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"Otherizing" fellow human beings is like a basic tenant of facisim. As soon as you feel that all people deserve basic happiness the right will attack you.
Humans are animals forced to fight for every scrap of dignity from a horde of fellow creatures with the bodies of men and the souls of insects. The idea that you have anything besides flesh and blood in common with the zombie MAGAts overrunning this planet is dangerously naive.
hey hey! insect souls are still warm and nurturing in comparison
With "Liberty and Justice for all" sprawled across their back windshield.
One fan countered in the comments of her latest post: “We love you Kacey! People upset and surprised she would support the Young Centre clearly know nothing about her: she's always been a progressive, and not quiet about it.”
This is not the first time that Musgraves has upset conservatives. She has spent her career backing progressive causes, from supporting immigrants to gun control and LGBTQ+ rights.
Her pick of charity also does not come out of nowhere: Musgraves has repeatedly championed the Young Center, a national nonprofit that advocates for children separated from their families. Earlier this year, she partnered with Depop to sell pieces from her music videos and her personal wardrobe to raise money for the organization.
Reminds me when fascists / fascist enablers were surprised rage against the machine were left leaning
In my experience white Christians genuinely believe that everyone who looks like them also thinks like them.
That's because they live insular lives where they get no pushback. Of course they would think that when their entire lives they rarely meet people that shows them otherwise. The fact that in the US people are allowed to homeschool their children and isolate them from their peers means that will continue to be a fact.
breaking: conservative fans recoil in horror over "basic human decency" and "not being an asshole"
They strongly argue that empathy will be the undoing of society. It’s a pretty common thing in conservative echo chambers. They’re about targeting vulnerable to maintain their status as an in-group, and are totally absorbed in their self-interest, even though most of them will never be part of the Epstein class.
That can backfire when the ones that need empathy are them.
It routinely does, and they still don't learn.
See, it's not that they don't learn, it's that they refuse to. If something challenges their worldview they ignore it.
Empathy is arguably the thing that separates humans from the rest of the animal kingdom
"not torturing children"
The "Protect the children" folk when the children aren't white:
They've never been Pro-life, just Pro-Whites.
If she's pissing off conservatives, she's doing the right thing.
Amen.
Those people were never ever her fans and were certainly not at her concert.
It's not a backlash because those people weren't listening to her to begin with. They just heard she was being kind and decided to act like she suddenly did something terrible. She's been doing this from the start, nothing changed.
Her lyrics are so unique and entertaining. She feels like the first young contemporary female artist to not constantly write about breakups.
Racists think they own that genre.
Which is funny because it was created by black field workers and poor immigrants from Europe. The banjo is an African instrument.
Rich white people can't help but steal others culture and call it their own.
Remember the outrage at the Beyonce county album as if she isn't a black woman from Texas, with more reason than most to do country music?
...once videos of the moment started circulating online, conservative political commentators were quick to unleash their wrath...
It's important to remember that some pretty significant fraction of these "commentators" are really shills, robots, and/or other cyber-turfing actors. They're propagandists, they sow culture war outrage on purpose, they don't really believe in anything.
💯. I really wish people would check video histories of crap they watch.
If someone is just a 24/7 outrage machine, it should be a pretty obvious clue they're not to be taken seriously, no matter what perspective they're coming from. It's just a toxic channel.
I've seen lots of game review channels just be "X is the WORST" and "TOTAL GARBAGE" for literally anything. It's such an obvious ragebait scheme.
Conservatives: we’re Christian and love everyone. Except those fucking immigrants.
Wait. You mean to say when she said something reasonable in real life, people supported it? And when it went online, bad faith actors used it as target practice? Say it ain't so.
She has been progressive for years, and I love to see it. A lot of the "outlaw country" genre are down-to-earth grassroots progressives, not at all like the bro country artists heard on mass-market FM radio.
What's wild is that's what country used to be. Telling corporations to fuck off. I mean the song "Take this job and shove it" was a massive hit once upon a time
Saw a funny one on FB the other day. An exchange by a rather progressive outlaw style dude and the comment was "you sing all the time about crime and stuff" and his response was "tf do you think the 'outlaw' part means???"
Kacey Musgraves is an amazing artist. She has been beloved by the LGBTQ+ community for a decade now.
If you’re not familiar with her music, I would recommend starting with the song “Follow Your Arrow”, which is about living your life as authentically as possible and very explicitly supports the queer community. Here’s the chorus:
So, make lots of noise (hey)\
Kiss lots of boys (yup)\
Or kiss lots of girls, if that's something you're into\
When the straight and narrow gets a little too
straight\
Roll up a joint, or don't\
Just follow your arrow wherever it points, yeah\
Follow your arrow wherever it points
“Golden Hour”, which is her Grammy-nominated album, is an absolute masterpiece and played a significant role in my first queer relationship. The song “Rainbow” still makes me tear up and look back fondly on my coming out years. I have seen her a few times in concert and she always dedicates it to the LGBTQ+ community.
Even before I clicked the post I knew exactly who it was. Kacey Musgraves is awesome and anybody who doesn't know her views just from her music just doesn't fuckin pay attention.
Kacey is too good for Nashville
Like when the Dixie Chicks roasted their careers criticizing a war that chud got elected by criticizing. We’re among very stupid, thoughtless people. And they vote.
A strong example of reality vs bots and amplified online voices.
They make it seem like the two sides are closer than they are so when they steal the election it seems plausible.
Liked her before. Like her more now.
I lost my faith in humanity during covid. The sheer cruelty of people doesn't surprises me anymore.
How DARE she Try to Help CHILDREN!
-Pro Life Jesus Loving Republicans who ONLY want to Hurt criminals!
"Lost me young lady, no more listening to you,” one former fan wrote to Musgraves on X.
Uh oh, what will she do now?
She has spent her career backing progressive causes, from supporting immigrants to gun control and LGBTQ+ rights.
Nah she'll be fine
‘It’s not a political thing’ Grammy-winning singer said on stage
Ooh boy
Scum fucks, the lot. Pure scum and villainy.
It's a tragedy that pop country music has become Republican radio.
Now it's all jean-shorts, parting, and trucks. Bring back the alcoholism, divorce, and murder please.
It’s a tragedy that pop country music has become Republican radio.
Now it’s all jean-shorts, parting, and trucks. Bring back the alcoholism, divorce, and murder please.
I think bo burnum's "pandering" song is dead on the money. In short I think that's really it, Country music has a strong tie to a very uneducated population. As a result a very rich corporate machine realized they can mass produce it using the right key words to basically sell low effort music. The tiny handful that actually make it into the top by actually being talented and writing because of passion. Will inevitably trigger controversy by seeing humans as humans. Same thing happened with the Dixie Chicks a few years ago.
However, once videos of the moment started circulating online
Then the same thing that happens to any moment of attempted human connection and empathy happens in the cesspool of the internet.
Well done and fuck those online 'fans'.
It’s not a political thing.
I understand that she felt compelled to add that. But it's sad nevertheless.