• GloriousGherkins@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Is this post about 2001 or 2025? He voted for Obama and spoke out against Trump. A lot of people were supportive of Bush as a reaction to 9/11, which of course changed over time.

        I’m not defending Keith’s actions at that time, just saying that there are plenty of artists that strongly support MAGA, that are also still alive today, who would probably make a lot more sense.

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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        2 days ago

        JFC calm the fuck down homie. This is not how people should converse with each other. We want this place to grow and being rude af is not how to make inroads.

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          Well, when someone puts out incomplete or outright incorrect information it tends to piss people off. Not to say saying Toby Keith being a Democrat was incorrect, but we live in an era where you kind of have to be an open nerve about misinformation.

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            1 day ago

            It’s not misinformation though, dude was literally a Democrat and didn’t intend for his song to become the marching drums it became.

            Edit: dude may have been registered as a Dem but was full fascist since the nineties. My bad.

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              Registered as a democrat.

              His political leanings were conservative. He heavily supported Bush and also performed for Trump.

              Fuck Toby Keith, and yes - a lie of omission is still a lie, no matter how many idiots agree that it isn’t.

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                1 day ago

                Dunno who downvoted you, but I just looked it up and you’re completely right. Now I feel bad for how I was going full fan girl when I ran into him IRL.

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                  No worries, people like to blindly support whatever makes their heart feel better. It’s easier for people to believe he isn’t a piece of shit, so they do.

                  It’s stupid, which is why I call it out as such. Blind devotion to people who would trade you for more personal wealth in a heartbeat.

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                    1 day ago

                    As someone who suffers from anxiety, I’m always willing to admit I’m wrong when it means I won’t be in the future. My aunt was his favorite bartender at a local horse racing track, and he pretty much paid for her house, so I’m definitely a little slanted to begin with.

      • Goretantath@lemm.ee
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        Oh fuck off, he did one song jumping on the rage bandwagon EVERY American at the time was on, dude was a democrat through and through.