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MTV's 'Savage' Schoolyard
Townhall.com ^ | April 6, 2012 | Brent Bozell

Posted on 04/06/2012 1:40:30 AM PDT by Kaslin

MTV is now trying to lure young viewers with a saucy sex show in the "advice" category. They didn't reach for Dr. Drew or God forbid Dr. Ruth or an actual doctor of anything. They turned to filthy sex columnist and gay activist Dan Savage.

The new show is called "Savage U," and it documents Savage touring college campuses to offer snarky/smutty advice to college students. This is MTV's libertine ideology pitched right at children, and Savage is blunt about how he'll be going around the parents.

Savage explained to the Los Angeles Times that, "The idea is we're going to talk to these kids whether the parents want us to or not...It is an aggressive act. It's not just feel-good, wishy-washy nonsense." In other words, there's no room for virtue here. When a college boy says he wants to know a woman's personality before engaging in sex, co-host Lauren Hutchinson says, "Well, your mom's not watching this TV show, so what do you really think?"

MTV wants us to know that Savage's homosexuality makes him more qualified as a sex therapist. Exaggeration? In an online promo, Savage boasts "straight people correctly intuit that gay people know more about sex than they do."

The show begins with the disclaimer "Dan and Lauren are not licensed therapists. Dan isn't even a licensed driver." Still, they call it "a crash course in the real sex ed." But this isn't sex education. It's just provocative, raunchy sex chatter, complete with lots of shots of shocked faces and laughter. It's much more entertainment than education.

Savage's first stop on the show is the University of Maryland. A small crowd there has gathered to giggle at his advice. He starts by reading cards from the audience. "Do guys really expect girls to remove all their pubic hair? And does that mean I have to do it?" Har-har.

Savage answers: "You should style your vulva however it is you want to style your vulva." Brilliant.

But just in case, the next ad break included a commercial for the Norelco Bodygroom Pro. There was also an ad for Axe dandruff shampoo that ends with a young man surrounded by three girls wearing just towels. MTV's selling sex at almost every moment.

Here's another example of the Savage style at work. On a card, a woman complains: "My boyfriend is into something really weird. How can he get over it?" Pedophilia? Bestiality? Necrophilia? Who knows? And Savage doesn't care even to ask. "He can't. He won't. He never will. And you should be willing to, as I always like to say in the column, be good, giving, and game. There are no normal guys. And if you dump the honest foot fetishist, you will marry the dishonest necrophiliac."

What if the boyfriend likes whipping her? Or hanging her outside a window? Specifics would only ruin the droll dismissal of any idea of a normal, functional sexuality.

We are a long distance away from a "health" lecture, but that's exactly the category our media culture awards to the "sex advice columnist." Savage publicists tout he has the No. 1 "health podcast" on iTunes. Savage is not discussing "health." He's selling hedonism.

At one point in the MTV show, Savage lectures a couple having "unprotected" sex that "Pregnancy is the ultimate sexually transmitted infection." A child is a disease? How sick is that? He tells the female: "You can get birth control that'll knock your eggs out for a year. You should. You must! Oh, my God!"

At one college bar, Savage asks about the "sex culture" on campus at Maryland. "It's a very active culture," says one girl. "It's like a good yogurt," Savage replies. One group of friends -- two men and a woman -- even has a competitive points system for how many sexual conquests they can pile up. This is played for laughs.

But MTV wants to pretend this is educational, so they also promote the idea that this is somehow a sacrificial public service for them. Savage argued, "A lot of young people don't have good sex education. This kind of program, where we are having fun and there are jokes and people are talking about sex and tend to be a little embarrassed, they laugh and it actually helps. It helps people learn to enjoy themselves and laugh along."

In addition to Norelco and Axe, this smut was also brought to you by Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Clearasil, Sobe Life Water, AT&T, Gazelle.com, Western Sky Financial, the makers of Xenadrine and Allegra and naturally, the newest smut-com sequel in the "American Pie" series. They should all be so proud to be associated with this "educational" project. I wonder if the CEOs talk about this proudly at night in front of their infections -- I mean, children.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: antibreeder; boycottviacom; corruptingminors; culturewar; dansavage; hedonism; heterophobia; homosexualagenda; ifitfeelsgooddohim; indoctrination; lavendermafia; mtv; mtvgetofftheair; pinkmedia; savageu; seebsnews; sexadvice; sexculture; sexeducation; sicko; sluttv; teensex; viacommies
Why would anyone watch MTV?
1 posted on 04/06/2012 1:40:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
No good reason, but lots of under-20's do.

