The thing with Howard is that he has two vastly different personas. There is the one that is one the air, all extroverted and outspoken. Then there is the other guy, the Howard at Home, who prefers to be alone and not go out on the town. According to Howard, the real Howard is the second persona. See his books "Private Parts" and "Miss America" to see what I mean.
I am 100% certain that Fred Norris, one of Howard's sidekicks, has AS. Fred rarely talks, but when he does, he shows a breathtaking knowledge of trivia. Robin, Artie and Gary are all apparently NT.
Stern = NOT ASPIE
/diagnosed Aspie
S0 Batman55, just how exactly do you 'know your Howard'?
In a way that would likely make you jealous 
Aspie? No.
Just a narcissistic ****.
7oclock is right.
Glenn Beck is a flaming racist, homophobe, sexist and all-purpose bigot. And a liar.
He does not "break the rules" at all. He follows precisely the Right Wing agenda. He's a pale imitation of the even more reprehensible and sociopathic Ann Coulter.
At least no one takes Stern seriously.
I saw a snippet of an interview with Howard Stern by Stone Phillips. It included a part where his wife admitted that he has hurt her by some of the private things he's said, especially when he talked about her miscarriage. When questioned about this he admitted to having absolutely no remorse for anything he's ever said, including that, and said with pride that he didn't understand or care that she was upset.
I pity anyone who admires such a person. Being bold and stretching the boundaries of social order is one thing, choosing to be cruel to the people closest to you so that you can be famous and make a lot of money is just plain evil.
Those with Asperger's can come off as cold and cruel but not everyone, and it's not always lack of empathy or because they are amoral. Rather, it's usually because they aren't making the connection that their behavior is hurtful or, when they do learn about how hurtful bluntness can be, their processing time is so slow that they have difficulty altering their behavior in time to not be hurtful. I say usually, because I'm sure there are those with Asperger's who don't care if they are cruel.
Stern has admitted to having a form "Narcissistic Personality Disorder", and I believe that fits him perfectly. What's sad is that people enjoy and want to emulate the most extreme manifestation of this destructive social disorder.
NPD fits him like a glove.
By the way, he is also in the clinically significant range of OCD, as he has admitted to seeking help for his OCD before.
I think we're seeing a bunch of personality traits, money-grubbing, and OCD colliding. Stern is too manipulative to have a bonafide AS. Aspies are not skilled at being manipulative.
I've been listening for over a year and I don't remember anything racist, bigoted, homophobic or sexist.
Really.
Maybe this will help:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200605030014
7oclock, I've head him and I've heard others just like him. He's a proud neo-con. I listened to him when his show first started. It doesn't take a lot of time to see him for what he is. He's not exactly a deep thinker or a complex character. WYSIWYG.
Everything is "taken out of context" -- when you quote from a book, you quote. You don't hand someone the whole book. If you were quoting him to defend him, you would also be taking it out of context. If you're saying that Media Matters is trying to distort his presentation, then you don't know Media Matters very well.
I don't understand why people defend their racist, sexist, homophobic heroes by claiming they are not racist, sexist and homophobic. You don't approve of racism, sexism and homophobia? Then stop idolizing a racist, sexist homophobe. If, on the other hand, it's his racism, sexism and homophobia you enjoy and approve of, why not be proud of it? His values are what they are. Agree with them or don't.
Do you listen to Keith Olbermann? He's not sexist, racist or homophobic. Yet he's way ahead of the "mainstream media" on telling the truth about what's really happening. I'm sure you don't (or wouldn't) but you may want to think about why you don't.
With the 1st statement or the 2nd one? How is he a narcissist?
You know what I don't really know, and I am through trying to clarify myself on such a trivial point.
I'm in a pissy mood and I don't think you want to throttle me anymore on this; if so, be prepared, my friend.
... it leads to the extreme wings of both parties receiving air time.
You're a Republican.
Ziyaret, explain to us what you mean by political correctness. There's so consensus on what it means, so what do use it to mean?
Interesting, Kyle... one wonders what responses to your post will be...
I'd
LOVE to see Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter on the televized version of the Howard Stern radio show
You'll never see Beck and Coulter together. They are the same guy.
I particularly can't imagine that Ann would do Howard's show. She's a total control freak, and his unpredictability would terrify her. She completely falls apart when anyone comes at her sideways, which Howard tends to do.
What amuses me is that those who complain about "political correctness" are the biggest whiners of all.
"Boo-hoo-hoo! I don't get to call people ***s and *** anymore! I'm being denied my first-amendment rights!
I'm a victim of political correctness!"
People who are victims of
nothing made up the bogus concept of "political correctness" so they could cry and whine and call themselves victims of
something.
People get to define themselves, Duck, and that includes naming themselves. That's integral to the idea of AFF -- Aspies establishing their own definitions and self-labeling. If that's an idea you find oppressive, maybe this would be a happier site for you:
http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm
(And did I guess your political affiliation correctly? Only a Republican could imagine that left-wing extremists have a voice in the mainstream media)
the now infamous "I hate Sluts" thread ... was why Max the Bear called me a "bigot" to try to invalidate me (since he identifies with women even though he is NOT one).
Ziyaret, I'm not responsible for your bigotry. You are. It's not about me, it's about your hateful talk about women and gay people.
The "identifies with women" (as opposed to your own "seethes with hostility toward women") meme you've attempted to generate elsewhere this morning is, you said, part of your ignorant view of gay men. Clearly, I am right about your bigotry.
I identify with women in the same sense I identify with Aspies, racial minorities and other "outsider" groups. I know, share, and understand the outsider experience. It doesn't mean that gay men think they're women. Even you aren't actually stupid enough to think that. It's just your way of expressing hate toward one group you hate (gays) by equating them with another group you hate (women.) Sexism and homophobia are intertwined in the mind of a person like you.