A few words from and about the earworm of the Week: Jason Aldean's "Try that in a Small Town"

 Reacting slowly to Jason Aldean's Don't Try that in a Small Town is a must for RantWoman. For one thing, while the fast video cuts in the video may have some kind of propaganda value for many viewers, for people with RantWoman's particular flavors of bad eyesight, they are such a nightmare to try to focus on that RantWoman relies for visual commentary on what others digest as on her own wonky and unreliable eyes.

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Empress Joy Jean Reacts

Today's video commentary genre: the person of color with a strong accent who, RantWoman guesses, may have no concept of the what some of the US historical and cultural markers setting the internet ablaze because of the video for Jason Aldean's "Try that in a small town."

RantWoman resonates with many voices who want to HAVE A CONVERSATION.

RantWoman notes that themes of community come up over and over in the video.

RantWoman is not so easy about "unity" without more conversation.

RantWoman is clear:  RantWoman is an overeducated white person. It is not her job to tell people of color what is or is not racist, what is or is not any more or any less than the level of racism in some people's daily lives, how to live with racism, which battles to fight, whether Aldean's video is more or less  culturally problematic than rap music.

RantWoman has seen lots of commentary on all of the themes above.

RantWoman has also decided that as a white person, it is perfectly appropriate to ask, particularly of other white people "what could this mean" or "what did you mean by  that?"

Today's sampling:

What are we to make of the timing of the video release? The song was released months ago. Is it some kind of coincidence that the video has come out in the middle of indictment summer when The Former President is too happy to try to fill the internet with calls to rescue him from things he brought on himself?

Are the gun memes in the video an accident at a time when most of the public is heartily sick of mass shootings and some parts of our polity melt down any time they hear phrases like "gun reform now?"

And, finally, as #J6 insurrectionists are still being rounded up, as the public is still grappling with accountability for the largest single-day crime wave since 9/11, as the reach of justice is climbing closer and closer to the former President himself, is it an accident that for all the riot footage in the video, there is NOTHING from the #January6Insurrection?

Stay tuned. RantWoman was a literature major. RantWoman has several more strands of reflection on her mind.

But wait!

RantWoman let herself get sucked into ANOTHER topical video:

Dana Loesch Interviews country star (and anti-vaxxer) John Rich

1. Liberals DO grow up in small towns.

2. LOTS of commentary resonates about themes of community.

3. Dumb, violent stuff happens in small towns too. It is probably done by home town druggies, probably NOT antifa.

4. RantWoman is interested to hear about "Old Glory Bank." Maybe in another post.

5. RantWoman really wants to hear about "I'm offended that you're offended...let's all go have a beer and be offended together." RantWoman is not that into beer, especially not beer she can afford to drink, and RantWoman's interest in good conversation is a little at war with desire to be intentional about where money, time, and other resources go. But Bring it on and let's see where things go.