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Try That in a Small Town features lyrics threatening violence against protesters and has been removed from Country Music Television, but Aldean says it is a celebration of community

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[-] Bucket_of_Truth@lemmy.world 68 points 1 year ago

The song’s lyrics include the lines: “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face / Stomp on the flag and light it up / Yeah, you think you’re tough / Well, try that in a small town / See how far you make it down the road / Around here, we take care of our own.”

Later, Aldean alludes to a conspiracy theory that the US government intends to round up its citizens: “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.”

Who does he think does the rounding up?

[-] scottywh@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The context makes it actually sound to me like he is saying he thinks "they" are going to come round up people's guns, not the people themselves.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

That’s what I thought, too.

The lyrics are not very clear.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Who does he think gets rounded up? It’s never the plain rural majority folks.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago

Guns. I'm extremely confident the line is about guns. It is a common fear amongst conservatives and he mentions a gun in the line before.

[-] garretble@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

The liberals have been THIS CLOSE to rounding up everyone’s guns for decades now. Somehow they never do it, though. But soon they will! Trust me!

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Boo! I'm gonna get your guns! 👹

[-] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

The feds, obviously. Feds v cops is one of those city mouse country mouse dichotomies.

this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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