Get ready .. here goes Boortz once again ranting and raving against the "I hate homosexuals" crowd out there.  This means, of course, that over the next few days I will receive a few hundred "I'm never going to listen to you again" e-mails. The news broke yesterday afternoon about a certain radio talk show host with both a radio and a television show.  Well ... now he has a radio show only. 

The cable television network, MSNBC, fired Michael Savage today after certain comments he made on his show.  As best I can piece things together, a gay man managed to get a phone call through to Savage on the air.  The caller said something that had to be cut off the air, and the following conversation ensued: "So you're one of those sodomists. Are you a sodomite?" "Yes, I am." "Oh, you're one of the sodomites. You should only get AIDS and die, you pig. How's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig. You got nothing better than to put me down, you piece of garbage. You have got nothing to do today, go eat a sausage and choke on it." In the background you could hear some MSNBC studio technicians groaning.  As the MSNBC spokesman said, the decision to fire Savage was "an easy one."

Savage issued an apology (of sorts) on his radio show last night.  He said that the comment was not meant to be aired.  Sorry ... that's hard to buy.  I've seen the clip, and I have a bit of experience with broadcasting.  There is absolutely no way in the world that Savage didn't know this comment was going out over the air.  If the comment wasn't meant for the air, perhaps he can explain why he then asked for another caller who "didn't have a nice night in the bath house and is angry with me." What is it about gay men that drive so many of you bat guano crazy? 

Why in the world would any moderately sane individual say on network television "you should only get AIDS and die, you pig"?  I'm no psychologist, but my educated guess is that a statement such as this could only come from someone with a pathological fear of homosexuals.  Why else would you harbor such hate for someone who will have minimal effect on your life?Why bring this up?  Why slam a fellow talk show host?  Savage is a conservative.  His remarks are going to be used by leftists, socialists, fascists, Democrats and the rest of the list of people who hate talk radio to paint all conservative (and libertarian) talk show hosts with the same broad brush. 

To many, Savage's remarks become the remarks of all conservative talk show hosts.  I want my disgust and disagreement to be a matter of record. By the way ... something for you folks who think this lifestyle is "chosen."  You actually think that some man out there would make a conscious decision to choose a sexual life with other men instead of a woman?  Why would he do this?  Is he going to make that choice so that he can be subjected to this level of hatred and viciousness? I have a friend of 30 years, a gay man, who is laying in a Hospice right now.  He's dying.  Brain tumor.  Every day his room sees a constant stream of visitors from his community, most of them straight.  Bankers, real estate developers, business owners, housewives, policemen and college professors --- they all come by to share another moment with this man they came to love and admire.  This man is one of my heroes.  For over sixty years he has endured this blind, raging hatred with no outward signs of bitterness or resentment and still found a way to make so many people love him unconditionally.  If only I were that strong.

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