Playing The Victim Card

As an occasional and casual fan of country music I'm having a chuckle over all the valuable bandwidth consumed by the feigned outrage over Jason Aldean's new song.  I include outrage from both sides of the divide.  Umbrage over the song and outrage in response to Aldean and his defenders perceived victimization.

Is this serious?

If you don't care for the song, don't torture yourself listening to it.  And precisely where and how does a song inspire victimization?

Frankly, as far as country songs go this one isn't particularly inspiring and in my view quite formulaic.  I was speculating this morning if it was composed by a focus group and not a serious country artist.  A song to provoke feigned outrage among a divided populace.  Adroitly-playing the victimhood card.  My, oh, my.  Just like performative politics nowadays.

Imagine that; insulted victims to boost downloads instead of talent and an aspirational message.  Nope.  That's just too conspiratorial.

Anyway, it's an interesting social experiment to observe people being led about by the nose over a very average piece of music.  Alas, country music nowadays is mostly unexceptional.  There are standouts, of course; but on a historical scale, most current artists are too dilute to hold a place in history.

This is the Gold Standard of country music.....