The outrage over Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town,’ explained
The outrage over Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town,’ explained
Accusations of racism prompted a country music channel to pull the video, which is set at the site of an infamous lynching and race riot. But Republicans are embracing Aldean.
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Well this is exactly why we need to cut black history lessons in schools so we won't have this outrage, problem solved. /s
Anyway, this guy deserves all the backlash and then some. When you use your kids to promote your right wing political views, to me you are already a giant piece of shit, and then there is the racism, good ol' easy listening country music racism and many don't even notice.
Indeed. I was raised in a right wing bubble, and as a child/young teen I spouted off bullshit that makes me cringe and is a gut punch to this day.
It wasn't until I started thinking critically as a young adult and left home to see the world that I was like "Holy shit. We are fucked up."
And so now, whenever I see someone using their children who are too young to truly understand the implications of what they're saying, and are just spouting off hateful rhetoric to gain their parents approval - almost nothing fills me with as much disgust. I write off the parents as terrible people instantly. I haven't listened to him in a while, but I was a fan of "Big Green Tractor" when it was released. Never again though. Fuck him, his writers, his agents, and his producers.
And couching all these right wing ideals in a catchy, basic, palatable-to-the-masses country song and releasing it to the public is fucking insidious. It's normalizing the idea that if you disagree with authority or the government, you don't speak up: country boys will come after you. Just shut up and deal with the status quo. 🤢
And while he's normalizing the idea of staying silent to stay safe, Florida is trying to push that slavery was beneficial to black people 😮💨. Fuck this timeline.
and left home to see the world
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts" - Mark Twain
Agreed and I love this quote. I've never heard it, but it's top notch. If everyone would get out of their own bubble, truly see other people and the struggles that they go through, and gain some perspective, then the world would be such a better place.
Instead, people legitimately fear leaving their own bubbles, gain a "fuck you I got my own shit to worry about" mentality, and close themselves off to so much about the world around them. Or, in my MAGA family's case, they think by leaving their legit small town (truly tiny, not Jason Aldean "tiny"), the world outside is a wasteland where everyone else is waiting to shank you, rob you, shoot you, make you speak Spanish (the horror!), and turn you gay. 🙄
"Travel is fatal..." - Mark Twain.
/s