The liberal media put a target on country music star Jason Aldean this week as they smeared him and his hit song Try That in a Small Town as racist. Despite the lack of evidence and no attempt to show any, the cast of ABC’s The View engaged in their vapid and contemptible hatemongering. In addition to baselessly smearing Aldean with accusations of embracing racially charged mob justice, they attacked small towns as beneath big cities.
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg couldn’t even get the name of the song correct as she introduced the segment at the top of the show. “So, country singer Jason Aldean is getting backlash for the video of his song ‘not in a small town’ [sic], which critics are saying is racist. It’s got lyrics, racist lyrics, and images,” she proclaimed while having something in her mouth.
While the song made no direct mention of Black Lives Matter (lyrics here) and the music video used images from news reports, Goldberg insisted Aldean was exclusively “talking about black people” and outrageously defended the BLM riots as them “taking care of the people in their town” (click “expand”):
There are lyrics in the song and I think, you know, he talks about life in a small town and it's different, you know, and he shows these images, he's got folks from the Black Lives Matter movement, and he's talking about people taking care of each other. And I find it so interesting that it never occurred to Jason or the writers that that's what these folks were doing. They were taking care of the people in their town, because they didn't like what they saw. Just like you talk about people taking care of each other in small towns. We do the same thing in big towns. You just have to realize that when you make it about Black Lives Matter, people kind of say, well, are you talking about black people?
Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin continued to show how absolutely useless she was as she too baselessly accused Aldean of encouraging racist white mob justice. “What I thought of when I read that was Ahmaud Arbery. I think of a black man in a small town in the South who literally got shot for doing nothing wrong,” she proclaimed.
She also whined that his music wasn’t inclusive enough. “So, what I think becomes problematic is that there is a lack of recognition of what this means to about 50 percent of the country whose experience isn't Jason Aldean's,” she whined.
Other hit songs by Aldean included Hicktown, Tattoos on This Town, and Fly Over States. So it’s clear that Aldean’s music was catered to those living out in the country. Where was Farah Griffin’s demand for other music genres to cater to folks in small towns?
Farah Griffin proved that she didn’t watch the music video because she falsely insisted “the imagery invoked race.”
Speaking of flyover states, co-host and “Iowa gal” Sara Haines refused to defend small towns from the attacks of her co-stars. “The problem is you can never say ‘see how far you make it down the road’ without knowing the history of this country,” she huffed, hinting at racism. “If you want people to empathize with your side or take or interpretation, you need to stop and he should open his ears!”
The attacks against small towns were led by joyless Joy Behar who looked down her nose at them and suggested they wouldn’t survive without the big cities. “But he has to understand that the big cities are supporting the small towns,” she scolded Aldean. “Blue counties are responsible for 70 percent of America's economy. The big cities are really providing the things that you have in these small towns.”
Behar seemed to be under the impression that the food in her local grocery store just magically appeared there. Without the small towns, the big cities would be screwed.
Her craziness on the topic continued to fester as she suggested that praising small towns over big cities was itself racist. “Well, don't you think that a lot of this big city, small town business is racist – is about race? The cities have more black people than the small towns,” she argued.
Of course, leave it to staunchly anti-white racist co-host Sunny Hostin to prejudge Aldean because of the small town he was from. “[T]his man is from Macon, Georgia … It is one of the most racist places in this country,” she sneered. “So, don't tell me that he knew nothing about what that imagery meant and what he -- so, I don't give him the benefit of the doubt.”
Our friend Greg Price pointed out on Twitter that the racial makeup of Macon was 54 percent black and 39 percent white.
Still, without showing any evidence of the supposed racist imagery, Hostin pressed that Aldean was “aware of what he was doing by using that imagery, he embraces that imagery.” She also lashed out at America, calling it a racist country because Try That in a Small Town became the top song on iTunes:
And unfortunately, this became the number one song on U.S. iTunes. We have a problem in this country about race and the biggest problem is, we refuse to admit that it exists! That’s the biggest problem.
At one point, Hostin and Goldberg teamed up to falsely suggest the song was about killing black people after sundown:
HOSTIN: The other thing is that what was evoked for me which was, you're not going to get out of this town are those sundown areas.
GOLDBERG: Yeah, don't let the sun go down on your ass here.
Their conversation and hatemongering said more about them and where their heads were at than it did about Aldean, small towns, and the people who like the song.
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
July 20, 2023
11:01:36 a.m. EasternWHOOPI GOLDBERG: So, country singer Jason Aldean is getting backlash for the video of his song "Not in a small town" [sic], which critics are saying is racist. Its got lyrics, racist lyrics and images. Aldean says the song is about unity.
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GOLDBERG: There are lyrics in the song and I think, you know, he talks about life in a small town and it's different, you know, and he shows these images, he's got folks from the Black Lives Matter movement, and he's talking about people taking care of each other. And I find it so interesting that it never occurred to Jason or the writers that that's what these folks were doing. They were taking care of the people in their town, because they didn't like what they saw. Just like you talk about people taking care of each other in small towns. We do the same thing in big towns.
