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It’s racist to some people cause obviously only black people commit crimes. Had an argument with a woman she said it paints black people in a bad light. Liberals here really just have the usual racism of low expectations they have always had. The other one is there was apparently a lynching back in the 1920s at that Courthouse however again that wouldn’t be relevant if they weren’t assuming they are talking about black people (aka in their minds criminals)
@@reanschwarzer2187 also I just don’t think it should matter where he filmed part of the music whatsoever, people film stuff there all the time, the American soil is quite literally soaked in blood from the horrible things people have done, so I guess by leftist logical people shouldn’t film anything in America at all 😂.
@@SLITHERIS agreed I just find it insulting to my black conservative friends cause they see this stuff and go how does the black community not see it’s the people calling it racist that are the racist ones. It just aggravates them and I feel bad for them and this is another example they assume black people are criminals it’s the only way you could have this stance they are taking. I just wish more people could see that.
We had some out of town boys thinking it would be cool to tear up our park with their car. They were chased out by our boys so fast that sheriff didn’t even have time to react. It is how it is we take care of our own and our town. Also it baffles me that some people believe only certain people live in small towns, certain people in cities, certain people are patriots and only certain people commit crime? They maybe need to look in a mirror. Kinda sad way to live imo. Great reaction as always and you broke it down beautifully in the end❤
In rural areas like mine, we look out for one another. If theres a strange truck in the driveway and we know no ones home, we're gonna be pulling in behind them. When there's bad weather and tornadoes, we're walking to the neighbors to see who needs what.That's just how it goes.
The music video is a dog whistle for white supremacists. If you don't know the history of the places featured, then you don't realize the message. So I don't blame people for not knowing and liking this song. But if you know, you should have a problem with it.
@@thebenderfityogi4314Yep, completely warning people to not try to rob or carjack in a small town because the local people will protect each other against criminals. Terrible message lol
The only ones who are racist are the ones claiming the song to be racist. The man is clearly talking about criminals So are the people calling this racist assuming that criminals are of a particular race? These weirdos are projecting. Nothing wrong with the song.
Small town justice: taking someone street skiing for being the wrong color in town after dark. There's so many horrible stories about what small town folks have done in the name of "protecting our own" Learning the history of "strange fruit" was/is still horrifying
It's labeled as controversial by the media and a select few social media people. The laymen (regular people) of this country like it or are indifferent. It's a great song.
When somebody says don't be a criminal and do criminal things because it won't be tolerated in a small town and the first thing they think of is black people who's the racist here?
It was supposed to be bad for being a dog whistle as sone say, Sheryl crow said Jason was singing it to incite violence. We all just said has Sheryl crow never listened to rap music lol
I love this Luke, I'm a City Boy from Chicago, Illinois, but having lived in Texas 15+ years yeah, to me Aldean did/said nothing wrong bro, I honestly can't figure out why folks are in arms about this????
CMT says afraid companies might pull advertising. Big corporations and woke society race baiting being the culprit. Thanks for seeing thru that, enjoy your reactions!
I've got a few friends in the UK homie, so I've been informed on how "un-sociable"? people can be there. It doesn't make sense to me. I can run into a complete stranger in my local super market and have a 2 hour long conversation with them about the big football game. Which I've been told that's technically unacceptable there. The whole time watching this video, even at the end explaining your views and jealousy, I was yelling and waving my arms in a beckoning motion saying "Come here to small town America." You'd love it my friend.
Exactly. Most right wing discourse - which this song parrots - continue to ignore actual statistics and research about crime. It's just fear mongering by and for the Republicans in power.
The song isn't offensive. Some mainstream media like making mountains out of molehills. Fortunately, most Americans I know are not easily offended but we live in a 'snowflake' culture at the moment.
Yeah, just like the people complaining about the Barbie movie. Dont listen to the song if you don't like it. Don't watch the movie if you don't like it.
@@shermaniac I didn’t watch the movie because it didn’t really look like my kind of thing. But if others enjoy it that’s ok with me. 🤷🏼♀️ I’m not totally against watching it later on a streaming service if I feel adventurous. Lol It might actually be funny, I don’t know.
