“I love our country, I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bullshit started happening to us,” country singer tells crowd after “long-ass week” of controversy

  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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    The video you are responding to by the previous poster was a critique of the original TikTok video posted by Mr Aldean. That video was posted on May 19th, prior to the official music video release from a few days ago.

    Danny Collins, a former minor league pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, posted a video in which he dug into a promo of the song that Aldean posted on his own TikTok page. In that TikTok video that Aldean posted back on May 19, several images of vintage newspaper clips and headlines are used.

    Source: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/07/jason-aldean-facing-new-racism-accusations-after-pro-baseball-player-turns-tik-tok-sleuth.html

    That original TokTok video can be viewed here:

    https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonaldeanmusic/video/7234750082174848302

    Edit - The full newspaper listing is here… I wish the TikToker had actually put a link in his description but here it is.

    August 30, 1956 issue of the Petal Paper:

    https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=&date1=1956&date2=1956&proxtext=NAACP+republican+party&x=0&y=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic

    So, as you can see, this is not bullshit. Mr Aldean chose a very specific newspaper clip from a very obscure newspaper that is anti-civil rights, and pro-white. That newspaper clip was featured in a way that was very difficult to read without freezing the frame of the video, but was in his video. So ask yourself this: why would somebody feature this kind of an Easter egg in a music video?

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      i stand corrected, thank you for using sources instead of caveman, “im right because” i also apologize for my ignorance and commend you for using credible evidence and taking the time to prove me wrong.

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        You’re welcome. I know, information posted on the internet is oftentimes confusing, contradictory and either incomplete or there’s just a lot of false information.

        I try to keep it simple and acknowledge the fact that it’s difficult to understand information and to know what is the truth and what isn’t the truth. Truth and honesty are a hard thing to come by these days…

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          thanks for being understanding for my ignorance, im not trying to be rude or racist i just wanted to know both sides of the argument, to understand what people and news outlets are bickering about. may everyone have a nice day :D