{"id":1980695,"date":"2023-07-23T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-blm-activist-says-whoopi-goldberg-doesnt-know-what-shes-talking-about\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T10:31:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T14:31:35","slug":"former-blm-activist-says-whoopi-goldberg-doesnt-know-what-shes-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-blm-activist-says-whoopi-goldberg-doesnt-know-what-shes-talking-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-BLM activist disputes Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s knowledge."},"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\">12<\/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%2Fformer-blm-activist-says-whoopi-goldberg-doesnt-know-what-shes-talking-about%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=1980695&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>A Former Black Lives Matter Activist Criticizes Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s Comparison<\/h2>\n<p>A former Black\u2064 Lives Matter activist, Xaviaer DuRousseau, strongly disagrees with The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s comparison between Jason Aldean&#8217;s song and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-buzzfeed-employee-and-trump-hater-baked-alaska-who-endorsed-a-democrat-for-president-gets-arrested-after-storming-us-capitol\/\" title=\"Former Buzzfeed Employee And Trump-Hater \u2018Baked Alaska\u2019 \u2013 Who Endorsed A Democrat For President \u2013 Gets Arrested After Storming US Capitol\">music video<\/a>, &#8220;Try That In \u2064A Small Town,&#8221; \u2063and the former \u2063BLM riots. DuRousseau firmly denounces any suggestion that there are similarities between the destructive riots\u2064 and the message conveyed in Aldean&#8217;s song.<\/p>\n<h3>BLM Protests: A Destructive Outcome<\/h3>\n<p>DuRousseau emphasizes that the BLM protests did not benefit any \u200bcity, community, or individual, except for\u2063 the looters themselves. These protests resulted in the destruction of numerous \u200dcommunities and\u2064 livelihoods, \u200dleaving a trail of devastation. DuRousseau questions why society should embrace such destructive \u200cactions.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence Jone Cross\u2063 Country interviewed DuRousseau, where he expressed his \u200ddisagreement with Goldberg&#8217;s viewpoint. The View criticized Aldean&#8217;s song, disapproving of its \u200dmessage. However, co-host Joy Behar defended Aldean&#8217;s right to create the music video\u2063 and spoke against censoring him. Behar suggested that Aldean consider \u2063the support big cities provide to small \u200btowns.<\/p>\n<h3>Goldberg&#8217;s Perspective: Big Cities Taking Care of Each Other<\/h3>\n<p>Goldberg argues \u200cthat big city riots are comparable\u2062 to small \u2063towns &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">taking care<\/a> of each other.&#8221; She believes that Aldean&#8217;s \u200bsong is about people looking out for one another, and it is interesting\u200c that\u2064 this aspect \u2064did\u200d not occur to Aldean or the songwriters. \u200bGoldberg asserts that people in small towns and big towns alike take care of each other.<\/p>\n<p>DuRousseau, who was previously a BLM \u200cactivist, recalls his awakening from the lies propagated during that time. He questions why \u2064the majority of the individuals involved in the looting were not \u200bfrom\u200d the local communities and why they targeted even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insurance-companies-reaping-benefits-from-protests-get-in-line-with-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"Insurance Companies, Reaping Benefits from Protests, Get in Line with Black Lives Matter\">black-owned businesses<\/a>. These questions were often ignored,\u200c as people\u2064 preferred to turn a blind eye to the\u200d criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>The debate surrounding Aldean&#8217;s song intensified when\u2063 CMT, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-blm-activist-says-whoopi-goldberg-doesnt-know-what-shes-talking-about\/\" title=\"Ex-BLM activist disputes Whoopi Goldberg's knowledge.\">country music video\u200c network<\/a>, removed &#8220;Try That In A Small Town&#8221; from its rotation. However, several\u200c conservatives, including Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), \u200b2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, and Donald Trump Jr., have expressed their support for Aldean.<\/p>\n<p>Since\u2063 then, the song has skyrocketed to the top of the iTunes Top 100 in the United States. It has also secured a spot \u200bin the Top 10 on Amazon&#8217;s &#8220;Hot \u2064New Releases&#8221; list and reached No. 2 on YouTube&#8217;s trending\u2063 music videos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u2064here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Aldean&#8217;s song and video. 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