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Try That in a Small Town features lyrics threatening violence against protesters and has been removed from Country Music Television, but Aldean says it is a celebration of community

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[–] Bucket_of_Truth@lemmy.world 68 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The song’s lyrics include the lines: “Cuss out a cop, spit in his face / Stomp on the flag and light it up / Yeah, you think you’re tough / Well, try that in a small town / See how far you make it down the road / Around here, we take care of our own.”

Later, Aldean alludes to a conspiracy theory that the US government intends to round up its citizens: “Got a gun that my granddad gave me / They say one day they’re gonna round up / Well, that shit might fly in the city, good luck.”

Who does he think does the rounding up?

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The context makes it actually sound to me like he is saying he thinks "they" are going to come round up people's guns, not the people themselves.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

That’s what I thought, too.

The lyrics are not very clear.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Who does he think gets rounded up? It’s never the plain rural majority folks.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Guns. I'm extremely confident the line is about guns. It is a common fear amongst conservatives and he mentions a gun in the line before.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The liberals have been THIS CLOSE to rounding up everyone’s guns for decades now. Somehow they never do it, though. But soon they will! Trust me!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Boo! I'm gonna get your guns! 👹

[–] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

The feds, obviously. Feds v cops is one of those city mouse country mouse dichotomies.