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I didn’t hear it, I didn’t see it, I haven’t read much about it.
But I can tell you one thing that I knew immediately as I did listen to a brief piece on Michael Savage savaging the existence and treatment of kids with autism:
Michael! Baby! Those conservatives? Who listen to your show? You know – the ones who want to privatize education?
Honey, honey, honey. Don’t you know that they’re trying to open the door with, get this, please don’t stop reading: vouchers for kids with special needs. But not all kids with special needs – including gifted kids who are in fact part of the category the government has created called “exceptional education.” Nope.
See, in Ohio, the people most likely to listen to you – the conservative folks who want to expand the use of vouchers and giving parents lump sums to pay and shop around for education (lump sums by the way that will never meet the actual cost of educating kids, especially kids with special needs – whereever on the spectrum – that can cost a district more than $50,000 and at a private agency? trust me on this one, hon, I worked there, I wrote the legal brief on it – can cost more than $80,000 a year? you really gonna convince a state government to hand over a voucher that size?)
Oh – where was I?
Oh – right – the listeners you have? Yeah – conservatives? Who want to dismantle public education?
Ohio’s governor hasn’t gone for this effort to kick the door down between private and public funding of education, and I’m supportive of his efforts. Because if such an effort were to be supported by him, I want it for the challenges of raising gifted kids too – don’t get me started on their issues, trust me – just as many fun things to deal with, maybe more – who knows.
Anyway, Michael – you alienated your own core group of followers: conservatives who want to privatize education and have been trying to do it by getting the government to approve private school vouchers for kids with autism.
That’s why so many folks across the continuum are pissed at you. Not just because what you said was stupid, ignorant, uncaring and insensitive. But because the people to whom you preach actually disagree with you and are trying to get what they legitimately need for educating their kids via a route that left of center folks will never approve.
So now you know, in case no one else has told you yet.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:48 am July 27th, 2008 in Debates, Education, Government, Illness, Media, Ohio, Parenting, Republicans, Youth
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I’ve said it long before, but I’ll say it again. Savage really is the obnoxious blowhard that everyone thinks Rush Limbaugh is. I don’t know who Michael Savage’s audience is, but it’s not conservatives like me, I can’t stand more than about five minutes of him.
i agree with you jill, i think we should keep all the negroes in the failing public schools.
The comment #2 from Joe has been edited because it was a gratuitous comment about me. Joe – when you get a real email address to leave, I’ll write you to let you know. And you can write me all the crap too – and I’ll delete just like I did here.
As for the first sentence, which I left in, if you write that junk, you better supply back up links for your assertion or I’ll delete your attempt at a slur as well.
Dave – I don’t understand the news co. standing by him – I really think this is going to backfire. There are just too many who supposedly do listen to him that this affects. Will be interesting to follow. I actually thought it was the Michael Savage who writes some romance or relationship column – but maybe that’s just local?
my edited comment was sincere. i think you’re beautiful. but i stand by my unedited comment. the current public school system keeps poor black people in school with other poor black people if they’re in school at all. busing experiment didn’t work. vouchers won’t either. it just brings down the standards of the others and places the voucher bearer at an unfair disadvantage. sounds like the only solution is for black people to get their shit together. no program can fix the problem. it seems that every other minority group that comes to this country eventually prospers largely across the board except for black people. their grievance politics is old and no longer effective. get your family together, raise your children properly and then educate them like every other ethnic group does. this ain’t too tough.
even other blacks prosper here from somalia and other west african countries when they immigrate. it is the american negro who has been here for hundreds of years who seems to struggle the most. i think their hatred of america and desire to “get day hustle on” restricts alot of progress. it’s a cultural thing, not a skin color thing.
Joe – I vehemently disagree with pretty much all your assertions here, but thank you for expressing them with a bit more explanation for what you mean, rather than just writing some kind of general thing like before.
one thing is certain: i’d say we could make blog together ALL NIGHT LONG. happy to clarify.