re: WOW .... 790 The Zone in Atlanta making fun of Gleason

All I said was he is open game being a public figure and that their are assholes out there who will try to take advantage of that and poke fun. I think their market should dictate the firing and not people who never have listened to show. If they decide it was over the line then I'm fine with it. I'm not a fan of people who never liste to show emailing leading a firing brigade.

I have not said the joke was funny once or that they shouldn't be fired. I said their own market should dictate it

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I'm sure the guy is a major handjob, but you have to give them leeway. You want them to push te envelope because morning drive ratings competition is stiff in a market like Atlanta. As a radio fan I can appreciate this guy jumped off the cliff, and I think quality is better when entertainers take risk.

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True. The regular guys do a bit where they make fun of homeless people and Chuck & Chernoff do a Steven Hawking robot voice (I doubt they will now that this has happened). Not saying those are comparable or that Mayhem in the Am didn't go overboard tho.

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All I said was he is open game being a public figure

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There is a difference between raising awareness for a terrible disease making you a public figure and being on Keeping Up With the Kardashians

But it is part of it. Their are assholes out there. And because u r sick isn't a shield from it. People are who sick get made fun of all the time but people who find it funny for whatever reason. It's shock humor. And because I disagree with it doesn't mean that's it not part of it.

I can agree with both sides being argued here, and I hate that.

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Additionally, all the moral outrage in this thread is preposterous. No one here is even the slightest bit upset unless they really have nothing else going on, and I guarantee you many of the outraged posters here probably complain daily about the "PC police"

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Or others aren't giant pieces of shite. My bad for being pissed that guys made fun of a young father who can't hold his child and his life expectancy. Way to be the super cool contrarian.

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But it is part of it. Their are assholes out there. And because u r sick isn't a shield from it. People are who sick get made fun of all the time but people who find it funny for whatever reason. It's shock humor. And because I disagree with it doesn't mean that's it not part of it.

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your argument is similar to girls who wear booty shorts deserve to get raped.

It's the same concept

after reading a few pages of this, I was certain Scott Shanle would drop a line somewhere...

way to keep things in perspective Shanle

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I'm sure the guy is a major handjob, but you have to give them leeway. You want them to push te envelope because morning drive ratings competition is stiff in a market like Atlanta. As a radio fan I can appreciate this guy jumped off the cliff, and I think quality is better when entertainers take risk.

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While I see and appreciate your love of provocative radio, competition isn't an excuse for going over the line with classless, distasteful and garbage "humor". Their competition is competing the same without this stuff.