Cruel Remarks from radio personalities in my area...

[moosmom]

Kuhio,

I just think it was in very bad taste and cruel. I wonder if the shoe was on the other foot if it would've even been brought up at all. I believe in freedom of speech as well. But to make fun of someone's disability to me, is despicable.

I called the station and left a voicemail message about my disappointment in today's show, for what it's worth.

[columbine]

I just think it was in very bad taste and cruel. I wonder if the shoe was on the other foot if it would've even been brought up at all. I believe in freedom of speech as well. But to make fun of someone's disability to me, is despicable.

Unfortunately, for a certain (dismayingly large!) sector of the population who never grew up, bad taste, cruelty, and ugliness sell. They pretend (and convince themselves) that it's clever, so they can tell themselves they're clever for acting like cranky toddlers. Unfortunately, angry messages are exactly what they want - it proves to them that their listener base is growing, and that knuckledraggers will continue to turn to them for validation of their sorry existence. Nyaah nyaah, I made somebody mad! Pay Attention To Me! Pay Attention To Me! (ad infinitum)

Love, Columbine

[Karen]

People who hate a radio personality tend listen longer and more faithfully than the ones who love the same person. Controversy sells. This doesn't excuse stupidty or cruelty, however.

The only way to effect the radio station is to tell their major advertisers - I am sure you call reel off several ads off the top of your head if you think about it - that you will boycott their products, services or stores until that person gives a full apology, on air during "drive time".

[CathyBogart]

One radio #$&(@% in my area went on a rant one day encouraging people to open their car doors in front of motorcyclists who were lanesplitting. (Which is perfectly LEGAL in CA) I was like....WTF he's trying ot get people killed!!

The radio station got sooo many complaints they made him apologize the next day.

[BC_MoM]

Radio Stations seem to be like that.. very opinionated on things and will state it! I think that was pretty rude of him to say - he should have to make an apology!!

[.sarah]

That is really awful of him to say. I don't think that should be tolerated at all. I have a mentally handicapped person in my family and those kind of remarks cut deep for me, I can't imagine how it feels for the one being made fun of.

[Muddy4paws]

In my opinion making fun of disabled people is really the lowest low.

Maybe he was that desprate for listeners to call in. To me he sounds like a complete idiot. You should write a complaint to the radio station, Yeah hes got free speech but thats just plain cruel.