Posted on 02/12/2016 5:31:41 AM PST by SJackson
The rockerâs latest vile campaign targets Jews, but it hurts Second Amendment supporters most
Mark Twain, who knew a thing or two about idiots, famously warned his readers not to argue with fools; do that, he quipped, and onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. So it's with much trepidation that I'm addressing Ted Nugent's latest outrage: having previously written a song that advocated handcuffing and raping underage girls, and having allegedly put his passion for prepubescence into practice by engaging in sexual conduct with a twelve-year-old--illegal, immoral, inconceivable to any conscientious human being--the degenerate rocker posted anti-Semitic drivel on his Facebook page earlier this week, accusing twelve prominent Jews of being "nazi gungrabbers" and overall traitors to the American project of life, liberty, and the pursuit of firearms.
(Flickr / Mike Licht)
Now, I love guns. I am a proud and enthusiastic member of the National Rifle Association. I believe every man, woman, and child--particularly those who happen to be Jewish--should be well-armed and well-trained. I am about as rigid an advocate of the Second Amendment as one can get, and I have no particular political love for the twelve officials and activists named by Nugent. And it's because I hold these views that I feel very comfortable saying that Ted Nugent isn't just a disgraceful human being (which is self-evident) and anti-Semitic scum (which should be obvious by his decision to refer to Michael Bloomberg as "the mayor of Jew York City" and an Israeli agent who helped orchestrate 9/11) but also a real shande to anyone seriously committed to the right to bear arms.
The liberal caricatures aside, most of us gun enthusiasts are reasonable, responsible people, and many of us see owning a firearm as both an expression and a protection of our liberty. The freedom we wish to defend is the freedom to live safely and with dignity without undue harassment. When a bigoted buffoon like Nugent makes his incendiary statements, he's not only embodying the vilest stereotypes used to marginalize pro-gun arguments but also undermining the very foundation of the pro-gun argument itself.
Nevermind. This is America. When hateful pricks like Nugent rise using poisonous propaganda, at least we'll be able to arm and defend ourselves.
I’m not a Nugentile or a Jew, but I doubt he actually meant the soulless sheep thing as a theological statement. I think he meant it as they were wimps for letting themselves be rounded up instead of being shot right there or something. Not like he would have when faced with such circumstances. Yes, that’s still completely ridiculous and insulting.
In any case, his posts certainly attracted enough mouthbreathers to his FB page who probably absolutely took it the theological way and the Nuge let them spread their rancid dumpster leakage all over with a free hand.
Freegards
Don't know, but if you're suggesting he simply shot his mouth off and, celebrity he is, can't explain he may have erred. I doubt he personally bears animosity toward Jews, though I've no real knowledge of that. Other than of all the outrageous statements he's made over the years, it's never come up.
He's a public figure with many admirers. Some probably because of his political posture. But he is an entertainer, over the top comments make news, and organizations and candidates should recognize that. An entertainer, but a longstanding NRA board member. Hard for the NRA to ignore that, though they are. His political endorsements, Cruz and Trump, no big deal. They're recent an no one other than leftists would relate that to either candidates.
And no, I suspect he didn't mean the soulless comment. I hope not. But they were his words, directly, not a graphic from a hate site to be excused as he didn't look at it, though he hasn't contended that. And none of his supporters are willing to engage it.
I just doubt he would comment in a theological manner, he probably doesn’t think that way. I could be wrong.
He either believes all this garbage or he doesn’t and can’t bring himself to correct the impression. Either way he owns it now. He sure let the mouthbreather Jew haters high five themselves on his FB page.
Per the NRA and Trump and Cruz, yeah. Politics and RocknRoll are vicious games.
Freegards
Excuse me? Since when is a deferrable medical condition the same as a 1-Y? Which latter is the deferment given convicts and other undesirables in days gone by.
I gather you dislike Rush Limbaugh. Care to elaborate?
Good policy. I'm the same way with Donald Trump and anyone named Bush. ('Cept Laura.)
