He's a major putz.
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So, does he stand by them, or not.
And, what of the Freepers here yesterday claiming Media Matters faked the tape or took him out of context?
My wife works with severely autistic children, Savage is full of shit.
Savage will say anything to get publicity. He may be a latent or repressed homosexual. His past relationships wih Alan Ginsberg and other homesexual Beatniks would indicate that.
He’s dead wrong on this one.
I have seen it with my own eyes.
Just more ‘look at me!’ shenanigans. Why does Savage need to resort to the headline grabbing? Must not have much of a substantive show?
.. and who's using this disgusting patented liberal devious tactic? People most of whom condemn Savage for being liberal. Go figure.
I can see that fighting off the "Fairness Doctrine" is going to be much more difficult than I feared.
was wondering what he said but i did see some signs with some messages concerning autism so i figured.
oh, this was in downtown manhattan by wall street. i guess it is the building that houses his employer or local affiliate?
This guy is a real dumb@ss.
His 15 minutes are up.
“The mind” is still very much “in development” went “autism” is diagnosed. And, that extremely immature mind is very susceptible to external stimulation, including behavioral stimulation.
The most successful cases I have personally known about (three) were disagnosed early and the kids were "mainstreamed" early; suggesting that with prodding, the autistic child can be helped to choose non-autistic behaviors, with nothing other than behavioral stimulation as the primary impetus to their "change of mind".
It suggests, to me, that in its essentials, its basics, Savage is somewhat right.
Now then, how (methodologies) that corrective behavioral direction is applied - compassionately, consistent as opposed to "aggressively", and through many more "carrots" than "sticks" may be where savage and I would part company more greatly.
I like Michael Savage on a lot of issues, for his bravado style, his wordplay (not always) and the way he flames liberals. But every once in a while, I’m intellectually honest enough to say, he said something stupid. So, here goes:
He said something stupid.
It doesn’t qualify him for the firing squad or burning at the stake or censorship. It qualifies him to stand the test of public opinion and the marketplace of ideas. If people start to feel he’s a nutcase who doesn’t have enough credibility left to listen to, he will pay the ultimate price: his show may be cancelled.
Now, that is unlikely to happen and I hope it doesn’t happen because we still need voices who are calling the public to rage against the madness that is overwhelming our culture, our sovereignty and our greatness. He’d do better if he didn’t say these kind of stupid things.
I suppose there are some cases of autism that can be written off as malingering or some kind of misdiagnosis. But to say 99% is just stupid. I’ve seen some of these kids in real life, know some of the parents of others: its an extremely difficult situation that goes way beyond brattiness. G-d bless these children and their families and help them heal and live in peace and happiness.
My autism Haiku:
Autistic or not
In public, don’t allow kid
To disturb the peace
Savage has an easy out. He should just claim he has Tourette syndrome and that makes him say things like that.
Savage exaggerates to make a point, but he’s basically correct. There’s no shortage of “medical experts” who can come up with handy excuses for lazy parents who need to explain to themselves and others why their children are undisciplined failures. And, of course, pharmaceutical companies gotta absolutely adore lazy moms.
“Autism” has become the latest catch-all. (You know - - “medical experts” are continually expanding the definition of “autism” as they find “previously unknown manifestations” of the “disability”. Hang onto your wallets.) I guess those other recently discovered bogus excuses, ADD and ADHD, have lost some of their shine.
Ritalin for all children, yippee!
“‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life.“ He added, “Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.’ ”
I hate to say it, but I like Michael Savage. He says what no one else has the guts to say.
There was a point being missed, in terms of the schools and many disorders. School encourage disorders to the extent it allows them to drop that child from the rolls of the Federal Tests. Schools absolutely look to exclude any child that would bring the average down, this is common.
Boys who talk late are being diagnosed. My wife's brother did not speak nary a word until he was FOUR, and now is a top salesperson for IBM. He is 55. Had he been around today, the idiot quacks would have convinced his parents to f**k him up with drugs and useless "therapy".
Just like ADD and ADHD (with which I myself was "diagnosed" and my parents--thank God--ignored the diagnosis), 80-90% of "autistic spectrum disorder" diagnoses are bullshit.
I do not trust these pediatricians, as I do not trust OBGYNs who try to outlaw midwives (our children were born at home despite the hysterical pleas of our OBGYN-brainwashed relatives). Just as with "global warming" this is about MONEY, not science. And the gender discrimination is just absurd, along the lines of "The War Against Boys". Boys who won't act like girls are often the first to be pigeonholed into ADD or Autistic categories.
Of course there are exceptions--but they are OBVIOUS. Truly autistic children are a tremendous challenge and often a nightmare for their parents.
"Should we include people with glasses in a new 'blindness spectum disorder'"?
It really sums up the idiocy of the open-ended diagnoses of kids with all manner or behavioral and attitude issues into "autistic spectrum disorder".
God Bless You Dr. Savage.