Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Finally listened to the song.

Let's be honest. Small town America in this day and age is for losers that couldn't make it out. Meth-heads. Opiod junkies. Dead end jobs.

Anyone that has any ambition or talent leaves that environment and never moves back.

This song is an anthem for the forgotten small town people and what they wish they were. It's kind of sad actually.

+1

Anonymous wrote:I just suffered through his performance of this song at CMA Fest on Hulu. He’s a talentless d-bag. On the opposite end of the spectrum, a Keith Urban performance followed. He’s a real entertainer, super talented guitar player and seems happy to be there, uplifting and positive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea who this guy was before this "controversy." And I refuse to comment on any of the SM posts (this is my first) b/c i refuse to give him significant attention.

The guys seems like a talentless Dbag. Not only completely self unaware (Macon is not a "small town." I grew up in a small town) but a classless bigot.

It took him creating controversy, over a song he didn't write, using a video location of a 1927 lynching, for him to make it to the top of the charts? Show how talentless he is. Also shows what kind of people his followers are. And frankly, I'm enjoying the discussion among my "friends" to a certain extent b/c they're tell me something about them that I maybe didn't know. And none of it is good. So now I know.

Macon is definitely a small town.

source: I lived near there for five years as an Air Force brat.

DP. Macon is about the same size as Alexandria. I think it's silly to call that a small town. I grew up in a place about 1/5 the size of Macon and even that didn't feel like a small town. We had a Walmart and a Target.

NP. +1. Macon is absolutely not a “small town”.

Anonymous wrote:Finally listened to the song.

Let's be honest. Small town America in this day and age is for losers that couldn't make it out. Meth-heads. Opiod junkies. Dead end jobs.

Anyone that has any ambition or talent leaves that environment and never moves back.

This song is an anthem for the forgotten small town people and what they wish they were. It's kind of sad actually.

Anonymous wrote:Finally listened to the song.

Let's be honest. Small town America in this day and age is for losers that couldn't make it out. Meth-heads. Opiod junkies. Dead end jobs.

Anyone that has any ambition or talent leaves that environment and never moves back.

This song is an anthem for the forgotten small town people and what they wish they were. It's kind of sad actually.

Anonymous wrote:Finally listened to the song.

Let's be honest. Small town America in this day and age is for losers that couldn't make it out. Meth-heads. Opiod junkies. Dead end jobs.

Anyone that has any ambition or talent leaves that environment and never moves back.

This song is an anthem for the forgotten small town people and what they wish they were. It's kind of sad actually.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea who this guy was before this "controversy." And I refuse to comment on any of the SM posts (this is my first) b/c i refuse to give him significant attention.

The guys seems like a talentless Dbag. Not only completely self unaware (Macon is not a "small town." I grew up in a small town) but a classless bigot.

It took him creating controversy, over a song he didn't write, using a video location of a 1927 lynching, for him to make it to the top of the charts? Show how talentless he is. Also shows what kind of people his followers are. And frankly, I'm enjoying the discussion among my "friends" to a certain extent b/c they're tell me something about them that I maybe didn't know. And none of it is good. So now I know.

Macon is definitely a small town.

source: I lived near there for five years as an Air Force brat.

Anonymous wrote:I think his song is about how different life is in a small town in the context of a city. They live a different lifestyle and from lyrics, they support their LEOs, etc. I think he is right. He insinuates for example that theirs is a very gun loving culture v city folks who tend toward liberal (myself) who despise gun culture. I think he's right. So a lot of the lyrics I think is on pointe re: small esp rural communities in the US.

Is he racist for saying that? Maybe but it is the truth.

My other prob with those who want to be outraged on this is that you should really examine the lyrics to 2LiveCrew, NWA, Eminem, et al. rap group. I mean you cannot say those lyrics are not maybe even worse or on the same level!!!

I think the cancel culture is real and is very scary. From banning gas stoves to this, I think people just take to the extremes of what has been publicized and can't let it go. We're just all too nuts.

The location the video has been filmed is used as a prime location to many many other videos - that's why they used it. Now, maybe because he happens to be politically right wing, he is sending a message, who knows. But he is not the only artist who picked this spot to film so you have to be fair about this place being used - should we analyze all those times this location has been on film?

So I'm not a right wing supporter that he definitely is. He's MAGA loving, proTrump and he's everything I don't stand for but you know he can be a conservative and still make music. You may not like it but I think people outraged about this song should call out a zillion other things in this day and age that are if not the same and worse to be outraged about. The other side is that he knows full well this is a controversial song and it will make him more $ - that's just business savvy and people play into that so - again not his fault.

I don't like the guy but beating up on this song is a waste of time, energy and really anti free speech.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea who this guy was before this "controversy." And I refuse to comment on any of the SM posts (this is my first) b/c i refuse to give him significant attention.

The guys seems like a talentless Dbag. Not only completely self unaware (Macon is not a "small town." I grew up in a small town) but a classless bigot.

It took him creating controversy, over a song he didn't write, using a video location of a 1927 lynching, for him to make it to the top of the charts? Show how talentless he is. Also shows what kind of people his followers are. And frankly, I'm enjoying the discussion among my "friends" to a certain extent b/c they're tell me something about them that I maybe didn't know. And none of it is good. So now I know.

