09.02.10

Letters to Mr. Ted

Posted in Extremism, Ted Nugent at 9:44 am by George Smith

Ted Nugent’s appearance at the Benton Franklin fair in Kennewick, WA, brought on fear and loathing in the locals. Shocked, they were just shocked — by Ted’s foul language, heard for miles around, courtesy of the rock ‘n’ roll megawatt PA.

Ironically, the fairgoers were probably politically more to the side of the views expressed in the Nuge’s extremist WaTimes columns. Than, for example, the politics here.

The paradox: When you see the demographic, it’s these people in a video from the Beck rally and featured at Digby.

They’re rural white know-nothings. But they’re really nice know-nothings and they believe their children ought not to be exposed to the unwholesome.

And then they’re force-fed a dose of what Ted Nugent is really like.

Ted’s been held up, the entire summer, as someone who defiantly stands for free speech, liberty and family values. And this is usually done in entertainment sections and on opinion pages run by the stupid and disingenuous. With very few exceptions, he’s praised as a prince of a fellow in possession of strong opinions, delivered with amusing and/or charming idiosyncrasy.

And then reality occasionally rudely interrupts. The extremist comes to town. And he’s too strong a cup of tea, even more off the hook than the local more polite extremists.

Inevitably they wonder how did it get to be so mainstream? They need to look in a mirror.

Here are some excerpts from the letters page at the Kennewick paper (note the absence of what generally shouts his obscenities in connection with — the president, other Dem politicians — it’s just the profanity they noticed):

I understand that Mr. Nugent is a hard rocker, but his performance was vulgar and inappropriate for the setting. He said the foulest of vulgarities many times, and even put the word mother in front of it once before I left during the third song. There were children of all ages in the main stage area … Read more…

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What rock did they find Ted Nugent under? I am very angry at the choice of words used during his concert. I understand that Ted Nugent is like this — but at a fair with children? Were they so desperate to have Ted that they couldn’t put a few rules in place and remember their own mission statement. More …

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I have never been so astonished and mad as I was on the evening of Aug. 26 when my wife and I attended the Benton Franklin County Fair.

Ted Nugent was performing (?) onstage, cursing, shouting obcenities, screaming at the top of his voice, etc. All while in the presence of many young children.

This is an insult to our society … More…

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Ted Nugent stands for freedom and liberty! I must say, if the f-bomb is all you heard, then maybe it was all you were choosing to hear. Because I heard him thanking the men and women of the military who fight for this country and defend our freedom with their lives! I also heard him stand up for the American people and this great country!

Didn’t Joe Biden whisper in President Obama’s ear for all to hear on TV, “This is a big f-ing deal!” More …

And here is the newspaper’s summation along with a long list of comments.

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