{"id":1984857,"date":"2023-07-28T07:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-we-do-need-songs-like-jason-aldeans\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T07:34:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:34:36","slug":"yes-we-do-need-songs-like-jason-aldeans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-we-do-need-songs-like-jason-aldeans\/","title":{"rendered":"We need songs like Jason Aldean&#8217;s."},"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%2Fyes-we-do-need-songs-like-jason-aldeans%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=1984857&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--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><strong>National Review Editor-at-Large Kathryn Jean Lopez<\/strong> is criticizing\u2062 country singer Jason \u2064Aldean for his new hit about small-town Americans defending themselves against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">left-wing violence<\/a> and chaos, saying \u201cwe don\u2019t need songs\u201d like that.\u00a0Lopez accuses \u2064Aldean of unnecessarily promoting \u201canger and \u200cviolence,\u201d\u00a0encouraging him to instead focus\u200d on conveying messages of \u2064love. <\/p>\n<h2>Love Over Guns<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cPart of the reason abortion is so prevalent in America is that people don\u2019t know \u2063what a\u200d gift their own lives are,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2023\/07\/jason-aldean-isnt-helping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">writes<\/a> Lopez. \u201cThat\u2019s why we don\u2019t need songs about pulling \u2062out \u200dguns \u2062to take care of\u200d problems that come from a deficit of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1123515819\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b6bf846be6cc3ede4b7321bdfac95cda fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b6bf846be6cc3ede4b7321bdfac95cda\"><\/div>\n<p>While I have nothing but respect for Lopez as a person, her analysis fundamentally fails to grasp the immediate,\u2063 tangible threat the left poses to every American. Abortion and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-we-do-need-songs-like-jason-aldeans\/\" title=\"We need songs like Jason Aldean's.\">left-wing domestic terrorism<\/a> are \u2062not the same issues. Aldean\u2019s song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b1_RKu-ESCY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try That\u2063 in a Small \u200bTown<\/a>\u201d \u200bputs blue\u200d city lawlessness and the destructive 2020 Black Lives Matter riots on blast, asserting, \u201cThat sh-t may fly in \u200cthe city. Good luck trying that in a small town.\u201d \u2062The song is a powerful expose \u200cof Democrat\u200c carnage and a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/20\/the-real-reason-the-left-hates-jason-aldeans-new-song-has-nothing-to-do-with-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">symbol of defiance<\/a> among everyday Americans. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps\u2062 Lopez doesn\u2019t know what it\u2019s \u200clike to witness\u200d Marxist looters and arsonists descend on a small community. I, however, saw this firsthand while \u200dreporting in Kenosha, \u2063Wisconsin, \u200cduring the 2020 riots. There was no \u200btime \u2062to instill \u201chope\u201d and \u200d\u201clove\u201d into the hearts of leftist criminals. Everyday citizens\u2063 were forced to fight tooth and nail for their lives and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>After \u2062the shooting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/flashback-media-pushed-false-jacob-blake-narrative-unarmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jacob Blake<\/a>, Black Lives Matter and \u2064Antifa rioters from blue cities like Chicago and Portland swarmed the\u200b city. Outnumbered\u200d local and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-back-the-blue-texas-house-passes-bill-cracking-down-on-cities-that-defund-police\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Texas House Passes Bill Cracking Down On Cities That Defund Police\">state law enforcement<\/a> \u2062only had enough manpower to protect public buildings in the town\u2019s center, leaving citizens\u2019 homes and businesses at the mercy\u2062 of the mob. <\/p>\n<p>Meet Chuck, the owner of a tire shop\u2063 who spent every night on his roof, gun in hand, guarding\u2063 his \u2063business. To \u2062the rioters, he said: \u201cCome to my shop and I\u2019ll blow \u2064your heads off.\u201d On the second night of rioting, I witnessed \u2062dozens of men like Chuck standing in front of their homes \u200cand businesses\u200b with\u200c guns and baseball bats, ready to defend themselves. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e3016ce45944c4b7496758c521a0359a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e3016ce45944c4b7496758c521a0359a\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"vZx75ehQtSNO1zAGTBiIydbVUPc6X4WDJ8wCKqm90karMREnpLHoulYfg\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chuck has been spending every \u2062night on his roof guarding his uptown\u200b tire shop \u201cwith guns.\u201d He believes the rioting will affect the 2020 election, and he is \u200b\u201cfor \u200dTrump all the\u200c way.\u201d To the rioters he says: \u201cCome to \u2062my shop and I\u2019ll blow your heads off.