Posted on 08/14/2014 5:03:23 PM PDT by scott55
In the wake of actor Robin Williams’ death, Michael Savage’s assertion that suicide is an “aggressive act” that shows no consideration for loved ones left behind has prompted criticism, but a caller to his show Wednesday said the radio host’s frank talk about the subject helped him decide not to take his own life.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/08/michael-savage-helps-radio-caller-reject-suicide/#mR91SZLP7r8K6QIe.99
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Joe said that when he learned of Williams’ suicide, he asked himself, “If a guy like that could, why not me?”
But on his show Tuesday, Savage, who disclosed he and Williams lived in the same San Francisco-area neighborhood, urged any listeners who might be considering suicide to think about how it would affect their loved ones.
Joe was tuned in.
“Your show yesterday – I’m not going to say prevented me – but it did make me think about my kids and my wife,” the caller said.
Savage said he met Williams many times when the two were walking their dogs.
“Our dogs knew each other quite well,” he said on his show Tuesday. “We never talked politics, because we were at opposite ends of the spectrum.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/08/michael-savage-helps-radio-caller-reject-suicide/#mR91SZLP7r8K6QIe.99
LOL :-)
50 other callers called in to say his show was driving them toward it.
Midway through the show he gave the suicide hotline and said no more calls on the topic.
Some of the calls were pretty emotional, but I think he made the right choice to have his screener direct the calls over to the hotline
lol great post
>>Midway through the show he gave the suicide hotline and said no more calls on the topic.<<
That was today.
This call was made on yesterday’s show.
VERY funny.
Maybe it’s 25 years of Prosecuting. Maybe it’s just being old. Maybe it’s having nothing but contempt for pundits. But ... sure sounds like a setup caller to me. I do not believe it.
Remaining 49 got through to ask if they were already in hell.
ROTFLMAO!!!
Thanks for posting, Scott55.
Savage ping!
Making the left hate him even more.
I’m skeptical, also, RIghtward. It’s not like the other talk radio pundits haven’t had set up calls to increase ratings...
i don’t think all suicides are equal. or for the same reasons.
i think if you’re facing impossible odds in a fight, and you know you’re not making it out alive and really would rather not die, but you don’t want to permit the enemy to torture and kill you, i think that is a different animal.
i think for some people overwhelmed by something in the moment, or for those that have a genuine brain chemical imbalance that twists reality where they can’t see any other way out, i know whatever, God will be perfectly fair in judgment.
I have said that exact same thing about suicide for years. Glad Michael helped someone out of a jam.
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