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I Mourn the Death of Michael Savage's Father

Jul 18, 2008
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Of course, I don't actually know that he's dead, but I know that he's not around to give radio host Michael Savage the brutal beating that Savage so richly deserves. As Savage described his upbringing:

If I behaved like a fool, my father called me a fool. And he said to me, 'Don't behave like a fool.' The worst thing he said — 'Don't behave like a fool. Don't be anybody's dummy. Don't sound like an idiot. Don't act like a girl. Don't cry.' That's what I was raised with.

Words by which to raise a son like Michael Savage, along with a healthy dose of the belt, the switch, and the fist. And yet it's obvious that Savage now needs that fatherly hand more than ever, as he has this to say about children who suffer from autism:

Michael Savage claimed that autism is "[a] fraud, a racket." Savage went on to say, "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.' "

Oh Mr. Savage, won't you please come home?  Your son needs you now, more than ever.

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  1. The M  •  Jul 18, 2008 @8:42 am

    Normally stories of webasshats don't really affect me, but this one was exceptionally troubling. Is it possible this man really thinks this way and believes what he's saying, or is it more likely that he's just craving attention in the effort to appear relevant (I write most webasshat stories off to the latter).

  2. Patrick  •  Jul 18, 2008 @8:47 am

    I suspect it's both the former and the latter, in that Savage is an ignorant bigot who craves attention for his antics.

    But I believe that a thorough and brutal beating would be helpful to him in either case.

  3. Michael  •  Jul 18, 2008 @8:55 am

    I was hoping you would blog this, not that he needs any more attention but I am right there with feeling your outrage Patrick. I'm thinking a beating would only make him happy, what he really needs is to be reminded of what a total abject failure he has been at everything worthwhile he has ever tried to be. It's rare I would go so far as to call someone a worthless human, but he qualifies.

  4. astonied  •  Jul 18, 2008 @9:20 am

    As the mom of two autistic boys I am so glad to know that I only need to call them fools and smack them around a couple of times and that will "cure" them of their "problems". Geez…why didn't I think of this before. Hey, and maybe if I follow his advice I can get arrested and then sue him for planting this meaningful knowledge in my head. F***ing MORON!!!

  5. Sarkus  •  Jul 18, 2008 @10:53 am

    While I have some issues with the broad definition of autism used now, Savage clearly has crossed the line if he thinks that "99%" of cases are in the marginal zone. I can only think that maybe he's been exposed to an overzealous situation where it's a mild case, but most likely he's just an idiot.

  6. Patrick  •  Jul 18, 2008 @3:13 pm

    I have issues with the broad definition of "Aspergers" which is commonly used now Sarkus, as multiple tests tell me that I suffer from it, while I feel myself to be merely a misanthrope who has little empathy for anyone except for my wife and my dogs.

    Lack of empathy aside, I volunteer for a group which helps real people who sometimes suffer from real autism, not Asperger's (which, fwiw, I also believe to be real), though the focus of the group isn't autism. The people I meet in this context who suffer from autism are not people I envy, and are not people who weren't disciplined as children. I'd rather live in prison than have autism, because at least I'd have the ability to understand my fellow humans.

    Michael Savage shouldn't merely be beaten for saying this. He should be beaten daily, for years on end, and then beaten some more. Not because he doesn't understand, but because he's a worthless piece of shit, more worthless than the slugs I pour salt upon in my back yard, more worthless than the ants I crush beneath my feet.

  7. astonied  •  Jul 20, 2008 @9:01 pm

    Acutally Patrick:
    I think someone should pound his head against the floor many hours a day, remove his voice, dress him in itchy wool with numerous scratchy tags sewed to the inside, keep him in a room with persistant flickering florescent lightbulbs, loud irritating non-stop noise, and the only person who responds to him speaks a obscure foreign language.