Rachel Maddow Shows There Are Convenient Exceptions to ‘No One Is Above the...
‘Dying’ for Attention: Protesters Unleash the Undeniable Power of Passively Lying on the...
No Need to Hire a Comedian When AP ‘Journalist’ Unintentionally Provides Biggest Laugh...
Andrew McCabe Says Case Against Judge Hannah Dugan is Solid but Arrest Was...
Rachel Maddow and Jamie Raskin Reveal the Dem Party’s New DEI - Dramatic...
Scott Jennings Schools CNN Panelists on why President AOC Would Be a Nightmare...
Another Night Surrounded by Democrats, Scott Jennings Attends the White House Corresponden...
Ontario Must Pay for Man to Have a Vagina Constructed While Leaving His...
Social Worker Has Absolute Meltdown Over Student Loans
Democrats Keep Proving Me Right (and I Hate It)
County Attorney Requiring Prosecutors to Consider Race When Offering Plea Deals
Hello, Gaslight! Democrat Jason Crow Earns EPIC Ratio for Lying About What His...
Susan Rice Goes on a Rant About White Male Christian Cisgender Macho MAGA...
J.K. Rowling Wants THIS Video Saved for Future Generations to See How Stupid...
Conor McGregor Expresses His Support for Irish Marchers Against Mass Immigration

National Review on Jason Aldean: We need songs about virtue, not violence

Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File

This is a tough one to write because this editor usually enjoys pieces by National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez. But this take …

Advertisement

Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" is about violence; take, for example, the line about an old lady being carjacked. That's violence. Aldean's song suggests there will be consequences for that violence in small-town America. But what consequences? How are we supposed to react with virtue to a carjacker? We're sure David French could tell us and probably will in a future New York Times column, but we like the implied threat of violence in return. That's why the song's a hit.

Aldean's song is strictly in the "speak softly and carry a big stick" neighborhood rather than "turn the other cheek."


Advertisement
Advertisement

That's what we said. He's probably already submitted his column on the conservative Christian case for letting carjackers get away with it.

***

Editor's Note: Do you enjoy Twitchy's conservative reporting taking on the radical left and woke media? Support our work so that we can continue to bring you the truth.  Join Twitchy VIP and use the promo code SAVEAMERICA to get 40% off your VIP membership!

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Twitchy Videos