Liberals have been apoplectic over country star Jason Aldeanâs song in which he blasts the leftâs urban lawlessness and celebrates small towns where dangerous behavior is not tolerated.
The lyrics of the tune, titled âTry That in a Small Town,â begin with a panoply of attacks on civility and law and order that some on the left think are âcool,â including sucker-punching people on the sidewalk, carjacking old ladies, robbing liquor stores, spitting on cops and burning the U.S. flag.
âWell, try that in a small town,â Aldean sings in the chorus, adding:
See how far ya make it down the road.
âRound here, we take care of our own.
You cross that line, it wonât take long.
For you to find out, I recommend you donât
Try that in a small town.
Aldeanâs song goes on to note that folks in small towns are for law and order, they are armed and they are âgood olâ boys, raised up right.â
The country star, who is a vocal conservative, warns leftists, âIf youâre looking for a fight, try that in a small town.â
The Video for âTry That in a Small Townâ was released Friday.
WARNING: The following Video and some of the tweets below contain vulgar language that some viewers may find offensive.
Conservatives praised it as a refreshing takedown of the leftâs soft-on-Crime attitude.
Leftists, however, were furious over the Video.
Woke Twitter user Jim Stewartsonâs Monday Tweet was typical of the extremist, hyperbolic, left-wing lines of attack, calling the Video âracistâ and âwhite nationalistâ and howling that it glorifies Guns.
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In Stewartsonâs estimation, it is âdangerousâ because it is âencouragingâ white people to âexact summary justiceâ on black people and others.
âThis is one of the most dangerous, irresponsible videos from a mainstream artist I have ever seen. @Jason_Aldean is openly radicalizing his fans into white nationalist vigilante violence,â Stewartson bleated in his Tweet.
âEveryone associated with greenlighting this should be ashamed,â he continued, directing his comment to label BMG. âYour artist is intentionally dividing Americans against each other and ENCOURAGING the viewer to exact summary justice on people who âtry that in a small townâ who happen to be Black or a caricature of the âleft.â
âAldean goes on to invoke images of weapons of war in conjunction with his incitement. Music should be inspirational, but should not be used to inspire aggrieved white men to usher in a second civil war. You should take this down â everywhere.â
Of course, neither the song nor the Video features any âracistâ or âwhite nationalistâ rhetoric or images. In fact, the crimes included in the Video are perpetrated mostly by white people.
Leftist podcaster Bryan Combs agreed with the claim that Aldean was âadvocating for gun violence.â
âThese are the lyrics to the (atrocious) new Jason Aldean song. Any radio station that plays this should be ashamed. Itâs 2023 and we have a âcountry musicianâ out here advocating for gun violence, and to make matters worse Aldean was on stage during the Vegas mass shooting,â Combs piously lectured.
Anti-gun nut Shannon Watts also attacked Aldean for his pro-Second Amendment stance.
It is interesting that these leftists have such a laser-sharp focus on âGunsâ because Aldean mentions the word only once in the whole song. The Video also does not dwell on firearms, except in the few Crime videos that show criminals using them against people.
No, what irks the left the most is that Jason Aldean is right.
Big blue cities are devolving into Crime-ridden states of nature where it is everyone for himself. If you want to compare Democrat-run cities to Entertainment, youâd have to choose the violent âPurgeâ movies as your model.
The left knows this. But they donât want you to know this.
But, as Aldean says, you better not âtry thatâ in a small town.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
