An open letter to Michael Savage
[Note: if you are not familiar with the Michael Savage situation right now, you must be living under a nice, cool rock. THis letter is in response to aligations on Michael's website claiming that he was set up.]

Subject: Do you even believe yourself?

Dear Mr. Savage,

One has to wonder if your parents ever taught you anything about personal responsibility. It's obvious that you were never taught anything about class or respect for your fellow neighbor. I guess they never taught you to feel ashamed about lying, either.

No, Mr. Savage, you were not setup. Nobody called into the show with the intent to get you fired. And if you are a controversial talk show host who has a show on a national station, asking a national audience to call in, then you should not only expect crank calls, but be able to handle those crank calls professionally.

Judging by your grandstanding after you told someone that they should get AIDS and die ("OK, got another nice caller here who's busy because he didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse and is angry at me today?"), you and I both know that you meant for all of your comments to be aired to a national audience. You meant for everyone tuning into your last show to hear that you wished that caller would die from AIDS. Stop lying and tell people the truth, Mr. Savage.

And don't even think to invoke "free speech rights" as part of this discussion. First of all, you have stated that liberal politicians and lawyers should be thrown in the can for what they have to say, so you don't even support freedom of speech or freedom of the press. Secondly, MSNBC stil has a right to administrate what goes out over their airwaves. Your constitutional right to free speech means that you have a right to speak without being censored by the government (ie: thrown in jail, which is the exact actions you want the government to take against people who disagree with you). Your right to free speech does not guarantee you the right to be heard, or the right to have your own television show.

If MSNBC kept your show on the air, how would that reflect upon them? Do you really think that MSNBC wants to be known as the network that endorses gay people dying from AIDS? Do you really think that MSNBC wants to be the network who has a host that knowingly blurts out these outrageous comments wishing horrible deaths about minority segments of the population? Face it, Mr. Savage, after you told that man to "get AIDS and die," you signed your own pink slip.

This was not a setup. Nobody asked you to make the comments that you were fired for, you made them on your own accord. That's why you were canned. And no, I know that you have claimed that liberal bias in the media played a role in your firing, which is another lie. If the media really had a liberal bias, then you wouldn't even have a radio show in the first place, nevermind your status now as a former TV host.

How you have handled this situation, how you have continued to lie, just goes to show that you cannot be trusted to comment on any situation. You are much to biased to have your opinion taken seriously. Having opinions weighted towards one side or the other are OK, but when you purposefully lie in order to smear your enemies, then you have shown that you will do anything to look right on ANY topic. Even if it means becoming a bald faced liar.

Adam Dupont

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