tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post9188317624517824973..comments2023-11-12T09:52:42.825-05:00Comments on Medieval Woman: Blogging with Historical Novelist Susan Higginbotham: Creep of the MonthSusan Higginbothamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-40828278917777441572008-07-24T18:50:00.000-04:002008-07-24T18:50:00.000-04:00Susan, just FYI(though you may have heard already,...Susan, just FYI(though you may have heard already, I came across this post noting that Savage was finally <B><I>jerked off the air in Mississippi</I></B> for his ignorant remarks re autism. You can read it all here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/92513/<BR/><BR/>He's made many other ignorant, and apparently racist remarks like this before. I'm glad to hear that Mississippi, at least, has a few standards!<BR/>Anne GAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-32208045952410821112008-07-24T14:41:00.000-04:002008-07-24T14:41:00.000-04:00If he made such remarks about Afro-Americans, he w...If he made such remarks about Afro-Americans, he would be fired. He probably couldn't have got away with calling people with cancer for hypochondrics, either. But it seems that mental diseases are still fair game.<BR/><BR/>Let's hope for some bad karma his way.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-84767228916709810182008-07-24T13:15:00.000-04:002008-07-24T13:15:00.000-04:00Autism covers such a broad spectrum of related con...Autism covers such a broad spectrum of related conditions, and we are only beginning to understand what is at work. Certainly not a subject for one-liners by someone who totally lacks information, empathy and just plain common sense.<BR/><BR/>But regardless of the scientific or pseudo-scientific explanation "du jour" (vaccinations, more recently TV, you name it) it seems a great topic to scapegoat parents instead of helping them. Remember Bettelheim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-26097806847645605782008-07-24T11:12:00.000-04:002008-07-24T11:12:00.000-04:00The kindest thing that can be said about this guy ...The kindest thing that can be said about this guy is that he is ignorant. <BR/><BR/>Pig ignorant - except that's maybe unfair to pigs.Brian Wainwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16867772590464992131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-36667755035948511352008-07-23T09:50:00.000-04:002008-07-23T09:50:00.000-04:00Aside from the wicked cruelty of his remarks, the ...Aside from the wicked cruelty of his remarks, the sad thing is that millions of people think that he's both sane and reasonable. <BR/><BR/>What else can I say? I'm sorry for all parents of autistic children who have to hear these remarks coming from an influential person.teabirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789062795176641187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-91303630840215118362008-07-23T01:56:00.000-04:002008-07-23T01:56:00.000-04:00Susan:I have a cousin who married a woman with an ...Susan:<BR/><BR/>I have a cousin who married a woman with an autistic son. I've seen the son up close, and I <B><I>know</I></B> the young man(he's 26 or so now) is autistic. He has a job of sorts, and he lives in a place that is geared to autistic adults, and he's doing as well as he is able. The woman died last year, of some particularly aggressive cancer, but the man she first married, dumped her on acoount of her autistic son(he later remarried and boasted that he now had a "perfect" family). Meanwhile my sweet cousin, a mathematics teacher at a fancy private school near Washington DC, stood by her and did his best for both the autistic son and the daughter they had together. All I can say is, when a family has an autistic child, it is <B><I>devastating</I></B>, and <B><I>no one</I></B> would just "wish" this on their child. One of the people who commented on this disgustng trash from the mouth of a disgustingly trashy man(I've seen one of his shows --- just one), said he had "scientific training". I don't know what kind of "scientific training" Savage had, but it apparently didn't stick. And he clearly knows absolutely nothing about the subject of autism. If he did, he wouldn't be spouting such pernicious nonsense.<BR/>Anne GAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-4444222991744553982008-07-22T16:11:00.000-04:002008-07-22T16:11:00.000-04:00Horrible man. And so very ignorant.Horrible man. And so very ignorant.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-80457078754982767062008-07-22T14:34:00.000-04:002008-07-22T14:34:00.000-04:00My brother is much the same as your son, though pe...My brother is much the same as your son, though perhaps more verbal. The sweetest fellow in the world, but will never be able to hold down a job or live alone. He's 25 now, and the horror of his state is that he is aware enough to know what he is not capable of. It's been awful to watch his natural happiness drain out of him. <BR/><BR/>His autism is mixed with cerebral palsey and sensory integration disorder. I suppose Savage will have choice words for those as well. <BR/><BR/>The worst part is that his comments don't even get me angry. Watching this country for the last seven years, it seems par for the course. I've watched as the state of Michigan dismantled its superior special education system in favor of the cheaper, and trendier, "mainstreaming." Why do political trends trump science? It's just deeply depressing.David Blixthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780846615209177348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-81710572520739442532008-07-22T13:18:00.000-04:002008-07-22T13:18:00.000-04:00Thanks, all!One of the most unsettling things abou...Thanks, all!<BR/><BR/>One of the most unsettling things about this jerk is that he evidently has scientific training. Guess there was more money in spewing feces on the air than in his field of study.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-45505437978346573282008-07-22T08:47:00.000-04:002008-07-22T08:47:00.000-04:00There is nothing as dangerous as another person's ...There is nothing as dangerous as another person's ignorance - and their self-assurance that they are right.<BR/><BR/>I also noticed that he implied that girls were somehow inferior beings as well.<BR/><BR/>This man is a waste of air. The only consolation is that he has made himself look an utter fool in public as I would imagine that the majority of people think like we do!Jules Frusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207281934232383811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-85381905145974609212008-07-22T08:12:00.000-04:002008-07-22T08:12:00.000-04:00What a horrible, despicable, ugly man! He obvious...What a horrible, despicable, ugly man! He obviously has no idea what he is talking about and is most likely saying it for ratings!Passages to the Pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357366263195042306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-89140205353420318142008-07-21T21:46:00.000-04:002008-07-21T21:46:00.000-04:00Clearly this cretin paid no attention to his fathe...Clearly this cretin paid no attention to his father's advice not to be a fool.<BR/><BR/>Is their some kind of Olympic mesal for showing your bigotry on as many levels as you can?<BR/><BR/>As a person with a severe disability - severe visual impairment - I have run into this sort of bitterness from people who don't have a clue. ONe of these days I am going to voice what I always think.. "I hope someday you or someone you love has to cope with such malice and stupidity." I could tell you stories.. but you have enough of your own.<BR/><BR/>Nan HawthorneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-84084738338348787882008-07-21T18:44:00.000-04:002008-07-21T18:44:00.000-04:00He's an idiot.He's an idiot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-62425807550217659472008-07-21T16:56:00.000-04:002008-07-21T16:56:00.000-04:00What a horrible man. Obviously he knows nothing a...What a horrible man. Obviously he knows nothing about autism.<BR/><BR/>This must have been so hard for you to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21031350.post-42318145242115556032008-07-21T16:19:00.000-04:002008-07-21T16:19:00.000-04:00Wow. On all sorts of levels...wow. I wonder if h...Wow. On all sorts of levels...wow. I wonder if his mother ever told him to not spout "wisdom" on a topic he knows nothing about.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978371169108528359noreply@blogger.com