The outrage over Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town,’ explained

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Accusations of racism prompted a country music channel to pull the video, which is set at the site of an infamous lynching and race riot. But Republicans are embracing Aldean.

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Typical "I wish a dude would" fantasy that appeals to a lot of these conservatives.

Except for them it’s not a “dude” and instead ends with the hard “R.”

Coincidentally, "Republican" starts with a hard "R."

It's 100% fantasy though, small towns don't care about any of that any more than cities. His "small towns" dwarf the population of my county and we have places where the serious growers are that the police only go to with lots of backup. Flag burning is just Bob being Bob and it ain't hurtin nobody. You cause too much trouble and people might start talking about you and quit inviting anywhere but church but there's not going to be a mob after you. Small towns tend to be a lot more libertarian than nationalistic in their conservatism.

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