{"id":1976838,"date":"2023-07-18T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cmt-caves-to-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-from-rotation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T22:47:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T02:47:11","slug":"cmt-caves-to-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-from-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cmt-caves-to-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-from-rotation\/","title":{"rendered":"CMT bows to pressure, removes Jason Aldean&#8217;s latest music video."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcmt-caves-to-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-from-rotation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976838&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Never-Ending Search\u200b for Racism: \u2063Jason Aldean&#8217;s Controversial Music\u2063 Video<\/h2>\n<p>The \u2063issue with searching for racism in every nook\u200b and cranny in\u2063 2023 is that,\u200c invariably, you\u200d will eventually find\u200d it\u2063 \u2014\u2062 regardless of\u200d whether \u200cor not \u2062it\u2019s actually \u200cracist.<\/p>\n<p>Case in \u200bpoint, \u200cjust \u200dlook\u200b at the \u2062latest \u200dhit \u2064from country superstar\u2062 Jason Aldean, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-enraged-country-star-jason-aldean-torches-blue-cities-new-music-video-try-small-town\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">Try \u2063That in a Small Town<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polarizing? \u200dSure. Aggressive? \u200cAbsolutely. \u2062Unapologetic?\u200d Unequivocally.<\/p>\n<p>But\u200b racist? \u200cReally? This song \u2063isn\u2019t\u200c exactly \u201cOne in a\u2063 Million\u201d by\u2062 Guns N\u2019\u200b Roses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>WARNING:\u2062 The \u200dfollowing video \u200dbelow \u200bcontains vulgar language\u200d that some \u200cviewers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The \u200bmusic\u200d video, which dropped\u200b Friday, appeared\u2063 to spark \u2062a fresh,\u2064 new \u200cwave of\u2063 controversy\u200c despite the\u2062 song \u2063having \u2062been out since \u2064May.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062video\u2063 itself\u200b was\u2062 accused of being \u201cpro-lynching,\u201d but it\u2019s worth\u2062 noting that most of the \u2063crime being perpetuated in the\u2064 video \u200b(the crime that the\u200b lyrics are so \u200bvehemently \u2062fed \u2064up\u2063 with) is being \u200dcommitted by\u200d white\u200d people.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, comb\u2063 through the\u200c entire song and \u200byou\u2019d \u200cstruggle to \u2062find\u2062 anything \u2064really pertaining to race in \u2062the song. There\u2062 are \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-more-votes-than-voters-in-key-swing-states\/\" title=\"Trump: More Votes Than Voters in Key Swing States\">pro-police<\/a> and pro-Second \u200dAmendment sentiments expressed throughout the song, but \u2064neither of \u2062those has anything to \u2062do with skin color.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Making \u200cthis entire \u201ccontroversy\u201d infinitely more aggravating\u2064 is the fact \u2063that \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cmt-caves-to-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-from-rotation\/\" title=\"CMT bows to pressure, removes Jason Aldean's latest music video.\">utterly hyper-reactionary\u200b response<\/a> to\u2062 the \u200bmonths-old\u200c song\u200d was \u200benough\u2064 to scare Country Music \u2064Television\u2062 (CMT) from dropping Aldean\u2019s song.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/07\/jason-aldean-controversial-try-that-in-a-small-town-music-video-pulled-cmt-rotation-1235441016\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\"\u200d rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> \u2062is\u2063 reporting \u200bthat\u200b CMT is pulling \u200c\u201cTry That\u2064 in \u200ba Small Town\u201d from its\u2063 airwaves because of\u2062 the perceived \u200coffensiveness\u200b of\u200c the \u200csong.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, \u200dthe\u200b very same music\u2062 channel\u200c that ostensibly \u2064wants \u2062to capture the \u2062spirit \u2062and \u200dsoul of\u2062 the \u200bWestern \u2063frontiersmen is \u200bapparently quivering in \u2062its\u2062 fake\u2064 cowboy boots \u200cbecause leftists are \u2063apparently mad \u2062about \u200cAldean\u2019s song.