Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Savage "Hate Speech"

We read:

"A group of illegal immigrants who demanded he be taken off the air because they didn't like Michael Savage's comments about their hunger strike in favor of immigration rights drew a scornful response from the talk show host.

Commenting on a hunger strike by supporters of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, which would make higher education or military service a part of the path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants, Savage lived up to his name by suggesting that it might be a good idea if they kept fasting until they inevitably died of starvation.

During a broadcast of his nationally syndicated show "Savage Nation" on July 5, Savage told his millions of listeners: "I would say let them fast till they starve to death. ... Because then we won't have a problem about giving them green cards because they're illegal aliens." ....

The students, after all, were on a hunger strike, Savage told NewsMax, adding that "the logical conclusion of a hunger strike is starvation. That's their right."

Savage went on to explain that the hunger strikers are illegal aliens, "who stole free college educations and then had the audacity to demand citizenship because they were slippery enough to beat the system out of a college degree!"

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Endorsing what they themselves have chosen to do is "hate"? I don't think that failure to sympathize with publicity-seeking is illegal or even improper yet. If Christians went on a hunger strike over something, I think the comments from the Left would be FILLED with hate. Most of those on the Left can hardly mention Christians without blowing their top. But as long as you don't advocate violence you have a constitutionally-protected right to such speech. Contrary to the usual Leftist chant, hate speech IS free speech in the USA.