I listened to Charlottesville Right Now's host Coy Barefoot reaction to Savage's comments on CPN this afternoon.
I am so grateful that WINA has taken Savage off the air. I never listened to him- but I happened to watch 5 minutes of the end of the Larry King show during the TdF rest day on Monday. Glenn Beck guest-hosted and apparently Savage had come on and been completely unapologetic and downright confrontational with no supporting evidence to back up his statements. Two doctors had about 30 seconds each to dispute the apparently numerous (I didnt see Savage, based on the doctor's remarks I make the following statement) unsubstantiated and misleading remarks. The doctors were compelling and persuasive- you know since they have medical degrees.
I appreciate Coy sharing his son's autism with the WINA audience. He is one of the few people I know who has a child with an autism related disorder. Coy's experience is a window into a world we usually dont get to see or hear about, and since we know Coy (mostly from the radio), we cant ignore, make fun of or malign him or his son and no one else can either. Coy's sincerity and his experience is not something we can deny.
Thank you to all the WINA folks who emailed/called the station to get that guy off the air in our area. And thank you to Coy for sharing his experience with us, giving us a window into a world that we wouldnt necessarily know about, making it real to us and making it unacceptable for this community to continue to listen to someone who is so hateful to something so personal.
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For someone who doesn't listen to that jackass, you sure seem to be quick to condemn him for something he insists that he did not do.
I heard his show a few nights ago and he was ranting, as always, about just about everything. He reminds me of some of the old Jewish curmudgeons who used to haunt my Brooklyn neighborhood (where I briefly lived). We used to say that get any two of these guys together, you get three opinions.
The Savage show sucks for myriad reasons, and he should be dumped for any one of those reasons. I see this recent Autism issue to be just another callous drip among a deluge of irate rants that have spewed forth from that guy.
Yet, his positions on Boarders, Language and Culture, have strongly resonated with most Americans, so his ratings remain high.
If you REALLY want significant change in the media, then tell Congress to rewrite the rules that govern licensing. If we create laws that say that each station must be locally owned and that each owner is restricted from owning more than one station, the multinational conglomerates would be effectively kicked out of the business and local programming would once again become paramount.
Jerks like Hannity, Limbaugh and Beck would have to sell their programs to thousands of local, mom and pop, stations. Most wouldn't buy that crap and would choose to play music instead.
I was shocked and saddened over Mr Savages verbal attack on autism.
Those of us who have children who suffer from autism know first hand what its like dealing with tantrums, excessive crying and other bizarre behaviors!
We know 1st hand how hard it is to get services and how hard our kids try to be the best they can be.
Mr Savage has no idea what he has done in one fell swoop by his uneducated comments on autism. He has underminded all autism awareness that we as parents have worked for over the last 30 years!
I thank Coy for coming forward with his personal story and to the station for pulling Savage's show!
They did the right thing!
It sickens me what Savage has done to the minds of those who have now been jaded against autism or parents who stuggle daily!
There are plenty of us out here with stories of our own and would welcome a GLIMPSE into our predicaments if anyone really cared. Lot of us have grown children now and we have taken care of them all our lives, it doesnt seem to me that anyone is really interested in wanting to know how we deal or cope, as long as we are outta sight, and I guess we are outta mind until something like this with Savage pops up!
We are the unheard of and isolated generation.
We keep our kids at home because there are no intergrated programs for our kids beyond school.
Or they are in day care centers or group homes depending on whats available according to where you live. Not a lot to choose from.
You work within the parameters of whats available and your lucky there is anything available, and its not easy dealing with state case workers who try to decide your childs life for you, when you know whats best and live with them, they dont!
Sincerly,
A parent of an an adult high functioning son with autism
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