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Ted Nugent has a history of mental illness (Original Post) SHRED Apr 2018 OP
He belongs in a mental institution, if you ask me. Ohiogal Apr 2018 #1
Well, it does explain why he sits on the board of directors of the nra. spanone Apr 2018 #2
He has been wierd all of his life! imanamerican63 Apr 2018 #3
To be fair superpatriotman Apr 2018 #4
Early on he was anti-drugs Norbert Apr 2018 #5
His early album art contradicts his anti-drugs stance. Scurrilous Apr 2018 #7
He holds concerts in my Minority-majority region, I can't explain it. UTUSN Apr 2018 #6
From Joy Reid Gothmog Apr 2018 #8
This is not actually true oberliner Apr 2018 #9
Why did the military reject him? SHRED Apr 2018 #11
Bad knee, I believe oberliner Apr 2018 #12
What was all the pant crappung about then? SHRED Apr 2018 #14
That's the BS story he made up oberliner Apr 2018 #15
Denying he did it Raine Apr 2018 #16
Possibly oberliner Apr 2018 #18
Snopes has the allegation at merely unproven rather than untrue. LanternWaste Apr 2018 #19
Fair enough oberliner Apr 2018 #20
actually if you believe his own words from interviews he has given dsc Apr 2018 #10
I'd go by the military report. SHRED Apr 2018 #13
according to Snopes the military isn't forthcoming dsc Apr 2018 #21
He was probably never deemed mentally incompetent by a court. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2018 #17

Norbert

(6,040 posts)
5. Early on he was anti-drugs
Sun Apr 8, 2018, 08:00 PM
Apr 2018

and said he never took drugs.

Assuming this is true there must seriously be something going on with him.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
7. His early album art contradicts his anti-drugs stance.
Sun Apr 8, 2018, 09:09 PM
Apr 2018


But I guess a gun collage would have dampened sales.
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
12. Bad knee, I believe
Sun Apr 8, 2018, 10:11 PM
Apr 2018

He made up some BS story once for some magazine about how he got out of the draft, but he later said he was just making stuff up.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
16. Denying he did it
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 05:01 AM
Apr 2018

is probably what's BS, if anyone were to crap continually in their pants it would be him!

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
18. Possibly
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 07:00 AM
Apr 2018

But there is no evidence that his initial statement from the interview is actually true.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
19. Snopes has the allegation at merely unproven rather than untrue.
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 09:12 AM
Apr 2018

Snopes has the allegation at merely unproven rather than untrue.

dsc

(52,162 posts)
10. actually if you believe his own words from interviews he has given
Sun Apr 8, 2018, 10:09 PM
Apr 2018

he has a history of pretending to be mentally ill to avoid service. He has since claimed he was lying in those interviews.

dsc

(52,162 posts)
21. according to Snopes the military isn't forthcoming
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 09:26 AM
Apr 2018

An analysis of Ted Nugent’s Selective Service classification record doesn’t prove or disprove either version of the story. He did indeed receive a high school student deferment (1-S) in 1967 and then (as he stated) a college student deferment (2-S) in 1968. However, he was reclassified as “available for military service” (1-A) in 1969 and then subsequently rejected as a result of a physical examination and given a 1-Y classification. (The 1-Y classification denoted persons “qualified for service only in time of war or national emergency” and was generally assigned to registrants who had exhibited medical conditions that were limiting but not disabling.) After the 1-Y classification was eliminated by the Selective Service at the end of 1971, Nugent was reclassified as 4-F (“registrant not qualified for any military service”).

It doesn't say why he got the 4-F only that it was after being physically examined. That could be bum knee, it could be bum brain, it could be anything.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)
17. He was probably never deemed mentally incompetent by a court.
Mon Apr 9, 2018, 05:23 AM
Apr 2018

And never committed to an institution.

So, no problem with buying firearms.

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