Comments on: Savage Defends Remarks Questioning Autism

Talk Show Host: I Was Trying To "Awaken" Parents To Over-Diagnosis By "Greedy" MDs, Drug Cos.

[bobnjersey]

[They don''''t create hate they just tell you the truth and you think it is hate (he11)]
[Posted by dmw1167 at 12:16 PM : Jul 22, 2008]

they tell you what you want to hear ... it''s what you already believe ... and you happily welcome it as truth ... which simply supports and re-inforces your existing belief.

[talkingham]

Well Tidds, we know that Sean, Pappa Bear O''Reilly and other "conservative" talking heads never take anything out of context. What''s good for the geese is also good for the ganders.

Sounds like Savage''s "knowledge" of autism nowhere near "in context."

[steeepe]

Amazing to think that the three most popular radio personalities don''t care about facts, only their own narrow ideology. Just goes to show that we live in an ignorant society that is probably becoming increasingly stupid because we''ve been convinced that being an "intellectual" is bad and elitist. I guess it''s a shame that the country''s founders weren''t a bunch of morons.

[deceler8]

A lot of these kids will wish later in life that they had been disciplined rather than coddled...the stigma of being classified as autistic will follow them the rest of their lives.

Where are the mean Catholic nuns when you need them ?

[bobnjersey]

[Savage, with more than 8 million listeners a week, is talk radio''s third most popular personality behind Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, according to Talkers magazine. He''s made a living off bold, outrageous statements: His brief MSNBC show was canceled after he told a caller he should "get AIDS and die, you pig." ]

i think michael savage should be on prime time ... on weekends ... and during the day while all the stay home moms are able to watch ... just so everyone can see what passes for the number three conservative commentator ... and get a good image of their insidious world view.

[wdrussell1]

When they go out of their way to create hate radio, that is what they get, hate radio.

[leftyintexas]

Savage is the typical right wing nut those fellowers are ALL losers...just like he is.

[Syndicate]

Savage is wrong on this one. I have met brats and I have met autistic children. It is very clear when a child is a brat and when their is something wrong with the wiring. parents of small children should be very cautious when their child develops a fever. Fevers can cause the bad wiring.

[rondo71]

I wish the pharmaceutical companies were trying to cash in on Autism. There is no medication so far. Hopefully the new genetic studies will lead to a medicine. Instead we have charlatans like the nut job in N.Carolina that claims he cured his son of autism with chelation,and he was also trying to sell a gas pills on the side for the preacher in Texas. These people are touting everything from fish oil to oxygen treament to magic chelation creme and their supplements are not regulated and they have no proof, but they have my money thanks to the false hope they sell to people like my ex. Savage is a sensationalist and he went over the top on this but he is right on point a lot of the time and at least somebody can get on the radio and tee off on the lazy silver spoon snobs that are running down this country.

I wish people in this country would wake up and realize the vast amount of fraud that is perpetuated by the fear mongers in this country.

[papabc]

I tend to agree with Savage on 80% of what he says. Sometimes he is a little far out there but then he makes me think.

Savage mentioned awhile back that he thought so Autism was cause by the modern day meds or shots. There are a lot more Autism cases now than ever before. I think he is right and the medical community and government are covering it up.

Sometime we use a medical condition as an excuse for bad beheavior.

Had a kid in my youth group that was suppose to be hyper active with no meds. The mom and dad allowed him to get away with way too much because of his "CONDITION". I clamped down on all three very quickly as other kids were being hurt. The boy either settled down or he was out. Guess what, the kid wanted to be there and settled down.

[pat1967-2009]

Savage frequently fails to properly apply first principles and the rules of logic in his arguments. When called on it, he launches into ad hominem attacks calling his opponents names and saying other choice things. I gave up listening to him a long time ago.

[kenhamlett]

What Savage says is correct in essence. I do have a differing view as to the cause of many cases of autism. The single biggest problem is that the parents ignore the children in infancy and the children are harmed from lack of development opportunities. Then we have the doctors trying to make a fast buck playing on the guilt of the parents. Guilt works but the parents still want to pass the buck so they throw the kids into medical care which is not especially medical and is not really care. It is simply an industry.
When the doctors get involved it is simply money. When shrinks are involved it becomes an entrapment scheme to keep the kids in turmoil for life. They LOVE to entrap children before they can think for themselves.
Since my space is short for a reply I will simply point out that the definition of autism has changed so much that simply being shy might qualify a kid for victimization.
Thus Savage is correct but we simply differ on a few details. The parents are generally wrong, the kids are victims and the medical pros are con artists. That is the situation in a nutshell.
Parents take care of your own kids and quit trying to ignore your responsibility. Only a few of you have real problems. Most are manufactured situations.
That is my opinion. Tell me how I am wrong.

[excoachken]

Savage, the most aptly named B.S. merchant on the right wing controlled radio waves, is just too stupid to warrant the time of a response. But, perhaps, instead of insulting him I should show pity. Michael, at least autistic kids keep trying to "do the right thing" whereas you display your shortcomings, ironically, in the most obviously negative ways.

[mandylou4u]

It''s true, he obviously hasn''t spent any time with an autistic child, there is a difference in this and being bratty.

[morganbarber]

Savage is the ultimate egomaniac and will never admit he is wrong. An apology is out of the question. If he loses his job, he''d prefer that over confessing a mistake. If it costs him millions in lost revenue, thats OK with him. Nobody is going tell him what to do, by God.

[talkingham]

From what I''ve seen of Savage, he''s probably autistic himself as his mental tantrums indicate. His audience is primarily "tards" just like Limbaugh and Sean. Let him say what he wants, he''s preaching to his choir.

Wish though that he had an autistic child so the jerk would know the difference between bratish behavior and a spectrum disorder. Autism runs the gamut from incredibly weird savants with bizarre mental skills to completely withdrawn individuals. By the way autism doesn''t end with puberty, it''s a lifelong disorder so it''s not all about brats either, these kids grow up, and the more you can help them when they are young the less we will have to pay for them in the future.

I don''t doubt though that the healthcare system and big drug companies especially cash-in on this, it''s true of all medicine in big drug company US and by no means limited to psych cases. Ooooops, forgot to take my statins!!

[mandylou4u]

I agree, he should be angry and he has a wonderful platform for sharing his opinions. Why do people have to get upset and want the guys job? If you don''t want to hear that on the radio, turn it off or don''t listen to the program. He has the right to say anything he wants, whether we all agree with it or not. Taking his job for this is the wrong thing to do. Everybody is gonna say something you don''t want to hear sometime in your day, you can''t fire everybody! We can''t keep taking away people''s rights, those people at his radio station were using there right to protest, does that make them just as bad as him for expressing his rights?

[ramos937]

Savage said: "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, you idiot."''
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Free speech is one thing but this is way over the top. This jerk needs to be taken off the air today if not sooner. He is a complete idiot.

[mandylou4u]

I don''t agree that you should call kids names and tell them to get over something they may not be able to. He should have directed his anger at the pharmacutical companies, they are the one''s trying to make a buck off of unsuspecting people. The first thing I would do if someone told me my child was autistic would be to get another opinion first. That is a serious dissorder and the kids are given serious drugs to combat it. This guy seems to have a lot of anger on this issue, just direct it at the right people, the kids are just going along with what their parents do.

[pr_boxer]

I think Savage may be going through male menopause,what else would explain such an outrageous out burst?