Tony and bigotry

Tony presents himself as fair loving man with liberal viewpoints on race and sexuality. His squeaky-clean PR is undermined by his actions and words on the air.



Homophobia
Many of Tony's callers fall within the LGBT spectrum. Despite himself claiming to support the movement, his reactions to gay callers brings this into question.


 * Rico: hates him for saying 'dick suck' and calling in with dirty song parodies
 * Alfonso: hates him for going on about cocks and balls and hitting on him
 * Kent Hopper: hates him for taking away Pastor Ken's listeners, and for mispronouncing words
 * Tony Farrar: hates him for abusing his bf Pastor Ken and for his dumb laugh
 * Barry Schwartz: hates him for selling bootleg TonyTalk merchandise
 * Joshua Higgins: hated him for promoting his prostitution services on TonyTalk, and nasty calls
 * Filthy Phil Burnell: hates him for also promoting his prostitution services on TonyTalk
 * Thom: sighs whenever he calls in, is clearly not comfortable talking to him

Racism
Tony is hardly a full-blown racist a la Jesco but he has made several racist gaffs:


 * saying the word 'nigger' around ten times total (though never as an intentional slur)
 * accused on hanging up on Beanie Loko and Rico because they're Hispanic
 * assumed that Asians, especially Chinese, are stereotypically skinny
 * claimed that Jews run things in the United States
 * calling a Chinese caller a 'chink' (this one was an intentional slur)

Sexism
It is a stretch to think that Tony is sexist but he has his moments:


 * every female caller (except Madeleine Mitten) is hit on, even his guest Reece Cotton
 * objectifies women by referring to just their sides and hitting those sides
 * obviously upset when Ashley reveals herself to be in a lesbian relationship