Why I no longer listen to Relevant Radio

[Loud-living-dogma]

Yes, I am familiar with Patrick Madrid as well.

I just wondered how you could know that the broadcaster in question here was “race baiting” on the program?
In your words:

That, or the guest host has the mistaken notion that relevant radio encourages race baiting for ratings instead of a more calm approach and the guest host thinks that they own the radio station and should have sole (name removed by moderator)ut of content and have to answer to no one.

So, how do you know the author was race baiting?

 

[IdaCatholic]

All I know is what the author wrote. It it doesnt come off well. What do you think of the situation?

 

[Loud-living-dogma]

1. I think it is strange that the Patrick Madrid show won’t list the show along with other shows on its website.
2. I think it’s strange that the guest host was told to go on to a safer topic during the broadcast.
3. I hear a lot about immigration, and the reform of the immigration system by Catholics, the USCCB, but I personally don’t hear a lot about racism (systemic or not) against African-Americans from the Catholic radio.
4. Someone (the guest host) raised the topic on Catholic radio, got a heated response, and was immediately shut down.

All these things taken together do raise a question in my mind.
How do you interpret what the author said on the show as race baiting, if you didn’t hear it?

 

[IdaCatholic]

#3 is a good point.

The rest of it I don’t really think was applicable.

1. Isn’t strange at all! The host was not there, the guest host went off in a direction that the host and the station didn’t like. Why would Madrid put his name to it!?
2. It isn’t strange at all. If you listen to or work in radio, a producer’s job is to do this all the time. Limbaugh has people whispering to him too. He just happens to be king. This man is no king.
   4 Yep, and then the guest host trashed the entire station and program because of it.

 

[IdaCatholic]

I was surprised to see that Don Johnson is a CA speaker.
Iv’e looked into him. a little today. He seems all over the map on a variety of issues, but here is a sample from a recent blog.

1. Racism currently isn’t a very serious or widespread problem in America; it was largely dealt with in the 1960s and now is only brought up by those who want to profit from a perceived victim status.

2. Racism, if it happens at all, is an individual thing practiced by only a few extremists who live somewhere other than on my block. It is not systematic or institutional, and does not affect the African American community at large.

3. In the past, racism was only practiced by godless Democrats, never by serious Christians.

4. Any attempt to call out racism is part of a leftist political agenda.

5. If we just stopped talking so much about racism, everything would be better.

6. Yes, communities are largely segregated, but people of different ethnic groups live segregated lives because they want to. It is not forced on them by corrupt and racist government or businesses, and therefore this kind of segregation is totally fine.

7. Freedom is what America is all about.

8 . Everyone has an equal shot at the American Dream if they just apply themselves and work hard.

9 . Support for Donald Trump and rejection of Colin Kaepernick’s protest have nothing to do with racism. The fact that Trump’s racist rhetoric and policies did not disqualify him for office says nothing about the values of the people who voted for him and continue to support him.

10 . Racism is very low on God’s priority list. He is much more concerned about “spiritual” things, like “evangelism.” Except for abortion. And homosexuality. And churches keeping their tax exempt status. OK, God is concerned about some non-spiritual things, but not racism.

This list seems to be a good example of poor engaging of a heated topic. He seems to make a lot of assumptions and statements. for instance. No one ever thinks #10. Number 9 outs him as someone who thinks Trump has racist rhetoric (regardless of if that could be argued)

I think the author is out of his league in the arena of discussion of these issues. And not because he is white. He has experience with the issue that is knowlegable and valuable. But his communication and his idea of “conversation” is not something I would think Madrid or Relevant would like to have on their brand, and I think when that was communicated to him, he let his pride override his common sense.

It happens. Especially with Catholic speakers.

I actually judge him more for giving Jennifer Fulweiler ink in his blog more than the race issue.