Trump has never been anti-Semitic.
Okay, hit "Abuse" and we'll see if the mods agree to take it down. They might. They're ticklish about stuff that traces back to neo-Nazi or hard-right nativist sites.
Do you think “jew York city” is something you would support?
He has a good sense of self-preservation.
No. I never heard it before, at least not in the last 20 years that I can remember. What's your point? Do you think I talk like that? Why?
Ummmm, that's a little too Mike Savage, a little too dramatic. I didn't assert anything of the sort, and I have to challenge you on that, since it would seem to be acquiescing in antisemitic argle-bargle not to. Is that what you had in mind, a passive-aggressive accusation?
And no, I'm not going to fall for trying to prove a negative here, especially on your motion.
I find the lyrics disgusting. Like Piss Christ. As a Nugent fan you must be more selective
I'm not a Nugent music fan. I know him mostly from some radio appearances and a late-night interview or two over 20 years. Not to be repetitious, your accusations are fresh to me, and it bothers me that you are very heavily invested in these accusations, some of which, as per your post, come from High Times and other hard-Left sources, which you seem to want to appease by throwing them Nugent's head.
The song lyrics are autobiographical, is that your point? As opposed to Janis Joplin's lyrics in "Me and Bobby McGee", which aren't.
Jimi Hendrix's arrangement of "All Along the Watchtower" featured lyrics by Bob Dylan. So who gets the credit for the references to homosexual sodomy? Or was Dylan writing about someone else's experiences?
I suppose Nugent could be guilty as charged. Could. But you're way ahead of me, which is why I asked you in the first place, what was it you wanted to do with Nugent.
I gather from posts in the interim that you wanted him kicked off the NRA board, failing which you resigned your life membership, so it isn't rocket science that you are really, steamily pissed at Nugent ..... and it goes back years.
It’s printed in that picture
One of them did engage it. And this was your reply.
Okay, sign me up, too.
I think it's very possible Nugent had a theological meaning in mind, or used "soulless" as a synonym for "spiritless", meaning a) no will to fight back and b) animals don't have souls and just live like animals, in this case, sheep.
But the words he didn't use also matter, and the words I listen for when antisemites are trying to slide a slur acrosss home plate are words like "mud people" and "pre-Adamic populations". Those always seem to come up. I had not heard until recently the slur that Jews have no souls: that would seem to be an oxymoronic attempt at a slur given the position of the Jews on Biblical authority as divinely covenanted and direct descendants of Adam through Noah.
I think your case against Nugent -- and I think you are prosecuting him here -- rates a hung jury. Some of the charges are very old, some are debatable on their face and on the submitted evidence (a lot of it is guilt by association: the wrong people "liked" his social-media maunderings), and on the whole I just can't see my way to throwing Nugent under the bus, particularly since a finding of antisemitism carries with it a life ban from the human race and employability.
Are we straight yet?
Yes. You don’t support it, nor do I. It is anti-Semitic. It appears to be from ted nugent. That must change my evaluation of him.
>>Do you agree Jews have no souls?<<
No, I believe they do have souls.
I have no evidence that Jews were even involved in 911. I am a truther because of what Ted Gunderson said. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3397535/posts?page=43#43
I don’t like progressive Jews for their political beliefs, beyond that I have no love or hate for them. Any other Jew I make up my mind on how they treat other people, the same as I do for all people. If you’re a decent person then we’ll probably get along just fine.
I sincerely apologize for my irresponsible re-posting of such a nasty and offensive meme. In my rush between songwriting jams and musical recording frenzy, all I saw was the images of people dedicated to disarm us, I made no connection whatsoever to any religious affiliation.
I don't necessarily think he's antisemitic, he is a buffoon with an ego unable to publicly admit a mistake, though I can't be certain.
I should note that he seems to admit privately that his publications were nasty and offensive neo Nazi propaganda, as I write this you can visit his Facebook page and as I write this he's still publishing the nasty and offensive material.
Your idea of an advocate, not mine.
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