Michael 'Savage' Weiner, the six-inch-tall monkey who flings poop, has finally been sacked by MSNBC. For those of you not in the know, Weiner is a bit like the love child of Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, only uglier: one of America's omnipresent offensive uneducated bigoted vicious hateful and above all loud right-wing talk show hosts who like the great serpent Jormungand rise up from the media sea and spew venom over all the Earth. Weiner, who enjoys filing suit against websites that criticise him, has, or rather had, a television programme on MSNBC as well. And, as I mentioned, he has been given the sack.
Ha, ha, and, indeed, ha.
Why was he sacked, you ask? Because of the fetid brainwrong he spews from his arsetrumpet in every medium he pollutes.
"Oh, you're one of the sodomites," Savage said. "You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better than to put me down, you piece of garbage. You have got nothing to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it."
Michael Savage has the right to say any darn fool thing that comes into his head. He does not, however, have the right to a television show. (Or a radio programme, for that matter.) His brand of small-minded evil has no place in the discourse of any civilised society. Mocking individuals (like Michael Weiner, who is a flaming assbag) is one thing; mocking individuals is swell, great, encouraged. Without it, political cartooning would be dead, and blogs would be much less interesting. But lashing out at whole groups--gays, immigrants, women--is not acceptable behaviour; even children are supposed to know better. Whether Savage likes it or not, America is a diverse and pluralistic place, and if he's not mature enough to accept that and function in such a society, let him either shut up or go join the Taliban.
And he can take Ann sodding Coulter with him.
Posted by aloysius at July 07, 2003 04:27 PM | TrackBack |