Maybe MTV, which has been around since the 80's, has finally jumped the shark with this shtick .....

2 posted on 04/06/2012 2:12:27 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: Kaslin
Like most homos, Dan Savage is also a bitchy vengeful type - really nasty to those who disagree with his ummm... "lifestyle". I feel sorry for his proctologist.

I'm old enough to remember when I used to look forward to the Headbanger's Ball. Now it seems MTV's programming is Balling the Headbanger.

3 posted on 04/06/2012 2:27:28 AM PDT by Hacksaw (If I had a son, he'd look like George Zimmerman.)
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To: Kaslin
Savage boasts "straight people correctly intuit that gay people know more about sex than they do."


Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and
their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men
from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them
."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

 

Psalms 12:8      The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Ain't this just FABULOUS??      More?

Isaiah 3:9   The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:13b  Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.


 

 

Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.



2 Peter 2

 1.  But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
 2.  Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
 3.  In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
 4.  For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,  putting them into gloomy dungeons  to be held for judgment;
 5.  if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
 6.  if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
 7.  and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
 8.  (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
 9.  if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
 10.  This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature  and despise authority.   Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
 11.  yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
 12.  But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
 13.  They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done.
Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.



But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

 9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
     Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

 


If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...

4 posted on 04/06/2012 3:15:51 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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To: lentulusgracchus

If you notice....there’s almost no music now for half of the twenty-four hour period that M-TV is on the air. So it’s not really selling music anymore...just some whacked up culture. You could probably do a reality TV series....pretending to be M-TV, and get more of a audience than M-TV actually pulls itself.


5 posted on 04/06/2012 4:13:35 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Kaslin

I wonder if Mr. Savage is going to try to get them sick with the flu as he tried with Gary Bauer and his group when Mr. Bauer was running for president?


6 posted on 04/06/2012 4:38:55 AM PDT by Stepan12
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To: lentulusgracchus

FINALLY?

FINALLY jumped the shark?

What planet are you from again?

Satire aside, “conservatives” pour millions and millions of dollars into Viacom and MTV’s sponsors, mainly so they can watch MSM Obamamedia™ thugball “sports” and other MSM Obamamedia™ TV on the channel bundles..

It’s fully within their rights, and they have made their choice.


7 posted on 04/06/2012 5:07:13 AM PDT by wolficatZ ("We are no longer accepting comments on this article")
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To: Hacksaw
It was that pathetic little faggot Savage who (back in 2000), was covering the Iowa caucuses for Salon.Com (who else?) and came down with the flu. His panties got into such a twist after then-candidate Gary Bauer stated that he opposed same-sex marriages, that Savage volunteered FOR the Bauer campaign with the intention of infecting Bauer with the flu. Savage stated that he licked doorknobs (No doubt Savage is well acquainted with 'licking knobs') and other objects in the campaign office, handed Bauer a saliva-coated pen, and God knows what else.

Savage ALSO registered and participated in the caucus, which was illegal, as he was NOT a resident of Iowa. He ended up being charged and then pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of fraudulent voting in a caucus, and was sentenced to a year's probation, 50 hours of community service, and a $750 fine.

"Like most homos, Dan Savage is also a bitchy vengeful type"

You can say that again FRiend. Oh wait, I'll do it for you:

"Like most homos, Dan Savage is also a bitchy vengeful type"

And when his T-cell count inevitably begins to plummet, he'll blame everyone except his own proclivity to stuff unnatural objects up his rectum, but then again he's ALL rectum so it doesn't much matter.
8 posted on 04/06/2012 5:40:53 AM PDT by mkjessup (0bama squats to pee.)
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To: Kaslin
I blocked it when my kids were teenagers. Boy, were they mad! The cable station wouldn't remove it, so I blocked it. I suggest everyone block that channel if they have cable.

