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

It tells you exactly who he thinks his “community” is.

Ah, but you see, dem black folks, them ain't a part of tha community, dey're notting but second-class.

What's a more tight knit community than a Klan?

These people are stupid. If you want a gun you will get a gun regardless of law, the same way it's been forever. Laws are just a false sense of security in America.

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.

His mind is a small town.

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.

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.

if you want a read about what small town, at the time, people did during the japanese internment here in wa state

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.

Who does he think gets rounded up? It’s never the plain rural majority folks.

The feds, obviously. Feds v cops is one of those city mouse country mouse dichotomies.

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.

Country music used to have themes like that, or simply be fun. "Down on the Farm" is catchy, fun, most can relate.

Reba sang... Fuck it, I'm done. There were some greats that sang about our common experiences, with a rural twist. Hell, even Garth is getting his ass beat for being inclusive.

Anyone talking honestly about southern community is going to come off real anarchist/communist/leftist/whatever. A large part of rural life is mutual aid, a staple of leftist movements. Rural people vote conservative because they're told to hate someone else though, and that's it. Ideologically they are more leftist, though often with conservative social values regarding family and faith.

I read he was from Georgia and had another moment of, “man, why does my home state have to keep embarrassing me like this?”

He’s a supermarket cowboy.

Don't assume everyone from the south is racist though, there are low life shit humans everywhere unfortunately

Bud Light with the logo facing out.

Dated lyrics in only 3 years. We truly cannot predict where "Cancel Culture" will hit next.

Look at that pampered baby face of his. He probably has a fussy skin care regimen and spends more time in a spa every week than most people do in a year. But he needs to pander to the testosterone-obsessed truckbro pissbaby demographic to make his money.

At the end of the day, the root cause of bigotry is cowardice. Maybe stupidity and indoctrination got them where they are, but for 100% of them, it's cowardice that's keeping them there.

Trump and Aldean need a shallow ditch

Still so much better than "Fortunate Son" lol

We genocided the people that were here before us, there's nothing more American.

To pay for the war which we started and we were defended. And continued to need defense even after the war.

I'm happy the Revolutionary War happened, but the more I read of it the more I realize we (Americans) were on the wrong side of it.

That was very Aldean of you to say.

Because it's recent and CMT took action. Nothing new here.

I'm a liberal redneck, got a country list on Spotify.

"Country Boy Can Survive", strikes a chord with me, not hellishly racist. I get it.

I like "Song of the South", I feel much of it, but the name itself is a dog whistle. If you listen to the words, well, things got better with FDR? 🤷🏻‍♂️ Make of it what you will.

"Indian Outlaw" is catchy, zero hate, could even be called positive. (Not by me.) Seems damned offensive to a Native American. Done with that one.

"Try That in a Small Town" is kinda OK, on its own. I get the sentiment. We small town folks take care of ourselves. Because we have to. OTOH, the video and backdrop, Jesus Fucking Christ, he might as well have said kill invading n****rs.

Anyway, different songs from different times. Now is not the time to release shit like this and try to claim... Whatever the fuck he came out with. I'm exhausted.

EDIT: LOL my God. The song and video were worse than I remembered. Song isn't even catchy, even with the video off, it's just dreck. And change that from "kill invading n****rs" to "kill all libs/woke/whatever".

This country lib is armed, for whatever that's worth.

No, Community is at its best when it's rapping in a hot dog costume.

Die mad about it.