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5oFvKgj2c5\">pic.twitter.com\/5oFvKgj2c5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Federalist (@FDRLST) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDRLST\/status\/1299391920670748672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, \u200c2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One woman, who out of fear of retribution\u200b asked that her face not be shown, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDRLST\/status\/1298179159047446529?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">broke down<\/a> in tears as she \u2062watched her neighborhood in uptown Kenosha go up in \u200dflames. She described the \u200bscene as\u200b a \u201cwar zone.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenoshanews.com\/news\/local\/watch-now-man-viciously-beaten-during-kenosha-riots-doesn-t-let-that-night-define-him\/article_0d54414f-a95c-56b8-b346-f4af7fa7568d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert \u2062Cobb<\/a>, a 70-year-old longtime\u2063 Kenosha man, was viciously beaten by BLM rioters after he tried to stop them from stealing from the 100-year-old \u200cDanish Brotherhood. Cobb tried to keep the criminals at bay with a fire \u200dextinguisher, but the rioters sneak-attacked him, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/26\/elderly-man-defending-store-during-kenosha-riots-has-jaw-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leaving<\/a> Cobb with\u200d a jaw broken in three places, a swollen eye, and\u200d stitches to\u2064 a head wound.  <\/p>\n<p>Kenosha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenoshanews.com\/news\/local\/damage-due-to-rioting-unrest-in-kenosha-tops-50-million-2-000-guard-assisted-here\/article_26473ec9-c08a-5490-9d09-cc2b840b65f1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suffered<\/a> $50 million in property damage, affecting\u200c 100\u2064 businesses, including \u206340 that never reopened. That number could have\u200c been far greater had Kenoshans not taken up firearms, baseball bats,\u2063 and fire extinguishers against the rioters. <\/p>\n<p>Aldean\u2019s \u2062song is an artistic assertion that Americans, like those in Kenosha, do\u200b not need to stand by helplessly as the Marxist mob is threatening their lives, especially given\u2062 that \u200dthe state routinely abdicates its responsibility \u2062to protect citizens.   <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbe6fa280379e3f85f87f8323a69586b fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-bbe6fa280379e3f85f87f8323a69586b\"><\/div>\n<p>Perhaps Lopez would argue 2020 was an exception, but the physical threat of leftism is felt <em>every day,<\/em> making Aldean\u2019s song\u2062 all the more pertinent. Take, for example, the horrific 2021 Christmas parade attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In a city not far from Kenosha, convicted felon Darrell \u200dBrooks Jr. plowed through parade-goers in his vehicle, with the \u200dcriminal complaint saying he drove in a zig-zag to hit as\u2064 many people as possible. <\/p>\n<p>Brooks wounded more than 60 people and killed six in the small city only 20-30 \u200cminutes away from Milwaukee. \u2064Just days before the\u2064 parade\u2063 massacre, Brooks \u2014 who was facing serious felony charges, including one related to running a woman over with his vehicle \u2014 posted his $1,000 bail. <\/p>\n<p>All the parade victims could have been alive\u2063 and unharmed\u200d had the office of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/nov\/23\/george-soros-backed-district-attorneys-are-ruining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">soft-on-crime<\/a>, George Soros-backed Milwaukee District\u2064 Attorney John Chisholm \u2064not given Brooks dangerously low bail prior to the attack. <\/p>\n<p>Even though Waukesha is a small city with a community-oriented\u2063 atmosphere, its people were not immune to the disastrous crime \u200cpolicies of Milwaukee. Aldean\u2019s song is a powerful anthem for these casualties of Democrat disorder and\u200b violence. It\u2019s a\u200b statement of agency and strength in the\u200b face of real-life threats to countless American lives. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debbie-wasserman-schultz-complains-gov-desantis-has-declared-war-on-wall-street\/\" title=\"Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Complains Gov. DeSantis Has \"Declared War on Wall Street\"\">essentially declared war<\/a> on the homeland,\u2063 and in the face of this imminent danger, people have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndcatholic.org\/yourresources\/editorials\/column0307\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">right<\/a> to \u200bdefend themselves. The\u200d reality is love and free hugs won\u2019t protect anyone from Molotov cocktails, \u200bfree-roaming violent criminals, mob looting, and professional Marxist rioters and arsonists. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-566dbdfbc1650ab26587a0697736889d fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-566dbdfbc1650ab26587a0697736889d\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Review&#8217;s Kathryn Jean Lopez slams Jason Aldean&#8217;s new hit, which portrays small-town Americans defending against left-wing violence. She argues against the need for such songs, accusing Aldean of promoting anger and violence. 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