Radio Personality To Father: Have Your Daughter Raped Straight
Radio listeners in Cleveland received a rude jolt yesterday morning when Dominic Dieter of Rover's Morning Glory -- a talk show on the massively influential WMMS 100.7, "The Buzzard" -- told a father that his possibly-gay daughter should be raped straight.
According to the incident reports (and later confirmed to us by an executive for Clear Channel, the station's parent company), the anti-gay remark was made by Dominic Dieter, one of the "Rover's Morning Glory" cast members. Responding to an e-mail from a father who (for reasons unknown) wrote to the station to say that he'd happened upon his teenage daughter kissing another girl. Deiter responded to the father, on-air, by saying:
"You should get one of your friends to screw your daughter straight."
This is not okay. Not on any level, and not in any context. We trust that the majority of fair-minded Americans will agree. Make no mistake, if this young woman is, in fact, gay - or if she's simply not interested in having sex with any of her father's friends, then what Dieter is suggesting is rape.
That's right, Dieter. Rape is not funny, and "corrective rape" happens to be a real and hideous thing.
GLAAD's calling for Dieter's suspension, and for an apology, and for Rover's Morning Glory to produce "a segment speaking about the real harms that can come from parental rejection." If you'd like to let WMMS know your thoughts, the station's emailable at feedback@wmms.com, and the general manager, Gary Mincer, may be reached at 216-520-2600.
I read this an hour ago & am still sick to my stomach. Dieter should be fired immediately, no questions asked. Pack it up & don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. ClearChannel should be aware of the Internet strength. Rape is not funny, Rape is not a joke. No one deserves to be raped, but maybe make an exception for Dieter
Posted by: marilyn | Apr 28, 2012 4:48:14 PM
Danswon-your link takes me to a story that says he threw a bottle from the stage into a crowd....Not exactly smashing a bottle in someone's face. Why don't you twist the facts a little bit more? Bunch of left wing whackos...you don't like what they say, turn the channel....Stop trying to force your beliefs on the rest of us. He NEVER said rape! Get off your high horse and at least present the facts....He NEVER smashed a bottle in anyone's face, was just stupid to throw one....SHEESH you people!
Posted by: beachbet | Apr 28, 2012 5:27:58 PM
@BEACHBET - you & SDUNCAN should get a room. Check out the weekend special over at the Semantics Hotel. SHEESH yourself.
Posted by: Leroy Laflamme | Apr 28, 2012 5:48:11 PM
sounds like some dude needs to be "raped gay." but no no no, lets be bigger than that.
Posted by: Sonoma Madman | Apr 28, 2012 6:11:42 PM
I love how the DJ's world is one where our most recent sexual acts define us. "She's been with a girl? Well, be with a guy! That'll make her straight!" Like a 'momentum' bar on his latest version of Madden football, how many hits does it take to get to the end zone...I wonder if he's just parroting, like a neglected child pining for an absent parents attention. Or if he really let slip a sightline to his secret psychology, his own needs to dominate? "I made you straight, I made you gay..." I can just see the locked trunk resting behind the broken closet door under the faded polyester Indians blanket..
Posted by: ron | Apr 28, 2012 6:49:40 PM
It's beyond being a shock jock that is a straight up insult to that man, his daughter, and gay people listening. I often support free speech among shock jocks but this feels different, they do have to walk a line.
Posted by: MKisNE | Apr 28, 2012 8:59:28 PM
So does Mr Dieter think he'll turn gay if a man rapes him? Because I think we could arrange that.
Posted by: Jase | Apr 28, 2012 9:00:09 PM
Forget contacting the station or ClearChannel, contact the sponsors, especially the corporate ones like McDonalds. Losing money is the only thing they will react to and sponsors hate being dragged into controversy.
Posted by: Logan | Apr 28, 2012 9:35:11 PM
This is disgusting. He should be fired, blacklisted, and altogether ruined. Then, should he ever be raped, he should be laughed at and mocked. Rape is nothing funny. Rape is nothing to laugh about, and yet here he is doing so. He should be raped, then laughed at. A "tough guy" like him would easily break under the pressure.
Posted by: Matt | Apr 28, 2012 9:40:17 PM
Dieter appears to be advocating child sexual abuse.
He needs to be fired immediately.