There is a woman by the name of Shannon Watts who is a radical. She finds racism in everything. She's from San Francisco. A radicals radical. She posted garbage on Twitter, about this incredible song, the singer Sheryl Crow picked up her tweet, and it went viral. Watts and Crow were instrumental in getting the song pulled from Country Music Television (CMT). Those good ole' boys and girls and most of America didn't take kindly to that. Because of her actions, the song propelled to #1 and has gone Platinum. So, thank you Shannon Watts for shining a spotlight on an EPIC song.
I really think they owe Jason Aldean an apology for doing something that this country needs and thats standing up for our rights as American citizens, God bless you all
There's an economic principle that says the recent past is a good indicator of the near future. The courthouse lynching was just shy of a hundred years ago. That is not the recent past. I'd like to hear what Aldean says, but it could just be that this courthouse was used as a warning against what happened when a mob took over in the past, and like Atticus Finch on the jail house steps protecting Tom from lynching, Aldean is standing against mob violence, not with it. Seems to fit with the message of the song. P.S. I don't know how other people feel, but I am sick to damn death of people feeling like they have carte blanche to assign the worst possible motives to everything. Who elected them as the mind-reading, moral arbiters of the world? It sure wasn't me.
Hey brother, you haven’t lost your mind. I’m from the American south and all Jason is letting people know is, fu$k around and find out. We take care of our own, no matter the race. Find out
Honestly! I wonder much money it cost for these ppl to get the microscope they use to try to find racism in everything! The lyrics are fine The visuals are fine The vocals are good The instrumentals are fire Nothing wrong with this song
Your reaction was EXACTLY what most of our reactions were. We were dumbfounded when we heard people say it was racist. That’s our racist America for you. Lol. The biggest problem with this song is that it’s well known that Jason Aldean and his wife are Conservatives.
You hit it right on the head!!! It's just the A__ Holes!!! I'm an American who lives in California & I absolutely LOVE this song!! & your explanation!!! RIGHT ON!!! 👍👌😉❤
I grew up in a small town, one night we had a literal axe murderer going wild, every man in town was out with their rifles and shotguns, helping the cops chase him down before he could hurt anyone else. It didn’t end well for him.
So, if he was an axe murderer then he actually murdered someone. Now if I was to report this in the same manner that right-wing media does when trying to demonize progressive culture, I would leave out the part where the town got together and focus only on the fact that someone got killed by some crazy man with an axe, THEN launch into a tirade about how conservative culture let that happen. See how that works?
There you go. Just like Jason said it didn’t take him long to find out did it. You don’t do that shit In a small town. I live in a small town and we never had this liberal bullshit happening here because everyone knew you don’t do that shit here😊
I live near the town of Undisclosed Location, Alabama at the conner of No Street and Where Avenue. My neighbors are Black, White, and Red (Choctaw Peoples). We get along. We support each other. A couple of years ago, we got hit hard by a fast-moving Hurricane Zeta which managed to make it 100 miles inland with 90 mph winds. No power. No county water. Power lines all over every which way. It was a mess. I have Solar Power, not for any Green thing but because of emergencies. I loaned out generators. I gave out water from my wells. I made ice in my freezers. I was proud to do it. I had a big oak tree that fell across my 200-meter-long driveway. Neighbors arrived with chain saws. It was converted to firewood in two hours. The following hunting season, I had four deer dropped of by neighbors who claimed that "We figured you could use it." We take care of each other. Only Blue City people could object to the song.
It's the VOCAL MINORITY that are from these cities that are complaining because they are being exposed for being horrible people who lie, steal and kill.
