Would You Rather Have Ted Nugent Or Obama For President

What do you think of Ted Nugent's statement saying the Parkland survivors "have no soul"?

Here is the entire quote:"The dumbing down of America is manifested in the culture deprivation of our academia that have taught these kids the lies, media that have prodded and encouraged and provided these kids lies. I really feel sorry for them because it’s not only ignorant and dangerously stupid, but it’s soulless, to attack the good law-abiding families of America when well known predictable murderers commit these horrors is deep in the category of soulless. These poor children, I’m afraid to say this and it hurts me to say this, but the evidence is irrefutable, they have no soul.”Nugent is blaming the revived gun-control movement led by the Parkland children on “the dumbing down of America,” and blaming that on academia and the media (by which he certainly means the main stream media — in other words, the journalists that the Constitution designates as a critical part of our system).This is a pernicious lie. In fact, there is a dumbing down of America, but it is due to people like Ted Nugent, not our hard working teachers and journalists.One of the Big Lies of the GOP and conservatives in this cultural moment is that the truth tellers are liars. Teachers are people who have dedicated their lives to helping young people, choosing a largely thankless and certainly underpaid and overworked profession that lately gets little respect in the bulk of the country. Journalists have made the same kind of choice in a different field. Ted Nugent is a rich rock musician who spent his adulthood indulging his desires — he has no more standing to speak ill of teachers and journalists than a Mexican drug lord, frankly.Whatever you think of the students’ position, to call them stupid is, frankly, stupid. That isn’t strong enough — it is idiotic. They are articulate, thoughtful young people who have been through a trauma. I think they are the right side of the issue, but even if I didn’t I don’t see how someone could insult these victims in this way.He also clearly has no standing to speak about anyone’s souls. He is an unrepentant sinner.The Five Most Repellent Things Ted Nugent Has Ever Done It is kind of like being insulted by the devil, frankly. If the devil speaks ill of you, you are headed in the right direction.

Does anyone recall in the history of the USA of a president being talked about so disrespectfully?

Trump loves playing the victim. It plays well with his mostly white uneducated audiences (or the educated elites who profit from them) who also see themselves losing their privilege. But I remember a whole lot of americans, including the governor of Maine, Paul LePage, talking very disrespectfully about President Obama.“Obama hates white people” - Paul LePage“Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud” - Donald Trump"ISIS is honoring President Obama. He's the founder of ISIS. He's the founder of ISIS. He's the founder. He founded ISIS," - Donald Trump"We've got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S. and we hate him!" - Hank Williams Jr."If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year," he said. "If you can't go home and get everybody in your lives to clean house in this vile, evil, America-hating administration, I don't even know what you're made of." - Ted Nugent“You Lie!” - Representative Joe Wilson, SC, DURING an Obama address to a joint session of the US Congress2008 New Yorker magazine cover depicted Michelle Obama as a gun-toting militant and Obama dressed in Muslim attire.Representative Doug Lamborn calls Obama a “tar baby” during a debate in 2011It goes on and on, but the truth is that presidents get a lot of disrespect, often deserved, often not deserved.The REASON this happens is because they symbolize change and change is often threatening to those who have profited from the status quo.Obama threatened the status quo of Wall Street, big business, big military, etc.Trump threatens the status quo of concern for the environment, truth, justice, fairness, and those other ideals that we supposedly care about as Americans.