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Maybe somebody's just fed up with all the red state gun murders and other violence caused by giving guns to anybody who wants one.

Country star Jason Aldean is facing a massive wave of backlash against his
song Try That in a Small Town over accusations that its lyrics, and newly released music video, encourage vigilantism and racial violence.

Country Music Television (CMT) pulled the music video off the air amid the uproar. The video was released on Friday and had been playing on the broadcaster’s rotation through the weekend before it was removed on
Monday, according to Billboard, which was first to report.

CMT declined to comment on the reason for the music video’s removal.

While controversy over Try That in a Small Town had been brewing since the
song was released in May, the backlash reached new heights after Aldean
shot the music video for the song in front of Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn.

The courthouse was the site of the 1927 lynching of a Black man named
Henry Chaote, who was dragged behind a car by a white mob before he was
hanged in a second-storey window. The courthouse also served as a backdrop
for the 1946 Columbia race riots, when Tennessee Highway Patrol officers stormed a Black neighbourhood in the wake of a controversial court case.
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In the music video, Aldean performed his song as news footage of Black
Lives Matter protests were projected on the front of the courthouse.
Aldean also used clips of violent muggings, leading some critics to argue
that Aldean was conflating protests against police brutality with violent crime.

One listener called the tune a “modern lynching song,”


Some politicians and celebrities have joined in condemning the song,
including Sheryl Crow and Tennessee lawmakers.

Crow tagged Aldean in a Twitter post, writing: “I’m from a small town.
Even people in small towns are sick of violence. There’s nothing small-
town or American about promoting violence… It’s just lame.”



Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones tweeted Tuesday: “As Tennessee lawmakers, we have an obligation to condemn Jason Aldean’s heinous song
calling for racist violence. What a shameful vision of gun extremism and vigilantism. We will continue to call for common sense gun laws, that
protect ALL our children and communities.”

Some listeners were puzzled that Aldean would release a song seemingly glorifying gun violence because of his history with mass shootings. The
country star was performing at the Route 91 Music Harvest Festival in Las
Vegas in 2017 when a mass shooting left 58 people dead and hundreds
injured in the crowd.

Crow referenced the 2017 mass shooting when she called out the country
singer, saying Aldean “should know better” as a survivor of gun violence himself.

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