The “Motor City Madman” Ted Nugent is the most recent star to express his opinion on Jason Aldean’s country hit, “Try That In A Small Town.”
In a Saturday interview, Nugent ripped “idiots” who dislike the song and who have invented reasons to call it “controversial.”
“I know there’s a bunch of idiots out there, but you need to learn to get a kick out of the idiots. The idiots hate this Jason Aldean song because they hate when we push back against violence,” he told Fox News’ Jimmy Failla.
“They always get it 180 degrees wrong. This song is against violence. The song is about self-defense. The song is about protecting your loved ones in your neighborhood. If you find fault with a song that celebrates protecting your loved ones, your neighborhood, you might be going down to Target to the Satan display and get down on your knees,” the legendary, multi-platinum album rocker added.
“These are just weird people. We dismiss them because they’ve gotten out of hand because they’ve got no soul. I laugh in their face,” he noted further.
Nugent is well-versed in controversy, having engaged in disputes with liberals for several years on hot-button topics such as Second Amendment rights and freedom of speech. Due to his views, he has been labeled as an “extremist” by some, Fox News reported.
Nugent seems to wear this label with a hint of pride, though somewhat sarcastically. He stated to Failla that he stands firmly for “truth, logic, and common sense” in the midst of a cancel culture environment.
“I’ve always stood up radically – really extremist – for God, family, country, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Ten Commandments, golden rule, work ethic, law and order, all that really radical stuff, and that represents the heart and soul of the best, most passionate, most cocky, most fun people in the world,” he said.
Fox News noted further:
After Country Music Television (CMT) pulled his song from circulation and a slew of critics attacked the singer for the allegedly “pro-lynching song,” it skyrocketed to number one on the charts and garnered support from others – including Nugent – who argue the song is about self-defense.
Fans are staying in the singer’s corner, calling for a boycott of CMT for pulling the song from its network. Social media has become a battleground over the issue as people took to Twitter to defend – or criticize – Aldean.
“The reach of social media gets to good people all over the world, and all the good people in the world are saying what the Nugent family says: ‘Go, Jason, go… we salute you, and we stand with you,’” Nugent said.
