(Ted) Nugent sues Muskegon officials over concert cancelation

AP ^ | 8-21-03

[Dan from Michigan]

Nugent sues Muskegon officials over concert cancelation

The Associated Press
8/21/2003, 7:11 p.m. ET

DETROIT (AP) — Michigan rocker Ted Nugent filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday, claiming organizers who canceled a June performance wrongly accused him of making racist comments.

Nugent claims that accusations made by city officials and others, and the cancelation of the June 30 concert, damaged his reputation and career, according to a statement issued by his attorney.

The lawsuit names the City of Muskegon; Mayor Stephen Warmington; City Manager Bryon Mazade; Meridian Entertainment, the concert's promoter, and others as defendants.

"In a world of political correctness, there is no more reputation-destroying term than racist," Nugent said in the statement. "And the alleged statements falsely attributed to me could not have been more inaccurate or misleading, completely counter to what I stand for."

Officials for the Muskegon Summer Celebration canceled Nugent's appearance after the Motor City Madman did an interview with two Denver disc jockeys in which the DJs say he used slurs when referring to Asians and blacks.

Following discussions with community leaders, Summer Celebration's board decided it was in the best interest of the community to drop Nugent from the festival lineup, city officials said at the time.

Officials for the festival and the city could not be reached for comment late Thursday evening.

Rick Lewis and Michael Floorwax, morning talk show hosts on radio station KRFX-FM, stopped the live interview with Nugent on May 5 after they said he made the remarks.

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[NewRomeTacitus]

But rappers can say anything they like under the guise of artistic expression. Check the movie "Fear of a Black Hat" to see the absurdity of it all.

Rapper: "Don't shoot until you see the whites."
Interviewer: "Of their eyes?"
Rapper: "No. Just what I said. Don't shoot until you see the whites!"

[danmar]

I know the"n"...but what's the "g"?

"g" stands for "gook". I have been called all kinds of epithets between "wop" and "crazy kraut", and frankly it never bothered me one iota, even my wife calls me a "wop"ing nuts.

Than again I do have a sense of humor, and I know how to differentiate between humor and serious talk!

The majority of plebiscite, usually needs a disclaimer every time a subtle joke has beign made.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"like how dare unhyphenated Americans "use words freely"! Geesh.. "

Nugent purposely brought this issue to a head because it exposes the thought police in our society.

Our freedom is being usurped more and more each day.

The activist was basically saying that there is no free speech or free thought permitted unless it conforms to what the state defines as acceptable. This is fascism, plain and simple.

[Gaelic]

Aren't you glad that we Irish aren't thin skinned? Throughout history we've been accused of having tales, being heretics by Pope Adrian, drunkards and fighters,yahoos by Dean Swift etc. Here in the US we have the Paddy Wagon and are called hooligans and drunks.The "Luck of the Irish" meant that we didn't have the intelligence to get were we are. So what? I wear that like a badge and if you don't like me Irish face you can kiss me royal Irish arse.

[the_daug]

Gee! I thought Han-guk was Korean people, Chung-Guk is Chinese people, and Mi-guk is American people

[Hugin]

Gee! I thought Han-guk was Korean people, Chung-Guk is Chinese people, and Mi-guk is American people

Hmmm, well I don't speak Korean, I was just repeating something I read once. So guk just means "people"? Could it be that they refer to themselves as "the people" for short?

[dsc]

No, it just morphed in everyday speech from hanguk to guk. Then got spelled phonetically.

[william clark]

Well, there's always the annual Buster Keaton bash in October.

[lockeliberty]

Thanks for the ping

CTR

Oh Yea!

Did you know Ted is a "Bad American".

I haven't seen that thread in a while. I think we may need to revisit that thread.

LOL

[Centurion2000]

Ted Nugent Enjoys wildlife and cummining with - or at least riding - nature.

More like eating nature ... and doing exactly what man was intended for :)

[lockeliberty]

More like eating nature ... and doing exactly what man was intended for :)

Oh Yea! One week from today I will be in the Wilderness, with Bow in hand, hunting Wapati!

[weegee]

"Whatever his intentions . . . the fact that he's using them so freely is dangerous," Sung said. "In 2003, to hear someone like Ted Nugent using those words so freely and carelessly, without thinking about it, is really disappointing."

It sounds like Ted was using the words to discuss the words. Meanwhile Senator Sheets Byrd dropped the N-bomb on television and meant it as the enwurd and refused to apologize for using it. Some people get a pass in the politically correct world, some do not.

Where are Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins to talk about the blacklist and "chill wind" now? Where is the ACLU?

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Where are Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins to talk about the blacklist and "chill wind" now?

Don't you mean "whitelist"? "Blacklist" is too offensive. ;-)

[weegee]

The conversation was innocuous talk about guitars until Nugent referred to "Japs" in reference to Japanese-made guitars. Lewis and Floorwax immediately called him on that, which only encouraged Nugent to go further, using the word "g----."

Is "Japs" any worse than "Brits"? Yes they are Japanese (and the latter are British). Actually the Japanese are Nipponese (from Nippon).

Don't know the context of the "g" word (it isn't given in the article).

[Mr. Mojo]

In using the words "g----" and "n-----" on live radio, Nugent was apparently trying to make the point that the terms were just words and shouldn't offend anyone.

Ah, the old Lenny Bruce trick. But Lenny made it work through humor. And Ted, as much as I like him, isn't exactly known for his sense of humor.