You just have to realize that when you make it about Black Lives Matter, people kind of say, well, are you talking about black people? What are you talking about here? If we're talking about Americans care of each other then it shouldn't be about Black Lives Matter. You should be able to show all the different things that have gone on in our country where people stood up and said, no more. We do the same thing that small towns do. That's my two cents to that.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: This was to me something where half the people in my life see it one way and half the people in my life see it a different way. So, I’m trying to like kind of see what are we disconnecting on.
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt that his intent wasn't to stoke division, glorify violence, or racism. I'm going to give him that benefit of the doubt. I don't know. But I’ll say this, there was a line -- so from the many folks who are offended by this, there's a line that says, “try that in a small town. See how far you make it down the road. Around here we take care of our own.”
So, for a lot my friends and family who are legal gun owners in small communities, they’re like, “yeah, that's what we do if someone breaks into a store. He’s talking about the right to defend yourself.” What I thought of when I read that was Ahmaud Arbery. I think of a black man in a small town in the South who literally got shot for doing nothing wrong.
So, what I think becomes problematic is that there is a lack of recognition of what this means to about 50 percent of the country whose experience isn't Jason Aldean's. I like him. I’ve always liked him music. I’m kind of a country gal about like a quarter of the time, but this is also for the folks on the right who are defending this, they see the BLM riots. Many can acknowledge --
SUNNY HOSTIN: Protests.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Protests and riots that George Floyd's death and murder were evil, it was wrong, it was unacceptable, but so was the killing of someone like David Dorn a black retired police officer who was defending his friend’s store and was shot in the riots and aftermath of that movement.
So, I think if people of good faith can see both sides and see there is an issue with this song because of what it means to a lot of communities – but there is an issue of violence, of looting, of rioting.
GOLDBERG: Yes, but why are you linking it to black people? That's the issue. That's the issue.
FARAH GRIFFIN: That’s the issue. The imagery is what becomes very problematic.
GOLDBERG: Again, you can sing -- you know, there's a lot wrong here with this. This is a man who saw what happens when someone is out of control with their guns.
[Crosstalk]
He was performing in Vegas and he was -- he saw people get-- so I don't understand how he could be that disconnected, how people around him didn't say to him, “hey, listen, you know what, maybe there's a better way to do this because – “
FARAH GRIFFIN: Well, the imagery invoked race.
JOY BEHAR: There is no reason to separate big city people from small town people, that to me is the divisive part of this song. I mean, it's a deplorable song and it’s annoying. “Got a gun that my granddad gave me. They say one day they'll round up. Well, that "S" might fly in the city, good luck.” It's very divisive and provocative.
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11:06:15 a.m. Eastern
BEHAR: But he has to understand that the big cities are supporting the small towns. 70 – Blue counties are responsible for 70 percent of America's economy. The big cities are really providing the things that you have in these small towns. You should not be against big cities.
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11:07:21 a.m. Eastern
SARA HAINES: The problem is you can never say “see how far you make it down the road” without knowing the history of this country.
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11:07:56 a.m. Eastern
HAINES: If you want people to empathize with your side or take or interpretation, you need to stop and he should open his ears!
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11:08:09 a.m. Eastern
HOSTIN: I'm not going to give him the benefit of the doubt and I'm pleased that you are and I’m pleased that you are.
BEHAR: You agree he should be allowed to sing whatever he wants?
HOSTIN: As a lawyer, when I put my legal hat on, I don't believe in censorship. However, this man is from Macon, Georgia. My father is from Augusta, Georgia and Macon, Georgia.
BEHAR: Both?
HOSTIN I spent many summers there. Yeah, both. I spent many summers there. It is one of the most racist places in this country! So, don't tell me that he knew nothing about what that imagery meant and what he -- so, I don't give him the benefit of the doubt.
HAINES: But I'm saying along with him more people should also be held accountable.
HOSTIN: The other thing is that what was evoked for me which was, you're not going to get out of this town are those sundown areas.
GOLDBERG: Yeah, don't let the sun go down on your ass here.
HOSTIN: Because there were times when black people – my mother's in the audience today. Thank you, for coming.
[Throws a kiss]
[Applause]
And my mother and father, because they were an interracial couple were run out of South Carolina by the KKK. And my father is still scarred from that experience and you are still scarred from that experience so don't --
GOLDBERG: We're all still scarred from that experience.
HOSTIN: So don’t tell me not only was he aware of what he was doing by using that imagery, he embraces that imagery.
And unfortunately this became the number one song on U.S. iTunes. We have a problem in this country about race and the biggest problem is, we refuse to admit that it exists! That’s the biggest problem.
BEHAR: Well, don't you think that a lot of this big city, small town businesses is racist – is about race? The cities have more black people than the small towns.
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