"Bubba the Love Sponge" sure loves his "fags"

I tried to vote on the site, but couldn't get it to work.  Was it because I was using IE instead of Firefox?

The poll was not even open for a full day.

Go to http://www.btls.com/joomla/index.php

Scroll down a bit. On your right-hand side of the screen there is a box that says "TSS Radio presents..."

There doesn't seem to be a direct URL to the voting box.

...or would need to know, but the sponge isn't an IUD. It's an IVD, so to speak. Just in case anyone has a sister or a friend who's interested, since it's been back on the market for awhile, info on it can be found here:

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/birth-control/birth-control-sponge-today-sponge-4224.htm

As for "Bubba, the love sponge" *shudder* yech.

As for the use of "fag," seems to me its level of offensiveness varies directly with how it's used and by whom. I'm sure in the context of that radio show, it was pretty damned offensive.

Not in the sense that these people mean harm to any particular community, because I don't think they do, but in the way they seem to feel hatred in general towards anybody who disagrees with them. The rush to name calling and anger makes it clear that there was a lot of pent up anger in them. It's obvious they were angry at somebody they had spoken to at some other time, and they were replaying those tapes in their head, instead of listening to what James was actually saying. The djs were not only offensive and homophobic, but they were irrational and emotional. I would be scared to engage them in casual conversation if I saw them in a social setting.

Seriously, what do we expect from a man who once slaughtered a live pig on air... and the people who actually WANT to listen to him? This troglodyte appeals to the very definition of lowest common denominator in the world.

I think that it's obvious that they were angry at somebody at some other time, and they were replaying those tapes in their head, instead of listening to what James was saying.

 

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If it's not offensive, they wouldn't use it. The appeal of the word for some people is that they can use it to intimidate without any consequence. It's a cheap powertrip for the insecure bully types.

The Shock Jock screams and calls him a queen, pussy, woman, ma'am? Calls him the "word police" and "thought police". The callers attack on his education level was unfortunate, it feeds into the class war that these types try to wage with their supposed "blue collar" and "red neck" listeners.

Using the word Fag is patently offensive, especially if it's, as Bountiful suggests: "Not in the sense that these people mean harm to any particular community, because I don't think they do." I just have to say, dear Bountiful, you are completely off base. These people are selfish pigs and are undeserving our concede.

At the very least they don't give a damn about anyone in any community. The idea that one of their listeners would be embolden enough by their fag jokes to bully a kid at school to the point where he commits suicide -wouldn't faze them in the least. The idea that one of the nut jobs who is a fan of this site is encouraged by the fag jokes to take a bat to some luckless persons head tonight -that is the least concern of people like The Love Sponge.

I am sure that they would welcome any free publicity that a controversy would bring, and as a low level radio show, controversy is something to aspire to. All that these people care about is ratings and advertisers. Let me take those issues separately.

To boost ratings they scream like lunatics at some "fag" who calls in to "rant" about "her" gay agenda. I'm sure they were thinking that they couldn't have scripted a better call in. And who is listening to this show anyway? Who are their ratings? Obviously for one, a gay basher. Someone who is driving home with his last pay check after being laid off from his job who is planning on going out that evening and getting drunk and hoping to get into a fight, but to him, getting into a fight means cruising around town until he finds a slight, feminine man walking alone that he can jump and beat to a bloody pulp to release all of his pent up anger. Bigots feed on anger and rage like one of those strange metaphysical aliens on Star Trek who feed on fear. And The Love Sponge is only too happy to take a pay check for feuling their blood thirst.

Advertisers look for numbers. The numbers are reflected in clicks to a web site. The shows producers and sponsors could care less if these are gay clicks or homophobic clicks. The site will get 1,000's of more visits through this poll and that equals more ad revenue. I don't trust polls that are contained in a site like this, they can and will certainly be skewed and stuffed in some way to make the hosts look good. It's a joke to vote on them. Please, please, please take down all links to this site! And do not give these ass holes the acknowledgment of a vote, for or against. This is not a Gallop Poll people!

There is only one thing that the producers, station manager and host will listen to, that is 'CA-CHING." And in todays economy money is everything because advertising is the first thing businesses cut back on and they are all looking for an excuse to cut back.

You need to find out who the station's local sponsors are and where the show is syndicated to and people need to call the sponsors and scream bloody hell at them and threaten a boycott. Derogatory use of the word "fag" should be off limits. And every sponsor should be aware of that by now. Sponcers should be asked why they think the use of the word fag is funny (as a matter of fact that would be my first quesion after asking "are you the CEO?") and they should be told that it promotes gay bashing and asked why their company funds a show that promotes gay bashing.