Jason Aldean claims his song 'Try That in a Small Town' is not a pro-lynching anthem and every clip of news footage in the music video is completely authentic.
In “Try That in a Small Town,” Aldean—who is from Macon, Georgia, which boasts a population of nearly 160,000 —croaks that crimes that “might fly in the city” like carjacking, robbing a liquor store, and punching an unsuspecting pedestrian will not go unpunished in a small town. While the song was released in May, Aldean released its video just over a week ago to accusations of promoting lynching, violence against protesters, and racism.
on his social media platforms, claiming that every clip of news footage within the music footage is authentic. Enter: Destinee Stark.Destinee Stark is a TikTok user and activist who smelled something fishy with Aldean’s statement and contested his claims of using real news clips. In her 8-minute videoto TikTok last week, Stark says that she found two instances of footage within the first 30 seconds of the music video that can both be found on stock footage websites.
have both accumulated over 1.5 million views each on the platform, but Stark now says that she’s been the subject of death threats, doxxing, and other negative speech.I’m receiving thousands of comments that quite honestly, I can’t possibly keep up with.
I would encourage everyone who is so angry about my commentary to spend some time reflecting on why it is that they are so angry about what I have to sayAldean has since been mum on the video and its reaction since his initial statement, except for
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