Posted by: Randy | Apr 28, 2012 10:03:05 PM
and I will bet the next statement from this dj and/or its station is; he was only joking and that his audience knows he was only joking; that response is a load of crap! rape is unacceptable on any level and the use of "correcective" rape is what they do in third world countries; if they let this guy keep his job, he needs to make a public apology and work with GLADD or another GLBT organization to help educate his listeners
Posted by: Bernie | Apr 29, 2012 12:42:01 AM
Yes, being raped makes you want to change your choice of sex partners
Posted by: rick scatorum | Apr 29, 2012 6:32:07 AM
SDUNCAN and BEACHBET: You're wasting your time. Liberal hatemongers are looking for sensation, not for facts. In their world,
when folks "screw", it means rape. In their world, he couldn't POSSIBLY have been implying that the "screwing" could be consensual. Sadly, in OUR world, for us to argue "semantics" ('screw' vs 'rape'/throwing a bottle into a crowd vs. smashing a bottle into a woman's face) makes us homophobes and/or misogynists.
Posted by: twistedliberalmedia | Apr 29, 2012 12:33:45 PM
The word "screw" is not the same as "rape", more and more article headlines on this site are becoming misleading. I would have never bothered reading this if it said "You should get one of your friends to screw your daughter straight." Offensive, yes but not really news.
Posted by: Eric | Apr 29, 2012 6:01:54 PM
You reap what you sow. Anyone coming into contact with this bigoted scumbag should physically assault him. And if Clear Channel doesn't fire him, they and their advertisers should be boycotted and their license to broadcast should be suspended. Also Dieter needs to be brought up on criminal charges.
Posted by: rob | Apr 29, 2012 7:47:06 PM
Dieter may be the only person in the country that doesn't know what an absolute scum bag he is. The "man" is beneath contempt. I would call him pond scum, except that pond scum has some redeeming qualities.
Posted by: jack | Apr 29, 2012 8:33:09 PM
Oh boy, I'm gonna catch a lot of flak for this... but he could totally put it in... You know what I mean...
Posted by: Nick | Apr 29, 2012 9:02:20 PM
@Nick: Be specific. Tell us what you mean. Hopefully, you are not saying that you would like to be f**ked by this would be scum bag rapist. Please tell us that you have some sense of self worth.
Posted by: jack | Apr 29, 2012 9:11:33 PM
This is disgusting and absolutely unacceptable. Please sign the petition here: http://signon.org/s/VaQ8yq
And share the Facebook event with your friends so we can get as many signatures as possible!
https://www.facebook.com/events/179915835463727/
Posted by: WHEOhio | Apr 30, 2012 12:44:21 AM
My eldest daughter, who I love dearly, is lesbian. I've never had a problem with that and anyone that does can deal with it quietly and on their own time. Someone who tried to "screw her straight" would have a life full of incident thereafter. They would also have a great many opportunities before they died to learn that rape does not make you change your sexual orientation... but I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate the learning experience.
Firing this cretin is a good start, but it's not adequate. I'd love to get the station into trouble with the FCC as well. Station licenses are worth MILLIONS and if you can adequately demonstrate that a station is not living up to its obligations, it is possible, even in these corporate-backed times, to get a station's license pulled if enough people complain. Putting pressure on the Cleveland mayor and even the state legislature would also help the trickle-down effect.
Posted by: John Hedtke | Apr 30, 2012 1:12:35 AM
You guys are all way too stupid to be on here. This is a talk show that makes fun of everything, even themselves. I am not condoning his behavior. But to say he needs fired is ridiculous. If you or your kids and family believe the things you here on radio then have yourself committed. You are not smart enough to be among the rest of us..
Posted by: R | Apr 30, 2012 9:22:19 AM
He apologized on the radio today, this show is designed to be 'shocking' and 'controversial'.
His views are identical to 50%+ of america, including California who voted down gay marriage.
I disagree fully, but pretending like his views are unique is a falacy.
Posted by: Tim | Apr 30, 2012 9:52:07 AM
I hope he stays on the air. Get a life everyone. Being gay is wrong
Posted by: Mark | Apr 30, 2012 5:26:29 PM
I feel like if you dont listen to the show it really doesnt concern you and you cannont have an opinion on this matter. Sure it is a serious statement but if you are only getting upset because someone told you about it, then its unfair to judge someone off of second hand knowledge. The guy apoligized and his job is to shock people, He did not mean what he said and was not thinking about the how serious his words really are. Everyone makes mistakes, do you really want to ruin someones life and cause them to lose their job over something stupid he said. He tlks for 4 hours a day so sometimes its had to filter or think about the impact of what he says. He apoligized and I feel like a suspension is more than enough of a punishment.
Posted by: Jay | Apr 30, 2012 6:59:06 PM
How many of you actually listen to this radio station or show?
Really, I think this is just another great example of how easilly offended we all are.
Posted by: Bman | Apr 30, 2012 11:22:40 PM