Right-wing talk show host suspended for anti-Mexican comments

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Jay Severin, the fiery right wing talk show host on Boston's WTKK-FM radio station, was suspended yesterday after calling Mexican immigrants "criminaliens," "primitives," "leeches," and exporters of "women with mustaches and VD," among other incendiary comments.

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In one of his broadcasts this week, Severin said: "So now, in addition to venereal disease and the other leading exports of Mexico - women with mustaches and VD - now we have swine flu."

Later, he described Mexicans as "the world's lowest of primitives."

"When we are the magnet for primitives around the world - and it's not the primitives' fault by the way, I'm not blaming them for being primitives - I'm merely observing they're primitive," he said.

He added that Mexicans are destroying schools and hospitals in the United States. He also criticized their hygiene.

"It's millions of leeches from a primitive country come here to leech off you and, with it, they are ruining the schools, the hospitals, and a lot of life in America," he said.

He added: "We should be, if anything, surprised that Mexico has not visited upon us poxes of more various and serious types already, considering the number of criminaliens already here."

In a previous broadcast this week, Severin argued that the Obama administration wasn't taking sufficient action to seal the border.

"The usual 5,000 criminaliens that come across the Arizona border will probably be 8,000 tonight, and maybe tomorrow it will be 12,000, because even Mexicans are going to be trying to get out of Mexico at a greater rate."

Afterward, while talking to a nurse who called his show to complain about healthcare provided to immigrants, he commiserated with her when she said she was glad she didn't work in an emergency room.

"Yeah, well, that's become essentially condos for Mexicans," he said.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachus...can_immigrants/

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This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

Edited May 1, 2009 by Private Pike

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Whoa.

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This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

If he chooses to call Mexicans leeches and primitives standing on top of a bench in a public park, I'd say he should be allowed to. In fact, in the case of Mr. Severin.. I'd encourage it. I even have a park in mind, where his message would meet precisely the kind of reaction I'd like to see

Edited May 1, 2009 by Randomizer

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This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

If he chooses to call Mexicans leeches and primitives standing on top of a bench in a public park, I'd say he should be allowed to. In fact, in the case of Mr. Severin.. I'd encourage it. I even have a park in mind, where his message would meet precisely the kind of reaction I'd like to see

There's nothing stopping the guy going to the park, setting up a soap box and having a rant.

The people who pay his wages aren't obliged to give him a public platform if his views run counter to theirs.

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This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

If he chooses to call Mexicans leeches and primitives standing on top of a bench in a public park, I'd say he should be allowed to. In fact, in the case of Mr. Severin.. I'd encourage it. I even have a park in mind, where his message would meet precisely the kind of reaction I'd like to see

Disneyland?

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This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

If he chooses to call Mexicans leeches and primitives standing on top of a bench in a public park, I'd say he should be allowed to. In fact, in the case of Mr. Severin.. I'd encourage it. I even have a park in mind, where his message would meet precisely the kind of reaction I'd like to see

Disneyland?

No. Some place closer to home. Let's just say he'd be greeted with open "arms".

Edited May 1, 2009 by Randomizer

[The_Dude 1,142]

This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

If he chooses to call Mexicans leeches and primitives standing on top of a bench in a public park, I'd say he should be allowed to. In fact, in the case of Mr. Severin.. I'd encourage it. I even have a park in mind, where his message would meet precisely the kind of reaction I'd like to see

Disneyland?

No. Some place closer to home. Let's just say he'd be greeted with open "arms".

That would have to be MacArthur Park in Los angeles

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

If he chooses to call Mexicans leeches and primitives standing on top of a bench in a public park, I'd say he should be allowed to. In fact, in the case of Mr. Severin.. I'd encourage it. I even have a park in mind, where his message would meet precisely the kind of reaction I'd like to see

Disneyland?

No. Some place closer to home. Let's just say he'd be greeted with open "arms".

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You guys get it.

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This calls for the "free speech" card

Actually it doesn't. The show's owners can aren't bound to accept or endorse her views as theirs. Rather like what happened with Don Imus. No expecation of free speech when you work for a private company.

If he chooses to call Mexicans leeches and primitives standing on top of a bench in a public park, I'd say he should be allowed to. In fact, in the case of Mr. Severin.. I'd encourage it. I even have a park in mind, where his message would meet precisely the kind of reaction I'd like to see

Disneyland?

No. Some place closer to home. Let's just say he'd be greeted with open "arms".

That would have to be MacArthur Park in Los angeles

Last-I-checked, Disneyland is in Anaheim which is "stone-throw" (compared to Boston) from L.A.

Is it Central Park?

Edited May 1, 2009 by CherryXS

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Is it Central Park?

Does it matter?

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Is it bigger than a bread box?

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Is it bigger than a bread box?

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Is it bigger than a bread box?

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Childhood guessing games...never went without someone asking that question.