The Jason Aldean commotion will likely die down, because Aldean and his wife, aren’t backing down. Plus, the song that’s at the center of this leftist-created controversy shot to #1 on the country charts. At first the controversy was supposedly about the racist lyrics and when Aldean defended the song, the “racist” allegation shifted.
The next faux controversy floated by liberal mouthpieces was about the location where the video was shot – about the courthouse Aldean is standing in front of in the video: The grim history of the courthouse in Jason Aldean’s new music video. This second attempt to trash Aldean brings up some lynching in front of that courthouse in the 1920s. This old history explanation for the outrage is all bs and I’m going to explain another similar attack that happened recently on Twitter. I seriously doubt Aldean knew anything about that 1920s courthouse history.
Back in June, Casey DeSantis wore a black leather jacket with an alligator emblem on the back in Iowa and immediately when I saw a tweet, by this man, whose bio lists historian, author, progressive Democrat, I quote tweeted it, Later the Community Note discrediting the “alligators are racist “allegation showed up:
Very quickly, Donna Brazile, long-time Democrat strategist ran with that historian’s take and I quote tweeted that also:
I had been avoiding Twitter for a while, but then I started checking out the political drama again. Anyone is entitled to their own opinion, but to make the allegation that someone is racist on the flimsiest evidence, citing some old history, is absurd and should be challenged.
With the attack on Aldean, “mainstream” media has jumped on board trying to breathe life into the “racist” allegation. The article about the courthouse I linked is from NBC, but there are other major “mainstream” news outlets trying to bolster that 1920s courthouse history angle too.
Aldean’s song speaks to the truth about a whole lot of people across America – of all colors and ethnicities – who don’t want the type of urban lawlessness they see flashing across the news daily happening in their small town or rural area. Why the left keeps trying to shut up people who mention the rise in lawlessness is because that lawlessness can be directly attributed to the BLM – Defund the Police effort and the Antifa chaos. Liberal policies have created the urban lawlessness. That’s the truth. All the people who rushed to support the Defund the Police policies will keep pointing the finger at everyone, but themselves for the chaos that has ensued where officials embraced those BLM policies. There are people of all colors and ethnicities who want the police to keep their neighborhoods safe. Law and order is important for all of us. Most people, regardless of race or ethnicity, yearn for a safe, close-knit community, where neighbors help neighbors, which is the overarching theme of Aldean’s song, I think.
Once someone on the political left in America launches these attacks, there’s usually a leftist pile-on effect (mob attack) from liberal media, liberal mouthpieces and politicians, to try to get the target to start apologizing and backing down. A few years back there was a media pile-on against the Covington school kid, that resulted in that kid and his school receiving death threats. No one wants to be dragged through the mud in public and labeled a racist or bigot, but the minute the target gives an inch, the radical left mob smells blood in the water and the attacks and demands intensify. The Covington kid, Nicholas Sandmann, filed defamation lawsuits – CNN and WashPost settled.
In America, we have the right to free speech, even controversial or unpopular speech. Many people in foreign countries don’t understand that, but free speech is a right in America, not something the powers that be allow us.
Certainly, CMT has the right to pull the video of the now #1 country song in the country. Country music fans also have the right to not watch CMT. I quit CMT years ago, when they started running all sorts of stupid shows and less and less music, but after this incident, well, I’d imagine CMT will face a backlash like the Bud Light ad campaign. I don’t drink, so I wasn’t a Bud Light customer anyway. I also was not a Target shopper. I am not a boycott or protesting kind of person, but as more and more companies jump on board these partisan political causes, well, I certainly will think twice where I choose to spend my money and I will speak up if I feel something is wrong. There’s a whole lot wrong with the media mob attacks in America.
The important thing is to stop and ask a lot of questions when these pile on attacks or allegations of racism hit social media and the news ecosystem. And don’t trust the “mainstream” media to present the facts. Speak up if you disagree.
