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"I love our country, I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bullshit started happening to us," country singer tells crowd after "long-ass week" of controversy

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash didn't act like this. Maybe you could aspire to be more like them, and less like... you.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere 31 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Well they had class, still do.

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 1 year ago (2 children)

These dummies never understand that their country doesn't want them. Society grows and leaves some people behind. Adapt and grow or turn in to an old man yelling at clouds.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Psh, try saying that iN a sMaLL tOwN

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, they also believe that America is identified by its small town culture. But it really isn't. And I speak as someone who grew up in a very very small farming community.

The thing is that nothing happens in small towns. They're generally static and full of people who have escaped the rest of society in one way or another. They are not the harbingers of the future, more like the leftover dregs of yesteryear.

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago
[–] ATDA 73 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Create an exclusionary song about not liking someone's behavior.

Whine about being excluded due to behavior.

Sounds about right.

[–] paintbucketholder 53 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That entire song is just a thinly veiled threat saying "we're going to murder you if you're trying something we disapprove of here in this place, where we have all the power."

[–] StarManta 22 points 1 year ago

It’s veiled? It’s literally the title

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shoulda called sundown town

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[–] megatroid_skittles 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let me guess: This choad thinks that "before all this bullshit started happening to us" is any time before April 12, 1861.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

whiny loser

Describe country music in two words.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Even the guitar sounds like it's wallowing in self-pity. "Waaaaahw. Waaaaaahw. WAAAAAAHW."

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[–] HeyJoe 47 points 1 year ago

Restore it to what? A time when we didn't acknowledge how terrible we always were? I always find it funny that the people with the least amount of things to worry about are always the most vocal about being "hurt".

The worst part is always how little they can relate to anyone who has always had it bad living in America, no matter what year it was. I guess it is ok for some to suffer as long as it's not them.

[–] negativeyoda 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to go back to 3 days ago when I'd never heard of this chuckledick.

Seriously: just ignore this dingus. He's a waste and any press/ clicks is good press

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[–] TechyDad 44 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Restore our country to what it was? Oh, you mean having black people in the back of the bus and LGBTQ people in the closet.

Personally, if we're going to revert anything to the 1950's, I say bring back the 1950's tax brackets. In 1955, anything a person earned over $400,000 ($4.4 million in today's money) was taxed at 91%.

[–] Robbeee 19 points 1 year ago

When I grew up we bullied gay children until they killed themselves. I'll take cancel culture going too far over that any day.

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[–] YoBuckStopsHere 43 points 1 year ago

The problem is "his country" is the Confederacy and by restored he means slavery reinstated. That is my take until I see him prove me wrong, which he won't.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago

He's a whiny little snowflake.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lil Nas x (or someone else current idk, just seems like he'd be a good fit) should write a response song called "try singing that in an urban center"

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[–] acrobaticpenguin23 28 points 1 year ago

Maybe try to release a less inflammatory video concept next time. He is appealing to the Maga crowd but is turning off many others.

[–] MIDItheKID 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] markr 21 points 1 year ago

Two words: Bud Lite.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried, y'know, not being an asshole, dude?

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[–] TokenBoomer 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] NielsBohron 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This ~~distillates~~ distills why I hate country music.

FTFY. "Distillate" has a very specific scientific meaning (it's the liquid that condenses and is collected as the product of the distillation), and it's a noun, not a verb.

I hope I don't sound like a dick, but I teach chemistry and I have this nearly pathological need to correct misused scientific terms. So... Sorry? You're welcome? Either way, have a nice day!

[–] TokenBoomer 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t mind. I’m secure enough with my own stupidity. That’s how I learn. I can also apologize for my mistakes. The world needs more dicks. Btw, can you make me some LSD?

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[–] Boiglenoight 9 points 1 year ago

The song is fine. The video is full of fear-mongering and conflates people protesting injustice with petty criminals. So while you can infer what you want from the lyrics, since the band's in a video associated with this imagery tells me they're ignorant, somewhat racist, and pugnacious about it.

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