Talk show host Tom Leykis kicked in the head in Seattle

[Kadie]

Talk show host Tom Leykis kicked in the head in Seattle

The Associated Press


Last Updated: August 26, 2004, 04:30:19 AM PDT


SEATTLE (AP) - Talk show host Tom Leykis, known for belittling callers and identifying rape victims and people who have attempted suicide, was kicked in the head over some on-the-air remarks, police say.

Leykis, based in Los Angeles, was treated at Swedish Medical Center for a scraped knee, black eye and a cut above the eye for which he received 17 stitches following the attack outside a restaurant north of the downtown area early Monday, according to a police report.

No arrests were reported as of late Wednesday.

"We are taking it very seriously," officer Scott Moss said.

Leykis, 48, is known for blunt talk on gender issues and for naming such individuals as the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape, a woman who tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge in Seattle and the boy raped by teacher Mary Kay Letourneau when he was 13.

more...
http://www.modbee.com/state_wire/story/9048920p-9946589c.html

[sniffa]

1. he sounds Like a sweLL guy

maybe sean hannity wiLL start Looking over his shouLder more.

[The Great Escape]

8. Actually...He Is On Our Side...Link Added

at least from a political perspective. Alot of the younger folks that work for me have his show on the radio at work. He does not typically talk politics on his show. However, I've caught enough to know he admired JK and is a fan of Michael Moore.




Tom Leykis: Not Really a Surprise
Written by Ira Simmons
Tuesday, July 29, 2003


It seems hard to believe that in the early 1990s Tom Leykis was once seen as the ''great Liberal hope'' in talk radio. He was heard on powerful KFI-AM in Los Angeles as part of a lineup that featured Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura Schlessinger. But eventually Leykis wore out his welcome and was fired by KFI which he blamed on his politics.





http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=3656&catcode=10

[Ducks In A Row]

32. we don't need friends like that

haven't been able to stand that cretin for years.

kicked in the head? about time.

[artslave43]

66. Michael Savage

Perhaps Savage could be sent to Seattle for a good kicking? He used to be liberal too...

[htuttle]

2. So Tom Leykis has finally learned the lesson of Ed Gruberman...

Wonder if it will sink in?

[msu2ba]

5. Boot to the head!

Took Ed more than one. It'll probably take a talk-show host several, too.

[KamaAina]

45. And another for Cheney and the wimp

(boot) Ow! (boot) Oh!

[flamingyouth]

3. I've never heard his show

But I'll never forget how he tormented that suicidal woman on the Ship Canal bridge. :( What a real stand-up guy. :grr:

[hang a left]

4. Appears to me he did not just get kicked in the head.

Looks like he got his ass kicked. Should happen more often to media types. They want to talk shit, let them do it to peoples faces, what a wimp.

[GoneOffShore]

7. Can we say that it should happen

to those who indulge in "blood sport media"? True journalists should be neutral and report the facts, even if those facts make EVERYONE uncomfortable. This guy is obviously a vampire who is looking for his 'fifteen minutes', attracted by the hideous swelling of celebrity that has been encouraged in the benighted country.

[catzies]

16. Good term you've coined there, "blood sport media."

There are a lot of practicioners of that, that's for sure.

Not that I condone what happened to Leykis, but it seems to be a parallel to "live by the sword, die by the sword."

[GoneOffShore]

60. I didn't coin it

it was coined by a friend of mine who, back during the '80's had his radio show savaged by one of the first practitioners.
He is consequently very bitter about the whole radio scene.

[havocmom]

12. kicked in the head & ass kicked

So, where was his head at the time? :evilgrin:

[CityDem]

62. Don't try this on Candy Crowley

I for one will not try to kick Ms. Crowley's ass. I appreciate my feet too much.

[Jade Fox]

70. Yes, hiding on the radio, screening calls...

These radio creeps definitely need to do some street time with the people
they expose and insult.

[Joanne98]

6. Whoever did should get an award.

Leykis is a piece of human garbage......

[Bozita]

9. Good that they worked over his head

Hope the scraped knee heals without problems.

[gratuitous]

10. Violence doesn't solve anything

And it won't change Leykis or his demented followers.

That said, I hope the guy or (more likely) little old lady who kicked his ass didn't hurt their shoes or get them slimed too badly.

[Teaser]

15. Violence changes everything.

Violence, of one kind or another, is the only thing that ever changes anything. And I say that as a regretful pacifists.

Pacifist techniques only work when one has a civil opponent.

[gratuitous]

25. Nope, pacifism works especially against a violent opponent

It exposes the violent person or faction to public scrutiny and approbation. It kicked the British out of India, and stopped the anti-civil rights folks cold. That's not to say that a pacifist isn't going to get kicked around -- witness the terrible events on the Edmund Pettis Bridge -- but the eventual victory always goes to nonviolent.

