Posted on 07/18/2023 3:53:40 PM PDT by Morgana
Country music star Jason Aldean sparked controversy with his new hit song 'Try That in a Small Town', which slams left wing antagonists for antics that wouldn't fly in the South.
Aldean, 46, released the gun-toting, anti-woke song Friday, just days before he suffered a severe heatstroke on stage in Hartford, Connecticut.
But the singer is facing the heat again for his latest track, which interlaced clips of BLM protestors vandalizing cities with lyrics endorsing traditional values and 'taking care of our own.'
Aldean opens the song: 'Cuss out a cop, spit in his face. Stomp on the flag and light it up. Yeah, ya think you're tough? Try that in a small town.'
The music video was met with backlash among some who felt the lyrics were dog-whistles intended to offend, while others saw it as a commentary on America's sharp divides.
Aldean's newest hit takes aim at woke activists for acting 'a fool', particularly condemning the series of BLM protests that sprung up across America following the police-killing of George Floyd in 2020.
The riots resulted in billions of dollars in damage and led to questions over why such a large number of people were willing to break the law, with Aldean feeling the unrest was due to people not being 'raised right'.
'Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk, carjack an old lady at a red light,' he sings. 'Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store - ya think it's cool, well, act a fool.
'See how far ya make it down the road. Around here, we take care of our own. You cross that line, it won't take long for you to find out - I recommend you don't try that in a small town.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
LOL...pantywaists are "offended." After billions of damage by the GD antifa and BLM, 35 deaths in the summer of 2020, torched courthouses and police precincts. We are supposed to care if some bastards are offended? They should be so lucky as to only get offended instead of getting what is really due to them.
Aldean and his wife are very huge Trump supporters.
I love him and his wife. From last year: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chelseastewart/jason-aldeans-wife-brittany-transphobic-post-backlash
Yep. They’re both keepers! :)
Nothing controversial about the song at all. Idiot leftists are just helping him with publicity.
About 50 blm punks from the Jackson, MS area and some locals tried removing a CSA monument in Laurel, MS. 120 heavily armed locals confronted them. LOL! It was labeled a misunderstanding. They there to register voters. 😂
Prolly best to stay away from Alabama.
RMFTR
RLTW
Antifa and BLM tried in Manchester, NH and got squashed real quick.
They had an open carrying, armed citizens escort, along with the police who did NOT bother the escort. At the end when the BLMers tried some vandalism and tried to set something on fire, the police dealt with it IMMEDIATELY.
That was the end of their antics in NH.
There's never anything truly controversial about anything the left and MSM label as *controversial*
WHen they use the term, it means it's a position against their narrative.
This is EXACTLY why I moved from the big city to a small, rural town about 16 months ago. No regrets!
Antifa tried it in Coeur d’Alene. They never made it out of their staging area.
CMT pulls Jason Aldean’s new ‘Try That in a Small Town’ music video after star denies it is a ‘pro-lynching song’ and criticizes BLM
Yeah picking THAT site had to be a deliberate ‘poke in the eye.’ ;-)
For your viewing pleasure ;-) - https://youtu.be/b1_RKu-ESCY
Antifa and BLM tried in Manchester, NH and got squashed real quick.
They had an open carrying, armed citizens escort, along with the police who did NOT bother the escort. At the end when the BLMers tried some vandalism and tried to set something on fire, the police dealt with it IMMEDIATELY.
That was the end of their antics in NH.
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That’s how it should be done everywhere. No appeasement of bullies and criminals.
Antifa tried to riot in South Texas. Mexican Americans blocked the streets with their trucks and were armed.
It stopped right there.
I love it. Don’t mess with Texas!
good song,good lyrics
good for Jason
here’s a version that shows lyrics, i see no problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8wRfWxQ_uA
The folks whining about it and getting the video pulled have created more publicity for Aldean and his song than he ever would have otherwise.
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