01.17.13
The Insurrectionist (continued)
Hear Ted’s false teeth whistling. Really — don’t take my word for it. He also calls the president a “subhuman mongrel.” Around 5:30, he again implies there will be a revolt against the US government by the people who bought “the most ammunition in history” over the Xmas holiday. As has always been part of this routine, Nugent dances right up the edge of making direct death threats.
Near the end: “[The President] hires, appoints and associates with communists … He is an evil dangerous man who hates America and hates freedom and we need to fix this as soon as possible.”
You see how this works and why the US Secret Service gave Ted a visit. As last April, this latest Nugent blurt comes at another big gun show.
Nugent’s career as a pundit from the extreme right is built on the use of threats, delivered obviously but with always enough implication or weaselly constructions to keep him out of the hands of the law. It is what his like-minded audience demands and what he delivers.
You can contrast this with the stupidity of ranting gun nut James Yeager, now deprived of his carry permit, apologetic and following the advice of a lawyer to appear penitent and civil.
“It not time to start shooting anybody,” he now says.
What’s the difference between Ted Nugent and James Yeager? It’s not a trick question. Yeager was a lot less seasoned in his delivery than Nugent. And not the same magnitude of reactionary celebrity from the right.