His song literally celebrates violence and the kind of mob mentality that leads to tremendous injustice. Oh, and his music video was filmed on the site of a lynching while it threatens black protesters today. Community? Really?
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It tells you exactly who he thinks his “community” is.
It's dogwhistles all the way down with these folks.
Ah, but you see, dem black folks, them ain't a part of tha community, dey're notting but second-class.
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Try That in a Small Town
This loser isn’t even from a small town. He grew up in Macon, GA (pop 153k) and currently lives in Nashville (pop 692k).
That's Modern Country: Artists with manicures and private jets singing about trucks and farm work. Listened to by office workers with trucks that never leave paved roads.
Relevant Bo Burnham song for those interested
As someone from an actual small town, that's hilarious 😂
I grew up outside of Jackson MS. Like, wayyy outside. And yeah. It hits pretty close to home.
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It’s the most cynical art form ever. The average pop country song is just a product; it has zero artistic value. And, it typically reflects a fake culture that has been confected from tropes.
office workers with trucks that never leave paved roads
Not true. They sometimes end up in the ditch after drunken driving.
Lol that’s a great way of putting it. Everything about it is phony. And most artists that could cross-over have been quick to do so and sever their ties to modern country.
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Idk I’ve lived here for nearly 30 years and it’s absolutely news to me that promoting violence is unamerican. Especially in a small town. Motherfuckers in small towns will brag about couch guns while daring the president to come to town. Small town motherfuckers will use gallows as a decoration. These people’s issues with blm protests in a small town isn’t violence it’s black people.
Also they never minded when the ones being rounded up were the gays or the Japanese or native Americans or Latines. But sure you fucking hicks need to be afraid. Fuck off and arm a synagogue instead.
For the love of God please just say latinos. You don't need to police our language.
Latines is better than Latinx which is a monstrous perversion, but spanish is just fine the way it is.
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Small town men are always the cliche bad guy in every movie/tv show for a reason
"violence" is when I'm not in absolute comfort - not when I shoot people, that's my right.
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The song’s lyrics include the lines: “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face / Stomp on the flag and light it up / Yeah, you think you’re tough / Well, try that in a small town / See how far you make it down the road / Around here, we take care of our own.”
Later, Aldean alludes to a conspiracy theory that the US government intends to round up its citizens: “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck.”
Who does he think does the rounding up?
The context makes it actually sound to me like he is saying he thinks "they" are going to come round up people's guns, not the people themselves.
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Who does he think gets rounded up? It’s never the plain rural majority folks.
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A "celebration of community" would have lyrics about helping each other, attending local events and supporting local businesses. It would reference knowing people's names, watching families grow up together, pitching in to help neighbours and being able to relax & feel content.
It shouldn't contain combative themes, othering, divisive language and threats of violence.
Something about this comment flipped a switch for me. This is how these people bond. They find common ground in fearing the same out-groups. To them, that is exactly what "community" is, sharing a common enemy.
It is a defining feature of fascism.
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That's a pretty shit take from the guy who was LITERALLY on stage when the Las Vegas shooter started firing into the crowd.
More flags than a Nuremberg rally. Nationalism is a disease.
This racist asshole grew up in Macon Georgia, just another in a long line of racist, suburban posers.
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It's just comical watching American men get salty. I bet his hands are super soft and he has a big truck with a pristine bed.
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Every article or post being made about this should include Bo Burnham’s “Pandering” at the end…he already said everything needed to say and killed it.
Bud Light with the logo facing out.
Dated lyrics in only 3 years. We truly cannot predict where "Cancel Culture" will hit next.
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Why do I suspect his ass is the first to flee when shit gets real? Doubt he can live up to his own lyrics, evidence has shown most of these people can't.
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This will be the trump campaign tune. At least until he's incarcerated.
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We poured hot tar and feather on the British when they raised taxes to pay for the war in which we were being defended. What part of our history is “non-violent”
We genocided the people that were here before us, there's nothing more American.
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The looming civil war continues to simmer. Shit like this is going to ramp way back up as the election gets closer.
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