{"id":557965,"date":"2021-06-09T10:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=557965"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:52:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:52:04","slug":"good-riddance-country-music-fans-trash-cmt-for-touting-gun-control-campaign-promise-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/good-riddance-country-music-fans-trash-cmt-for-touting-gun-control-campaign-promise-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Good Riddance\u2019: Country Music Fans Trash CMT For Touting Gun Control Campaign, Promise Boycott"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fgood-riddance-country-music-fans-trash-cmt-for-touting-gun-control-campaign-promise-boycott%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=557965&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Kane-Brown-Kelsea-Ballerini.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Viewers of Country Music Television, known as CMT, are slamming the company and promising to boycott its upcoming awards show after it urged viewers to \u201cwear orange\u201d for a gun control campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re (virtually) wearing orange today in support National Gun Violence Awareness Day and to call attention to the more than 100 lives that are lost every day to gun violence. #WearOrange and visit wearorange.org for more,\u201d CMT tweeted last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4736842105263\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re (virtually) wearing orange today in support National Gun Violence Awareness Day and to call attention to the more than 100 lives that are lost every day to gun violence. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WearOrange?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WearOrange<\/a> and visit <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yCVs91toXw\">https:\/\/t.co\/yCVs91toXw<\/a> for more. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ir1tsENn1W\">pic.twitter.com\/Ir1tsENn1W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CMT (@CMT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMT\/status\/1400817242246426632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Wear Orange campaign encourages people to wear the color orange to \u201cremember lives lost to gun violence and to raise awareness about this public health crisis.\u201d To spread its message, it has partnered with left-wing groups such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Democratic Attorneys General Association. It is also backed by gun control groups such as March For Our Lives and Newtown Action Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>The CMT tweet sparked outrage among country music fans. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/tv\/story\/2021-06-08\/cmt-tweets-in-support-of-gun-control-viewers-dont-like-it\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13.646464646465\">\n<p><em>A survey of the first 100 direct responses on the channel\u2019s page showed an overwhelming majority unhappy with the message. Among the 100, only four were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/5R7pk\/https:\/twitter.com\/Msmere7Parker\/status\/1402254518683766784\">supportive<\/a>\u00a0(i.e., \u201cGood for you! When they wrote the second amendment all they had were one shot rifles. I don\u2019t think they ever imagined that weapons of war could be purchased! Gun control is desperately needed, background checks and a waiting period. Those who [are] against gun control are idiots!\u201d), one neutral (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/o\/5R7pk\/https:\/twitter.com\/RedKilroy\/status\/1402243438259679235\">Data?<\/a>\u201d) and 95 disapproving.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That\u2019s 95% of 100 responders not in favor of CMT\u2019s \u201cWear Orange\u201d message.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans slammed CMT for pushing the Wear Orange campaign, accusing the campaign of missing key context on gun violence, and threatening to boycott the CMT Music Awards, hosted this year by Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini, set to air Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is @CMT trying to attract listeners they don\u2019t have at risk of alienating the listeners they do have. How\u2019d that work out for the Dixie Chicks?\u201d one commenter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiegeTheory\/status\/1402328490267971587\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marklivesthings\/status\/1402392125078216720\">pointed out<\/a>: \u201cThat stat includes suicides, which comprise well over half of the total. It\u2019s disingenuous to omit that fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillbillyBeast\/status\/1402285947169935367\">wrote<\/a>: \u201cWell, looks like CMT is off the channel selection for my TVs. Good luck catering country songs to the woke, and may your profits be null!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoonRunes22\/status\/1402421238736113665\">said<\/a>: \u201cI find it amusing that you think I give a damn what you think I should and shouldn\u2019t do with tools I use to defend me and mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another commenter wrote: \u201cI no longer support CMT. Good riddance to another woke support group, out of touch with their audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wearorange.org\/\">Wear Orange<\/a> website:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"32\">\n<p><em>We organize Wear Orange events to remember lives lost to gun violence and to raise awareness about this public health crisis.\u00a0 Every day, more than 100 Americans are killed with guns and more than 230 are shot and wounded.\u00a0 These survivors are faced with a life-long process of physical and emotional healing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gun suicide claims the lives of over 23,000 people in the United States each year.\u00a0 More than 14,000 people die in gun homicides.\u00a0 The United States gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of other high-income countries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States.\u00a0 Every year, more than 3,000 children and teens are shot and killed, and another 15,000 are shot and wounded \u2013 an average of nine children and teens shot and killed and 42 shot and wounded every day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fifty-eight percent of American adults or someone they care for have experienced gun violence in their lifetime.\u00a0 Approximately three million American children witness gun violence every year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Together, we can build a future free from gun violence.\u00a0 Stand up, speak out, and participate in Wear Orange events to raise awareness.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viewers of Country Music Television, known as CMT, are slamming the company and promising to boycott its upcoming awards show after it urged viewers to \u201cwear orange\u201d for a gun &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279733,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Kane-Brown-Kelsea-Ballerini.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Good Riddance\u2019: Country Music Fans Trash CMT For Touting Gun Control Campaign, Promise Boycott","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Kane-Brown-Kelsea-Ballerini.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Good Riddance\u2019: Country Music Fans Trash CMT For Touting Gun Control Campaign, Promise Boycott","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557965","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}