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> Motor City Madman runs afoul of LULAC
> Nugent Barred From Houston Venue (by jew) After Alleged Immigrant Bashing
>
>
> by Mark Lewis
> LiveDaily.com
> After rock musician Ted Nugent allegedly made denigrating and
> profanity-laced remarks about Latinos at a Houston concert, venue
> management said that he won?t play there again. And the League of United
> Latin American Citizens plans to register its concerns with Sony Music
> Entertainment, which owns Nugent?s label Legacy, a state LULAC official
> said. Nugent, opening for KISS at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on
> April 1, allegedly launched into a diatribe on stage about Latino
> immigrants. ?If you?re not gonna speak English, get the **** out of
> America,? he told the crowd, according to pavilion president David
> Gottlieb, who was at the concert. Gottlieb added that Nugent?s use of the
> word ?faggot? throughout the show was also a factor.
>
> ?We feel that when people spend good money on a concert, they shouldn?t
have
> to be abused because of their ethnicity, race or lifestyle,? Gottlieb
said.
> This is the first time in its 11-year history that the non-profit venue
has
> made the decision to bar a performer, he added.
>
> Following the concert, Nugent reiterated his position on immigrants when
he
> spoke to the Houston Chronicle on Wednesday (4/5). ?If you?re going to be
> an asset to America,? Nugent said, ?it would only be logical to speak the
> language. How can you be a benefit to your family, neighborhood or country
> if you can?t speak to your fellow citizens? C?mon, if you can?t speak
> English, get out of America.?
>
> Some media sources reported that the League of United Latin American
> Citizens, which has 115,000 members nationwide and 250 councils in Texas,
> would organize a national boycott of future Nugent concerts.
>
> But according to Texas LULAC chief of staff Denise Nu�o, the league is not
> planning a state or national boycott. (A spokesperson at LULAC?s national
> office said that all activities related to Nugent were being handled by
> Texas councils.) Instead, LULAC plans to notify other cities about
Nugent?s
> remarks and to contact Nugent?s record label Legacy, the Sony-owned label
> which has re-released many of Nugent?s Epic label albums from the ?70s.
The
> league also plans to notify Sony?s corporate headquarters about its
> concerns.
>
> ?I don?t believe there?s a sponsor in the world that wants to associate
> themselves with that kind of activity,? Nu�o said. ?There?s a lot of
buying
> power in the Hispanic community.?
>
> She also said that her group was not trying to stifle Nugent?s right to
free
> speech.
>
> ?LULAC serves to protect the civil rights of all Americans? It [the
concert]
> was a poor forum for him to use?we object to that. Role models should
> promote civil rights and social unity. His comments promote immigration
> bashing, racial hatred and divisiveness in our country, and that?s what we
> object to.?
>
> Nugent?s management had no comment. The musician is opening for KISS
through
> April 30.
>
> http://www.whiterevolution.com/archives/20050604/cat-scratch-fever