Words Have Consequences

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Top Radio Host Shifts Blame as Advertiser, Radio Network Drop Show
In response to Savage's remarks, the insurance company AFLAC announced it will no longer sponsor Savage's program, while the seven-station Super Talk Mississippi radio network has decided to drop Savage's program from its lineup.

"Savage can try to obfuscate matters all he wants, but the fact remains -- his words are his words, and they were clearly directed at children with autism," Palmer said. "Instead of trying to shift blame, he ought to do what's right and apologize to the millions of autistic children, their families, and others he insulted."


Parents call for Savage to be fired over autism rant
...law professor Nate Persily cautioned, "The Constitution protects your right to be a jerk sometimes. ... Jerky speech is protected."

Mr. Savage is indeed free to say whatever he wishes about pretty much anything. The rest of us are equally free to judge him based on what he says and to speak our own minds with regards to his remarks.


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  1. SamJuly 23, 2008 9:55 PM

    I've noticed that a lot of people have anecdotal stories about parents of autistic children who they thought weren't very good parents. Whether you're a parent of autistic individuals or an autistic parent or both you really can't win.

    The fact remains that Savage and those who would agree with him have zero evidence to back up their claims and assertions. I'm not going to shed tears over him suffering the consequences of his words. Not when my family and countless others will also suffer the consequences of his words.

    As to mercury and autism we'll just have to agree to disagree but the fact remains that the effect that mercury has on the human body does not at all resemble autism.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 24, 2008 12:07 AM

    Oh! please don't think that I suspect that autism is caused by bad parenting - not at all!

    Of the dozens of AI kids I've worked with I can think of 4 (certainly autistic) children with behavior issues that were not helped by parenting issues as well.

    These kids just don't need that double whammy.

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