Torontoist: Watch What You Drink At Pride
The Rockstar energy drink is ubiquitous throughout bars and corner stores in Toronto, but consumers may not be aware that the Las Vegas-based company was founded by Russell Weiner, the son of virulent anti-gay radio talk show host Michael Savage. Savage (né Weiner) has called same-sex parenting “child abuse,” frequently calls gays “sodomites,” and famously told one caller to “get AIDS and die.” On gay rights, Savage asked his listeners to “think only one thing: someone who wants to rape your son.”
Should the son be held accountable for the sins of the father, however? Not only is Savage a major investor in Rockstar who allegedy seeded the startup money, but Russell Weiner has made no secret that he shares his father’s views. “Who’s heterosexual and proud?”, Weiner proclaimed to a cheering crowd of his father’s fans. “If you’re not, hopefully you will be soon!”
Father and son also co-founded the anti-immigration Paul Revere Society, which lists the same office address as Rockstar in Mill Valley, California. The PRS aims to enshrine English as the only official language in the Unites States, to immediately deport all illegal immigrants, and to make the Bible as important to American lawmaking as the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. On his nationally syndicated, hugely popular third-rated show south of the border, Savage has also called for an outright and total ban on Muslim immigration.
