Posted on 05/01/2023 3:37:19 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Pauly Michaelis said he was the biggest fan of Jack Daniel's whiskey for more than 40 years. The operative word being "was."
Wearing denim overalls and a frown, Michaelis set fire to his collection of Jack Daniel's merchandise in the backyard of what appears to be his Ocean County home, over complaints the company has gone too "woke."
Among the items Michaelis torched in the viral Facebook video include a mirror, every Jack Daniel's glass he owned, a wooden sign, and numerous bottles of whiskey.
To cap it off, Michaelis torched a $250 bottle of Jack Daniel's and a $100 bottle of the famed whiskey.
It was all in apparent protest of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey Pride campaign that showcased contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race.
“Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Fire is dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ community year-round through representation in media we produce, nurturing a diverse and inclusive business, and partnerships and donations to [Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation],” the Jack Daniel's website says.
Michaelis declined comment to Daily Voice.
While it wasn't immediately clear what triggered him, Michalis expressed concern that Jack Daniel's is taking a turn in a different direction.
"For over 150 years since 1866 this drink was always associated with cowboys, warriors, bikers, savage rock bands and all American bad ass people," Michaelis captioned his video on Facebook. "Jasper Newton is turning over in his grave. THEY took a classic tradition of Americana that was the total defition (sic) of masculinity and made it WOKE."
Jack Daniel’s is cheap ass rotgut swill anyway.
So the label no longer features Nathan Bedford Forrest or mentions the “great victory at Chickamauga”?
Check out all of the Pappy Van Winkles, William Larue Weller and the George T. Staggs.
$350 sounds like a deal after seeing what those bottles go for on the secondary market.
When I do have Whiskey, I’m a Jameson Girl. St. Paddy’s Day and Christmas Eve.
JD is WAY too sharp for me. I find nothing ‘smooth’ about it.
Hopefully we’re still not hating on the Irish? Have they gone woke? Can I still hate on the French? I sure hope so! ;)
Haven’t touched the stuff in close to 30 years but I could either take it “on the rocks” or mixed with a little Coke.
Looks like the “typical” JD drinker. Look at me, and give me a Jack, and Black.
The D-Bag everyone recognizes as a D-Bag at the bar.😂
Long gone. It was originally a Civil War centennial product, distributed 1961-65 in the former Confederate states. Just a relabeled Old Fitgerald, IIRC. I believe it turned into a popular export label, so it was continued past 1965.
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