Country Music Television urges viewers to ‘wear orange’ for gun control campaign, upsetting core audience

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Country Music Television urges viewers to ‘wear orange’ for gun control campaign, upsetting core audience

Fans of Country Music Television fumed on social media after the network tweeted out a call to "wear orange" as part of a coordinated stance against gun violence.

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CMT tweets in support of gun-violence awareness; viewers fire back

If responses on its official Twitter page are any indication, CMT's tweet in support of gun control struck a sour note with viewers.

www.latimes.com

 

[kickbacked]

If we're honest here cmt isnt country music not anymore anyways. I dont think Hank done it that way.

 

[printcraft]

Sooo.... who is CMT trying to reach here?

You think their target audience is perpetrating "gun violence" (AKA gang violence) daily in the big demoncrat cities?

 

[Knight Rider]

I’ll wear my orange in support of responsible gun usage on opening day later this year.

 

[Expat]

I saw a segment on FNC on how country music was delighted over an openly gay artist. so Country has Changed

 

[Ingomike]

Country music has been commercial pop since the Nashville sound began. There are exceptions but even as I listen to old Alabama I realize just how pop they were, though I didn't see it at the time. The holy grail in music city is a song that charts on the pop chart, so what is really their goal, country or pop music?

 

[KG1]

Sooo.... who is CMT trying to reach here?

You think their target audience is perpetrating "gun violence" (AKA gang violence) daily in the big demoncrat cities?

I would say they should don their orange garb, get on a bus and go pick up trash along the freeway.

 

[littletommy]

Sooo.... who is CMT trying to reach here?

You think their target audience is perpetrating "gun violence" (AKA gang violence) daily in the big demoncrat cities?

According to Kut, yes. Country music culture is pretty much the same as hip hop.

 

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Maybe CMT has went the way of the Dixie Chicks?

Dixie who???

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I don't watch CMT much, so I wouldn't know. Wonder how much Aron Lewis they play?

NSFW







or Justin Moore?

 

[churchmouse]

Country music has been commercial pop since the Nashville sound began. There are exceptions but even as I listen to old Alabama I realize just how pop they were, though I didn't see it at the time. The holy grail in music city is a song that charts on the pop chart, so what is really their goal, country or pop music?

The goal here is and always has been..............

"MONEY"

 

[churchmouse]

The same

I would say they should don their orange garb, get on a bus and go pick up trash along the freeway.

trash they pitched out there..........

 

[Bill of Rights]

According to Kut, yes. Country music culture is pretty much the same as hip hop.

Wait a sec. How did Kut appear in this thread when he hasn’t even posted here?

Simply put, you can look at almost any form of entertainment and find something that offends someone. “Cop Killer” was a song, “Dixie”, which was a song very popular when I went to Robert E. Lee high school (which has since been stripped of the Confederate Battle Flag and then of Gen. Lee’s name. ) People have found problems with Lucy in the sky with Diamonds, Puff the Magic Dragon, and these days, it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried to ban “White Room” by Cream, because it says White, and therefore must be racist.


Morgan Freeman said it best, the best way to stop racism is to stop talking about it... Which is why the mass media will never let that subject die.

 

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Wait a sec. How did Kut appear in this thread when he hasn’t even posted here?

Simply put, you can look at almost any form of entertainment and find something that offends someone. “Cop Killer” was a song, “Dixie”, which was a song very popular when I went to Robert E. Lee high school (which has since been stripped of the Confederate Battle Flag and then of Gen. Lee’s name. ) People have found problems with Lucy in the sky with Diamonds, Puff the Magic Dragon, and these days, it wouldn’t surprise me if they tried to ban “White Room” by Cream, because it says White, and therefore must be racist.


Morgan Freeman said it best, the best way to stop racism is to stop talking about it... Which is why the mass media will never let that subject die.

Only one side makes a profession out of being offended though.

How long has a lionshare of hip hop/rap music been offensive? Since it's inception? How much do you hear about this?

 

[BigRed]

If we're honest here cmt isnt country music not anymore anyways. I dont think Hank done it that way.

Damn straight.

I'n not sure CMT even knows who Hank was.

 

[gregr]

They`re antagonizing much of their base with this PC stunt. I hope this comes back to bite them bigly. Best way to kill them is if everyone turned them OFF, and kept them turned OFF.

 

[BigRed]

There is still some good country music being made.....It just does not normally come out of Nashville.

 

[Mikey1911]

Damn straight.

I'n not sure CMT even knows who Hank was.

Just as well that Hank is gone:

“Hey, Good Lookin! What ya got cookin’?
How ‘bout cookin’ somethin’ up, for me??”

would be considered by the woke class to be sexual harassment these days.

 

[BigRed]

Some exceptions though...

 

[texas123]

They`re antagonizing much of their base with this PC stunt. I hope this comes back to bite them bigly. Best way to kill them is if everyone turned them OFF, and kept them turned OFF.

I agree, turned them off a long time ago. They may have just stuck their foot in a hole with this stunt. Many people are really getting tired of being used to forward an agenda. Just can't tune in and hear some good music without some kind of underlying message along the way.

 

[BigRed]

I doubt I see Meyers putting on orange for some dumb *** moms anytime soon.