Here’s the context from an American on why the lyrics are so fucked up. “Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk Carjack an old lady at a red light Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store Ya think it's cool, well, act a fool if ya like” He’s describing crimes but he’s clearly talking about black people. Due to how they’re portrayed in the media. Lots of historical context over 150 years about how black people were enslaved then set free then partially enslaved again then set free but only as 2nd class citizens and given no right until about the 1960s where there are still many racist people alive today that we’re still around back then. All that to say. Black people in the USA are much poorer than their white counterparts who have a 150 year head start to the race. Since poverty is directly tied to crime there’s more crimes being committed in poorer neighborhoods which are more likely to be populated by black people. When you factor in income into the statistics all races commit crimes at the same rate but a lot of media institutions intentionally leave out that context and just show bar graphs that show black people committing more crimes than white people and then continue the narrative that all minorities especially black people are criminals. “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face Stomp on the flag and light it up Yeah, ya think you're tough” Cussing out a police officer and stomping out the American flag are all legally considered free speech under the 1st amendment of the United States constitution. However Jason does not approve of those actions and even though you’re free to do it. He hates you for it. And here’s why. “Well, try that in a small town See how far ya make it down the road Around here, we take care of our own” “Try that in a small town” is basically him saying if you try and do constitutionally protected activity like calling a police officer a bad word or burning the American flag you will be shot. And killed. So don’t come to our small town and we won’t have to murder you. Is the translation Also “we’ll see how far you make it down the road” is referencing a recent news story in the state of Georgia where an elderly white man shot up a car full of teenage black girls and killed 2 of them because they were turning around in his driveway because they made the wrong turn. They then sped down the road as they were bleeding from their wounds and then the driver passed out from blood loss and they crashed into a tree. The man was not arrested for almost a month. When Jason is saying “we take care of our own” he’s referring to white people. It’s a very common thing said by racist people here in the south. Also the “small town” reference is referring to white neighborhoods. Due to legal racial segregation for so long many small towns especially in the south are extremely white. “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” So this is him directly talking to black people and threatening them directly saying if you come move into our white neighborhood we will shoot and kill you. Why? Because the “cross that line” comment. Is a direct reference to “redlining” A practice where black people were legally segregated into their own neighborhoods too and forbidden to move into white neighborhoods This is the most egregious part in my opinion. “Got a gun that my granddad gave me They say one day they're gonna round up Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck” When Jason says “they are going to round up“ the “they” he is reffering to are black people. And the round up he’s reffering to is them getting together and collectively demanding equality and fair treatment by the police. Aka “hey don’t kill us disproportionately please. It kinda seems like you’re purposely trying to kill us” This is also in reference to the murder of George Floyd in 2020 after he was strangled for 9 mins straight by the police begging and pleading for air until they crushed his wind pipe and he died. The protests demanding justice afterwards is directly being referenced here “Full of good ol' boys, raised up right” This is so racist Jesus Christ 😂😂 omg so “good ol’ boys” is literally a reference to the confederate states of America during the American civil war. The confederate soldiers, who were fighting on the side of preserving slavery in America were called “good ol boys” now in modern times this is just a racist dog whistle Now I have completely and egregiously oversimplified so much historical and contemporary context but hopefully I did a good enough job explaining why this dude is so fucked up and a piece of shit
British, American, African, Australian, Italian, Irish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, etc. etc. we all have a right to say something, brother. It's a HUMAN thing and it's only human that you feel the way that you do. We may be divided by an ocean but we're still connected, brother.
I live in a small town in the US. He's not wrong. The big cities have lost their fucking minds, but if anyone tries that here in a small town, well, we got a 2nd amendment for a reason... Try that here and you most likely won't live to see tomorrow. We do take care of our own. Also, there's something even our own government doesn't take into consideration.... Warriors desire peace more than anything. As a Vet, I can confirm this. Most of us move to small towns to get away from ignorant assholes. If you tried that riot shit here, you will find out. That is why American small towns are known collectively as "the land of fuck around and find out." Big cities make the news. The reason small towns don't is simply because we use our law and rights to defend ourselves.
BTW this song is not controversial in any way.... It's only the government and media that makes it that way. They've never been to a small town, and just as we rebelled against you Brits, we will again reenact 1776, if we need to, on our own government as our constitution says to do if it ever becomes tyrannical.
Hello!! I love this song a lot and don't think you missed anything! I grew up in a big city and I live in a small town and really appreciate and LOVE it!!
