Posted on 07/24/2013 8:53:51 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
After Ted Nugent made comments about the Trayvon Martin case that were seen as racist, a gun control group is demanding his removal from the National Rifle Association's board of directors.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has launched a petition to "publicly repudiate Ted Nugent's racist rhetoric" and have him kicked off of the NRA's board of directors.
The "Cat Scratch Fever" rocker called Martin a "17-year-old dope smoking, racist gangsta wannabe" in a column for conservative media website Rare. Nugent continued to say, "The only racism on that night was perpetrated by Trayvon Martin, and everybody knows it."
In a July 16 appearance on the conservative talk radio show "The Alex Jones Show," Nugent asserted that those most prejudiced against African-Americans were African-American themselves.
"There are black mobs across America that are guilty of the worst racism since the Klan," Nugent said. "The worst racism against blacks is documented and undeniable by blacks."
Nugent continued to say that black Americans are tricked into believing they're oppressed.
"The blacks have bought into this lie that somehow they're oppressed when the president is black, the attorney general is black, governors are black, senators are black, congressmen are black, mayors are black, Oprah Winfrey [and some of] the richest people in the world are black. It is a dirty lie," he said.
Currently, the group says the petition for his removal has about 1,300 signatures.
"These disgusting comments reveal that Nugent has moved to a new extreme of unapologetic, overt racism," coalition Executive Director Josh Horwitz said in a press release. "No credible organization should be associating with this kind of hater, let alone continuing to allow him to serve on its board."
Horwitz also stated if the NRA wants to continue to bill itself as the "oldest civil rights organization in the United States" then it needs to "walk the walk" and sever its ties with Nugent.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is, according to their website, a nonprofit organization seeking to "secure freedom from gun violence through research, strategic engagement and effective policy advocacy."
The NRA and Nugent did not respond to Whispers' repeated requests for comment.
Tha A M can play your little game with you 'til the cows come home, but that bell just can't be un-rung, see? We've all had our laugh at your expense.
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“I am no fan of Ted but the NRA should tell these idiots to go and pound sand.”
So, why aren’t you a fan of Ted?
LOL! Don't flatter yourself.
Unlike me, who has both, and several of one (beyond my band's and/or solo efforts).
The often exciting truth is, you really never know with whom you're trading barbs here on FR. Do you?
Hmmm. Thought not.
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Probably depends if they're written in cursive...
LMAO!!!!
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Tell me about it! I'm being stalked by a loser with no life beyond his obsession with virtually everything I write. Thank goodness he (it?) doesn't know my nom de plume, or my publisher would probably be getting hate mail.
LMAO!
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Natural progression, even if they are getting a mite ahead of themselves.
They have to get the guns first.
Effem.
“Some folks prefer jazz. Or classical. “Cat Scratch Fever” is “catchy,” but then, so is the flu. If you get my meaning...”
Ok, think I got it; Cat Scratch Fever is catchy but Jazz or Classical is like the flu! Sure, that make sense! :)
LMAO!!! Thank you for one of the funniest, if not the funniest, most off the wall, non-sequitir-laden replies I have ever gotten in nearly sixteen years of FReeping. I mean it. Your sense of humor is possessed of an understated subtlety combined with an almost certifiable lunacy like I have never encountered outside of my own delightfully warped appreciation of the absurd. And maybe Bill Murray.
Good to meet you. Both refreshing, and hope-inspiring. You are one funny summenabatch. LMAO!
Sweet.
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Ted has my vote next election.
Just like last time.
<-——— NRA Life Member.
This is ridiculous. There are times when I simply cannot bear to see what has happened to our society.
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