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 threadBardfinnJul 23, 2023

For those unaware — or who don’t keep up —

Jason Aldean is also the one who sang that “transgender people is not a real ontological category” — which, if you know biology and you know history, is an exact quote from the Nazis, who built the genocide of millions out of the notion of “Entarte” — usually translated to English as “Degenerate” but which literally translates as “without ontological category”.

He openly called for genocide of transgender people. Conservatives ate it up.

He and his record label and fans are all a part of a violent extremist hate group.

Show threadshalafiJul 23, 2023

I’ve read the lyrics and listened to the song. What are you on about? Is it not enough to merely recognize the song (and the video’s setting!?) as racist? Are the dog whistles so lowkey that you have to make shit up?

I’m guessing Jason Aldean has never pronounced the word “ontological” or “entarte”, let alone sang it. Just how smart are you saying this guy is?

Show threadBardfinn
You’ll forgive me if I don’t consider the opinion of a concern-trolling cryptofascist.
Jul 23, 2023 at 10:23pmWeb
Show threadlolcatnipJul 24, 2023
They’re right, though. If you search for “Aldean ontological” the only result you’ll get with both words is this very thread.
Show threadshalafiJul 24, 2023

LOL, wasn’t so much correcting an error as pointing out that these idiots are giving WAY too much credit to a country star.

Using big words like that would get your ass whipped in his crowd. “I don’t know what that means, but it sounds woke!”

Show threadMarigoldPuppyFlavorsJul 24, 2023

First of all, you throwin’ too many big words at me, and because I don’t understand them, I’m gonna take 'em as disrespect.