! Why didn't I think of that?
Uncontrollable tantrums? Difficulty controlling your own words? Inability to deal with anger in a socially appropriate manner?
REMIND you of anyone?
You have to be a special kind of bully to pick on children who have to struggle mightily just to get through the average day. You have to be one who actually enjoys it, who likes inflicting pain on those who (in some cases literally) are incapable of yelling for help.
Uncontrolled tantrums? Difficulty controlling one's own words? An inability to deal with anger in socially acceptable ways?
REMIND you of anyone????
It takes a really special kind of bully to pick on children who have to struggle just to get through the day. It is indefensible that some conservative--let's say, if there were one running for President, for example--has not taken this blowhard to the woodshed.
Uncontrollable tantrums? Inability to control one's own words? A difficulty dealing with anger?
REMIND you of anyone?
The fact that this little prick Savage still has a radio station that will broadcast him is proof that their is something very, very wrong with the media in this country.
I have spoken with my dollars and will not buy any product that is advertised on his show, and let the local station that broadcasts him know that.
This is the only pressure they understand, so let's use it.
He has a right to his (slimy) opinion, but I don't have to support his sponsors.
Great post.
I suspect he is in disguise when coming and going, knowing how hated he is here in the Bay area.
Look for him on the streets of San Anselmo and Kentfield....