c/outoftheloop · by VeganSchnitzel@lemmy.world · 3y

What is happening with "small towns" and some country singer?

Posts referencing some things happening or not happening in small towns are all over lemmy & mastodon, sometimes with a picture of some country singer (?) with a cowboy hat (but never with a name do I can't just google what's going on).

Apparently it has something to do with threatening violence?

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zeppo@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Some dumbass made a country song with the usual horrifyingly cliched sort of lyrics, in this case lines such as

”Try that in a small town/ See how far ya make it down the road/ Around here, we take care of our own.”

“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.”

The problem is where the video was set, and contents (many modern protests). WP sums it up as

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.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/07/20/jason-aldean-song-video-pulled-cmt-controversy/

I had no idea btw, if it helps I searched DDG for “small town country music” and then went to the News tab.

VeganSchnitzel@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Thanks for the summary! My bad, didn't think "small town country music" would've been specific enough to go off, but guess I underestimated the algorithm again. Should've at least tried according to some of these responses I guess

zeppo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y

Seemed likely to me that those words would show up in news articles about the issue.

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y