The “Motor City Madman” Ted Nugent is the newest star to weigh in on Jason Aldean’s controversial hit “Try That In A Small Town,” blasting “idiots” who hate the song in an interview Saturday.
“I do know there’s a bunch of idiots on the market, but you want to learn to get a kick out of the idiots. The idiots hate this Jason Aldean song because they hate once we beat back against violence,” he told Fox News’ Jimmy Failla.
“They all the time get it 180 degrees incorrect. This song is against violence. The song is about self-defense. The song is about protecting your family members in your neighborhood. In the event you find fault with a song that celebrates protecting your family members, your neighborhood, you could be going right down to Goal to the Devil display and get down in your knees.
“These are only weird people. We dismiss them because they’ve gotten out of hand because they’ve got no soul. I laugh of their face,” he added.
The rock legend is not any stranger to controversy himself, going up against liberals for years over hot button issues like Second Amendment rights and freedom of speech.
He has been branded an “extremist” for his views.
It’s a badge he appears to wear with pride, albeit sarcastically, telling Failla he stands for “truth, logic and customary sense” within the face of the cancel culture mob.
“I’ve all the time stood up radically – really extremist – for God, family, country, Structure, Bill of Rights, Ten Commandments, golden rule, work ethic, law and order, all that basically radical stuff, and that represents the center and soul of one of the best, most passionate, most cocky, most fun people on this planet,” he said.
Aldean has been criticized for his beliefs up to now as well, but stays unapologetic.
After Country Music Television (CMT) pulled his song from circulation and a slew of critics attacked the singer for the allegedly “pro-lynching song,” it skyrocketed to primary on the charts and garnered support from others – including Nugent – who argue the song is about self-defense.
Fans are staying within the singer’s corner, calling for a boycott of CMT for pulling the song from its network.
Social media has turn out to be a battleground over the difficulty as people took to Twitter to defend – or criticize – Aldean.
“The reach of social media gets to good people everywhere in the world, and all the great people on this planet are saying what the Nugent family says: ‘Go, Jason, go… we salute you, and we stand with you,’” Nugent said.
Also in Aldean’s corner are the likes of country music stars Lee Greenwood and Travis Tritt, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, former President Donald Trump, Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R., who said the singer has “nothing to apologize for.”
Amongst his critics are Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, D., in accordance with Forbes, comedian Andy Richter and singer Sheryl Crow, who blasted Aldean’s song as “lame” and said it promoted “violence.”
The video shows footage from the 2020 riots following the death of George Floyd for instance Aldean’s message, which garnered criticism from those that allege the implications are inflammatory.
Amid backlash, Aldean told followers on social media: “Up to now 24 hours I even have been accused of releasing a pro-lynching song (a song that has been out since May) and was subject to the comparison that I (direct quote) was not too pleased with the nationwide BLM protests. These references usually are not only meritless, but dangerous.”
