Joe Rogan: "'Try That in a Small Town' is NOT racist - 'there are hundreds of rap songs that are infinitely worse'"

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Killing 50 people is worse then killing 1. What's his point. Bad is bad
 

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Ive actually never listened to the song because I didnt want to give it a view. But I just read the lyrics,and they dont seem racist on there own. But im pretty sure I saw he had a history of saying other racist things,just like Rogan:mjlol:


So having a certain history,changes the context of lyrics. Joe Budden threatens you on a song its no big deal. If Lil Durk threatens you on a record you might add to your security. To ignore that the person saying the lyrics, changes how lyrics are percieved is nonsense.



But full disclaimer,I have no idea if he has a history of racism. But I think I remember seeing people say he did.

The song was out for a while and no one paid it any mind. The music video came out and put it in its proper :mjpls:context.

The song coupled with the music video is clearly directed at black people.
 

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motherfukkers can tap dance on the issue as much as they want. Jason Aldean knew what the fukk he was doing when he shot the video. The whole thing was one big dog whistle about the “urban decay of America due to leftists and BLM that REAL AMERICANS :mjpls:will not tolerate in their towns”

yeah you can make a case that it wasn’t tinged with racism but holy shyt was it ignorant, shortsighted inflammatory and aggressive.
 

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The song was out for a while and no one paid it any mind. The music video came out and put it in its proper :mjpls:context.

The song coupled with the music video is clearly directed at black people.



I just watched the video and the video doesnt seem racist. Other than when I think of white hillbillies in small towns,I immediatly assume they are probably racist:mjlol:


But I dont think without knowing his history,you would see the video as racist by itself. It didnt even have all black rioters like I thought it was about to. So his history has to play a big role in the perception.
 
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