Comments on: Radio Host Endorses Reasons for Murder of Transgender Woman

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:53:04 +0000

A “nitwit” is the correct term for my upstairs neighbour who has outdoor parties in the summer and leaves empty beer cans strewn across the yard until I eventually pick them up myself. I believe the correct term for the man who is being referred to is “murderer.”
Maybe I am “nit-picking” (HAHAHA), but this reminds me of when, say, an entire family is murdered or some woman is raped and killed and the press refers to it very politely as an “incident.”

By: Cara

Cara — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:59:31 +0000

According to Media Matters:

Steve Versnick – Program Director
sversnick@clearchannel.com
(952)417-3265

By: Lemur

Lemur — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:57:03 +0000

Oh for fuck’s sake! What a horrible, hateful, sticky little man with delusions of superiority and grandeur. Ugh. Is there an email address for that radio station so we can write in and complain about that filth on the air?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:35:21 +0000

Amazing – absolutley amazing.

By: Jzexoia

Jzexoia — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:11:34 +0000

“I mean, what guy in his right mind would have his stuff cut off? Now, there’s a lot of women in their right mind that would like to do that to a guy, but what guy in his right mind wants to have his stuff cut off? What woman in her right mind wants to have her breasts removed? I mean, do they notice the millions of dollars women spend every year in this country to get bigger ones?”

Look! Look! All the *other* people who look like you are acting one way! You are acting a different way than other people who look like you? You must be insane! (And of course murdering insane people is TOTALLY OK!)

So disgusting…

Thanks for posting this, even if it’s disgusting and depressing I’d rather know this sort of thing is going on than not know at all.

By: Amelia

Amelia — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:11:34 +0000

Lindsay wrote a similar post on our blog, and we had a reader (granted, a markedly MRA, anti-feminist reader) say that he “might actually be mad about this” but the fact that Lindsay linked to Media Matters basically meant he couldn’t be bothered to care (although she did provide links not to Media Matters).

Excuse me!?

Nothing like making excuses for those who make excuses for the murder of innocent people.

I’m kind of disgusted.

By: Cara

Cara — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:36:17 +0000

P.S. Cara, what are you doing in MN?

I’m not! I got the story from Media Matters.

By: Politicalguineapig

Politicalguineapig — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:29:41 +0000

Grr. should have been “I always wondered..”

By: Politicalguineapig

Politicalguineapig — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:20:32 +0000

Ugh. I feel I should apologize for this guy ’cause we live in the same city. I laways wonder- why is it so hard to refer to people the way they want to be referred to?
P.S. Cara, what are you doing in MN?

By: Sammy

Sammy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:32:05 +0000

I go to Syracuse University and only heard about this by chance on the local news, where they unsurprisingly referred to Lateisha as a “he.”

I’m really glad to see coverage about this crime on the blogs, even if it’s bullshit like this radio show. I don’t see why people are so offended by transgendered people! Just because this guy happened to be born with a gender that matches his biological sex doesn’t make him a better person. Just because you feel comfortable with the “stuff” you’ve got down there. Yuck. Just yucky words.