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Holy shit, Ted Nugent goes there... (Original Post) Initech May 2022 OP
Chickenshit coward. The Unmitigated Gall May 2022 #1
Nugent said he would be "dead or in jail" if Obama is reelected. Renew Deal May 2022 #33
Yep. Just brave enough to incite others to the crime. P.O.S. The Unmitigated Gall May 2022 #34
So they are fighting evil with mob violence? Walleye May 2022 #2
No, they are fighting justice and equality with bloodshed DBoon May 2022 #3
This is like threatening genocide. Initech May 2022 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #40
Exactly.. TN & Ilk are the Fucking Evil Cha May 2022 #19
I hate it when singers, athletes, and actors feel the need to be political... VarryOn May 2022 #4
Celebrities have as much right express political opinions as the rest of us Fiendish Thingy May 2022 #5
Certainly, they have the right... VarryOn May 2022 #11
So you're all for free speech. Just wish "certain people" didn't use theirs. Got it. So Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #62
I'm a country music fan and go to a few concerts per year... VarryOn May 2022 #64
If anyone is "conflating" anything is because you seem to be Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #65
DURING performances is an important distinction... VarryOn May 2022 #66
It's a convenient one, I'd say. But YW. I'm a helper. nt Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #67
You seriously love his music or are you being ironic? ZZenith May 2022 #6
I wouldn't listen to his music if you paid me! Initech May 2022 #7
I saw him in the late 70s. Mr.Bill May 2022 #13
It's just noise. GoodRaisin May 2022 #31
I would rather listen to a flock of geese crapping liquid diahhrea while icymist May 2022 #12
WTF? Seriously this is an opinion on this site? CrackityJones75 May 2022 #23
The right always says this when it's Sean Penn or Robert DeNiro talking... AdamGG May 2022 #36
So you're saying Democratic supporters that are famous to keep their mouth shut? USALiberal May 2022 #41
I don't won't to hear politics when I'm trying to watch a ballgame... VarryOn May 2022 #45
Shut up and sing right? 🙄😏 live love laugh May 2022 #53
Exactly. Thank you! Nt VarryOn May 2022 #60
I often find that with few exceptions, someone's politics informs their art. GoneOffShore May 2022 #58
Artist who is political checking in ramen May 2022 #50
I wonder if this twit heard what happened in Buffalo.... turbinetree May 2022 #8
This from a guy who crapped his pants and walked around in them for a week to avoid the draft. Jack-o-Lantern May 2022 #10
A MONTH, I heard. lastlib May 2022 #18
Those words are just vague enough to avoid being the basis of an incitement charge. LonePirate May 2022 #14
He is fighting the evil demons in his own skull. Nt Baked Potato May 2022 #15
Please try it vercetti2021 May 2022 #16
Do we expect decency from Shittypants? lastlib May 2022 #17
Poopy-pants, pedophile Ted talks tough but was too cowardly to serve in our country's military. keithbvadu2 May 2022 #20
+1000 roamer65 May 2022 #46
Encouraging the next Payton Gendron to step forward. jalan48 May 2022 #21
Yes, he is. n/t area51 May 2022 #63
And lets add animal abuse to this shitheads list of atrocities. StarryNite May 2022 #22
Pants-shitter Ted talks a big game. GoCubsGo May 2022 #24
Good thing this isn't terrorism IronLionZion May 2022 #25
Wow. That's nuts! C Moon May 2022 #26
Start with Ted Nugent. blueinredohio May 2022 #27
Ted is a whacked out whack job COL Mustard May 2022 #28
That's A Mere Translation DallasNE May 2022 #29
maybe we should go berserk on him? Takket May 2022 #30
Yes evil Rebl2 May 2022 #32
Maybe this is a time police need to be colorblind and treat them the same LiberalFighter May 2022 #35
So, how long until he's arrested for advocating violence? sakabatou May 2022 #37
chill folks - just a fucking pathetic has-been desperate for any attention - deny the addict👍 bringthePaine May 2022 #38
And also at a Trump rally, where they think JFK Jr is alive and living on some alternate earth. Initech May 2022 #47
Post removed Post removed May 2022 #48
What has he done that is legally death penalty-eligible? Celerity May 2022 #57
He should go back to being The Wizard May 2022 #39
This isn't rhetoric SpankMe May 2022 #42
That's chilling! lunatica May 2022 #43
I saw Nugent play at the Tokyo Buddokan, and it was an amazing performance. Martin68 May 2022 #44
All mouth, no brains. ...nt 2naSalit May 2022 #49
I thought you were gonna say he shit his pants again. nt Carlitos Brigante May 2022 #51
That festering fuckstick can go flounder in his own filth Blue Owl May 2022 #52
This the guy who shit in his pants to avoid the draft? Emile May 2022 #54
Really? You lost the right to use "communists" as a slander Dukkha May 2022 #55
Sad to say... I'm not surprised anymore MissMillie May 2022 #56
If evil were "stamped out", Nugent and the MAGAt king would be among the first to go. Roisin Ni Fiachra May 2022 #59
Ted is welcome to come to my neck of Springfield, MA ... Better Days Ahoy May 2022 #61

