# Hey! Michael Savage! Fuck You! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 19, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013 "2008-07-19T01:50:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/61 "2008-07-21T20:40:58Z")
[QUOTE=MissGypsy] I don’t know who this Savage guy is; when I first read about this, I thought it was that guy who writes some relationship advice column, but it obviously isn’t. Either this clown is a complete idiot, or he’s being deliberately inflammatory and offensive. [/QUOTE] That’s Dan Savage with the advice column. Dan can be somewhat annoying all on his own, but doesn’t even come within a lightyear of Michael Savage. He’s being deliberately inflammatory and offensive, because that’s his schtick…he’s a right-wing shock jock with his own talk radio show. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/62 "2008-07-21T21:49:59Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] That’s Dan Savage with the advice column. Dan can be somewhat annoying all on his own, but doesn’t even come within a lightyear of Michael Savage. He’s being deliberately inflammatory and offensive, because that’s his schtick…he’s a right-wing shock jock with his own talk radio show. [/QUOTE] Thank you! The name sounded vaguely familiar, but I didn’t recall the advice guy being so offensive. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/63 "2008-07-21T21:54:24Z")
[Savage stands by his earlier remarks about autism](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/media/22sava.html?ref=media). Posted without comment (except that the guy makes me want to puke). ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/64 "2008-07-21T22:31:58Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] I meant the majority of the time in this article, on autism, that was posted by the OP. If the entire article is longer and contains other elements, I can’t speak to them, and I haven’t really read anything else he’s written, although I did read his book on the seven deadly sins years ago, I thought it was amusing. [/QUOTE] Boy have you got your Savages mixed up. DAN Savage did indeed write a book on the seven deadly sins, Skipping to Gommorah, and it was indeed amusing. He also wrote a book about his big gay adoption and another book about his big gay wedding. So yeah, different guy. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/65 "2008-07-21T23:53:47Z")
[QUOTE=tomndebb] W **ie** ner (sausage) German _‘W **ie** ner’ (Würstchen)_ (which looks like and lent its name to the American hot dog), is sausage from the Austrian city of W **ie** n (English Vienna). A _w **ei** ner_ would be a person who indulged in _w **ei** n_ (which is cognate to and rhymes with the English word wine). [/QUOTE] But the quote I was nitpicking didn’t say weiner it said weinerschnitzel which is a veal (most of the time) filet done in the style of Vienna. Nothing close to sausage. Or a penis as was implied. Unless ones penis looks like a veal filet after it was pounded by a hammer, breaded and suateed. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/66 "2008-07-22T00:49:32Z")
Dude, that’s what Savage liked. He’d roll it in breadcrumbs and fry it in a pan before engaging in homosexual acts with Allen Ginsburg, under the influence of medicinal herbs and LSD. Somehow he got off on the pain, and the aroma. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/67 "2008-07-22T00:49:47Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] [Savage stands by his earlier remarks about autism](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/media/22sava.html?ref=media). Posted without comment (except that the guy makes me want to puke). [/QUOTE] He gets half a point for sticking by what he said instead of weasel backpedaling. He’s a stain, but the people calling for his firing are in the wrong. Just don’t listen to the guy. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013/68 "2008-07-22T03:18:22Z")
The good news is that tv/radio execs tend to vote with their pocket books. Savage was fired in 2003 for his anti-gay outburst, but not until after he was losing major sponsors(P&G, Kraft, Dell) left and right for his offensive opinions. Now, Aflac Insurance has cut their sponsorship. It’s T-10 and counting… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-michael-savage-fuck-you/457013.md?page=3)