Me too! I had to leave my beloved Denver after 30+ years because it's no longer sane. I moved to a town of 2,000 and even though I miss the old Denver every day, I know I made the right move.
I moved from a city in Massachusetts to a small town in Tennessee and the crimes and violence against defenseless people wouldn't be tolerated a example would be i got mugged 4 times growing up north down here someone decided they were going to break into my house while i was gone and neighbors i barely knew showed up with guns telling them lay down on the ground the police are on the way and youd better believe those criminals obeyed them
BTW, also, NEVER apologize for having an opinion. I fought, lost friends, and bled for all people's right to do so. I may be American, but that includes your right to speak. So no, obviously unable to speak on this, is not the correct take. I love you and your channel, but I find it personally offensive that you are so careful with your speech. I didn't bleed for you to be a pussy. However, I know I'm coming off as "too harsh." Sorry about that, and I will continue to support you in all you do. Please forgive me for that.
Love your commentary! You’re spot on. I love the song and the video is epic. I live in California. I’m also a retired police officer. Disrespect our police officers, harm our elderly, abuse the system by mob robbing and you’re going to find a different reaction in a small town.
Your comment caught me off guard. You being from California. I know there are a few republicans there. But I was still floored. It’s rare to see a Californian comment from that point of view. But awesome!
There is no racism in this song. It's about how people in smaller towns in America don't allow the kind of violent nonsense people get up to in larger cities here. In smaller towns we help one another out, watch out for one another.
They watch out for each other in the cities too. There's literally no difference and it always comes down to neighborhoods within the cities and towns. Because it's the neighbors that watch out for each other. It happens in small towns, big towns and even big cities because it's human nature. Accusing city folks of not having these human behaviors is basically the same thing as someone insisting that ALL small town folks are inbred. It's idiotic and Aldean is a dumbass.
They didn't cancel Hannah Montana for this place being in the movie. I've lived in a small town all of my 47 years and I can tell you, we stick together regardless of color or background. There was a group of black ladies that would do an exercise walk in the mall on Saturday morning. They'd pray before and one day were asked to leave because they were praying. The following weekend, hundreds of us showed up in the mall parking lot, shoulder to shoulder, all races and prayed with those ladies right in front of the mall. In small towns, we stick together and as Aldean said, we take care of our own. Our guns are our means of hunting and defending our homes and families. If someone seeks to take your guns it's because they intend on doing something you'd shoot them for. We don't care who it is, if our communities are attacked, we will defend each other and each others businesses and homes from being destroyed. That is just how small towns in America are.
@@bitterrainbow So what? It's a racist location or it's not. You're outraged or you're not. Regarding the news footage shown? I'm from South Minneapolis, not anymore. I got the hell outta there and moved to a small town. In that riot, they burned down a brand new affordable housing apartment building while CNN stood in front of it and called it peaceful. They destroyed a Charter School, a food shelf, a church, burned down a Pakistani Dentist office just opening his clinic, burned down the restaurant of a black firefighter out trying to stop our neighborhood burning down. They destroyed dozens of small businesses, most minority owned. I don't care how mad they were about George. Nothing justified destroying the community. Most of the ones who did that? They were NOT from that neighborhood. People came in and wrecked the place and left us to clean up the pieces. Where I live now, that's not gonna happen. We do in fact look out for our community, and we will protect it.
@@bitterrainbowand your screen name says it all. You just don't like watching what your idealism shows,evil nasty people destroying,looting and be disrespectful to everyone. Grow up sweetie,we are done with this crapshow.
This song is not racist at all. It's a great song. That's my hometown at 4:35 (in the convenience store). One of our Marines teaches those guys what "f*ck around and find out" means. He wasn't just defending the store, he was defending the people who work there who he sees almost on a daily basis.
My ancestors immigrated to America from England in the 1600s. We originated from near Liverpool. Maybe our ancestors were neighbors at one time. In the Southeastern US, the word neighbor covers a lot of territory. ❤
The song speaks up against the liberal behavior we saw with their riots. They don't like that. The song is terrific and speaks up against violence and bad behavior. The hot button insult from liberals is always calling anyone who disagrees with them "racist" believing that labels one and they can't fight against it. The court house was used because it resembles the White House and represents justice.
