So, Hate Doesn't Lead To Violence?

Allahpundit at HotAir appears to be taking up the torch for Micheal Weiner ( Savage ) due to the schlock-jock radio clown being added to a list of 15 other people not allowed into Britan.

Sixteen people banned from entering the UK were "named and shamed" by the Home Office today.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she decided to make public the names of 16 people banned since October so others could better understand what sort of behaviour Britain was not prepared to tolerate.

The list includes hate preachers, anti-gay protesters and a far- right US talk show host.

I can't speak for what Sec. Jacqui Smith was thinking when creating this list, though her and her staff's intentions may have been in the interest of public safety, but doesn't she realize that this is the sort of thing that people like Micheal Weiner ( Savage ) and the folks at HotAir love?

...they’re basically admitting that the country’s no longer safe for certain viewpoints — Islamic fundamentalism not included.

And, right on cue, "Savage" is intending to sue Sec. Smith:

Savage told The Chronicle that being included in such a crowd is no laughing matter — and he is now preparing legal action against Smith, he said.
“This lunatic … is linking me up with Nazi skinheads who are killing people in Russia, she’s putting me in a league with Hamas murderers who kill Jews on busses,” he said. “I have never advocated violence … I’ve been on the air 15 years. My views may be inflammatory, but they’re not violent in any way.”

Allah goes on to state of "Savage" that "His profile’s much higher now among violent nuts abroad than it was yesterday", as if to suggest that any violent action taken by someone that listens to him can now be blamed on Sec. Smith.

But the larger point of this post is this; Allahpundit sees no connection between hate-speech and violece.

Fomenting “hatred” isn’t the same as fomenting violence — which would be reasonable grounds for exclusion — unless the Brits are afraid that violence might be directed at, not by, Savage or Phelps

You see that? Allah starts off by claiming that "hate" doesn't lead to violence, but then seven words later, he essentially says that it just might.

This is the problem with not just Allahpundit, but all that think that broadcasting hatred is not a problem, is that he lacks the ability to see that what Micheal Weiner ( Savage ) says does have a direct relation to violence. Perhaps he needs to be reminded of what happened at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville.

* Video of the KPD Chief press conference can be found here *

Adkisson told Still that "he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that had voted them in to office."

Adkisson told officers he left the house unlocked for them because "he expected to be killed during the assault."

Inside the house, officers found "Liberalism is a Mental Health Disorder" by radio talk show host Michael Savage, "Let Freedom Ring" by talk show host Sean Hannity, and "The O'Reilly Factor," by television talk show host Bill O'Reilly.

I don't think that there is any clearer example that can be given that hate-speech can and has lead to not just violent acts, but death.

The Lineage Of Conservative Blame

There is a consistant and discernable pattern that any and all conservatives, primarily the fringe players, will use when attempting to cast blame when they have little to no information to go on.

First, they'll blame the Democratic party, liberals, progressives, George Soros, or MSNBC. Maybe the New York Times, General Electric, or even bloggers. It's a mass-blame-game that is designed to distract from their own willful ignorance. They choose not to find the root cause of the issue so they play to their base instincts, as well as the ignorance of their intended demographic, and will use the widest brush to hamfistedly paint a layer of blame on any and everyone with whom they disagree.

Then, there's the hot-button-issue style of blame. It's all the "gays" fault. It's rap music, television, movies, or - in this case - illegal immigrants



More from Media Matters

Of course, those that are insisting that illegal immigration is to blame, or that this is a plot by immigrants, might ought to listen to actual reporting on the swine-flu.

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States stands at 42. The outbreak also has sickened people in New York, Kansas, California and Texas. Health officials in Michigan said they have one suspected case and five are suspected in New Jersey.

Many of them had recently visited Mexico, including several students at St. Francis who had recently come back from a spring break trip to Cancun.

Then again, they would simply claim "liberal media bias" and bit their thumb at everyone and continue prattling on simply to hear themselfs speak.

Is He Suggesting What I Think He Is?

It's a fact that Micheal Weiner Savage is a nutcase.

Of course, that is a prerequisite to having your own right-wing talk show, followed closely by either sexual harasser, drug addict, or college drop-out. Sometimes it's all of the above.

This is, I think, a new low for even Savage. He is now claiming that there is some connection between Barack Obama's grandmother's death, his visit to Hawaii, and his birth certificate.



Media Matters has more

They Probably Believe It

A lot has been said about Jerome Corsi, Micheal "Weiner" Savage, And Limbaugh.

Some people think they just say the things they do to bolster ratings, to enrage the most fringe of conservative republicans, or to just say it because they have a "right" to say it.

I, on the other hand, am starting to think that maybe - just maybe - these idiots actually believe the stuff that they continually vomit out and know their faithful followers will swallow:



More here from Media Matters.

What else would you expect from these guys. They know their party is about to face one of the most spectacular losses in Election history.

So, You Defend Children By Attacking Them? Really?

Apparently, Micheal Weiner Savage appeared on Larry King the other night to defend his verbal attack against children with autism.

I blogged about this earlier.

With substitue host Glenn Beck ( yeah, he's pretty much useless too ) Savage was given a nice platform to defend his "defense of children".

When it was stated that Savage "didn't believe Autism exists", he came off with this gem of a reply:

Savage: No, no, no, no, no. Again, you took what they gave you. But you didn’t take the entire preceding material. […] This was in the broader context of the overmedicalization, the over-diagnosis of disease, using our children as profit centers. I’ve spent all day saying what a shame it is that I — as a man who has spent his entire life defending the defenseless, mainly children — should have to defend myself from charges leveled at me from men who specialize in hating families and children, namely MediaMatters — who probably come after you as well — by ripping things out of context and making me look like the monster that they are.

Click here to take a listen.

SilentPatriot over at C&L has more info.

You know you've cornered yoru opponent when they fall back on the "context" defense. It seems that people like Savage don't even know the definition of the word "context". But, it sounds impressive and there are plenty of people that listen to conservative talk-radio that are easily impressed with "fancy-sounding" words.