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Originally Posted by Bionca
KRXQ 98.5 FM Sacramento's Rob, Arnie, & Dawn in the Morning radio talk show makes for a sickening half-hour of ugliness and cruelty.
The male hosts on a Sacramento morning show on May 28 made the following remarks while discussing trans kids:
Williams and States took turns referring to gender dysphoric children as "idiots" and "freaks," who were just out "for attention" and had "a mental disorder that just needs to somehow be gotten out of them," either by verbal abuse on the part of the parents, or even shock therapy.
"Allowing transgenders to exist, pretty soon it becomes normal to fall in love with the animals," they said.
For his part, States bragged that if his own son were to ever dare put on a pair of high heels, States would beat his son with one of his own shoes. He urged parents whose own little boys expressed a desire to wear a dress to verbally abuse and degrade them as a viable response. "Because you know what? Boys don't wear high heel shoes. And in my house, they definitely don't wear high heels.
"I'm going to go, 'You know what? You're a little idiot! You little dumbass!'" States sneered, adding later, "I look forward to when [the transgender children] go out into society and society beats them down. And they wind up in therapy."
Or dead.
In light of the well-publicized suicides this year of the two boys who took their own lives because of bullying and harassment for "acting gay" (which, in the argot of modern North American teenagers, often refers to acting in a way considered unmasculine by their peers) the stunning lack of moral sensibility on the part of States and Williams is breathtaking. But it also points to the increasingly degraded landscape of talk radio.
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My first reaction is, ouch those comments hurt. "...fall in love with animals" Gee thanks, I guess that anyone who doesn't fit into their premade templates of society isn't worthy to be called a person. These
are giving an open endorsement for people to beat (possibly to death) any kids who aren't "normal". Of coarse, following in the footsteps of other bigots of history, its far easier to carry out such actions if you dehumanize your targets. I bet these
worship Hitler and they probably belong to the KKK as well.
On the plus side that radio station has lost a lot of money over those hurtful comments.