If I had to say one nice thing about Michael Savage—like, say, if you held a loaded gun to my head—I guess I would say he's the sort of man who sticks by what he says and never wavers.
Even when what he's said is irresponsible, inaccurate and downright offensive, such as his claim that "99 out of 100" cases of autism are actually just brats with bad parents.
The inflammatory statements, which have already cost Savage a few endorsements, were made on Savage's radio show on Wednesday. Continuing with his long-running shtick of acting like a gigantic asshat, he suggested that for most children diagnosed with autism the real problem is, "they don’t have a father around to tell them, ‘Don’t act like a moron. You’ll get nowhere in life. Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don’t sit there crying and screaming, idiot.’ ”
Yesterday, Savage defended those statements on his own show and Larry King Live, adding that his comments were "meant to boldly awaken parents and children to the medical community's attempt to label too many children or adults as 'autistic.'" Oh, I get it, he's trying to help parents by telling them they should call their children idiots and morons. I was confused.
At this time I feel it's important and completely germane to remark that Michael's given last name is Weiner.
