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I wish I could take every single person who has left shitty comments/messages (or otherwise went out of their way to harass & intimidate me because of my political beliefs) and sit them down and make them watch this impeachment presentation.
A lot of us knew what was coming.
A lot of us knew what was coming.
We didn’t know the date. We didn’t know the exact plan. But we knew from the moment Trump started saying “the only way I can lose is if they cheat” that there was NEVER going to be a peaceful transfer of anything. These people were never going to go quietly. It was obvious.
I had around 4700 outlaw country fans on my FB friends list. I saw the things they posted on the regular. It horrified me. I scrambled to unfollow people as fast as I could so I could preserve some notion of them as “good people” and thus keep the peace. It worked for a while.
Despite my best efforts, I was eventually overwhelmed and these people and their insane politics kept falling in my lap in various ways - from my self-proclaimed “management” to a certain outlaw country star who twisted my criticism of his drunken antics into a political attack.
I’ve had these people in my inbox. Telling me how they were going to kill as many socialists/communists (like they know the difference) as they can in the civil war that they asserted is for sure coming. Telling me they train for it every day.
I’ve had these fascists take my words & twist them and sic mobs of raging folks exactly like those who stormed the Capitol on me & my family. I’ve seen memes made of my wife & kids. I’ve seen my child’s picture hijacked & used to disparage me as we waited for a heart transplant.
Slowly I began to realize that these people legitimately had no “bottom”. So no, I was not at all shocked whenever I saw the shit that happened in DC on Jan 6. I am nobody & I’ve had Trumpers look up & call my phone number & leave abusive messages. Then there’s the emails.
The cloak of anonymity given by the internet brought out some of the worst I have seen. The N word. Homophobic slurs. Threats of physical harm on me and my loved ones. And again - I AM NOBODY FROM NOWHERE. So imagine how they’d react to somebody to mattered? To a politician?
I told my so-called “management“ that these people were a different, new breed of Republican that was radical, racist, and nothing I wanted to be associated with. I was told to stop “complaining” & that I NEEDED these people & that I was about to “say something I can’t take back”
By speaking out against homophobia, racism and threats of real, actual violence and murder - I had apparently become a “complainer” - somebody who “couldn’t get out of their own way” & needed to drop the politics before I “lost all my fans & connections”.
So I fired his ass.
So I fired his ass.
You know why? Because TRUTH FUCKING MATTERS. Because I KNOW what fascist societies look like. I KNOW all the dogwhistles and the other bullshit. & I will be god damned if I am going to end up going down on the wrong side of history & having to justify myself later. Fuck that.
And you know what? While I would give anything to undo the horrible damage that was done to our republic on January 6, a part of me is also gratified at the vindication that came with the Trump camp finally FINALLY showing their ass in a way that could no longer be excused.
Maybe I’m gloating. Maybe I’m trying to prove a point so you fucking MAGA people will LEARN something from this mess you made. Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle. But regardless - I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO. Months before it happened. And if you Magas ever do see the light...
If you MAGA people ever do see the error of your ways and want forgiveness, I am claiming an early spot in the ass-kissing line because I TRIED TO TELL YOU.
Anyway. That’s enough ranting. Country music has a lot of fucking housecleaning to do though, at all levels, not just in Nashville boardrooms. From the fans to the artists who waltz around wearing their “apolitical” badge like they’re some sort of savvy PR genius & not a coward.
