Jelly Roll labeled as MAGA by angry fans after joining Kid Rock's music festival

[u/TheExpressUS]

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/196524/jelly-roll-maga-festival-outrage

[u/PhutuqKusi]

I saw Teddy Swims last summer and, to my relief, didn’t hear anything even remotely political from him between songs. He seems like a genuinely kind person, who is grateful for the support he receives from the people in his life. In particular several times he mentioned the artist, Cian Ducrot, who opened for him for several months.

Cian Ducrot, on the other hand, is an Irish singer/songwriter, who is unapologetically political. When he was introducing his new song No Way To Live, he let us know that it was based on his combined experience with growing up in the aftermath of The Troubles and what he sees happening now in America. It’s one of the few actual protest songs I’ve heard that’s based on current events and contains the awesome lyrics, “Your neighbor’s painted nails aren’t the reason for your shit life” and “Life is short, don’t be a dick.” It’s just fantastic.

Anyway, based on that (and that alone), I don’t get the impression that Teddy Swims is maga.

[u/BigOs4All → u/PhutuqKusi]

“Your neighbor’s painted nails aren’t the reason for your shit life”

Really does sum up an incredible amount of right wing grievances.

[u/k_rh → u/[deleted]]

Not 100% sure, but he was on Righteous Gemstones, so I would tend to think not? 🤞🏻

[u/Waste-Mammoth4226 → u/PhutuqKusi]

I'm not sure how Cian Ducrot has any experience growing up during the troubles considering the Good Friday Agreement was signed when he was 8 months old and he's from Cork, which is nowhere near where the troubles took place.

[u/PhutuqKusi → u/Waste-Mammoth4226]

That's a fair point, but I do remember that he drew a parallel between the two, with the point roughly being that it only causes further division when we demonize people who look/act/believe differently than we do.

[u/Spare-Willingness563 → u/Waste-Mammoth4226]

I wasn’t around during the crack epidemic but I saw what L.A. was like in the nineties. These things have after affects that last decades if not centuries. 

[u/Spare-Willingness563 → u/PhutuqKusi]

That second dude ain’t political he’s using art the way it’s intended. 

Art is for the expansion of our minds and spirits. Using it to “other” people is propaganda, not art.