Michael Savage Says Refugees "Can't Assimilate"

Wed25Jun2008

Michael Savage Says Refugees "Can't Assimilate"

13:29 H | Topics: Controversia - Immigration - Media - Radio

Michael Savage, the shock jock whose bigoted rhetoric has ruffled more than a few feathers over the years has got something to say about refugees to the United States. An email from media watchdog group Media Matters fills us in:

Michael Savage asserted on June 23: "We're getting refugees now who have never used a telephone, a toothbrush, or toilet paper. You're telling me they're going to assimilate? They will never assimilate. They come here and they bring their destitute ways to this country, and they never assimilate."

He continued: "And then their children become gang-bangers. It is a disaster."

Savage added that earlier immigrants to the U.S. "had used toilet paper and toothbrushes and they knew how to survive in this country. They took a job or they worked. They didn't come and sit and have 16 children and eat beetle nuts."

European immigrants were "civilized" and modern day immigrants are somehow less deserving of the right to seek a new life in another country. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard that one...

If you've got a strong stomach you can also listen to the entire audio file on the Media Matters website.

Via / MediaMatters

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1. ljp ~ Wednesday, Jun 25 2008 | 15:26H:

Just when you think Michael Weiner/Savage couldn't be worse, he just tops himself...

2. Julia ~ Thursday, Jun 26 2008 | 13:32H:

Toothbrushes & toilet paper didn't even exist when the first european refugees arrived here & illegally stole this land from its rightful owners. Not that facts would trouble a Savage blockhead.......

3. Jennifer Woodard Maderazo ~ Thursday, Jun 26 2008 | 18:37H:

Exactly. And the worn out rhetoric of "immigrants don't work" just doesn't fly in a country that is run on the backs of immigrants, both documented and undocumented.

4. rgdsbr ~ Friday, Jun 27 2008 | 21:34H:

I have worked with refugees from Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and Vietnam. They are some of the brightest, most intelligent people I have ever come in contact with. Regardless of all of the difficulties they have dealt with, most find hapiness in learning English, learning about American culture, and getting a job(working in restaurants, as mechanics, landscapers, etc..because they are OPPORTUNITIES that they truly see as benefits). What the FUCK is he talking about?

My patience is really wearing thin with the American extreme Right these days- I don't know if they truly believe what they say or if they just like making ignorant comments for shock value. This country is truly moving backwards.

Also, Italian, Jewish, and Irish immigrant children never became gangbangers? Interesting...When does he think this gangbanger culture flourished?

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