It breaks my heart to see something like this. XRAY FM is a community radio station in Portland, OR. Carl Wolfson is their morning DJ. As of February 15, that will no longer be the case.
The vitriol of so many Bernie [Sanders] supporters and the threat they pose to Democratic unity is a bridge too far. Politics itself has gotten so nasty, so extreme and so personal that I have even been drawn into uncivil discourse in the past few days. If progressives that I have spoken for during the past nine years on radio (and during 40 years of activism) have lowered themselves to label Hillary a “fascist” or the “spawn of Satan” and worse, I have too little faith in politics to continue.”
Shortly after that Wolfson reported his car poop smeared with the declaration “Fuck Hillary.”
It is noted that this is not the sole reason for Wolfson’s departure. The stress of producing the show (and his previous political radio show on KPOJ, a Clear Channel station) was the main driver, but he notes that this recent incident was the last straw.
But it appears that Wolfson’s criticisms of Sanders and the response he’s gotten from his audience was the proverbial last straw. His perspective is “crowded out,” he recently told Oregon Public Broadcasting, by his audience. “I will not listen to you any more,” he says they tell him. “You are a traitor.”
Once again, can we not tear each other apart on this site, regardless of who you support?
The war is on, and not just on DK. It’s getting out of hand, folks. This has to stop before real damage is done.