EDITORIAL: Roy, You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourself. For 44 years, you have fully taken advantage of the privileges available in this country offered by the Bill of Rights and the Constitution regarding Freedom of Speech. You have made some of the most sensational, inflammatory remarks ever heard in the history of talk radio about Women, Men, Democrats, Americans, Liberals, Wives and every member of the human species. You have yourself admitted many times that you know people find these remarks to be shocking, repugnant and overbearing. In the last few years, you and your family topped this accomplishment by taking a highly controversial local talk show host named Michael Savage and marketing his show nationwide. Through your Talk Radio Network (www.talkradionetwork.com), you are now the owners, producers and distributors of this show. Let�s cut through the bullshit. No matter how many times you change the �corporate� name or arrangement, whether it is Talk Radio Network, Inc., The Original Talk Radio Network, Inc., Talk Radio Network LLC, and remove your name as President of the organization, a visit to Southern Oregon will find your son Mark running the business and your son David producing the program. It�s OK. Corporations are made for people to separate their personal legal liability from what the company does. That is not the issue. But this is. Michael Savage has gone further than any talk show host has ever gone with his/her First Amendment Rights. His verbal attacks on Women, Hispanics, Blacks, Gays, Jews and many other groups in our society make you sound like a Boy Scout. Any day, within 5 minutes, he will make the most vulgar, obscene, offensive, appalling and revolting statements about other human beings. But this is America and he has the right to do so. And other Americans have the right to support or criticize the statements made by Michael Savage or Roy Masters. And they may do so in a casual conversation in a coffee shop, or on a web site. Both are protected by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States. However, you, your family and the others involved with you apparently decided: �Freedom of Speech For Me--But Not For Thee.� You filed lawsuits against three web sites that were criticizing what Michael Savage said which also encouraged the boycotting of his advertisers. These web sites, www.michaelsavagesucks.com, www.savagestupidity.com and www.takebackthemedia.com are run by individuals who do what they do merely to take a stand. They are average people who work for a living. You thought you could intimidate them into removing their web sites by draining them financially. But you found out differently. They contacted a number of First Amendment organizations that were willing to defend them at no charge. Which is what I had to do when you tried the same crap with me last summer. You would be surprised how quickly phone calls get returned when your name comes up. After some $50,000. plus in legal expenses to you, you have decided to drop all the lawsuits. The First Amendment mutually protects Michael Savage, Roy Masters, www.michaelsavagesucks.com and www.roymasters.com--whether you like it or not. You should be ashamed of yourself. |
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