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Savage Draws More Protests
The assault on conservative talk radio host Michael Savage continues. Just days after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors failed to pass a resolution condemning Savage for his comments about illegal aliens, a group of mostly Hispanic protesters gathered outside his San Francisco radio station to demand his termination. The brouhaha was sparked by Savage’s July 5 broadcast, when he commented about a group of students who had announced they were fasting in support of changes in immigration policy. Savage told his eight million-plus listeners: "I would say, let them fast until they starve to death, then that solves the problem.” San Francisco Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval called the remarks "symbolic of hatred and racism,” and introduced a resolution to condemn Savage.
Story Continues Below Savage lashed back, telling NewsMax: "Illiberalism is not only a mental disorder, it is fascist at its core. This schmuck says my comments are ‘symbolic of hatred and racism.’ And they want the city to sue me for ‘symbolism.’ "To stop opinion by threatening legal action is akin to using the power of the State to control thought and speech.” A unanimous vote of the 10-member Board was required for approval, but the vote on Tuesday was 9-1 in favor. The lone dissenter: Chinese-American Ed Jew, whose grandfather emigrated from China seven decades ago. Jew said: "The First Amendment gives him the right to make those comments.” In the latest protest, about 60 people gathered Wednesday outside the San Francisco offices of Clear Channel Communications, which syndicates Savage’s show, and called for his immediate termination, the San Jose Mercury News reports. "He’s promoting hate,” said Francisco Alvarado, one of the organizers of the student fast. The group carried signs that read, "Wishing for someone’s death is not free speech,” and staged a "die-in” – wearing skeletal face paint, they lay on the ground as if dead as the protesters chanted, "This is what you want! This is what you want!” In another new development, Oakland, Calif. civil rights attorney Daniel A. Horowitz has written to Savage saying he would back the radio host if he decides to file a lawsuit against Supervisor Sandoval and the city in response to the failed resolution. © NewsMax 2007. All rights reserved. Editor's note:
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