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.
I haven’t heard the song, but I just read the lyrics and I’m honestly not interpreting it as a racist song. I did grow up in the southeast US so I may have some biases, but the wording and phrases all read safe to me, at least in regards to racism.
The lyrics convey to me a small town mentality of ‘you mess with them you’ve messed with me’ which is a prevalent southern attitude, but the only thing he references are criminals, not a marginalized group.
I do lean left with most of my views, I’m anti capitalist, pro free speech, pro tax funded healthcare, pro trans rights and anti racism, so I feel like I should be exactly the demographic that would be sensitive to overt and even potentially subtle racism.
That said, I do think that vigilante justice is super problematic, and so even though I don’t agree this song is racist, I do counter propose the song encourages mob justice mentality, which is a different kind of problem that also matters.
If I’m missing critical details or context, please let me know. I have only read the lyrics, so insofar as that conveys, that’s my read.
Did you read the article?
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.
Also, the lyrics are tone deaf. He’s saying that him and his friends will kick the ass of anyone who disrespects police and/or the American flag… completely ignoring the reasons WHY people might feel compelled to disrespect police and/or the American flag.
But Bo Burnham said it best, he’s pandering
Even though I’m left leaning I don’t agree with ACAB takes because it literally isn’t all police, so I don’t agree with the institution of law enforcement being bad, and recognize that it adds value to society. The flag, idk, flags are just cloth to me, I could care less about allegiance to a country, especially when I disagree a lot with what my country does, or where its politics are heading.
I watched the Bo Burnham clip, lots of funny, it’s pretty on the nose.
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“Racist bigot sings racist bigoted lyrics in a racist bigoted song.”
Turns out it’s not that hard to explain
I watched the video, it’s nice and catchy. And there’s no racism in it. Maybe you won’t like it if you’re an antifa member?
A song about gunning down people showing images of People of Color protesting and filmed in front of a building historically associated with lynching, including the attempted lynching of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
There’s nothing about “gunning down people” and the people shown “protesting” were mostly white, as far as I remember.
Why can’t you stay at maga land like Truth or whatever bs platform you guys cannot seem to build? Go bother republicans and leave honest people alone. If we wanted the opinion of a fascist moron, we’ll call you. Bye.
And what small town did/does this racist asshole live, pray tell
Oh yeah, Macon fucking Georgia. Another fucking racist poser, I grew up in a town of 125 and this dude can go EABOD.
