• transmatrix@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Exactly. Don’t be complaining about people on social services and then be surprised when your comments are being held up by other bigots.

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              I just watched a video on the controversy and people seems to have three criticisms (only one of which I agree with)

                1. It dog whistles right-wing conspiracy theories about underground pedo rings
                1. The emphasis on rich men north of Richman is to evoke the north vs south Confederacy era grievances
                1. He criticizes people on welfare

              The first two seem to have more charitable explanations behind the artist’s meaning. There really was a pedo ring on Jeffery Epstein’s Island. And most people who hear the song aren’t thinking about north vs south, theyre thinking about the rich men in Washington DC.

              That said, I don’t like his criticism of welfare and that’s a common right wing talking point that doesn’t even fit in the song thematically.

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      Exactly! It starts out alright and then just nose dives into a pool of bullshit. He knows exactly what he was trying to say when writing it.

      Watch him come out with a song placating to the left with medicare for all and climate change next.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t listen to country: can someone say what he said that’s so controversial?

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          The song is about politicians sucking. There is one part where he trashes people on welfare as well. Overall the song is pretty good with the exception of the welfare comment.

        • Takatakatakatakatak@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          He called out Epstein and now people who vote democrat are mad as hell because if they just work hard enough, maybe next year they might get to go to Epstein’s Island 2, electric boogaloo.