Pacifism also requires a long-range, long-term strategy, and several levels of leadership, committed to the principle, and ready to step in when the original leaders are jailed, killed, or otherwise removed from the arena.

[Dhalgren]

29. I think that more often than not pacifism does not work.

You really can't show many examples where pacifism has worked against a determined, violent adversary. Ghandi is about the only one that comes to mind and, of course, India is anything but pacifist. If Ghandi had been working against the Nazis, we probably wouldn't know his name today.

[L.A.dweller]

42. Leykis is a misogynist a**hole

Pacifism please, this guy deserved it.

[henslee]

51. totally but..... it has to be an act right? I mean nobody really acts like

the Major Heally (not Nelson)super player that he acts like without it being a big joke.

[Cicero]

41. Pacifism only works against civilized opponents

The examples of the British in India and the Civil Rights movement in the USA are testimony to that fact. Pacifism would not have worked in, say, Rwanda or Iraq (against Saddam Hussein).

Later,

[Nordic]

48. did Pacifism work against Hitler? Mussolini? China (in Tibet)?

uh .... let me think .....

NO.

Evil can, unfortunately, only be defeated by sheer force.

That's one of the big nasty side effects of evil.

[JoFerret]

61. Like the British Empire you mean

or perhaps the US government in the civil rights era.

[mumon]

11. First thing that comes to my mind is...

How lucky can one guy be?
I kissed her and she kissed me.
Like the fella once said:
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"

The room was completely black,
I hugged her and she hugged back.
Like a sailor said quote:
"Ain't that a hole in a boat?"

My head keeps spinnin',
I go to sleep and keep grinnin'
If this is just the beginnin'
My life is gonna be beautiful.

I've sunshine enough to spread,
It's just like the fella said.
Tell me quick,
ain't that a kick in the head?

Like the fella once said:
"Ain't that a kick in the head?"

[Merrick]

13. I hope they signed his tits when they were done

[rudeboy666]

14. Fascism 101

Disagree with someone, kick them in the head.

[Career Prole]

17. I'd be more inclined to term it assymetric warfare.

He has a microphone, those he injures with it have fists (and feet).
If you're forced to fight you go with what you have.

[MODemocrat]

21. That's what the SBVs are literally doing to their opponent

Fascism is alive big time in Bush country: Say what you want and take any action you wish against your opponent, but by God, don't you dare to strike back. :evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown:

[msmcghee]

18. I had no idea it was illegal . .

. . to jump off of 13 year old boys. But, is it OK if I'm not attempting suicide?

Leykis, 48, is known for blunt talk on gender issues and for naming such individuals as the woman accusing Kobe Bryant of rape, a woman who tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge in Seattle and the boy raped by teacher Mary Kay Letourneau when he was 13.

[Missy Vixen]

19. It took this long?

As a native of Western Washington, I still remember listening to the descriptions of his activities re: the woman who jumped off one of Seattle's bridges. I also remember Leykis was arrested for domestic violence in Boston a few years ago. Unfortunately, his wife at the time did not want to press charges, and Leykis whines frequently about how he was "forced" by the state of Massachusetts to "submit" to anger management classes.

While I don't typically condone violence, those who dish it out should be able to take it. I'm sure Tom will be whining on-air today about his injuries.

Julie

Edited to include the following:

By the way -- my husband once called Leykis' show when he was ranting (yet again,) about fat women. He told Leykis that his comments were offensive. Leykis told my husband that he was "p-whipped", "not a man," and called him a word that is no longer allowed on DU. I just got done reading the above article; it seems that one of Leykis' attackers mentioned calling him and having Leykis make disparaging comments about HIS manhood.

[Sideways]

49. Tom Is An Insecure Shit Dust Bag

IMHO and YMMV but I think ole Tom is really really weird. And I mean REALLY WEIRD!

[goforit]

I'm sure he is a republican as well.

[President Jesus]

22. oh you are?

see: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x778264#778304

Remember, Springer is a Democrat, so this shouldn't totally surprise you.

[The Great Escape]

24. Then There Is This As Well...

GAY-THEMED MUSIC
BY OPENLY GAY ARTISTS




And be sure to tune in to hear my good buddy, the articulate talk show host, Tom Leykis. Although he isn't gay, himself, he never misses an opportunity to be outspoken in support of fair and equitable treatment for gay people.

