stopthatgirl7Jul 22, 2023

‘There’s nothing American about promoting violence’: country star Jason Aldean criticised for anti-protest song

Try That in a Small Town features lyrics threatening violence against protesters and has been removed from Country Music Television, but Aldean says it is a celebration of community

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/19/country-star-jason-aldean-try-that-in-a-small-town-song

‘There’s nothing American about promoting violence’: country star Jason Aldean criticised for anti-protest song

Try That in a Small Town features lyrics threatening violence against protesters and has been removed from Country Music Television, but Aldean says it is a celebration of community

The Guardian
Show threadtallwookieJul 22, 2023
it’s country music. you have to be tone deaf or inbred to enjoy it.
Show threadorphiebabyJul 22, 2023

There are a lot of types of country and a lot of different singers. Radio USA certainly doesn’t represent all of it.

It’s like saying you have to be a punk or a lower-class African American to enjoy rap. Rap is surprisingly varied, done by basically all nations and ethnicities, and more-often-than-you’d-think political or otherwise intelligent. Link Park is my favorite band, by the way, and most of their rap is about introspection, dealing with mental illness, or putting down bad relationships— and the latter can be angry, melancholy, resolved-and-hopeful, forgiving, and anything in between.

Show threadsik0fewlJul 22, 2023
Wow, that was a really well thought out and constructed comment just to say you're inbred.
Show threadorphiebabyJul 22, 2023
  • Here, have a trophy for winning at internet arguments
  • With that kind of charisma, you must have a ton of friends
  • I was born in Illinois and I don’t listen to country (except Niel Diamond, which I argue is partially country even though others disagree)— not that it should even matter. But I say it just to help drive my point home about your stupidity
  • Check my profile and see how stupid I am, I dare you
  • If your goal was to look cool to random strangers on the internet, you failed
    • Show threadtallwookie

    that lucky bastard, I wanted a trophy! I love trophy’s, they’re like physical manifestations of my awesomeness.

    regarding point #3, inbred people are born everywhere, not just the deep south - though it is much more common there. regarding point #4, I present to you the following evidence. there are many simple ways to earn money, but it appears that you’ve given up. that’s stupid.

    I am 35 and live with two other 35-year-old friends. We have no money, are about to be homeless, and have no hope of ever owning a house. - Lemmy.world

    To be honest, I am on disability ($1600 a month), my deaf housemate is on disability ($800 a month), and my other housemate works full-time at Walmart ($1800 a month). And yet we are so, so screwed.

    Jul 22, 2023 at 4:38amWeb
    Show threadorphiebabyJul 22, 2023
  • When a person is saying “all people who like country music are inbred”, they are drawing upon the stigmas of the deep south. Duh.
  • At the risk of sounding kind of lame, the fact is that you don’t know anything about me or my situation. Yeah, there are ways for me to make money. But online freelancing is really competitive, and everyone’s too stingy to hire a proofreader/editor. How about you go find a way to make $4000 in a month in a small town in the US when you have cerebral palsy and sensory integration disorder? Go outside, touch some grass, and consider not insulting and alienating every random person you see on the internet.
    • Show threadsweetviolentblushJul 23, 2023
    WTF, are you poorshaming?? Gross.