Initech

(100,042 posts)
9. This is like threatening genocide.
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:40 PM
May 2022

I'm convinced that Trump's MAGA minions would kill us in large numbers if given the opportunity. Their hate is that strong.

Response to Initech (Reply #9)

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
4. I hate it when singers, athletes, and actors feel the need to be political...
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:30 PM
May 2022

Just sing, act or play ball and keep your damn opinions to yourself! I love Ted's music but hate when he says shit like this.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,555 posts)
5. Celebrities have as much right express political opinions as the rest of us
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:34 PM
May 2022

They don’t surrender their first amendment rights when they become famous.

See the documentary “Shut Up and Sing”.

They don’t, however, have the right to incite violence.

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
11. Certainly, they have the right...
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:40 PM
May 2022

I just wish they chose not to express it constantly. I don't want politics mixed with all my entertainment, especially when I don't agree with it.

I'm all for free speech, even with speech I find quite offensive.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,497 posts)
62. So you're all for free speech. Just wish "certain people" didn't use theirs. Got it. So
Sun May 15, 2022, 11:43 AM
May 2022

what's the cut off, profession-wise when people should "shut up and (insert job here)? Would a regional theater actor be OK to express political opinions? Then once they've achieved fame and success," shut up and act"? How about college sports? Students constantly demonstrate and become involved in political causes. What's the cut off there? Once they play for a professional league. Is it "shut up and play" time then? What if they're a bench warmer for a season? But start getting more famous the following.

Could you provide us a chart?

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
64. I'm a country music fan and go to a few concerts per year...
Sun May 15, 2022, 03:11 PM
May 2022

I disagree politically with many of the artists I've seen in concert.

You are conflating my preference for artists not being political DURING a performance with their free speech rights any other time. Of course, during a performance, they have just as much free speech rights as any other time. I just prefer they don't get political, even if I agree with them. Early in Obama's first term, we went to see Martina McBride. Trace Adkins was a co-headliner. Half his speaking between songs was anti-Obama. Yes, shut up and sing.

We went to see Lily Tomlin a few years back. She seems to be to to my left a bit, but we largely agree as far as I can tell. I've always thought she was funny and looked forward to her show at our local arts center. It was during George Bush's presidency. She constantly harped on his admin, even working jabs into some of her classics. Very little of the show was funny. She ruined it being political.

Just a couple examples of what I'm talking about.

Carlitos Brigante

(26,497 posts)
65. If anyone is "conflating" anything is because you seem to be
Sun May 15, 2022, 03:56 PM
May 2022

all over the place. This was a political rally not DURING a performance. Which you just added as a way to move the goal posts. Unless I missed something in your two replies above. There was no caveats DURING performances. If you wanna say that now, great. But your original statements were pretty broad.

This whole "shut up and whatever" has been nothing but another right wing grievance brought to us by the only party who's elevated 2 shitty entertainers to the WH. Apparently with zero sense of irony about it.

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
66. DURING performances is an important distinction...
Sun May 15, 2022, 04:24 PM
May 2022

And I'm sorry for not being clear. Thanks for pointing it out so I could clarify.

Mr.Bill

(24,253 posts)
13. I saw him in the late 70s.
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:44 PM
May 2022

You're not missing much. Mediocre guitar player wearing a loincloth and running around the stage like a lunatic. There's 15 year-old kids at every high school who can play better.

icymist

(15,888 posts)
12. I would rather listen to a flock of geese crapping liquid diahhrea while
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:43 PM
May 2022

scratching a blackboard with their claws than hear that asshat try and play guitar while vomiting.

