[Neverforget01]

Supporting Obama is progressive, opposing him is race-baitng. Can't make this up.

[DuncanWaring]

Immigrant-trashing, gay-bashing, race-baiting, women-hating songs aren't hard to find in the country catalogue.

I'm of the opinion our esteemed correspondent, Mr. Heim, would be hard-pressed to find a single "Immigrant-trashing, gay-bashing, race-baiting, women-hating" song in the country catalogue.

[marron]

Immigrant-trashing, gay-bashing, race-baiting, women-hating songs aren't hard to find in the country catalogue. Heck, sometimes you can find them all on a single album.

Something tells me this guy doesn't listen to country music. I don't think he even knows anyone who listens to country music.

And no one at Washington Post noticed that he didn't have a clue what he was writing about because they haven't got a clue either. And we're supposed to pay a buck to read this stuff.

[EggsAckley]

“Immigrant-trashing, gay-bashing, race-baiting, women-hating songs aren't hard to find in the country catalogue.”

WHAT???

I performed country music six nights a week for many years and sang thousands of songs. Never ran into any of the above in country lyrics. I think this writer is confusing it with gansta rap.

Either that, or he's never even heard country and is just parroting what some UberLib told him at some time.

HOGWASH!!

[rlmorel]

What a steaming pant-load.

I think he has rap/hip hop mixed up with country.

You want racism and misogyny? Listen to Rap or Hip Hop.

[rlmorel]

This guy is some kind of worthless POS art critic, music or movies for the WAPO.

I read an article of his where he interviewed the wierd guy from “No Country for Old Men” (don’t remember his name) and he tossed a softball to the “artist” who made a comment like “We have made our comfortable lives on the misery of others...blah blah blah...” and other Jared Diamond Bull$hite.

I could see this wimpy turd nodding his head vigorously in agreement. Same peas in a pod.

[tumblindice]

‘the Dixie Chicks’

Sure, FR owns them. Would someone take the fat one for a walk?

[GSWarrior]

Sometimes writers, in their continual quest to come up with a good “lead”, let personal feelings come to the fore and can end up with something like this example—a contrived, offensive and inaccurate depiction of country music.

[davetex]

Joe Heim don’t know slickem from stickem.
Or sic’em from come here.

[philled]

I doubt he's even listened to the Brad Paisley CD, much less any "Country" music.

I recently heard an interview with outlaw country legend Billy Joe Shaver. He was talking about one of the times his wife was fed up with him. He'd been locked up again. She visited him tell him that she'd had enough and was flying back home to momma in Waco, TX. He begged her not to do it and told her that if she was going to do it, she should at least take a train so he could write a song about it!