Posted on 04/04/2018 5:16:53 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
The abrupt ouster last month of Mike Huckabee from the Country Music Association’s charitable board just 24 hours after his appointment sends a strong signal that Nashville’s cultural revolution is in full swing.
An organized right-wing backlash against the removal of the conservative gadfly and presidential aspirant quickly fizzled, and Music City breathed a sigh of relief. The swiftness of the forced departure of Huckabee, who has been vocal about his support for the NRA and objections to same-sex marriage and parenting, underscores how the country music industry has become a nexus of discussion for two of America’s hot-button topics: gun control and gay rights.
In stepping down from the position, Huckabee bitterly publicized his stance by posting his resignation letter on social media with the headline “Hate Wins” — far from how most of the town saw the decision.
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Philips worried that Huckabee’s appointment might have been seen as reversing the industry’s recent disassociation from NRA Country, an NRA offshoot that once hosted events with singers like Blake Shelton but finally removed what was left of its once sizable affiliated artists page in March after most of the stars listed asked to have their names taken off. As CMT head, Philips says he made a copy of every artist who was on the NRA Country website and “tucked it away as ‘These aren’t people that we necessarily want to be in business with.’ If we were sponsoring tours with acts who were taking money from the NRA, [CMT parent] MTV Networks would have been outraged, and rightfully so.”
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CMA might want to look at the NFL before they discard their fans. Just sayin.
Country’s gone Brokeback!
Country music will not survive faggotry.
Whenever you hear liberals talk about “The right side of history” they mean take away your rights and its awesome to abort babies
Anyway, most country music stars dance around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots these days. Bro country turned country into a joke.
lol
Country music in name only these days.
Bro Country. Who even listens to that sh*t?!
What, because some Hack head of the network that plays country music dislikes conservatives, that he is the head and be all of country music?
Horse crap.
“Today’s Country Music is bad rock with a fiddle.” - Tom Petty
Anyone remember the Dixie Bitches? No? Not many do these days...
Garth Brooks is the one who started the wussification of Country Music.
Screw you... We're From Tx
This will not work well for country music.
Agree.
Then Faith Hill and Tim McGraw joined in too.
Explain. Explain why their “outrage” would be be “rightful”.
If you cannot provide a rational explanation then you need to retract your statement and STFU.
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