As a former talk show host, myself, I have listened to Tom for many years and I have agreed with vast majority of his libertarian political statements and I believe that just about everything he says is valid and accurate. However, he has recently positioned himself as an archenemy of feminist philosophy (giving justification to oppose equal pay for equal work based on individual instances when some women don't seem to carry as much of the workload as some men). I admire feminists and I admire Tom. Where Tom and I part company is in his posture belittling women as competant human beings. He has said things like "men don't want to hear what women have to say until they have seen them naked". There may be many men who objectify women in that way, but I have worked alongside women for my entire working life and I have found them to be competant and interesting and worthy human beings. But Tom is a strident advocate for FAETFAPIBNGAL (Fair And Equitable Treatment For All People Including, By Name, Gays And Lesbians). Therefore, on balance, I find it appropriate to support him with some reservations.





http://members.hotbears.com/~alanandsteve/sostrong/sostrong.html

[Gold Metal Flake]

26. No, he is left of center.

When he had a political talk show on AM in LA, he was one of the few voices of the left. But you can hate him if you want to.

[Judi Lynn]

28. He has always pretended to be a "liberal"

but he has absolutely no real depth, no deep feelings and points to make politically. He's too shallow to commit himself to anything, has no ideals, no beliefs.

He's crap. He's a sick, twisted, silly loser. He's similar to Savage. Has a deteriorated personality. He should be on heavy medication. He's too far gone for psychotherapy to be of any use to him.

He simply doesn't rise to the definition of "liberal" by ANY possible stretch of the imagination. No way.

On edit:

His "getting some air" outside a restaurant more likely resembled lying on his face on the sidewalk outside a bar.

[Nordic]

20. live by the sword, die by the sword

and if you can dish it out, you damn well better be able to take it

If I ever run into Sean Hannity or anybody like that, someone would probably have to restrain me from doing the same to him.

If you deserve it, you deserve it. Pretty simple.

[Gold Metal Flake]

27. I don't recall Leykis having ever kicked a stranger in the head...

...but if you want to advocate that sort of thing, maybe you wanna just post your name and address for any lurking freepers. That way, if any feel insulted by any of your posts, they can put your theory of "justice" into action.

[LisaL]

31. Even so,

Sometimes Karma is a bitch.

[Gold Metal Flake]

33. Karma is a myth.

Wishing an unsolicited violent gang attack on a person is not the way to approach your belief in Karma, lest the concept turn out to be real.

[Gman]

36. The freepers won't confront you personally

if they know who you are and you post something they don't like. They're more into things like vandalism and/or spreading rumors and lies than confronting someone face to face. They are, as a class, cowards. Every single one of them. I have never ever met one that has any guts even when I'm looking them in the eye telling them Bush is a liar and they're a duped fool for supporting him.

[Gold Metal Flake]

38. So, the violent gang attack was purpetrated by what kind of persons?

My guess is the bad kind, but maybe I'm wrong.


However, this recent pix might counter your claim of freeper impotence:



Now, if this fireplug could get her leg up to eyebrow height with any degree of force, do you think she would have held back?

{edit: added pix and associated comments and then changed some more}

[Nordic]

47. Hate mongers should expect this is all I'm saying

If you spread hate, you're gonna make more hate, and you're gonna be on the receiving end of hate.

It's pure cause-and-effect.

basic law of the universe.

[Sideways]

50. Oh Wow Baby

I am a real peaceful gal but if somebody put their hand over my mouth at any rally I would fight back. And at 5-9 and 132 pounds of muscle trained by 60 miles of week of running this little freeper shit would have been on the ground. Any guy trying to stop me would have gotten it in the nuts.

I do not condone violence BUT I would not tolerate any abuse in my face. EVER.

[chromotone]

23. Did anyone ask "What's the frequency?"...?

Dan Rather suffered a similar situation...

In October 1986 Rather was attacked outside the CBS Building by thugs reportedly demanding "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" and Rather subsequently appeared on air with a swollen and bruised face.

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/R/htmlR/ratherdan/ratherdan.htm

Perhaps a copycat with a loooonng memory...?

[henslee]

30. Ha! Suprised it took this long to happen. Maybe the triplets are next!

Crossing my fingers.

[FredScuttle]

58. Heed the Morton Downey Jr. precedent

[Piperay]

63. Heh

Downey it did turn out did that to himself.

[SemperEadem]

68. he wore a shirt of violent green, uh huh...

[maxsolomon]

34. he's an odd bird

i feel he's closer to a libertarian than anything. sure, he's a misogynist, but its a schtick, it sells, and he's open about it. his perspective as an LA resident warps his view of women, i think. his point yesterday was that the more attractive a woman is, the less she is interested in politics. i suppose in LA, with its preponderance of MAW's, that may be generally true. its not here in the moldy NW.

he only fields calls from people he can out-debate, or out-shout.

but no one deserves a kick boxing shot to the head at 4 in the morning.

and tom, you're in your 50's. the fact that someone snapped your photo 'not feeling well' (read: vomiting) outside the 5 point at 3:30 in the morning should give you pause. grow up, creepy old man.