@@carrollsanders9376 Only Anti American here is you. This is simply the truth. Criminals aren't welcome in small towns. 😅 Sheriff's don't put up with criminals. That is the American Way.
Just my opinion here, but I never seen or felt like he was talking about Race or anything about that. I got the message that in big cities people get away with stuff he's just trying to bring out our attention to what's going on in the world and that's why he says what he says in his song it had nothing to do with attacking people's race. but if you were to try that in smaller town and a full community where everyone knows everyone because the town is so small that's not going to fly, as he said, so you can't hide in the town, you can't escape, and there going to take care of their own. Nothing about this song was racist. At least that's how I see it or heard it.
It would have made more sense to cover every violent act in US, like January 6th... January 6th was way worse than BLM protests. They tried to take over the country! Whatever pea brain taught you that was ok is what is wrong w/ america
The controversy is all about the courthouse in the background. There was a lynching that happened there back in the 20s. So people read into the song and said was racist because of the background
The reason some are calling it racist is because the building in the background supposedly was the site of a black man being hung. Being British, it probably doesn't make a lot of sense to you. it is the fact that it was made in response to what the US called the summer of love when riots were breaking out all over the country.
This song is a much-needed response to three years of Leftist crime and violence...supported by our Government. It gives voice to millions of decent people whose sense of normalcy has been toppled by this madness. Hope this adds some insight.
The reason that it was so controversial is because of where they filmed the video. Which to me is a tactic to distract from the message the song is portraying. To me it means in a small town nobody would try this kind of thing, ie. rioting violently, looting, etc, in a way as they would in a bigger city where the reprimand would probably be far less or nothing at all, because they would never get as far as being caught by the law or otherwise because they would be stopped or already too afraid/worried whatever it is to do those things. It is also important to mention that most protesters are there in a peaceful way, but the people that are being brought up in this song, and in this light are the ones who give peaceful protesters a bad name. It’s a real shame, but the controversy comes from a place of only preaching more hate and anger, because that is not what was meant by this song or video.
You're right...January 6th happened when everyone left their small towns and attacked a bigger town...erhmmm country.... What you did was worse and nobody believes you.
If that's the case and there are so many violent rioters in this country why are most of those clips filmed in different countries and taken out of context?
@GOTGames Totally agree. Btw everyone who reacted on YT I listened to said the same as you and 90% of them were not ‘white’. Thanks for reacting to it friend.
This whole thing just makes me think of a line from Bo Burnham's "Country Song (Pandering)": "I write songs for the people who do jobs in the towns that I'd never move to"
Yes like you said nothing racist about it. Just good old boys taking care of their neighbors. And speaking out against rioters during the BLM movement. Along with any other kinda violence. Stating it wont be allowed in small towns. Ive listed to black creaters reacting to this and 99.99% stated they loved the song and it wasnt racist at all. One even stated the people who do say this is racist is a racist themselves. The only reactir who said it was racist was a 20 something year old black kid and his father disagreed with him. His son kept trying to get him to change his mind but the father was adamant. Saying Jason wasnt talking about him. He was talking about rioters, looters and all kinds of violence. Saying their is a difference between protesting for BLM which i support 100% and rioting and destroying peoples property and homes and businesses. Tom McDonald definitely said it best when he says the government is trying to turn people against each other, and nothing will change until you ban together and stop listening to them. Every one should be equal, we all bleed red. And this is coming from someone who's grandparents were racist. Luckily my mom taught us differently and we were all the same, we grew up never seeing the color of someone's skin. If my mom followed her parents views (which at that time seemed normal for people to think like that) she'd never have had me or maybe sisters since we were born from Mexican fathers, our brothers from white guys. Her mom didnt like our paratage, going as far as to say if i was a Mexican she didn't want to see me and my mom better not bring her in the house (where they lived together, as our mom took care of her for awhile before my uncle took over). She got over it. We didnt have a close relationship. Funnily enough she had two favorites, one of our brothers and the oldest sister (half Mexican) and she doted on them more than anyone. Indulging them in food (which to no surprise, they are obese as adults. Probably very unhealthy. Our brother wont go to the doctors even to see if he has kidney disease that runs in the family. (so far only one of us has it so far, my other sister, besides our mom and uncle.) But the overweight sister has finally been told she has to go on a diet and lose weight because shes borderline diabetic (we've tried before to get her to eat healthier and lose weight for health reasons but she'd go on the defensive and accuse everyone of not wanting her to eat).
