Friday, July 18, 2008
Mike Savage Attacks Autistic Children. Let's Take Him Down.
Yesterday on his radio show, right wing talker Michael Savage said that autism is “a fraud” and “a racket” and that “in 99 percent of the cases, it’s a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out.” Savage then asserted that all these “brat[s]” need as a father to tell them to “stop acting like a putz“.
You can read about this on Digg, which links to a transcript of Mr. Savage's comments on Media Matters, at http://digg.com/politics/Conservative_Radio_Host_99_of_Autistic_Children_Are_Frauds
As the father of a young son with autism, I am outraged at Mr. Savage's verbal assault on helpless, disabled children.
I have opened a formal FCC complaint and demanded inquiry into this matter, as well as punitive measures to be taken against Mr. Savage, his radio program, and the stations which carry his program.
Please see FCC Complaint 08-C00036602 for details.
I strongly encourage all readers of Digg and my blog - be they on the autistic spectrum, a relative or parent of a person with ASD, or simply educated individuals who wish to defend persons with ASD, to follow suit and open their own formal FCC Complaints.
FCC Complaints can be opened online at: http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm
The process takes less than 10 minutes. Let's work together to take ignorant megalomaniacs like Mr. Savage off of our airwaves. People who attack children - especially disabled children - have no place being on our airwaves, or for that matter being in America.
You can read about this on Digg, which links to a transcript of Mr. Savage's comments on Media Matters, at http://digg.com/politics/Conservative_Radio_Host_99_of_Autistic_Children_Are_Frauds
As the father of a young son with autism, I am outraged at Mr. Savage's verbal assault on helpless, disabled children.
I have opened a formal FCC complaint and demanded inquiry into this matter, as well as punitive measures to be taken against Mr. Savage, his radio program, and the stations which carry his program.
Please see FCC Complaint 08-C00036602 for details.
I strongly encourage all readers of Digg and my blog - be they on the autistic spectrum, a relative or parent of a person with ASD, or simply educated individuals who wish to defend persons with ASD, to follow suit and open their own formal FCC Complaints.
FCC Complaints can be opened online at: http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm
The process takes less than 10 minutes. Let's work together to take ignorant megalomaniacs like Mr. Savage off of our airwaves. People who attack children - especially disabled children - have no place being on our airwaves, or for that matter being in America.