[Gman]

35. Does he wonder why this happened at all?

Or does he think someone did this "for no reason whatsoever"? Most people that do and say the things he does, then get their ass kicked, say they just don't understand why it happened. I've never heard one say, "yeah, I shoulda kept my mouth shut."

Regardless of his politics, as we used to say, if you're going to talk shit, you better be ready and able to back it up.

[Norbert]

37. Too Bad

NOT!

[slappypan]

39. we need to find whoever did this ASAP

so they can be flown to Chicago to kick the crap out of Mankow

[smirkymonkey]

43. LOL! Hell, sign them up for a national tour!

Next stop, RNC - New York.

[Downtown Hound]

40. I don't care if he's left of center

Don't need people like that on our side, and don't want 'em. Sounds to me like he had it comin'. Boo freakin' hoo Tom Leykis.

:nopity:

[nolabels]

46. Years ago he espoused a progressive free speech type of view

He changed because he let greed and an uncontrolled lust for the opposite sex rule his world. The need to be like a Limpballs with the notoriety and money got to him.

Money does change everything (in the future), the violence is just a excursion some make while trying to go there

[ariesgem]

52. I remember him in the early 90's

when he was local in Los Angeles. He was the clear alternative to Rush. He HAD a liberal point of view, talked about topics we cared about and verbally devoured freepers that called in. Once he went into syndication for the big bucks, he dumbed down his format to appeal to the masses. I HATE what he did to his show.

[nolabels]

59. I remember that too

I do not know what turn of events changed him to that way. A while back I even had heard him wax of the earlier times. He seems to blame the audience for why is he now like that. If I was a betting man, I would say the corporations probably told him to change or he wouldn't have a job. That whole thing he does now is sick, I have a hard time listening for more than 2 or 3 minutes.

If I had as such hard of time on issues of trust when comes to sex as he does (like does on the show, probably a schtick) I would go for the sex change and become an eunuch

Found some quotes looking for - Misogyny on the Internet -
http://theabsolute.net/misogyny/index.html



He who is only wise leads a sad life.
Voltaire

Those who are held wise among men, and who search
for the reason of things, are those who bring
the most sorrow upon themselves.
Euripides

It is not truth that matters, but victory.
Adolf Hitler
(snip)
http://www.theabsolute.net/seat/seat1.html#info

On edit: Going to prove that all is not wise that comes from Epic people but stupid goes to bone
(snip)
"George W. Bush went to his mail box several times looking for the mailman. His Dad noticed G.W's repeated trips to the curb and asked if he was waiting for a special letter. "No," replied G.W., "My computer keeps telling me I have mail."
(snip)
http://www.bushisanidiot.20m.com/jokes.htm

[The_Casual_Observer]

44. These kind of talk radio guys cross the line between reality

and entertainment fantasy. People actually begin to think that these nitwits are doing more than talking shit and making money for it. This bastard has simply crossed the line once to often I guess.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

53. While I wouldn't kick him myself, I'm not sad that Leykis got a taste

of the violence he subjected Kobe's accuser to. TOugh shit Tom

[Citizen Daryl]

54. I used to listen to him on KFYI in Arizona during the mid 90s.

He was interesting then. Sounds like he went the Stern route.

Feh.

[Radius]

55. "We've all got it coming"

Edward Money, Unforgiven

When attacking someone on the street you have comitted a crime.
You open yourself up to criminal prosecution, civil lawsuit, being maced and kicked in the head until you are rendered retarded, or plain old being shot in self defense.

Poor taste is not justification for an attack, IMHO.

"deserves got nothing to do with it.."

[Jack_DeLeon]

56. pwned

[denverbill]

57. He seems to think Bryants victim 'wanted it'.

So let me be the first to say that I think he 'wanted' to get beaten up. He probably just gets some sort of sexual jollies out of being beaten up.

I'm glad he got his wish.

[montana_hazeleyes]

64. I've listened to Tom

for many years. I liked his show much more earlier on. Now I tune in and if I don't like what is being said I just listen to something else. And that's becomming more and more often.

I am a 55 year old grandmother so I'm no-where close to his average listener. (young males) But I'll say anyone who calls his show knows what he's about and they just might have the things said about them his attacker claims.

I believe physically attacking him was wrong! And kicking a guy in the head seems very cowardly.

As much as we hate and disagree with alot of what he says, he has the right to say it and not be physically attacked for it.

[ReadTomPaine]

65. Shades of Alan Berg. <n/t>

[Avalon Sparks]

67. Good.

eom

[Jade Fox]

69. Been a personal fantasy of mine for years....

He's a mysogynist creep of the first order.

[screembloodymurder]

71. What about Rush?

He deserves equal treatment.