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Savage Draws More Protests
The assault on conservative talk radio host Michael Savage continues.
Just days after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors failed to pass a
resolution condemning Savage for his comments about illegal aliens, a group
of mostly Hispanic protesters gathered outside his San Francisco radio
station to demand his termination.
The brouhaha was sparked by Savage's July 5 broadcast, when he commented
about a group of students who had announced they were fasting in support of
changes in immigration policy. Savage told his eight million-plus listeners:
"I would say, let them fast until they starve to death, then that solves the
problem."
San Francisco Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval called the remarks "symbolic of
hatred and racism," and introduced a resolution to condemn Savage.
Savage lashed back, telling NewsMax: "Illiberalism is not only a mental
disorder, it is fascist at its core. This schmuck says my comments are
'symbolic of hatred and racism.' And they want the city to sue me for
'symbolism.'
"To stop opinion by threatening legal action is akin to using the power of
the State to control thought and speech."
A unanimous vote of the 10-member Board was required for approval, but the
vote on Tuesday was 9-1 in favor.
The lone dissenter: Chinese-American Ed Jew, whose grandfather emigrated
from China seven decades ago.
Jew said: "The First Amendment gives him the right to make those comments."
In the latest protest, about 60 people gathered Wednesday outside the San
Francisco offices of Clear Channel Communications, which syndicates Savage's
show, and called for his immediate termination, the San Jose Mercury News
reports.
"He's promoting hate," said Francisco Alvarado, one of the organizers of the
student fast.
The group carried signs that read, "Wishing for someone's death is not free
speech," and staged a "die-in" - wearing skeletal face paint, they lay on
the ground as if dead as the protesters chanted, "This is what you want!
This is what you want!"
In another new development, Oakland, Calif. civil rights attorney Daniel A.
Horowitz has written to Savage saying he would back the radio host if he
decides to file a lawsuit against Supervisor Sandoval and the city in
response to the failed resolution.
Grendel
> http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/8/17/140524.shtml?s=ic
>
> Savage Draws More Protests
>
> The assault on conservative talk radio host Michael Savage continues.
>
> Just days after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors failed to pass a
> resolution condemning Savage for his comments about illegal aliens, a group
> of mostly Hispanic protesters gathered outside his San Francisco radio
> station to demand his termination.
>
> The brouhaha was sparked by Savage's July 5 broadcast, when he commented
> about a group of students who had announced they were fasting in support of
> changes in immigration policy. Savage told his eight million-plus listeners:
> "I would say, let them fast until they starve to death, then that solves the
> problem."
>
> San Francisco Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval called the remarks "symbolic of
> hatred and racism," and introduced a resolution to condemn Savage.
Hey, they're the ones staging the Fasting. If they do not have the
balls to take it to its natural conclusion, then they're not really
dedicated, are they?
> Savage lashed back, telling NewsMax: "Illiberalism is not only a mental
> disorder, it is fascist at its core. This schmuck says my comments are
> 'symbolic of hatred and racism.' And they want the city to sue me for
> 'symbolism.'
>
> "To stop opinion by threatening legal action is akin to using the power of
> the State to control thought and speech."
>
> A unanimous vote of the 10-member Board was required for approval, but the
> vote on Tuesday was 9-1 in favor.
>
> The lone dissenter: Chinese-American Ed Jew, whose grandfather emigrated
> from China seven decades ago.
>
> Jew said: "The First Amendment gives him the right to make those comments."
>
> In the latest protest, about 60 people gathered Wednesday outside the San
> Francisco offices of Clear Channel Communications, which syndicates Savage's
> show, and called for his immediate termination, the San Jose Mercury News
> reports.
>
> "He's promoting hate," said Francisco Alvarado, one of the organizers of the
> student fast.
>
> The group carried signs that read, "Wishing for someone's death is not free
> speech," and staged a "die-in" - wearing skeletal face paint, they lay on
> the ground as if dead as the protesters chanted, "This is what you want!
> This is what you want!"
At no time did Savage say that them dying is 'what he wanted'.
He just said that if they are willing to put their lives on the line
for an idiot idea, let them do it.
It doesn't bother me that some idiot is going to quit eating to
support bullshit ideas. And if they take it to the point where their
life is in danger, I don't think any medical measures should be taken
to save them. After all, it's THEIR choice. If they end up dying,
it's not the fault of the people who wouldn't give in to their
demands, but their own for not eating.
It's like eating ham and eggs for breakfast. For the chicken, it was
only a days work. For the pig, it was a lifetime achievement.
Yol Bolsun,
Grendel.
"Yes, you have the right to be offended. So what?"-Solomon Short.