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"Pretty straightforward paean to lynching": Toby Keith racist song lyrics surface online in wake of his death at 62
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| Feb 7, 2024
| Pallavi Kanungo
Posted on 02/07/2024 3:46:14 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
Country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Toby Keith passed away on Monday night at his home in Oklahoma, after a prolonged battle with stomach cancer since the fall of 2021. He was 62 years old at the time of his demise.
Trigger warning: This article has references to lynching and racism. Readers' discretion is advised.
The official statement from his family read:
"Toby Keith passed peacefully last night on February 5th surrounded by his family. He fought his fight with grace and courage. Please respect the privacy of his family at this time."
In the wake of his death, Toby Keith's famous song Beer for My Horses has come under controversy for the racist undertone in its lyrics and mention of lynching.
An X user with the handle @RFCapsMoustache critically commented on the same. Here's what they said:
Digital content maker and photographer Destinee Stark criticized the song Try That In A Small Town by country artist Jason Aldean on her TikTok last year for its racist, pro-gun violence, and pro-lynching lyrics.
At the same time, Stark criticized Toby Keith's Beer for My Horses, saying it was hard to believe the song had ever been approved for radio play.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: lynching; music; pallavikanungo; racism; racistsongs; tobykeith
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Wow, so any white saying lynching is automatically using racist language. Guess Clint Eastwood's movie "Hang 'em High" has Clint as a total racist by sporting that hanging scar.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
oby Keith's famous song Beer for My Horses has come under controversy No, it hasn't.
A few whiny little bitches are whining and bitching.
That is all.
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:49:28 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Sounds like Pallavi Kanungo is a racist POS.
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:49:52 PM PST
by
kiryandil
(Free Zaluzhny!)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:50:40 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: kiryandil
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:51:38 PM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Digital content maker and photographer Destinee Stark is an ugly, obese, bigoted, untalented negress that nobody has ever heard of before and who will shortly return to well deserved oblivion.
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:51:39 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:53:00 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Nothing says "democracy" like trying to throw your opponent in jail.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Being anti crime is now officially racist.
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:54:01 PM PST
by
Apparatchik
(Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Pallavi Kanungo is not American. Apparently, she is Indian. Living in India. I invite her to go swimming in the lower Ganges River.
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:54:09 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
The influencer even wondered why nobody ever talked about the song as "it literally talks about lynching!"
This "influencer" also literally "talked about lynching". It's context that matters, idiot.
To: Fresh Wind
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:56:24 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
Probably if she acknowledged Toby now, her popularity would decline and she can’t have that. Those lefties would dump her on her behind.
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:58:07 PM PST
by
dforest
To: dforest
And the sooner the better.
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:58:53 PM PST
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: dforest
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posted on
02/07/2024 3:58:55 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
These crazy leftist just like to bitch. Sick little jerks.
Sort of like a lot if FReepers these days.
These miserable pukes should just Fentanyl overdose.
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posted on
02/07/2024 4:00:50 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Yes, because hanging criminals is racist. What are these leftards trying to say? “Black kids are just as smart as poor kids”?
An overt racist says what?
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posted on
02/07/2024 4:02:18 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Pinko misanthrope)
To: dfwgator
LOL!
You have to keep in mind that it is biologically impossible for black people to be racist, right?
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posted on
02/07/2024 4:02:30 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Nothing says "democracy" like trying to throw your opponent in jail.)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
I’ll show you where their supposed racism comes from”
Hanging criminals = LYNCHING
GANGSTERS = N-E-G-R-O-S
Those A$$wipes should get a life.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
The song doesn’t mention lynching. It mentions hanging the unjust.
Big difference.
I guess Ft. Smith Ark should tear down the “Hanging Judge” Parker museum.
GFY leftist scum.
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posted on
02/07/2024 4:03:13 PM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Is it me, or all of a sudden have the buried trolls come out on FR like cicadas? It's all noise.)
To: All
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posted on
02/07/2024 4:04:19 PM PST
by
escapefromboston
(Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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