Watching Jason Aldean run over bandmates to get to safety during the Last Vegas shooting

[maxrandb]

you just know he would have dressed in drag to get on a Titanic lifeboat, and pushed women and children over the side to get to one.

Is that what they teach in a "small town"?

[progressoid]

1. Having grown up in a small town, I can tell you

it has just as many selfish, dangerous, mean assholes as any other town.

[boston bean]

2. There is that. But I also note that in all his clips he

did not show one of the largest criminal riots/insurrection ever committed in this country, J6.

Most committed by people from small towns all over the US. And they did it in a city. Brought their shit to the city.

[dalton99a]

3. Jason wanted to run into the hotel unarmed to confront the gun man

but he forgot

[Silent Type]

4. Now, that's funny.

[jimfields33]

5. So what would you do with raining bullets coming at you?

Sorry politeness goes out the door. Disgusting this is being brought up. What next making fun of someone from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Parkland) for not behaving in the way you believe they should? Is this going to be a daily rehash of embarrassing acts by people under duress? I’m shocked by this truly.

[obamanut2012]

7. Not if you grew up in a small town with small town learnin'!

Oh wait, he actually grew up in Macon.

[jimfields33]

8. So what. He was a victim in a mass shooting and were laughing and making fun?

When did this start? Victim shaming is new to me here.

[Demsrule86]

17. A guy who wrote a racist song about lynching a Black man...celebrating it who previously ran

over his bandmates... maybe even friends to save his own sorry worthless ass is not my definition of a victim.

[Kingofalldems]

28. Who is laughing?

I don't see any laughing.

[jimfields33]

36. Jesus. Read 3 and 4 for starters.

[maxrandb]

9. It's one thing to scramble in fear from a rain of bullets

It's quite another to pretend you're a badass while promoting modern day lynching.

We all would probably run when the bullets start flying, but if I then bragged about what a badass, small town righteous, violent racist I was, I would expect nothing...including my cowardice, to be off limits.

Sorry you can't see the difference.

[jimfields33]

10. Victim bashing is never a positive.

Strange that it’s brought up from an incident awhile ago.

[maxrandb]

12. No, the victims are the thousands killed by the hate he promotes

[Demsrule86]

15. That is correct. He is a cowardly racist...making money on his racist scummy bullshit song.

[Demsrule86]

13. You don't run over bandmates in order to escape even bullets...the man is both a racist and

a coward. Despicable almost as despicable as those who buy his shitty racist, klan loving song and of course those who defend him...not you of course.

[Demsrule86]

16. Not strange at all. It says something about his character are lack there of.

What a fucking coward Jason is.

[jimfields33]

25. I truly believe I'd be a coward to with bullets flying my way.

Thankfully he wasn’t hurt in the mayhem. I’ve never seen a thread so incredibly wrong.

[BlackSkimmer]

29. I agree.

We have a few for here who think they'd be the hero in such a situation. Laughable.

[gratuitous]

31. I'd be a coward, too

I'd like to think, though, that once my fright was over and I'd changed my shorts, I wouldn't write a song promoting lynching and intolerance, because that would mark me as a flaming hypocrite in addition to being a coward.

[sarisataka]

34. To quote a famous wizard

As for you, my fine friend, you're a victim of disorganized thinking. You are under the unfortunate delusion that simply because you run away from danger, you have no courage. You're confusing courage with wisdom

[Victor_c3]

11. I was going to make a similar remark

Having had been in combat many times myself, you really have no idea how you’re going to react in those sort of situations until you actually experience it.

I’d even gander to say that just because you reacted one way one time, that doesn’t mean that’s how you’re going to react the next time.

During my first firefight, I was calm and collected and reacted very deliberately. Several firefights later I was blown up by an IED and I couldn’t stop shaking a stuttering for what seemed like an eternity - my soldiers made fun of me for that one!! During subsequent firefights, I was again calm and collected.

[Demsrule86]

14. My brother was a recon Marine who saved the lives of half of his men under fire...so spare me

the bullshit. My Dad in the Navy was a Medic in both Korea and Vietnam...so that is bullshit. People go to all sorts of brave actions to save their fellow man...hell he knew these guys but of course, for someone like him: a racist, clan-loving coward, he made the wrong choice. These guys always do.

[sarisataka]

23. A combat vet's personal experience

Is "bullshit"

Wow

Tell your brother and dad your opinion about vets and bravery. Please tell us if they say every person was a hero standing bravely in the face of every danger.
Spoiler alert- they won't

[BlackSkimmer]

30. ...

spot on.

[Demsrule86]

18. I would stop the car and let the people in...any brave person would do that...I would not run

innocent people over.

[BlackSkimmer]

35. Stop WHAT car? The guy was onstage at the time of that shooting.

Is there some other story I'm missing about him in a car running people over?

I mean, it's great that you're a brave person and all, but I don't remember any cars being involved in this story.

[Demsrule86]

19. I am kind of shocked by your post.

[sarisataka]

20. It is a good thing most people

Will never be in a situation where their bravado will be put to the test. They will never know if they fall short of their own standards.

[Sympthsical]

21. You want to watch a mass shooting where dozens of innocents got killed?

Because you don't like a singer? This will be part of a good time this morning?

Some days I seriously wonder how the, "Yes, this sentiment I'm about to express is totally socially adjusted and appropriate" makes it through the filter.

Thread is gross.

[doc03]

24. Sorry I should have read the entire headline. I did not notice it was the day

of the LV shooting, I thought there was a storm or something. I wasn't even aware he was around at that time.
As far as country music, I can't stand most of it the last 20 years. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Allen Jackson, Buck Owens
Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline that is country. Today's is garbage.

[BlackSkimmer]

32. Not even surprised any more.

[Sympthsical]

22. This thread is a look

Just yikes, guys.

[Torchlight]

26. Seems like real nice guy. Yeesh.

The kind who points at everyone else's mistakes in order to divert attention from the content of their character.

[sarisataka]

27. Do you have any link

That verifies ge ran over or pushed band members out of the way? I have seen this claimed several times but I can find no corroboration.

The closest are articles from 2017 about a security guard killed while pulling him to safety.

[BlackSkimmer]

33. Where are you watching this?

Is there a link?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

37. In a mean world full of Jason Aldeans, be a Garth Brooks or Dolly Parton.

Link to tweet