Yes, give up your guns and leave your family's security to Emily.
Posted on 11/04/2017 4:59:29 AM PDT by rktman
Washington Post music writer Emily Yahr was tapping her foot on Thursday...waiting for the country music industry to abandon its entertainment mission and end its shameful silence on gun control, after dozens of country music fans were murdered by shooter Stephen Paddock in Las Vegas: “Country music avoided politics this year. Then Las Vegas happened. Will anything change?”
The mood of the annual event, which the network declared “a night of hope and healing” instead of the usual lighthearted trophy ceremony, was compassionate and somber -- and, unlike nearly every other award show in 2017, completely devoid of politics.
In a year when it felt like everything in pop culture became a political flash point -- TV sitcoms, the NFL, the Golden Globe Awards -- country music managed to not say much of anything at all. This surprised no one familiar with the Nashville industry’s whispered advice about political beliefs: Avoid making them public.
But after the Las Vegas massacre, the format was suddenly linked with the contentious gun control debate. On Wednesday, millions will tune into the 51st annual Country Music Association Awards, the genre’s biggest night in the national spotlight. Can country music singers still get away with not voicing an opinion?
Who’s to blame for the silence? The liberal media’s Public Enemy #1 came into the crosshairs: The NRA.
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Thanks for posting that picture!!! Brings back memories.
I think this newsbusters critic should be locked in a cage with Ted Nugent for an hour or so. Sell the rights on pay per view.
Ban assault rental trucks!
Yes, give up your guns and leave your family's security to Emily.
Brad Paisley plays the same riffs in all his songs.
He is that guy, approx at 3:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNLL_SyXNJA
Uh huh. After the WaPo succeeds here they can turn their attention to shaming NASCAR fans into insisting the races go all-electric. Best of luck.
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