firstly ill say sometimes an outsiders opinion is more valuable than those directly involved, fresh eyes, unbiased and all that, so imo you do have the right, as does everyone, to have an opinion on a subject even if not directly involved the lyrics do literally say "i dont recommend you try that in a small town" whats the saying? you can't see the forest for the trees, as you said, people picking out bits and pieces to be upset over instead of looking at the whole song meanwhile most of the song seemed to be talking about what happened in 2020 (with the clips playing overlayed, and less laws have been enforced since, i assume maybe for fear of more rioting in reaction? which is fair but laws mean nothing if they arent enforced) lastly years back i accidently locked myself out of the house an it was a cold night, and my neighbor at like 2 am was up an let me stay in his place to stay warm, dont know if people would do that for eachother in a city or just ignore a neighbor/be scared to let em stay, but says a lot about the generosity of people that would be willing to let a stranger into their home when they dont have to
Yes, there are neighbors in cities that would shelter each other if needed and there are neighbors in small towns that won't. People are people, it's not like moving to a city or a small town changes their DNA. This is why I have a problem with Aldean and his otherwise very boring song... Aldean is obviously stoking the culture war where Americans lie about each other so they can tear each other down. It's probably the most idiotic thing a nation can do to itself but emotions like pride and anger take us there.
@@NigelDeans while i do agree worst thing to do in a nation is to divide its people, can you deny the multiple different videos done on seeing if random strangers will help someone? granted people arent bligated to help a stranger, but in todays society it seems people first instinct is to go to their phones and record, rather than actually stop someone from committing a crime or hurting someone, not saying the video isnt important evidence, but if everyone does it, all anyone is doing is watching a crime happen. while yes depending on the situation it could be dangerous to step in, so common sense before doing so without a doubt and there are other song that instigate violence, but those dont get taken down, unless its violence they dont care about if it does happen? me, i dont want any violence happening, nor encouraged, call me old fashioned
The song is basically saying that the riot and crimes being committed in the cities won’t fly in a close knit community who isn’t afraid to fight back. Most of the controversy is pretty stupid pretty much them picking out words in the song and fixating on them. I remember someone did a whole rant on the “good ole boys” line. They were accusing Jason Aldean saying that he was apart of a right-wing radicalist group who adopted that name even thou the good ole boys has been a phrase for years, getting a lot of its popularity from dukes of hazard. The other major bit is over the location which ok welcome to American you can got to the most peaceful city there is and if you dig back far enough you’ll find a shit ton of fked up shit that happened there, so I don’t put much stock in a building
It's not so much about any movement or particular group. I live in a very small town in Tennessee and no matter who you are or what you look like, if you act badly, it's not received well to say the least.
Not anymore Dude. The small town, gun rights, are being tested. However, the rights in the constitution were recognized, not granted. F around and find out needs to be the law of the land.
Well it just means law and order hasn’t been turned off in small towns. Acting up brings shame to the families name. Every one knows every one else. You will go to jail. Leave your crazy in the big city if you like it like that.
I live in Idaho in America and the reason this song is being hijacked is that it speaks for real America and how we feel about all that's going on. We are all armed and will not tolerate this if it comes to our home towns.
