Conservative rocker Ted Nugent published a lengthy and rambling rant hitting back at his critics on Wednesday, writing that the reason he’s been described as a racist is because he’s “doing God’s work.”
Nugent’s comments came in a column posted on the conspiracy theory website WND, in which he reacted to the news that one of his concerts in Idaho had been canceled because of his incendiary rhetoric.
“For the lying freaks over at the Huffington Post, Moveon.org and the scammers at the Southern Poverty Law Center to go to such extremes to constantly lie about me is proof positive that I am not only on the right track doing God’s work spotlighting the current infestation of cockroaches amongst us, but that they are clearly scared to death of me and virtually incapable of debating me one on one,” Nugent wrote.
Nugent was reported to have used the term “unclean vermin” when discussing the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s decision to cancel a casino concert he was supposed to perform. The tribe canceled the concert after being contacted by the Southern Poverty Law Center and made aware of some of his past remarks, including some in which he called President Obama a “subhuman mongrel” and a “chimpanzee.”
In his column, Nugent stated that the subject of his “unclean vermin” comment regarding his cancellation was misconstrued by the media.
“It’s clearly the devious act of some kind of soulless subterranean pest to take my words describing the accurately identified ‘unclean vermin’ protesting at my concerts, you know, the stinky hygiene-challenged members of the American Communist Party (their badges were obvious to anyone looking) that are bussed in to make me look even better than I actually am, and then claim my words were directed at my American Indian BloodBrothers.”
Despite the negative attention, Nugent said he wasn’t discouraged.
“To be hated so viciously by such nasty, bad, dishonest enemies of America remains a glowing badge of honor for me,” he wrote.
August 2, 2014 5:51 AM
