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edbermac

(15,938 posts)
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:09 PM Aug 2020

Ted Nugent compares himself to Oscar Schindler.

NRA board member Ted Nugent responds to anti-fraud lawsuit: “I’m Schindler but I got a whole bunch of more Jews that I’m saving”

Nugent and Alex Jones team up to give away 100 NRA memberships

TED NUGENT (NRA BOARD MEMBER): I believe that the attacks on the NRA are the attacks on freedom by freedom-haters and we all see and know who they are. Right now is the time to give away NRA memberships to everybody you know because if it drives the freedom haters that batty, let’s make them go crazy by getting more NRA--

ALEX JONES (HOST): And how do I do that? I am gonna buy 100 memberships today. I pledge 100 memberships today. How do I call? Do I call? How does the NRA do that?

NUGENT: I’ll tell you what, go to my website. There is a direct link to “Join the NRA” and a discount. Go to TedNugent.com and there's NRA memberships and remember, the NRA is a civil rights organization. It’s about your right to self-defense. How more pure can you get?

JONES: And it’s 140 years old. And I know how nonprofits work, this is one of the beautifulest, best ones ever. If somebody in there did wrong, we were talking during the break, which you’re not saying they did, there’s no evidence of that, then they step down. You don’t get rid of the organization. She let everybody know, I’m going to abolish it because I’m going to take care of the members. That’s like saying I’m going to burn your house down because grandpa ate too many cupcakes.

...

NUGENT: We know this New York attorney general hates gun owners--

JONES: I was about to say, how can you have Hitler investigate, say, Jews?

NUGENT: It’s unbelievable. You know why they hate me, because I’m Schindler but I got a whole bunch of more Jews that I’m saving and the Nazis hate me for that.

https://www.mediamatters.org/national-rifle-association/nra-board-member-ted-nugent-responds-anti-fraud-lawsuit-im-schindler-i


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ProfessorGAC

(65,010 posts)
5. Was Oscar A Crappy Guitar Player, Also?
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:27 PM
Aug 2020

Because if he was, then there would be ONE similarity.
If Oscar wasn't, there is zero!

peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
10. Hey, if Donald Trump can compare himself to John Lewis
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:35 PM
Aug 2020

labeling himself a community activist with a straight face, anything is possible. Guess we're suppose too forget all that white nationalist/KKK stuff. So in this climate of hyperbole and lunacy, Nugent = Schindler doesn't even raise an eyebrow in the Alex Jones' corner of the world.

The air is thick with belief and devotion in Trumplandia. The Koolaid punchbowl is right around the corner. They're ladling the secret sauce out as we speak.

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
11. Ever notice how entitled, mediocre American White men always call people who don't
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 06:36 PM
Aug 2020

heed to their worldview, "haters"? Or "haters of freedom" all the while ignoring the real facts on the ground. LaPierre ripped off NRA members, but no mention of that.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
12. So, Nugent is a board member of the NRA? Interesting.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 07:08 PM
Aug 2020

I swear I heard AG James say that there were board members that were also involved. She expanded on what she read off on the first 4, yesterday, but it took me off guard when I heard it that I don't remember all the rest of the violations she listed.

There is supposed to be a printout available that can be read. I would assume it has been posted by now, but I've been gone most of the day. Should be an interesting read.

keithbvadu2

(36,785 posts)
13. The only one pedophile Nugent has saved is an under-aged girl for his pleasures.
Fri Aug 7, 2020, 07:50 PM
Aug 2020

The only one pedophile Nugent has saved is an under-aged girl for his pleasures.

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