Nugent’s Facebook Moment?

Ted Nugent may be in familiar territory after posting a Facebook comment that some are considering disparaging toward Native Americans.

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It’s nothing new: Nugent’s latest controversies began last month with a similar comment after calling protestors, who happen to be Native American, at his shows “unclean vermin.” Nugent said at the time it was a “soulless act” for anyone to misconstrue that remark as a direct attack on “my American Indian BloodBrothers.”

However, Nugent played Sturgis, S.D., at Full Throttle Saloon, home of the reality television show of the same name, and there were some Native American protestors. The next day he went to Facebook, praising his show but also mentioning “4 stinkyass unclean dipshit protestors.” One commenter said “Maybe the natives shoulda had better weapons” and Nugent replied, “less peyote less whoopin & hollerin.”

However, when brought to task for the association between “stinkyass” and the lineage of the protestors, he replied, “never did oh insanely gullible 1. how fkn stupid can u be.”

Nugent is set to play a show tonight in Maumee, Ohio, at the Lucas County Fairgrounds. The event, which is scheduled as part of the “Northwest Ohio Rib Off,” is sponsored by the Toledo Blade newspaper. A Facebook page has been set up to organize a protest.

Nugent’s full Facebook post reads as follows:

“WE ARE ON OUR JET NOW HEADING FOR TOLEDO RIBFEST JAM AFTER AN INSANE INCREDIBLE OUT OF BODY ULTRAROCKOUT at the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis SD! Simply astonishing gig! 4 stinkyass unclean dipshit protestors that admitted they hate me AND ALL WHITE PEOPLE THAT STOLE THEIR LAND BULLSHIT!! See, it aint me they hate, they hate all Americans that produce & live the American Dream. Simply insane! We set an attendance record & the spirit & energy was off the charts! THANKU STURGIS for the dream SHUTUP&JAM! ROCKOUT!! Now onward to more phenomenal rockouts for realsoulmusiclovers 8 more times in 2OH SC FL MS 3TX!! YOWZA!!!”