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Thanks Para. I watched, thumbed, and subbed to support Jason!

I suspect country music is experiencing the same schism that the rest of society is including religion. There is a Leftist virus infecting individuals across the board. Country music is no exception.

Done and done. Thanks for sharing this, Para.

Anybody who thinks this song is about racism or lynching is an idiot, and completely misunderstands the spirit of small town America. We respect the law, and value our communities. Anyone is welcome, but you also better be able to behave yourself because we're not going to tolerate shenanigans.

This song could have been written about my county. It brings to mind an incident that happened here a few years ago. During the height of the BLM riots, we had some protestors marching from Wisconsin to Washington DC come through our town. They were walking down the middle of a 4-lane highway blocking traffic and cars were backing up for miles. There were legitimate concerns for their safety, and officers went out and asked them to move to the shoulder. They even offered to provide an escort for them to keep traffic over so they would be safe as they walked.

The protestors refused, and continued blocking traffic. Negotiations went back and forth, supervisors made the scene, and ultimately some of them got arrested for misdemeanor obstructing traffic, and a few more went for resisting during the scuffle that followed. I was covering a physical domestic for the county while they and the troopers were out dealing with that, so I wasn't directly involved, but after the arrested parties bonded out of jail they all gathered in front of the justice building and started chanting about how they were going to burn the town to the ground, etc. etc.

There were some supervisors out trying to reason with them, and they had the rest of us all staged up and ready to go a couple of blocks away in a parking lot. While we were waiting there, a bunch of local people kept coming up to us and asking how they could help, and what they could do to keep these people from wrecking the town. We had to re-assure a bunch of them that so far they were just exercising their first amendment rights, and if things escalated to criminal behavior we were prepared to deal with it.

The locals were angry but kept their cool, and ultimately the protestors decided to move on without setting anything on fire (The ringleader ended up getting arrested for sexual assault in Wisconsin a few months later. Geat guy.), but I don't think they had any idea how badly things could have gone for them if they'd tried to follow-through with their threats in that town. It had nothing to with their race or even their political views, but everything to do with their behavior.

DONE !!! God Bless !!!

Done! About time someone made a song that pushes back on the insanity that is not just being allowed but encouraged.

I see that CMT is following Bud Light and hiding from social media, they haven’t posted on the CMT Twitter account since July 14th

I think Bud Light went a solid two months before they posted anything again and everything they do now gets mocked to death.

I’m not a fan of country music, but I’ve happily watched the video a few times and given it a thumbs up. I don’t see anything racist or unpatriotic in the video. I actually see it the opposite, showing the togetherness of small town residents. My take away, is that it’s an accurate observation that sometimes folks that live a little farther away, like in a small town, may actually have a stronger sense of community and togetherness than those who live in a more densely packed urban setting.

13 million views on YouTube, and climbing...

Done!

I grew up in Mertzon, Texas…a population of 500 and I think that included dogs and cats.

Every pick-up truck had a rifle rack in the back window, so equipped with both a shotgun and a rifle. No one locked up and there was never a theft!

If there was A 12 year old kid walking down the side of the road with a .22 in his hands, everyone expected he was after a squirrel or rabbit for dinner.

I admit the time was in the 1950’s, but not a lot has changed there.

Finally, CMT can suck - well, you know what.

By the way… I was the kid hunting rabbits!

/Indiana Jones/ "Why did it have to be country?"
I'm all on board. Give them hell Jason. The truth defends itself.

That twit vid cut off too soon. I'm picturing those in attendance went a bit wild when they cued the song.

The values in the song are hardly racist. Those Korean guys on their rooftops weren't wearing Klan rags; they just wanted their businesses to survive the night.

Watched it through to the end and gave it a thumbs up. Thanks, Para!

Boy they just refuse to learn the lesson do they? Maybe this is what it will take.

Now at 17.25 million views. According to the FoxNews article I linked to at the top of this page:

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During June, CMT was the No. 43 basic cable network and managed only 116,000 average total day viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research, so the network can’t afford to lose many fans.

You don't have to be a media analyst to figure out what they've done with their PC bullshit., and I believe the effects will be long-lasting, far beyond this song.

Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town' streams jump 999%, debuts at No. 2 on Billboard chart after backlash

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Jason Aldean's streams for "Try That In A Small Town" has jumped 999% since the song became a trending topic online last week.

According to Luminate, which tracks streams and music sales, the audio and video streams from Aldean's latest song went from 987,000 to 11.7 million, a 999% increase in the week following the release of the music video.

Luminate also confirmed to FOX Business that sales for "Try That In A Small Town" have spiked as well. The week before Aldean released the music video, it sold 1,000 tracks. Last week, the country music song sold 228,000 tracks, per Luminate.

Definitely one of the better country songs to come out in a while.
Thanks Para.

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Now at 17.25 million views

It's so popular that if you type "ald" into YouTube search, the algorithm prepopulates "aldean try that in a small town"

17,420,000 at 7:30 pm 7/24/23. Still climbing steadily.

Quite remarkable---but not surprising.