‘Motor City Madman’ Ted Nugent is the latest star to tackle Jason Aldean’s controversial hit ‘Try That In A Small Town’, blowing up ‘idiots’ who hate the song in a Saturday interview.
“I do know there are many idiots on the market, but you might have to learn methods to laugh at them. Idiots hate this Jason Aldean song because they hate it once we oppose violence,” said Jimmy Failla of Fox News.
“They’re all the time 180 degrees improper. This song is against violence. The song is about self-defense. The song is about protecting your family members in your neighborhood. If you happen to discover a flaw in a song that celebrates protecting your family members, your neighborhood, you may go to Goal for a Devil show and get down in your knees.
“They’re just weird people. We reject them because they’re uncontrolled, because they don’t have any soul. I’m laughing of their face,” he added.
The rock legend isn’t any stranger to controversy himself, having defied liberals for years on hot issues equivalent to Second Amendment rights and free speech.
He has been labeled an “extremist” for his views.
It is a badge he seems to wear proudly, albeit sarcastically, telling Failli that it represents “truth, logic and customary sense” in the face of the cancellation culture crowd.
“I’ve all the time been radical – really extremist – for God, family, country, the structure, the bill of rights, the ten commandments, the golden rules, work ethic, law and order, all those really radical things that represent the hearts and souls of the best, most passionate, most conceited and funniest people in the world,” he said.
Aldean has also been criticized for his beliefs in the past, but he doesn’t apologize.
After Country Music Television (CMT) pulled his song from circulation and plenty of critics attacked the singer for allegedly “pro-lynching song”, it jumped to primary on the charts and garnered support from others – including Nugent – who claim the song is about self-defense.
Fans stand in the singer’s corner calling for a boycott of CMT for pulling the song from his network.
Social media has grow to be a battleground for the case as people have taken to Twitter to defend – or criticize – Aldean.
“The social media reach reaches out to good people throughout the world, and all the good people in the world say what the Nugent family says: ‘Go Jason, go … we salute you and stand with you,'” Nugent said.
Also in Aldean’s corner are country music stars Lee Greenwood and Travis Tritt, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, former President Donald Trump, Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, R., who said the singer “has nothing to apologize for.”
Amongst his critics, based on Forbes, are Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones, D., comedian Andy Richter, and singer Sheryl Crow, who denounced Aldean’s song as “cheesy” and said it promoted “violence.”
The video shows footage of the 2020 riots following the death of George Floyd for instance Aldean’s message, which has drawn criticism from those that say the implications are inflammatory.
Amid the backlash, Aldean told his social media followers, “In the last 24 hours, I have been accused of releasing a song in support of lynching (a song that is been out since May) and I have been the subject of comparison that (direct quote) I wasn’t too completely satisfied with the nationwide BLM protests. These references usually are not only worthless, but additionally dangerous.”