The racists are people who think that this song is racist. Like they pretend that only black people commited crime in the city. I'm not ok with that. Love my small Town, love my diversed community and i'll take care of each one of them 🖐️
It's totally racist, was shot where a Black teenager was lynched and I'm white and live in the deep South, and most of the video is shot in the Ukraine and other places than the US
It’s only controversial to the woke leftists. Since CMT banned the video sales have skyrocketed!! This song is America. Patriotic. The majority who are sick of what’s happening to our country love this song. We need to clean house of those in Washington since 2020. React to Rich Men North of Richmond. BTW you’re opinion is correct.
sure. I would love to see a source on this. I have never even heard of this song but I love how GQP snowflakes get super mad when they are called out for being racist. I am here for this show all day long! 🙂
It's not at all controversial, unless you lean to the "woke" side of things. It's NOT racist either. The whole courthouse argument doesn't work, people like Miley Cyrus filmed movie scenes there too. Is she or her movie racist? That courthouse has been the backdrop to many other things that weren't racist either.
It's pretty frequent that bigoted small towns murder minorities that even just visit their town. Pretty common they murder teens for accidentally knocking on the wrong door as well.
Honestly, my belief is it is controversial because *some* people had falsely believed they were destroying typical American attitudes and they can't stand people willing to stand against violence and threats.
You, and many other reactors who have had the same response, are not the ones who are missing something. It is the id!@ts who think there IS a problem with this song who are missing something.
I live in a small town that is about 45 minutes north of where Jason is from in Georgia. I live in Jackson which has a population a little over 5,600 people. The lyrics try that in a small town make sense to me because some of the things he's talking about would get you a good butt stomping here. We have each others backs and we take care of one another. You don't play around with the American flag. Come to a small town and try burning a flag....it won't go well. Yes there are a lot of rednecks here and there are racist people here I'm not saying we don't, but it isn't as prevalent as it is in the big cities.
Its those people who will find everything on this planet as being racist, plain and simple and that is all it is. Im not a country fan but there is nothing wrong with this song. Luke you can have an opinion on this and there is no reason why you shouldn't.
It’s controversial because our media is corrupt! I love your reaction. I live in a small town in the northwest and I LOVE my community it’s true I feel a sense of pride and love for my neighbors and country 🇺🇸 ❤USA
@@carrollsanders9376 Yes, you keep posting that, but I’m not sure you understand the values of the USA. They’re completely opposed to the extremist left wing ideology that you believe in.
The corrupt liberal media is the main driving force behind the destructon of this once geat country!! Pure and simple. This wil not be posted and freedom of speech will be violated!!
I'm from Texas, in a small community of 126 people, farming people. This song resonates as it captures the spirit of standing together, coming out to take care of others in the area. The song speaks up against the riots, the violence perpetrated against people who don't agree with the 'Woke' agenda. Protests can be a good thing, folks can speak their minds. Protests that turn to violence against people and businesses who are not the reason for the protest are wrong. The only thing I might say is problematic is the courthouse WAS the site of a black man's lynching... way back in the 1920's. The culture of racism back then was wrong. Good luck finding an old 1920's courthouse anywhere in the nation that didn't have a history of at least one such travesty of justice. Wounds of the past cannot be healed by continually ripping the wound open.
The courthouse is actually more famous for appearing in Hannah Montana the movie. Plus the courthouse is about 30 mins from where Aldean lives. Oh yeah, the people doing the lynching were actually Democrats.
ironic coming from someone who isn't a person of color, secondly nothing in the lyrics mention race whatsoever but if you compute violence = black, YOU my friend are racists, shame on you.
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The reason its Controversial is the building in the video is a building in Atlanta, Georgia apparently there was a lynching of a African American that was there a very long time ago and the uneducated people to put it sorta nicely who say this is controversial are putting the lynching and the crimes in the video together because they think that black people only do those crimes which is completely not true, i mean he showed damn near all races committing crimes but im pretty sure more of the crimes in the video was white people committing them. Thats what im thinking at least, hell im going to be honest as someone who lives in a town that has a population of only like 4000 people, i barely even graduated high school and ive never even left the state im from (Missouri, USA) even i know that what they are saying about this song is bullshit, there may be violence in the video but there is barely any crime im my town because literally just about everybody knows everyone. honestly i feel like as long as you raise your kids right, and to keep in mind that kids will grow up doing the things they see their parents do whether that be violence, drugs or whatever. My grandparents raised me, and i learned from them that being humble and kind will get you alot further in life that violence ever will sure people who are violent may get to the top so to speak but they soon fall back down because violence doesn't solve anything
I love that you call anyone who disagrees with you "uneducated" and continue on stating you "barely graduated high school." There is no crime in small towns because there are NO people in small towns.
