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I was reading the post and comments concerning Zach Bryan - about him wearing the Free Palestine t-shirt. My thoughts once again strayed to what were these people like back in high school. Were they the ones that joined the Drama clubs, Glee clubs? Were they the ones that were in their own little 2-3 person clique? Were they the ones that looked down on the other students as beneath them, not "educated" like them?

Country music singer Ella Langley is facing an online backlash. But it’s not about political statements, as is the case with many celebrities. It’s not even about her music. People are incensed at her because she posted pictures of herself posing with deer she hunted. Now, people on social media are all in a tizzy because she enjoys the same activities as many male country singers.

Either Zach Bryan is indifferent to human suffering and murder, or he just cares about his streaming numbers. I'm not sure that the two are mutually exclusive, mind you, and I can't tell you if one is worse than the other. What I can tell you is that Bryan, a country star who built his reputation on decency and kinship with blue-collar fans, is now parading around Gillette Stadium -- where Macklemore got himself banned from due to his anti-Semitic, pro-Palestine rhetoric, kicking off one of the dumber woke controversies of recent years -- wearing a "Free Palestine" T-shirt. From...