Well, Savage did say that autism was a nonsense diagnosis developed for parents trying to bilk the government. He said they needed to learn real discipline and instead of sending heir kids to time out they should hit their kids instead. [link]
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Feb 16, 2013 3:52:16 am PST #11564 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Kat - Feb 16, 2013 3:58:57 am PST #11565 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I thought it was Michael Savage and the autism thing (and ADHD thing), not Dan Savage. Dan Savage's area, I thought was more sex advice less ed policy?
Sue - Feb 16, 2013 3:59:58 am PST #11566 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Calli, that article is about Michael Savage, not Dan Savage.
Hil R. - Feb 16, 2013 4:01:55 am PST #11567 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, the autism thing was Michael Savage. Dan Savage blamed Proposition 8 on black people, and said a bunch of things that I don't remember right now that lots of people thought were transphobic, and I think he was the one who said that a woman shouldn't feel badly if her husband wouldn't have sex with her while she was pregnant, because pregnant bodies are all weird and gross and no one should be expected to have sex with that.
Hil R. - Feb 16, 2013 4:05:59 am PST #11568 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Top six reasons to hate Dan Savage: [link]
Kat - Feb 16, 2013 4:07:54 am PST #11569 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
There's also the dismissive comments about asexuals and bisexuals. And, just generally, he comes across as sort of anti-woman in the way that many gay man can and do.
Strix - Feb 16, 2013 4:09:51 am PST #11570 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
WHOA!
Wow...I didn't not know that. That's insaneovision.
Calli - Feb 16, 2013 4:19:37 am PST #11571 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Ah, okay. Sorry--a little savage confusion there.
Sheryl - Feb 16, 2013 5:48:45 am PST #11572 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelines all!
Posting from the lobby of the Boskone hotel(the only place where the wi-fi is free). So far the con has been fun, and I've run into Theo and Sox.
Hil R. - Feb 16, 2013 6:32:35 am PST #11573 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
(although, thanks to some random FB sidebar ad, I am craving steamed dumplings big time -- it's the random cravings for things with no readily available substitute that still kill me).
I was just at the health food store, and they had some frozen gluten-free dumplings. And I thought, "I should remember that brand name," and I've totally forgotten it. It was something like Healthful Living, but that wasn't it exactly.