01.11.11
Nugent recommends being prepared for evil
DD thought Jared Loughner’s massacre would present Ted Nugent with a bit of a problem.
Arizona’s gun laws are obviously the most lax in the country. And other armed civilians were at the massacre. There is no opportunity for Nugent to rant about civilians not being able to carry arms sufficient for personal defense.
And there is no way to make a rational argument defending the right of civilians to have thirty round magazines for their handguns.
So Nugent doesn’t get into his usual thing about the soullessness of those who would restrict gun rights. Even though no gun rights have been restricted by the Obama administration.
Nugent’s advice this time out: Be prepared for evil.
Never before has the need for a higher level of awareness and a warrior mindset been more important … Be prepared to stop evil in its tracks and live. There is no other choice.
That’s his message.
Stop evil in its tracks. I think we can agree that’s a good thing to aspire to.
Many would also probably agree that when a Jared Loughner comes to the public event there’s very little even the most alert and warrior-minded among the populace can do until people have suddenly been riddled with gunfire.
Since the massacre has also brought a discussion about violent language forward it should be noted Nugent’s new column contains none of it.
This is in start contrast to Nugent’s usual shtick. His value to his publishers lies only in his regular use of incivility and violent rhetoric. And when Nugent leaves it out of his writings he suddenly has nothing to say.
If you’re a regular DD reader you’ll know how unusual this is for the man.
I’ve made the point that Nugent is the perfect example of the mainstreaming of really unpleasant and mean-spirited extremism, the kind of which was unacceptable in public discourse many years ago.
Now it’s good enough to get you on Anderson Cooper 360.
Nugent’s column, again, is here.
Here’s Ted — and you knew I going to do this — exhorting his readers earlier last year:
November is hunting season. No bag limit.
That column, one among many constantly attacking the US government and various Democratic Party politicians, is here.
State wildlife officers have completed an investigation into whether rocker Ted Nugent was eligible to hunt in South Dakota when he shot pheasants on a private preserve near Hot Springs in October.
But they are not saying what they found or what might happen next.
Nugent’s legal status came into question after the Rapid City Journal covered his hunting trip in October. It was later revealed that some of Nugent’s hunting privileges in California had been suspended for an earlier big-game violation there. South Dakota is part of a coalition of 35 states, including California, that honors each other’s license suspensions.
“Nugent was in the area at the time as a featured speaker at a Second Amendment rally sponsored by Citizens for Liberty, a Rapid City area tea party affiliate,” reported the local newspaper.