Spite from the Right

Media Matters - Savage advocated "kill[ing] 100 million" Muslims; called alleged Duke rape victim a "drunken slut stripping whore":

"On April 17, nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage called for 'kill[ing] 100 million' Muslims and referred to the woman who alleged she was raped by members of Duke University's lacrosse team as a 'drunken slut stripping whore.'

On his radio show, Savage told listeners that 'intelligent people, wealthy people ... are very depressed by the weakness that America is showing to these psychotics in the Muslim world. They say, 'Oh, there's a billion of them.' ' Savage continued: 'I said, 'So, kill 100 million of them, then there'd be 900 million of them.' I mean ... would you rather us die than them?' Savage added: 'Would you rather we disappear or we die? Or would you rather they disappear and they die? Because you're going to have to make that choice sooner rather than later.' . ."

I certainly don't like the idea of defending rich preppies (probably right-wingers) but even though we can react with visceral anger at the way this moron phrased it-- bear in mind that nothing has been proved yet-- one way or the other.

Still, inflaming the airways this way is certainly not good for Middle Eastern relations either. . .