nic Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 On 7/25/2023 at 9:12 AM, ZRod said: It isn't overtly endorsing lynching but it's almost all the way there, never deserved this much attention to begin with. Almost there for lynching? I guess I didn't watch it closely enough, but somehow I think this is overstated. Yes, I would have never even heard of the song....or the artist...or listened to it.... if people hadn't thrown a tizzy. 1 1 Link to comment
ZRod Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 53 minutes ago, nic said: Almost there for lynching? I guess I didn't watch it closely enough, but somehow I think this is overstated. Yes, I would have never even heard of the song....or the artist...or listened to it.... if people hadn't thrown a tizzy. Look up the definition of lynching then read the lyrics. 1 Link to comment
Scarlet Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 6 hours ago, ZRod said: Look up the definition of lynching then read the lyrics. Let alone the video was shot in front of a courthouse where an 18 year old black man was lynched by a mob. He knows what he's doing. 1 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Scarlet said: Let alone the video was shot in front of a courthouse where an 18 year old black man was lynched by a mob. He knows what he's doing. No, he probably doesn’t. But someone in the production process most likely did. Is there some kind of memorial in front of the building? I mean I couldn’t even tell you what TOWN Emmett Till was murdered in without looking. And he is probably one of the most high profile tragedies. Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 3 hours ago, funhusker said: No, he probably doesn’t. But someone in the production process most likely did. Is there some kind of memorial in front of the building? I mean I couldn’t even tell you what TOWN Emmett Till was murdered in without looking. And he is probably one of the most high profile tragedies. Aldean's response to the outcry was that people missed the point: it was a song about community, and how small town folks look out for each other. But you'd be hard pressed to find that in any of the choices the lyrics and video made. It was literally divisive. As divisive as you could possibly get. f#&% him. Turns out it's not the first time he's been an a$$h@!e and a poser. Lynching? Let's assume that's over-reaction. But if the song is a direct challenge to "try that in a small town" and you're bragging about wielding grandpa's gun, what exactly is Aldean warning us will happen? Kinda funny how the song revolves around respect for the law, as if small town feuds with local police and sheriffs aren't part of the fabric. You think poor white trash has never spit on a policeman? 1 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, Guy Chamberlin said: Aldean's response to the outcry was that people missed the point: it was a song about community, and how small town folks look out for each other. But you'd be hard pressed to find that in any of the choices the lyrics and video made. It was literally divisive. As divisive as you could possibly get. f#&% him. Turns out it's not the first time he's been an a$$h@!e and a poser. Lynching? Let's assume that's over-reaction. But if the song is a direct challenge to "try that in a small town" and you're bragging about wielding grandpa's gun, what exactly is Aldean warning us will happen? Kinda funny how the song revolves around respect for the law, as if small town feuds with local police and sheriffs aren't part of the fabric. You think poor white trash has never spit on a policeman? So you agree then? Aldean probably wasn’t aware of the lynching connection with the courthouse? Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 10 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said: Kinda funny how the song revolves around respect for the law, as if small town feuds with local police and sheriffs aren't part of the fabric. You think poor white trash has never spit on a policeman? Bo and Luke Duke beg to differ. 1 Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 11 minutes ago, funhusker said: So you agree then? Aldean probably wasn’t aware of the lynching connection with the courthouse? Honestly don't know. He was also busted for using footage that turned out to be from Europe. My guess is that Aldean's production team knew what he was looking for and just grabbed the cheapest available public domain footage from stock libraries. Sometimes the sites for the protests were chosen because of their ugly histories. Who knows if anyone was being clever --- if that's the word for it. Lynching is almost exclusively racial in this context, but if Aldean promises merely to shoot civil rights protestors with grandpa's shotgun, he's not exactly being woke about it. 1 1 Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 20 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said: Honestly don't know. He was also busted for using footage that turned out to be from Europe. My guess is that Aldean's production team knew what he was looking for and just grabbed the cheapest available public domain footage from stock libraries. Sometimes the sites for the protests were chosen because of their ugly histories. Who knows if anyone was being clever --- if that's the word for it. Lynching is almost exclusively racial in this context, but if Aldean promises merely to shoot civil rights protestors with grandpa's shotgun, he's not exactly being woke about it. I don’t listen to his music, and definitely not going to start now. But country music has been on this tough guy vigilante kick forever. Especially since Toby Kieth after 9/11. I’d argue that country hasn’t changed a ton, but politics and society has. Willy Nelso literally sang a song about all the rope in Texas and a tall oak tree. He’s one of the most liberal country voices ever… If this was Kenny Rogers 40 years ago, no one would bat an eye. Link to comment
ZRod Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 34 minutes ago, funhusker said: So you agree then? Aldean probably wasn’t aware of the lynching connection with the courthouse? He probably wasn't, nor was anyone in the production. Were any of us prior to this? I said earlier that I wouldn't expect anyone outside of the town to know the history of that specific location, but damn are the optics bad... Link to comment
funhusker Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, ZRod said: He probably wasn't, nor was anyone in the production. We're any of us prior to this? I said earlier that I wouldn't expect anyone outside of the town to know the history of that specific location, but damn are the optics bad... @Scarlet apparently was After the fact, people knew. And my understanding is that those clips were removed. Give it a rest, folks! Link to comment
ZRod Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 21 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said: Honestly don't know. He was also busted for using footage that turned out to be from Europe. My guess is that Aldean's production team knew what he was looking for and just grabbed the cheapest available public domain footage from stock libraries. Sometimes the sites for the protests were chosen because of their ugly histories. Who knows if anyone was being clever --- if that's the word for it. Lynching is almost exclusively racial in this context, but if Aldean promises merely to shoot civil rights protestors with grandpa's shotgun, he's not exactly being woke about it. The grandpa's gun lyric was more a cheap way to role some 2A triggers into the song. 1 Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Now you're going to tell me they're changing the name of Dorothy Lynch salad dressing. 1 Link to comment
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