{"id":23607,"date":"2018-01-10T17:44:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T23:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=23607"},"modified":"2018-01-16T17:49:45","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T23:49:45","slug":"ministrys-al-jourgensen-talks-sexual-harassment-2018-tour-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=23607","title":{"rendered":"Ministry&#8217;s Al Jourgensen Talks About Sexual Harassment, 2018 Tour and Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<table id=\"content_LETTER.BLOCK6\" class=\"BlockMargin\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"MainText\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES, CA &#8211; (WEDNESDAY, January 10, 2018) &#8212;\u00a0Today, Ministry&#8217;s Al Jourgensen talks about the recent sexual harassment claims in the media. \u00a0Check out the video <a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001daR12QRspS1qMmMUnEPL0K9PBbV8zo7uLBUfsOzMYGVI1pfXbQygvGPmy_GoSSJoP5BR1Fnewll4WpAFRHaHay0NXJRAlmxM3YkXE4JvaVK8vbjszFV7qcEbEpol7UaYaejYHgPiC76fgUHRQqE-wV6JP0wOxWV3RwUc_8Z_7KhUiVXi9sKe17DDWDjJ6_PyLU3Wgc158JsQ9S_xPJYT1cIxb9kk5qIpwM9ba_SswCo=&amp;c=HhLy1DFjCPAoXd0EYdKK2bBbRzcRW-uY70r8AHKIqcKSClrFC7ccUg==&amp;ch=hHGQ0Phf9K8drBjaPhOf-uc-CQsi0AhL50ArbKzBaYDxKrQNemXp2Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" shape=\"rect\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"embed\"><div class=\"video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EnQuwU-bgSM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Like former U.S. Senator Al Franken, Jourgensen admits he&#8217;s done things that he&#8217;s not proud of. \u00a0&#8220;But you grow, you learn, you listen,&#8221; he says. \u00a0Jourgensen has taken an objective look at some of his actions from the past that he didn&#8217;t consider sexist at the time, but, today&#8217;s raised awareness has given him a fresh perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;<i>Now<\/i>\u00a0it&#8217;s time for the men to buck up and start thinking,&#8221; he says. \u00a0&#8220;We&#8217;ve slated our society to be exploitative and men have been rewarded by this system, but now, we&#8217;re starting to think.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not going to be an overnight thing, but at least start thinking. \u00a0&#8216;Ok, I remember this party back, maybe 10 years ago where I did&#8230;yeah&#8230;I see that that was weird, I can see where I could have possibly weirded someone out&#8230;&#8217; just\u00a0<i>that<\/i>\u00a0is a step forward. \u00a0Just for a man to think &#8216;you know what? \u00a0That was fucked up.&#8217; \u00a0<i>That&#8217;s<\/i>\u00a0a step forward and <em>that&#8217;s<\/em> where we need to be and <em>that&#8217;s<\/em> what these discussions that are happening right now are doing&#8230;hopefully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>* \u00a0 \u00a0 * \u00a0 \u00a0 *<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Ministry will release its new album <em>AmeriKKKant<\/em> on March 9 (Nuclear Blast), and kick off its 2018 North American tour on March 22. \u00a0Dates are below.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b>MARCH 2018<\/b><\/div>\n<div>22 \u00a0House of Blues, Anaheim, CA<\/div>\n<div>23 \u00a0Ventura Theatre, Ventura, CA<\/div>\n<div>24 \u00a0Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, NV<\/div>\n<div>26 \u00a0Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA<\/div>\n<div>28 \u00a0Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR<\/div>\n<div>29 \u00a0Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n<div>31 \u00a0Union Hall, Edmonton, AB \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>APRIL<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\u00a01 \u00a0Palace Theatre, Calgary, AB \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n<div>\u00a03 \u00a0Wilma Theatre, Missoula, MT<\/div>\n<div>\u00a05 \u00a0Boubon Theatre, Lincoln, NE<\/div>\n<div>\u00a07 \u00a0Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL<\/div>\n<div>\u00a08 \u00a0Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI<\/div>\n<div>10 \u00a0Bogart&#8217;s, Cincinnati, OH<\/div>\n<div>11 \u00a020 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids, MI<\/div>\n<div>12 \u00a0Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN<\/div>\n<div>14 \u00a0Opera House, Toronto, ON \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n<div>15 \u00a0MTelus, Montreal, QC \u00a0CANADA<\/div>\n<div>17 \u00a0Royale, Boston, MA<\/div>\n<div>18 \u00a0Aura, Portland, ME<\/div>\n<div>19 \u00a0Paramount Theatre, Huntington, NY<\/div>\n<div>21 \u00a0Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ<\/div>\n<div>22 \u00a0Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY<\/div>\n<div>23 \u00a0Rams Head Live, Baltimore, MD<\/div>\n<div>25 \u00a0Center Stage, Atlanta, GA<\/div>\n<div>26 \u00a0Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL<\/div>\n<div>28 \u00a0Levitation Festival, Austin, TX<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"content_LETTER.BLOCK7\" class=\"BlockMargin\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"MainText\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001daR12QRspS1qMmMUnEPL0K9PBbV8zo7uLBUfsOzMYGVI1pfXbQygvJCi1sI9t1wljvQi8FzqBuDZKS3PpMJW19MpikkssWuZl9cTWLOV2liAfXVTXtJUhSNADzLvN7AGANJiKyMCvylbe_6rjsVEf9_AqtjGsYyxsSALCV6F_5c=&amp;c=HhLy1DFjCPAoXd0EYdKK2bBbRzcRW-uY70r8AHKIqcKSClrFC7ccUg==&amp;ch=hHGQ0Phf9K8drBjaPhOf-uc-CQsi0AhL50ArbKzBaYDxKrQNemXp2Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Ministry Official Website<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, CA &#8211; (WEDNESDAY, January 10, 2018) &#8212;\u00a0Today, Ministry&#8217;s Al Jourgensen talks about the recent sexual harassment claims in the media. \u00a0Check out the video HERE. 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