AdamGG

(1,287 posts)
36. The right always says this when it's Sean Penn or Robert DeNiro talking...
Sat May 14, 2022, 10:20 PM
May 2022

but whenever they get any half-assed, cut rate celebrity that takes their side, they give them endless prime time exposure. They had Clint Eastwood talking to a chair as their keynote address (and he's 100 times saner than the psychopaths that back them now).

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
45. I don't won't to hear politics when I'm trying to watch a ballgame...
Sat May 14, 2022, 11:18 PM
May 2022

The Academy Awards, a concert, etc....for me, those are escapes from daily life. Keep politics out. Look, I know here, I'm a contrarian on this. I'm good being in the minority.

ramen

(788 posts)
50. Artist who is political checking in
Sun May 15, 2022, 12:42 AM
May 2022

Artists are people. People who are paying attention tend to have opinions and ideals and political hopes. Nugent's happens to be vile garbage, but I don't subscribe to the "stay in your lane" approach to managing artists' ideologies. I wish his were morally stronger but do think he should get to spout his nonsense to his people.

turbinetree

(24,685 posts)
8. I wonder if this twit heard what happened in Buffalo....
Sat May 14, 2022, 08:39 PM
May 2022

incitement to commit violence I think is a crime.....that's what your dangerous leader did on Jan 6 .... that's all your ilk talk about wanting to hurting people.....

GoCubsGo

(32,075 posts)
24. Pants-shitter Ted talks a big game.
Sat May 14, 2022, 09:21 PM
May 2022

Notice how he goads others into doing his violence for him. Fucking coward.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
25. Good thing this isn't terrorism
Sat May 14, 2022, 09:33 PM
May 2022

just normal calling for violence and intimidation against civilians in pursuit of a political agenda.

COL Mustard

(5,871 posts)
28. Ted is a whacked out whack job
Sat May 14, 2022, 09:38 PM
May 2022

Who never had the balls to wear his country's uniform. He has no standing and can idi na khuy if you know what I mean. If you don't, it's what the Ukrainians said to the Russian warship.

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
29. That's A Mere Translation
Sat May 14, 2022, 09:45 PM
May 2022

Of what was said repeatedly on Jan. 6th. To bust some heads in. Buffalo, here we come.

Takket

(21,529 posts)
30. maybe we should go berserk on him?
Sat May 14, 2022, 09:53 PM
May 2022

or should we wait around to see how long it is until the stochastic terrorism catches up with us? I know of families of ten people in Buffalo that probably wish someone had done something about the people who radicalized the terrorist that killed their families.

LiberalFighter

(50,794 posts)
35. Maybe this is a time police need to be colorblind and treat them the same
Sat May 14, 2022, 10:16 PM
May 2022

they would if they were minorities?

Response to bringthePaine (Reply #38)

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
43. That's chilling!
Sat May 14, 2022, 11:09 PM
May 2022

Chilling because it can happen at any time and start anywhere or everywhere. Right now I think their getting organized and it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if there’s another attack on a Democratic Governor somewhere in our country.

Martin68

(22,768 posts)
44. I saw Nugent play at the Tokyo Buddokan, and it was an amazing performance.
Sat May 14, 2022, 11:10 PM
May 2022

It will be difficult to listen to any of his recordings since he went off the deep end on the right wing side of the pool.

Dukkha

(7,341 posts)
55. Really? You lost the right to use "communists" as a slander
Sun May 15, 2022, 07:13 AM
May 2022

with so many on the right openly supporting Putin's invasion of a sovereign nation.

Full List of 57 House Republicans Who Voted Against Ukraine Aid
https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-57-house-republicans-voted-against-ukraine-aid-1705463

MissMillie

(38,533 posts)
56. Sad to say... I'm not surprised anymore
Sun May 15, 2022, 07:34 AM
May 2022

Seriously, there's just so many of them in the race to the bottom that I can't even keep track anymore.

"I can be the most hateful."
"i can be the most violent."
"I can lie the most."
"I will spread the most disinformation."



The real irony is that they all spend so much time playing the victim while behaving this way.

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)
59. If evil were "stamped out", Nugent and the MAGAt king would be among the first to go.
Sun May 15, 2022, 09:20 AM
May 2022

Be careful what you wish for, Teddy boy. The universe has not been kind to Nazis like you.

Better Days Ahoy

(698 posts)
61. Ted is welcome to come to my neck of Springfield, MA ...
Sun May 15, 2022, 11:32 AM
May 2022

... where he will be greeted by a swarm of local kids with bats on street bikes. Will be happy to set up the meet-up and watch him run his ass back to his red state.

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