everyone talkin' 'bout a country song

Have you heard about the flap over a new hit country song* called "Try That in a Small Town"? Here are the lyrics, and guess who is addressing whom in this song:

Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk
Carjack an old lady at a red light
Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store
Ya think it's cool, well, act a fool if ya like

Cuss out a cop, spit in his face

Stomp on the flag and light it up

Yeah, ya think you're tough

Well, try that in a small town

See how far ya make it down the road

Around here, we take care of our own

You cross that line, it won't take long

For you to find out, I recommend you don't

Try that in a small town

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

Try that in a small town

See how far ya make it down the road

Around here, we take care of our own

You cross that line, it won't take long

For you to find out, I recommend you don't

Try that in a small town

Full of good ol' boys, raised up right

If you're looking for a fight

Try that in a small town

Try that in a small town

Try that in a small town

See how far ya make it down the road

Around here, we take care of our own

You cross that line, it won't take long

For you to find out, I recommend you don't

Try that in a small town

Try that in a small town

Ooh-ooh

Try that in a small town

Nice to see that music can still inspire strong reactions, and all the people reacting negatively to this song are essentially outing themselves as exactly the sort of fuckers who'd be Darwin'ed out of existence in a small town. The song also lays out the fact that much of today's culture war centers on exactly this: rural values versus urban disvalues.

As our cities crumble thanks to the long failure of Democrat policies promoting socialistic economics and a soft-on-crime attitude, it's going to be up to the country folk to preserve the idea of a better America. The left can scream and shout all it wants about this song and its not-so-veiled threat to city miscreants and criminals, but the threat is out there now, and it can't be taken back. Go ahead and visit those small towns, city boy, but you'd best tread lightly while you're there.

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*I generally hate most country music—at least the whiny, twangy stuff. But this song by Jason Aldean is all right, I guess. It doesn't make me wince, at least.

ADDENDUM: Styx weighs in, pointing out some of the song's flaws—