Rock ’n’ roll legend Ted Nugent over the weekend weighed in on the outrage over country singer Jason Aldean’s new song, “Try That in a Small Town,” saying that many of those who take issue with the song’s message are “idiots.”
“Try That in a Small Town” was released in May, with a music video for the song dropping on CMT on July 14.
The country music cable channel pulled the video from its programming on July 17 in response to a social media outcry accusing the country megastar of promoting “gun violence” with his new hit.
The lyrics of the song describe acts of violence that are becoming commonplace in big cities—such as assaulting pedestrians and carjacking elderly drivers—daring the “tough” perpetrators to bring that behavior to a small town, where people are willing to use firearms to defend their community….