Ooh, people, won't you leave my dog alone?
People, won't you leave my dog alone?
All he ever did was wag his tail
People, why did you have
To throw my dog in jail ?
People, won't you leave my dog alone?
~~Nancy Sinatra
(photo: pitbulls are people too)
A talk host can call the President of the United States a traitor, a terrorist, a commie or just about anything south of one of the FCC Seven Dirties, but... he better not be dissing no dogs!
(photo: "Fitz," on the right, doing what he does)
Stereotyping dog breeds fares no better (maybe even worse) than racial stereotyping does on the radio, as The Wolf morning yackster "Fitz" (KKWF m-f, 5-9a) (real name: Filvin Grobstad) found out after he bashed pit bulls on his show yesterday.
We're the first to point out the racist overtones of his specist slurs and we hear his career's on the line over at the shitkicker station, as reported by Robert over at Seattle Dogspot.
From Fitz's show page:
To Pitbull Owners
by FITZ on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 5:42pm
I've read through all your comments and I appreciate and respect the love you have for your dogs. I feel the same way about my Susie Lou and it's easy to get all riled up when you feel a member of your family is being attacked. My opinion of pit bulls was based on a tragic personal experience I had with one when I was younger followed up by information provided to me by those in the veterinary field. That all being said, I am always open to understanding the other side of things so please, educate me. Show me that pit bulls are good family dogs beyond the youtube videos and family photos. You are very passionate about this so that leads to me to believe there is some merit to pit bull misconceptions.
thanks for reading this, Fitz
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Fitz's job is not on the line; in fact, I'm sure 100.7 management is drooling over all of the attention they're getting.
Posted by: Radio Queen | March 24, 2011 at 12:14 PM
Surely there were better topics to post on.
Posted by: The Anti-Dori | March 24, 2011 at 06:42 PM
I believe in posting when it's a LOCAL radio story--and especially when it isn't about politics. I wish more would do the same. After all, this IS a blog about radio, no?
Posted by: Radio Queen | March 24, 2011 at 07:05 PM
You take every opportunity to bash Obama. Selective, wouldn't you say? Perhaps you can raise some fervor for this topic if you post something more interesting than a quote from someone else.
Posted by: The Anti-Dori | March 24, 2011 at 07:15 PM
A direct quote from the subject on the subject isn 't relevant? And I'm never looking for fervor...only reasonable discussion. Too bad you find that boring.
Posted by: Radio Queen | March 24, 2011 at 07:44 PM
Of course, it's relevant. Just not interesting.
Posted by: The Anti-Dori | March 24, 2011 at 09:20 PM
When i first seen the headline, i thought the topic was about Palin. Lo and behold its actually about Pitbulls. Speaking of Palin, how about that funny Maher got in the other day...
“Did you hear this – Sarah Palin finally heard what happened in Japan and she’s demanding that we invade ‘Tsunami,’” Maher said. “I mean she said, ‘These ‘Tsunamians’ will not get away with this.’ Oh speaking of dumb twats, did you-"
TWAT. Now thats Sexism Anti-Dori.
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