Ted Nugent Insulted by his performance being canceled. Is he right to be insulted?
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Ted Nugent feels insulted.
LOS ANGELES — Ted Nugent said he was
insulted by the cancellation of his planned concert at an Army post over
his comments about President Obama.
Commanders at the Fort Knox, Ky., post nixed Nugent's segment of a
June concert after the rocker and conservative activist said at a recent
National Rifle Association meeting that he would be "dead or in jail by
this time next year" if Obama is re-elected.
Nugent told The Associated Press this week that his words were not intended as a threat against the president.
"To think that there's a bureaucrat in the United States Army that
would consider the use or abuse of First Amendment rights in determining
who is going to perform at an Army base is an insult and defiles the
sacrifices of those heroes who fought for the U.S. Constitution, Bill of
Rights," Nugent said.
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/28/ted-nugen...
Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from the social consequences of speech. Other people have the right to not have you around.
I guess Ted will be insulted if he's not invited to the White House next.
I was responding to Wolf who said he had threatened the potus
Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from the social consequences of speech. Other people have the right to not have you around.
Clinton got a student deferment - quite legit in those days. Nugent covered himself with excrement to get a false deferment. Very different. If he were as rabid about stopping all wars as he was about keeping himself clear, I might have more respect for him. If he respected the office of the presidency sufficiently to refrain from such statements as were made at the NRA, I also might have more respect for him.
No - he said it all when he crapped his pants and lived in them to dodge the draft. He's all about himself; I see no moral compass guiding his expressions.
Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from the social consequences of speech. Other people have the right to not have you around.
Freedom of Speech does not guarantee freedom from the social consequences of speech. Other people have the right to not have you around if they don't like what you say.
I don't know that Nuge was performing for free. This was not a free concert, servicemen had to buy tickets. Money is being refunded to anyone who asks as a result of the change in venue.