Macon is definitely a small town.

source: I lived near there for five years as an Air Force brat.

DP. Macon is about the same size as Alexandria. I think it's silly to call that a small town. I grew up in a place about 1/5 the size of Macon and even that didn't feel like a small town. We had a Walmart and a Target.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea who this guy was before this "controversy." And I refuse to comment on any of the SM posts (this is my first) b/c i refuse to give him significant attention.

The guys seems like a talentless Dbag. Not only completely self unaware (Macon is not a "small town." I grew up in a small town) but a classless bigot.

It took him creating controversy, over a song he didn't write, using a video location of a 1927 lynching, for him to make it to the top of the charts? Show how talentless he is. Also shows what kind of people his followers are. And frankly, I'm enjoying the discussion among my "friends" to a certain extent b/c they're tell me something about them that I maybe didn't know. And none of it is good. So now I know.

Macon is definitely a small town.

source: I lived near there for five years as an Air Force brat.

DP. Macon is about the same size as Alexandria. I think it's silly to call that a small town. I grew up in a place about 1/5 the size of Macon and even that didn't feel like a small town. We had a Walmart and a Target.

A city that’s the largest one around it for miles is not the same thing as a city that’s part of a massive metro area. Not PP, but I consider Macon a small town because I’m from somewhere much larger. Someone from one of the even smaller towns surrounding it might consider it “the city.”

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea who this guy was before this "controversy." And I refuse to comment on any of the SM posts (this is my first) b/c i refuse to give him significant attention.

The guys seems like a talentless Dbag. Not only completely self unaware (Macon is not a "small town." I grew up in a small town) but a classless bigot.

It took him creating controversy, over a song he didn't write, using a video location of a 1927 lynching, for him to make it to the top of the charts? Show how talentless he is. Also shows what kind of people his followers are. And frankly, I'm enjoying the discussion among my "friends" to a certain extent b/c they're tell me something about them that I maybe didn't know. And none of it is good. So now I know.

Macon is definitely a small town.

source: I lived near there for five years as an Air Force brat.

DP. Macon is about the same size as Alexandria. I think it's silly to call that a small town. I grew up in a place about 1/5 the size of Macon and even that didn't feel like a small town. We had a Walmart and a Target.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think his song is about how different life is in a small town in the context of a city. They live a different lifestyle and from lyrics, they support their LEOs, etc. I think he is right. He insinuates for example that theirs is a very gun loving culture v city folks who tend toward liberal (myself) who despise gun culture. I think he's right. So a lot of the lyrics I think is on pointe re: small esp rural communities in the US.

Is he racist for saying that? Maybe but it is the truth.

My other prob with those who want to be outraged on this is that you should really examine the lyrics to 2LiveCrew, NWA, Eminem, et al. rap group. I mean you cannot say those lyrics are not maybe even worse or on the same level!!!

I think the cancel culture is real and is very scary. From banning gas stoves to this, I think people just take to the extremes of what has been publicized and can't let it go. We're just all too nuts.

The location the video has been filmed is used as a prime location to many many other videos - that's why they used it. Now, maybe because he happens to be politically right wing, he is sending a message, who knows. But he is not the only artist who picked this spot to film so you have to be fair about this place being used - should we analyze all those times this location has been on film?

So I'm not a right wing supporter that he definitely is. He's MAGA loving, proTrump and he's everything I don't stand for but you know he can be a conservative and still make music. You may not like it but I think people outraged about this song should call out a zillion other things in this day and age that are if not the same and worse to be outraged about. The other side is that he knows full well this is a controversial song and it will make him more $ - that's just business savvy and people play into that so - again not his fault.

I don't like the guy but beating up on this song is a waste of time, energy and really anti free speech.

My problem is more with the a**holes who want to be outraged about what they pretend to believe about people who live in cities. That's the market for his garbage lyrics. Like we live in these urban hellscapes. Meanwhile, to pretend that small town living is better, they have to ignore the fact that the people with any ability are getting the hell out and going to the cities. They ignore the abandoned houses, the companies that could no longer function in their areas, the rampant drug use, the hostility to education, and the embrace of the most repressive kinds of religious beliefs. Instead of recognizing that their culture is played out, they lash out against others.

This is just reciprocal hate towards small towns

No, it's the realities of the cons of both rural and urban environments. Just facts.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had no idea who this guy was before this "controversy." And I refuse to comment on any of the SM posts (this is my first) b/c i refuse to give him significant attention.

The guys seems like a talentless Dbag. Not only completely self unaware (Macon is not a "small town." I grew up in a small town) but a classless bigot.

It took him creating controversy, over a song he didn't write, using a video location of a 1927 lynching, for him to make it to the top of the charts? Show how talentless he is. Also shows what kind of people his followers are. And frankly, I'm enjoying the discussion among my "friends" to a certain extent b/c they're tell me something about them that I maybe didn't know. And none of it is good. So now I know.

Macon is definitely a small town.

source: I lived near there for five years as an Air Force brat.