Jason Aldean's 'Small Town' video gets support from Travis Tritt: 'Damn the social media torpedoes'
20.07.2023 - 11:57
/ foxnews.com
Jason Aldean may be receiving widespread hate for his controversial "Try That In A Small Town" video, but he has garnered the support of one fellow country musician – who advised Aldean not to listen to the noise. Travis Tritt took to Twitter Wednesday evening to offer his remarks on the backlash Aldean has received, writing, "I would like to remind my friend @Jason_Aldean that Twitter and social media in general is not a real place.The views shared by many accounts on this platform are not actually representative of the vast majority of the population of this country." Aldean's video has been labeled by some as dangerous, racist and pro-lynching. "Say what you want to say and be who you want to be.
Damn the social media torpedoes," Tritt concluded. Tritt also defended Aldean from fellow singer Sheryl Crow, who blasted Aldean's video as "lame." "I’m from a small town. Even people in small towns are sick of violence," Crow wrote.
"There’s nothing small-town or American about promoting violence. You should know that better than anyone having survived a mass shooting.This is not American or small town-like. It’s just lame," she wrote.
Tritt fired back at Crow, writing "If @SherylCrow was truly sick of violence, she would have condemned the violence of the BLM and Antifa riots that have been going on in this country since 2020. I’m throwing a major bulls--- flag here." One social media user replied to Tritt's original tweet in support of Aldean, writing in part, "Yeah I hope Jason doesn't bend the knee and give the standard apology." Tritt replied back, "He won’t." Aldean, for his part, has stood firm in his release of the video, admonishing several narratives, including that the video is pro-lynching. Throughout the video,
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