Retired TH reporter speaks out on Nugent

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A retired TH reporter who I know personally spoke out about Nugent;

Prior to the TH's coverage of the Aug. 5 Ted Nugent concert at the Diamond Jo, I had little knowledge of Nugent beyond that of him being a rock musician and hunting enthusiast.

After reading the TH coverage, I now know him to be a white supremacist who is so ignorant he does not see a disconnect between carrying a red, white and blue guitar and disrespecting the many thousands of Americans of races other than white who have fought and died for the country his "patriotic" instrument represents.

I look forward to reading a response in the TH from the Diamond Jo management clarifying what on earth they were thinking when they signed Nugent to appear in this community where many residents are working so hard to improve relations between races. Apparently, the only thing lacking in Nugent's appearance was white sheets.

We all know there are ignorant racists among us in Dubuque; who besides the Diamond Jo thought we needed to import them, let alone pay them to perform?

Of course that brought all the right wing, racist assholes out to comment on her and her letter.

[Bluzmann57]

1. True story

I will confess that I have actually paid money to see nugget but the last time I saw him was the final time because of his racism and extremist views.
Me and a couple of friends were standing in front of the stage when he came out. He was wearing a confederate flag shirt and playing his red, white, and blue guitar. He then went on a rant about those "fuckin' muslims" who blew up the buildings on 9/11. He also said, "Kill 'em all." Well, I couldn't let that go by so I stared screaming, "Fuck you, you chickenhawk piece of shit!" He had a couple of security guys in that area and thy told me to shut up. I told them that "I am an American and I'll say what I want, when I want." One guy told me to shut up again and then threatened me with physical violence. Well, I admit that I was fairly drunk and have been accused of lacking sense anyway, so I let loose with some stuff of my own. Stuff like, "This motherfucker is a draft dodging piece of shit and a child molestor. He needs his ass kicked." Things like that. The guy drew back his fist and I told to "go ahead. I need the money. Nugent's got a lot of it." Then I guess someone had alerted the cops and they hustled me out of there.
I still wish that dude had hit me. It would have been a pleaure to kick his ass and get rich off of nugget as well.