Story "A"
Radio host Michael Savage is in hot water over his comments about autism.
Several big advertisers have pulled their commercials from the syndicated "Savage Nation" radio show, and now, thousands of parents and protesters are urging Savage to step down, calling his words "hate speech."
"I'll tell you what autism is," Savage told his audience on July 16. "In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is." The talk show host also said, "Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot."
The conservative shock jock's comments sent shock waves through the autism community. Parents and autism activists staged rallies in protest in New York and San Francisco.
Radio host Michael Savage is in hot water over his comments about autism.
Several big advertisers have pulled their commercials from the syndicated "Savage Nation" radio show, and now, thousands of parents and protesters are urging Savage to step down, calling his words "hate speech."
"I'll tell you what autism is," Savage told his audience on July 16. "In 99 percent of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out. That's what autism is." The talk show host also said, "Stop acting like a putz. Straighten up. Act like a man. Don't sit there crying and screaming, idiot."
The conservative shock jock's comments sent shock waves through the autism community. Parents and autism activists staged rallies in protest in New York and San Francisco.
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An unemployed man who opened fire on parishioners in a church over the weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee, killing two and wounding seven, had expressed hatred for what he called the "liberal movement," police said Monday.
Jim Adkisson, 58, was overpowered by members of the congregation and arrested after firing three blasts from a 12 gauge shotgun in the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday.
Adkisson was being held on murder charges on Monday on one million dollar bond.
Knoxville police chief Sterling Owen said Adkisson brought the shotgun into the church in a guitar case along with 76 shotgun shells but only managed to fire off three rounds before being subdued.
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