<\/p>\n<p>(It\u2019s worth noting \u200dthat Aldean\u2019s ongoing\u2064 \u201cHighway Desperado Tour\u201d has the \u2064full-throated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-endorses-country-music-superstar-not-without-blistering-first\/\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsement<\/a>\u200d of\u200d former \u200dPresident Donald Trump, \u2062perhaps \u200bexplaining some\u200b of this \u2063newfound leftist\u2064 ire.)<\/p>\n<p>So\u2064 many people accused\u2063 the video \u200bof being\u200d racist \u2063and \u200c\u201cpro-lynching\u201d that \u200bAldean\u200b himself\u200d responded to that backlash on social\u2062 media.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u200b class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u200cdir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the\u200b past \u200b24 hours I\u200b have been accused of releasing\u2064 a pro-lynching song (a song that has been \u200cout since\u2064 May)\u2063 and was subject to \u200dthe \u2063comparison \u2063that \u2064I (direct quote) was\u2064 not \u2063too\u2063 pleased with \u200dthe\u200b nationwide BLM protests. These references\u200d are not \u200bonly meritless,\u2064 but\u200b dangerous.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Jason \u200dAldean (@Jason_Aldean) \u2064<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jason_Aldean\/status\/1681382697875144717?\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the past 24 hours I\u2062 have been \u2062accused \u2063of releasing a pro-lynching song (a\u200d song that has\u200d been \u200cout since \u2063May) \u2063and was subject\u200c to the comparison that \u200cI\u200c (direct quote)\u200d was not too\u200b pleased\u2064 with \u200dthe\u200c nationwide\u200d BLM\u200c protests,\u201d \u200dAldean\u2062 tweeted. \u201cThese references \u2062are\u200b not\u2062 only\u200d meritless,\u2063 but\u2064 dangerous. There \u200cis not\u2064 a \u2063single \u2062lyric\u2063 in \u2062the song\u200d that\u2063 references\u2063 race \u2063or points\u2063 to it- \u2063and there isn\u2019t\u2064 a single video clip that\u200c isn\u2019t \u2064real news footage\u200d -and while I\u2064 can try \u200band respect others to \u2064have \u200ctheir own interpretation of a \u2063song \u200cwith music- this\u2062 one goes \u200dtoo far.<\/p>\n<p>Aldean \u200dalso \u2063added what the song \u2062truly \u200bmeant \u200cto him: \u201cTry\u2064 That\u200c In A Small\u2064 Town, for\u2064 me, \u2064refers \u2064to the feeling of a \u2064community that I\u200b had growing\u200d up, where we took care of\u2063 our \u200bneighbors, regardless of \u2064differences of background or belief. Because \u200bthey were our neighbors,\u2063 and that \u200dwas above \u2064any\u200c differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-singer-jason-aldean-wife-fire-shots-woke-using-halloween-costumes\/\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">My\u2063 political views<\/a> have \u200bnever been something \u200bI\u2019ve hidden\u2064 from, and I\u2064 know that\u2063 a\u2062 lot\u2064 of\u200c us in\u200c this\u2063 Country \u2064don\u2019t agree\u200b on how we get \u200dback to\u2063 a sense\u200c of normalcy \u2064where \u200cwe go at least \u200da\u2063 day\u200d without a \u2063headline\u2062 that \u200dkeeps us\u2063 up at \u200bnight. But the desire for it \u200cto-\u200d that\u2019s \u2064what \u200dthis song is\u2062 about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For \u200cAldean, these baseless,\u200d meritless attacks \u2062on his \u200dhit music\u200d video are\u2063 just the \u2064continuation \u2063of \u200ba rough few\u2063 days.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday,\u2062 Aldean\u2063 had to \u200bcut a\u200d Connecticut show short after\u200c he suffered a\u2064 heat\u200b stroke\u2062 during \u2063the \u200dperformance.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cpost\u2064 <a \u2064rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cmt-caves-mob-pulls-jason-aldeans-newest-music-video-rotation\/\">CMT Caves to Mob, Pulls \u200cJason \u200bAldean&#8217;s Newest Music\u200b Video from\u2062 Rotation<\/a>\u2064 appeared first on \u200c<a\u200b rel=\"nofollow\" \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2063Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023, the problem lies in constantly seeking racism everywhere. Eventually, it will be found, even if it&#8217;s not truly racist. Take Jason Aldean&#8217;s controversial song &#8220;Try That in a Small Town&#8221; as an example. It&#8217;s divisive, forceful, and unapologetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":1976839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}