lynyrd skynyrd was liberal & anti-racist before literally the entire band died in a plane crash. They have songs against segregationists, against racism, pro gun control, and even songs acknowledging black influence on their music. Not perfect ofc but you’ve missed the point. https://twitter.com/nopoweradeinusa/status/1328239005301841920

they literally wore neil young shirts in stage bc they were big fans and the line in “Sweet Home Alabama” is meant to be ironic lol. That entire song is ironic and sarcastic!!!

Would just like to note they’re not even from Alabama they’re literally from Jacksonville Fl lol

literally wearing each other’s band tees guys there really was no feud here lol

Literally the man himself telling you he’s anti-segregationist what’s hard to pick up here

idk why it’s so hard to get that issues of identity & “southernness” are incredibly complicated and cross-cut by race and class, and always exceed their context and intention. You really can’t boil it down to “stars & bars == racism”.