My daughter, who is now 23 told me recently she now understands why I did it.

9 posted on 04/06/2012 5:44:32 AM PDT by FrdmLvr (culture, language, borders)
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To: mkjessup

He is a hostile man. He parades his comments as advice, but there is the hostility in the background of all comments. He’s the doorknob guy, huh?


10 posted on 04/06/2012 6:19:49 AM PDT by healy61
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To: Kaslin; wagglebee
MTV wants us to know that Savage's homosexuality makes him more qualified as a sex therapist. Exaggeration? In an online promo, Savage boasts "straight people correctly intuit that gay people know more about sex than they do."

They base their entire lives on a sex act but do not comprehend basic biology. They are NOT more knowledgeable, they are more narcissistic.

11 posted on 04/06/2012 9:15:17 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: Kaslin

MTV is Viacom, the same corporation that brings you CBS, Comedy Central (and the Daily Show), and put Linda Ellerbee on Nickelodeon to talk about Bill Clinton receiving blowjobs from an unpaid intern.


12 posted on 04/06/2012 9:19:13 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: Kaslin; Morgana

Nobody should be letting their minor children watch TV these days it seems.


13 posted on 04/06/2012 10:43:39 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: wolficatZ
I think MTV's model may be weakening, and they're resorting to programming ploys now -- the original "jump the shark" episode of Happy Days was the iconic example. A similar thing happened with The Waltons or whatever that show was called, in its last season or two.

I'm thinking that deliberate provocation is a sign of either the upstart new arrival (Dave Chappelle), or the established show's/network's executives showing awareness of fading ratings and impending cancellation.

14 posted on 04/06/2012 12:34:12 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: pepsionice
I don't watch MTV, won't have cable .... but yes, the addition of Savage (thanks, mkjessup and Stepan12, now I remember who he is!) does suggest that MTV's basic concept is now at sea and taking on water.
15 posted on 04/06/2012 12:49:44 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: Kaslin
Here's another example of the Savage style at work. On a card, a woman complains: "My boyfriend is into something really weird. How can he get over it?" Pedophilia? Bestiality? Necrophilia? Who knows? And Savage doesn't care even to ask. "He can't. He won't. He never will. And you should be willing to, as I always like to say in the column, be good, giving, and game. There are no normal guys. And if you dump the honest foot fetishist, you will marry the dishonest necrophiliac."

What if the boyfriend likes whipping her? Or hanging her outside a window? Specifics would only ruin the droll dismissal of any idea of a normal, functional sexuality.

To the Sex Positive Agenda crowd, it doesn't matter. There are to be NO moral judgments over sexual pairings of any kind. The age, sex, marital status, family relation, number, or species of partner(s) is unimportant. Hedonism now is the mantra. It was voiced by Reich, Kinsey, and Socialist feminists.

Consenting adults in private is just a mcguffin. It's being indoctrinated into school kids in kindergarten in California. Homosexual sex with minors is also now legal because "Romeo & Juliet" protections and age of consent laws were adjusted to treat homosexuality and heterosexuality "equal". It wasn't about persons over the age of 18. Never was.

Just as condoms in schools isn't about preventing pregnancy and disease, it's about ending the argument of IF teens should be engaging in pre-marital sex and shifting it to WHEN.

16 posted on 04/06/2012 4:29:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Isn’t Savage the guy who used to start his answers to reader questions with “Hey Faggot....”, until people started to complain?


17 posted on 04/06/2012 4:34:44 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: GSWarrior

I don’t recall anything about this man. I’m unfamiliar with his program.

But if he considers pregnancy to be the ultimate STD, then he is anti-breeder and heterophobic.


18 posted on 04/06/2012 4:45:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: a fool in paradise

His column was/still is carried in one alternative weekly Village Voice-like rags in San Francisco. His stuff would make a Penthouse forum reader blush.


19 posted on 04/06/2012 4:49:19 PM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: FrdmLvr

When my daughter was a teenager, which was during the time MTV came out, and she watched MTV all the time. Having been used to the musical shows of the 60s and seventies I did not see how she could watch something like MTV. It never made sense to me


20 posted on 04/06/2012 4:50:10 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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