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Friday, July 27 2012Blake Shelton takes to Twitter, implies he deliberately killed threatened turtle Country and western singer Blake Shelton -- also a judge on this season's "The Voice" -- proved once again the old dictum that famous doesn't equal smart by posting a Tweet today implying that he deliberately went out of his way to run over an Eastern Box Turtle in Oklahoma, a species that is not only protected but is under incredible pressures throughout its range. Can anyone really be this desperate for ratings or publicity?
Whether the Ada, Oklahoma, native did or didn't purposely run over and kill a protected species would be difficult to prove, and something that is probably best left to the professionals at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and their fine law enforcement team, but Mr. Shelton has certainly provided ample evidence that he is a moron. For all those reptile people with a Twitter account, I would encourage you to stop by and drop him a note. |
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John F Taylor - #1 - 2012-07-28 00:21 - (Reply)
You can see the controversy sparked by tweet to him on my wall and see first hand how 'professional' his response was. https://www.facebook.com/Reptileapartment
Dan Malone - #2 - 2012-07-28 16:11 - (Reply)
Perhaps Mr. Shelton really doesn't care about the plight of the box turtle nor the tweets from the Herp community. I bet he cares about sales.
One thing we can all do is refrain from purchasing his music. I will diffinately think twice before my next purchase.
James Smith - #3 - 2012-07-28 21:18 - (Reply)
I did read this clown's response on the link. Another spoiled, arrogant celebrity who thinks whatever he does is right--the redneck variety. Knew there was some reason his music always made me feel like ralphing...
jaguara - #4 - 2012-07-29 09:16 - (Reply)
I don't care if he did or didn't, the comment was an abomination. I've been attacked in many facebook groups for posting this solely because they are fans of his- not because of his actions. "You don't have proof" was the ONLY response they had and then it turned into personal attacks on myself. I don't listen to country. Never have, never will. If this had been some rocker who did this, they would be taking every opportunity to rip him apart. This guy better hopes he never sees me on the street or I will give him something to tweet about from the hospital.
Alex - #5 - 2012-07-29 15:23 - (Reply)
You can't fix stupid! Obviously this type of behaviour would suggest that one has deep seated psychological issues that are either untreated or one is off their prescribed medication.
Justin Mitcham - #6 - 2012-07-30 09:38 - (Reply)
Wow see the tweet about eating turtles in the Caimans(Sea turtles obviously). I cant believe this moron.. fortunately he hasn't stopped running his mouth, I think most people (idiot fans excluded) are now seeing the real BS.
Wes - #7 - 2012-07-30 16:58 - (Reply)
Blake Shelton's Show the Voice is sponsered by
Kia
Sprint
and Starbucks.
I've sent emails to all telling them what a scumbag they are sponsering
Jamiean - #8 - 2012-07-30 17:40 - (Reply)
Some people get STUPID as they age....DICKFACE
James Smith - #9 - 2012-08-04 08:43 - (Reply)
This is, unfortunately, the mentality some C/W stars encourage--namely, if there's a regulation on anything, it's wrong, including the idea that some animals are endangered and need to be conserved: they reckon that-all's jes' a lie cooked up by the gun-hating pinko hippie liberals in the Federal Government. Of course, there are lots of others who go to bat for conservation and wildlife causes, who would no more run down a turtle than they would a cat or dog, and comport themselves like ladies and gentlemen--not to say, like grown-ups.
Notice I say "like grown-ups." The last thing I would want to do, if I, let's say, shot a wolf on protected land, is go out and announce to all the world that I had done it. Right off the bat, I'd hear from everyone who loves and respects our wilderness areas, plus a lot of very weird, goofy and possibly dangerous animal rights freaks who think it's slavery to keep a dog or ride a horse, and cannibalism if you eat a cow.
This is the behavior of an immature, stupid man acting out like a thirteen-year-old punk to get attention. Whether he actually did it or not is immaterial at this point. Had he even played the gentleman when called out and said: "You know what, I apologize--that was completely tasteless; I had just hit one by accident, realized what it was, and was trying to joke about how I was in trouble; I didn't realize how many people like turtles--" any of those things, he could probably have gotten out of this. Thanks to his smart-mouth response, I doubt a herper in the country will buy a Blake Shelton CD from now on...and we have friends and relatives who support us in that. Give him a couple weeks of dealing with the fallout from this, he'll be...shall we say, singing a different tune?
James Smith - #9.1 - 2012-08-04 09:18 - (Reply)
My own apologies, incidentally, to any herpers west of the Mississippi or South of the Mason-Dixon line for my phonetic rendering of Blake Shelton's thoughts; but if there ever was a person who perfectly exemplified an unfortunate and unfair stereotype, I believe Mr. Shelton to be that individual.