Ted Nugent is a DICK!

It seems that people who we elevate to star status or whatever term you want to use, get to voice their opinions and have them heard, regardless of whether their thoughts are worthy of hearing. Yes, merely because they are stars if you will. Usually, we commoners, regardless of what we have to say are rarely heard and we're never given a voice in the marketplace of ideas.

David Hogg, who's a student at Parkland, Florida where the last school shooting took place, seems to have stepped out and is, in my opinion doing a decent job of presenting the students' concerns. Of course, hey, he's a 17 YO who's thrust into the spotlight. I watched one interview and I think he did a great job. He seems articulate and speaks with passion about his concerns.

That said, the gun debate is a mess. No matter what laws are passed, mass shootings like this will not be stopped because of gun legislation. (Right now, I just don't want to spend more time on the gun problem.)

Anyway, Nugent is really making an ass of himself. And, being the ass that he is, it's easy for him to do.

Here's a link to the CNN article.


EDIT: I think most stories, concepts, ideas, thoughts and such can be distilled to 55-words. Obviously, many if not most of the 55-word stories will be lacking in detail, though the major idea or premise can remain intact. Here's a 55-word story to go along with my calling Nugent a dick!

Returned after a Quest of Twenty Years

As a kid, he’d always asked, “How should we conduct ourselves?”
Journalist interviewed him.

“Where have you been, do you have the answer?”
“I’ve interviewed philosophy scholars all over the world. Read thousands of books on philosophy, religion, sociology, psychology, and the classics of literature.”
“Do you have the answer?”
“Yes, don’t be a dick!”


Definition of dick from the Urban Dictionary:

Being a dick is conducting oneself in an inappropriate manner to the annoyance of others.