Ex-Congressman Joe Walsh Kicked Off His Own Radio Show For Racist Slurs
Former Chicago Congressman Joe Walsh took to Twitter Thursday evening to question why he was taken off his own show for using racial slurs.
Walsh, who has hosted “The Joe Walsh Show” on a conservative Chicago radio station since early 2013, took to Twitter to complain about being cut off by the station’s management. Walsh, by his own account, used several epithets during a discussion on the Redskins’ controversial name, including the n-word.
The station keeps cutting me off. I don’t know why
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 19, 2014
If Redskins is just like the “n-word” why can I say Redskins on-air without being dumped out into a commercial?
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 19, 2014
Found out if I said Redskins or Cracker or Redneck Bible Thumper, I could stay on. But if I said Nigger or Spick, they cut me off.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 20, 2014
The Wise Wizard June 19th, 2014 at 11:08 pm
It’s good to know where the line is.
Most of us figure it out by the fifth grade, but no one accused Joe of being a quick learner.
Obewon June 20th, 2014 at 12:13 am
If I were the real Joe Walsh I’d sue for defamation of character and require a disclaimer that the impostor is not an esteemed professor of musicology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbmtW31oAj8
talibandan2010 June 19th, 2014 at 11:15 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F67JhKT5bxU
fahvel June 20th, 2014 at 3:00 am
ugly expressions all!!!!!!!! but in the pure sense, he’s right or is it against the law to blindly hate and express the hate – conundrum for the too politically correct.
OldLefty June 20th, 2014 at 6:35 am
It’s not the law, it’s the market.
Nancy Green June 20th, 2014 at 6:55 am
Nothing in life is in the ‘pure sense’, everything is in context. All language is contextual. Taking one word that is becoming more widely recognized as offensive and comparing it to another that brings up historic violence and present violence only makes sense if you leave out the rest of reality.
Bunya June 20th, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Joe Walsh is a huge dildo, not to mention a complete idiot. Is it any wonder Tammy Duckworth trounced him in the last election.
Rixar13 June 20th, 2014 at 9:27 pm
Pay your Child-Support Joe Walsh.
mcalleyboy June 21st, 2014 at 3:02 am
So much for open talking, some of these guys deserve the name.
SkeeterVT June 23rd, 2014 at 9:14 am
Simply put, Joe, the station doesn’t want to lose its FCC license — which your use of racist slurs jeopardizes.