Chameleons of Culture

How did a rapping/rocking fusion performer from Detroit become a Conservative Country Confederate?

I am still curious to know why some feel the need to display their disdain for a lifestyle other than heterosexual.  If a company supports a non-heterosexual icon, some people feel obligated to let everyone know that they want that company to go out of business.  They get aroused by pouring items down the drain (that they have already purchased) or wasting ammo shooting up Bud Light cans (that they have already purchased).  

In my previous post, I mentioned folks keeping receipts.  The image below shows he wasn't always against Bud Light and Crossdressers (ironic how he is wearing a Coors Light cap).

I think this is the case of "Racist Uncle Syndrome" or just RUS.

There are a few folks out there that will admit that they may have a borderline racist relative that is known to make controversial statements at family gatherings.  Although they will proudly admit that they do not agree with that relative, they will treat the relative respectfully out of respect for the family.  Now imagine if that relative hit the lottery.  Suddenly you will notice a few of the other relatives being more agreeable with someone they formally dismissed.  They offer to make the racist relative a plate with extra potato salad.  

I ask again, how did a rapping/rocking fusion performer from Detroit become a Conservative Country Confederate?  Did the folks in Michigan back in 1860 fight for General Lee?  What has changed?  His racist Uncle got elected President, that's all.  He has to cater to his crowd (what's left of it).  His country crowd got "MAGAtized."

Yes, it is true that Kid Rock was never considered a serious rapper.  Yes, it is true that Kid Rock started getting into semi-Country music prior to Trump taking office, but do you think Sheryl Crow would have recorded a song with him if he acted back then how he acts now?

The Keepers of Accountability

People are keeping receipts these days.  Receipt Keepers are growing in population because everyone practically has a smartphone in their pockets that keeps these receipts.  Everyone has cameras, data, and a world of resources at their fingertips that they can access at a moment's notice. EVERYONE now has the ability to be a Fact Checker.  

There are a handful of Oath Keepers in jail thanks to the help of the Keepers of Accountability (and of course Prosecutors).  

• If you are on record of assaulting Capitol Police during January 6th after "backing the blue" during previous BLM protests, the Receipt Keepers will take note.
• If you are on record of wanting to lock up Hillary for deleted e-mails you couldn't find but not Trump for classified documents that were actually found, the Receipt Keepers will take note.
• If you are on record of wanting to impeach the 42nd President for his actions with an intern but not wanting to hold the 45th accountable for his actions with a porn star, the Receipt Keepers will take note.
• If you are on record of spending more time looking for the birth certificate of the 44th President but turning the other cheek when the 45th President refused to provide his tax returns, the Receipt Keepers will take note.
• If you are on record of defending Kyle Rittenhouse for killing BLM "rioters" but feel that Ashli Babbitt's "killer" should be prosecuted, the Receipt Keepers will take note.  
• If you are on record of kissing John McCain's ass when he was running against the 44th President in 2008 but shunned him when he opposed the 45th President before his passing ten years later, the Receipt Keepers will take note.
• If you spend more time "protecting" children from being groomed by Drag Queens (viewing Renaissance sculptures) than you do gun-wielding Psychos, the Receipt Keepers will take note.
• If you send personal texts about how much you despise someone but your company's stock price is determined by how you kiss that someone's ass, the Receipt Keepers will take note (eat your heart out Mr. "Beta-Male" Carlson).
• {Warning:  I am going to go Old School on this next one}  If you had a "Sore Loserman" bumper sticker on your car after the Gore-Lieberman vs. Bush-Cheney 2000 election but are still convinced that the Biden vs. Trump 2020 election was "stolen"...meh...never mind...you know where I am going with this.

This isn't what I consider "whataboutism".  This is about accountability and credibility.  

If I complain about 45 but then you bring up a complaint about 44 or 46, how does that address my complaint about 45?  If I also agree with your complaints about 44 and 46, I am the one holding everyone accountable.  Whataboutism is just a lazy way of only holding your foes accountable, and if you have a history of only holding your foes accountable and not your allies, you have no credibility. 

Yes, I WILL complain about the number of minorities needlessly killed by law enforcement.  If you say "what about the black-on-black crime in Chicago?" how does that address the completely unrelated issue that I originally broached?  If Black people stop killing each other in Chi-Town, law enforcement in all jurisdictions would put out an All Points Bulletin to reduce the number of Black people killed during their investigations and arrests? 

Side story:  Last year I was at a 4th of July BBQ.  During a conversation with the Grill Master I brought up that I had recently received the Covid vaccine.  "How can you put something in your body when you don't know what is in it?" he asked after taking a bite of a hotdog purchased from the local Dollar General.  I did not immediately say “what about that hotdog?  But if you question what's been put in a vaccine but not question what's been put in a hotdog bun…meh…never mind....you know where I am going with this.

If I am eating a steaming bowl of chitterlings with hot sauce and you are eating a steaming bowl of dog shit, don't expect people to take you seriously when you complain about the smell of my food.  You are not a credible source of information and no one would read your restaurant review blog.

I highly recommend watching Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage.  I will (once again) highly recommend the Claytoonz blog where I shamelessly steal his artwork.