@NurseMagsy first of all I never said I call everyone who disagrees with me uneducated, and me barely passing high-school has nothing to do with why I was said the word uneducated in the first place,
Candance Owen found that incident in the news article you talked about. She found it was a writer from Vanity that did some heavy digging and found an incident that happened at the court house in 1927.
So here's what your missing bro. The song is basically suggesting that crime and violence is rampant in America but not in the small towns and rather than stating the fact that crime is lower in small towns BECAUSE there are fewer people he is suggesting it's because of the culture difference. Now If you know anything about American politics you know that there is a culture war going on between liberals that prevail more in urban regions and conservatives that prevail in rural regions. The song actually suggests that small town culture won't allow crime to happen because of respect and vigilance, which implies that liberal culture in the cities don't have either of those attributes. Not only is that a lie (most people living in cities are just as respectful as anyone in a small town) but it's an insult to the more than 80% of the American people who do in fact live in live in cities. If Aldean was just promoting respect and vigilance he could have done it easily without the direct references to specific hotspots in this idiotic culture war. But he DID make those references, especially in the video and that makes the song a dog whistle for the culture war that is dividing the nation.
Exactly. The message people praise this song for is a good one. We look out for each other in a small town. We stand up to bullies and criminals in a small town. That's all great! It really doesn't stop there though. The tone says a lot else. It's the tone of "we'll take matters out of the law's hand and into our own". It's the fact that "burning a U.S. flag" (a reasonable protest and exercise of free speech) is grouped in with car jacking and armed robbery. It's directing that threat at flag burners. It's painting the picture that your two options are lawless, crime filled cities and loving, tight knit small towns. It does insult and it does do a lot more than celebrate the small town life.
Day 69 of recommending the Beyblade openings. There are the Japanese ones and the English ones. The English version has one opening for a generation, and that for the 1st and 2nd generation. The 3rd gen has one op for one season. But the Japanese version has multiple ops for a season in any gen. You should definitely check both versions out. I made playlists on my channel, so you don't need to search, cause in those compilations are a few off and not in the correct order. Thanks for checking out!
The old original Beyblade seasons way before metal fusion ever came out were a staple of my childhood. A lot of those English openings for kids anime back in the day are classics with their own strengths and weaknesses. But when it comes to rockin out some kick*ss energy Beyblade's was near the top
This is a small town anthem. It makes me so proud to be a small town person. We don't have big city problems and don't want them. We depend on each other and watch out for one another. God Bless small towns.
As a born and raised American, there is nothing wrong with this song. There are just some people who wanna make a big deal out of nothing. The biggest problem that people have is with the music video because there are some scenes that were filmed in front of a location where a black person was apparently wrongly accused of something so some evil people lynched him. Personally I don’t see anything wrong with filming at that location. Another reason why some people are mad about it is because of the clips of the BLM/antifa riots that have been happening in America, during those riots a lot of people of all skin colors have burned down buildings, robbed stores, stolen cars and much more so Jason is saying that stuff like that isn’t tolerated in small towns, it only happens in cities. A lot of people think it’s racist because they hear someone talking about crime’s being committed by BLM/ antifa and automatically think it is a black person committing the crime.
Maybe the location was a symbol of the past...Maybe Jason was trying to say, this will never again happen in our town. It was wrong back then, and that we won't let it happen to our friends and our neighbors and our family. He is an artist, he tries to send a message through song and video. Those who don't see the big picture are foolish.
That black man was hanged in 1927, almost 100 years ago. I would like to think we have moved past that in 2023. They had to dig deep to find something to hate in this song.
@@objectiveobserver4278 something to hate, that wasnt what ehy enable in the not so distant past, hell there was even a city that "protected" its business district by raising the bridges, all that did was cause the rioting to go towards the residential district.... the polititicians in that area really care for their voters
