A Warrior must defend the Savage.
By RobWarrior on May 8, 2009 at 1:45 AM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, NoQuarter Radio, Nocturnal Warrior
Banned From Britian…The Home Secretary Ranks Michael Savage Right Up There With Hamas and Russian Killers
The Nocturnal Warrior hosts a one hour Blog Talk Radio program for No Quarter Radio every Tuesday night at 9:00 PM Eastern.
Let me start by making this clear, I abhor about 90% of what comes out of Michael Savage’s large mouth. Broadcasting to millions daily over close to 400 radio stations nationwide, Savage pulls no punches as he promotes his never ending campaign for “borders, language and culture” to his loyal audience. He is offensive, crude and incredibly arrogant. He is so far out there on the right, most Republican politicians steer clear of him and he oftens turns his vindictive wrath on them. No one will confuse him with Rush Limbaugh as being the unofficial head of the GOP. He had one brief flirtation with attempting to mainstream and was fired by MSNBC almost as soon as they hired him.
Even so, I stand with him as be gears up his battle to fight the British Home Secretary who added his name to a list of hate mongers not welcome in Britian.
Secretary Jacqui Smith believes that Savage promotes hatred and could incite violence.
Smith said the British government believes the people on the list have views or attitudes that could provoke violence.
“If people have so clearly overstepped the mark in terms of the way not just that they are talking but the sort of attitudes that they are expressing to the extent that we think that this is likely to cause or have the potential to cause violence or inter-community tension in this country, then actually I think the right thing is not to let them into the country in the first place. Not to open the stable door then try to close it later,” she said.
“It’s a privilege to come to this country. There are certain behaviors that mean you forfeit that privilege.”
The others on the list are Jewish nationalist Mike Guzovsky; imprisoned Russian skinhead leaders Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky; and Islamic leaders Wadgy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim, Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal, Safwat Hijazi , Amir Siddique, Abdul Ali Musa, Samir Al Quntar and Nasr Javed.
Said Savage, “How can a nation put me on a list and leave hate preachers in England who say that we’re going to kill all of you? We’re going to convert all of you to Islam. How is it possible that those hate preachers can’t be deported from Britain, but I can be banned from Britain? People who advocate actual murder cannot be deported from Britain.
“How is it that liberalism has gotten so distorted and cowardly?”
How does Michael Savage make it on this list? His show is not even broadcast in England. Most of England is asleep while his show airs live (6:00-9:00 PM EDT.) While certainly available over the internet and by podcast, it’s not like he has a huge audience in the UK. I have been repulsed more than once listening to his program (as a fellow radio host I do admire his fearlessness, use of the language and show preperation as he is exceptionally well read), but have never once heard him incite violence in any way shape or form. In fact his virulent attitude towards illegal immigration, gay marriage and other issues comes back to a firm belief in enforcing existing laws. He actually promotes abiding by the law.
He is a large supporter of the law enforcement community and often rails against those who protect the rights of law breakers which he believes leads to violence against law enforcement officers. Yes, some of those views may be interpreted by some as racist, but he never calls on anyone to enact violent retribution.
So again, how did he end up banned in Britain along with skinheads, Palestinean, Islamic and Israeli extremists? Is someone trying to curry favor with the Obama administraion who Savage lambastes on a regular basis? Are the Obama folks throwing up a trial balloon to see how this plays overseas before trying it out at home?
The good news is, Savage is not taking it lying down and may even use Britain’s strict anti-defamtion laws in his defense. He also has not lost his sense of humor.
“Darn! And I was just planning a trip to England for their superior dental work and cuisine,” he recalled thinking.
“Then it sank in,” he told WND, “and I said, ‘She said this is the kind of behavior we won’t tolerate? She’s linking me with mass murderers who are in prison for killing Jewish children on buses? For my speech? The country where the Magna Carta was created?’”
Savage said he wants top First Amendment attorneys to represent him “in a major international case.”
“I want to sue the British home secretary for defamation,” he said, “for linking me up with murderers because of my opinions, my writings, my speaking – none of which have advocated any violence, ever.”
Savage said the last time he was in Britain was about 20 years ago, and he had no immediate plans to return.
In an interview with the BBC, Smith said Savage, the No. 3-rated radio host in the U.S., is “someone who has fallen into the category of fomenting hatred, of such extreme views and expressing them in such a way that it is actually likely to cause inter-community tension or even violence if that person were allowed into the country.”
Savage said his message for Smith and the people of the U.K. is, “Shame on you. Shame that you’ve fallen to such a low level.”
“It’s interesting to me that here I am a talk show host, who does not advocate violence, who advocates patriotic traditional values – borders, language, culture – who is now on a list banned in England,” Savage said. “What does that say about the government of England? It says more about them than it says about me.”
Needless to say, the ban will probably backfire. It is likely to drive more people in the U.S. to listen to “The Savage Nation” and I’m sure more Brits are logging on to hear what all the fuss is about. Still, a western government trying to silence an unpopular voice is very troubling. Troubling for all of us.
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