Monday, June 11, 2012

Teen Who Claimed Obama Made Kids Gay Loses Radio Show

Get ready to see nasty little piece of work, Caiden Cowger, turned into the latest "Christian martyr" by the far right hate industry.  As you will recall Cowger - who not surprisingly  hails from West Virginia - said among other things that "homosexuality is a "belief," and that he is disgusted by it," that "The person is not born that way, no matter what Lady Gaga says," and that "he used to be friends with several peers who came out as gay, and that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are responsible for making his peers gay."  The backlash has been loud and furious and the organization that broadcasted Cowger's batshitery has taken Cowger off the air for engaging in hate speech.  Would that more media organizations would cease giving platforms to hate merchants.  Here are some highlights:

There's no more show for the teenager who generated an outsized firestorm online by claiming President Obama had turned his friends gay.

The recording service Spreaker has shut down Caiden Cowger's online radio show after deeming it hate speech, but it will let him continue as a user of the site.

"We’re really sorry, but the show The Caiden Cowger Program is not available," a message says instead. "Spreaker has deleted this show due to offensive contents."

“While we not only support free speech, we help it find its way to more people faster and easier with our service that is the audio equivalent of YouTube, but like them, we cannot and will not condone hate speech," said Spreaker CEO Francesco Baschieri in a statement. "Consequently, we have pulled down audio content from Caiden Cowgar, whose recent gay-bashing clearly crosses the line from free — to hate — speech.”

Cowger has been defended by CNN contributor Dana Loesch, who has a radio show called The Dana Show. Loesch at first said on Twitter that Cowger was just being "a conservative teen" and deserved praise for "civic participation." But then Loesch clarified that she not only hadn't listen to what Cowger said but also didn't necessarily agree with him. Instead, she claims it's Cowger who is the victim of bullying.

No comments: