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3. No, but I'd vote for banning the singer . . .

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Wed Jun 24, 2015, 11:52 PM

Jun 2015

Hank Jr. Jeezus what a bellowing, no-talent hack.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] kentuck Jun 2015 OP

People are "talking about banning everything connected with the South during the Civil War"? arcane1 Jun 2015 #1

Maybe banning everything that just plain sucks? Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #17

It's a start! arcane1 Jun 2015 #24

I'm glad I missed it too TheCount_ Jun 2015 #23

deterioration? Hank Williams Jr. is a retrograde fucknut. Most Americans don't agree with him. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #34

You're comparing the Dixie Chicks to Hank Williams? TheCount_ Jun 2015 #53

I'm saying that when you start dancing down the road of censoring speech that is unpopular Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #55

Not really TheCount_ Jun 2015 #61

You don't understand the 1st Amendment, then. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #63

Don't tell me. TheCount_ Jun 2015 #66

And a dissenting opinion in a supreme court case carries exactly zero legal weight. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #67

Not really. TheCount_ Jun 2015 #70

Round and round we go. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #71

I'm not talking about banning TheCount_ Jun 2015 #73

You say you're not talking about 'banning something that ticks off someone' and then proceed to give Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #74

Ha ha TheCount_ Jun 2015 #75

I have heard of a hate crime. Emphasis on crime. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #76

These marches TheCount_ Jun 2015 #77

Regulation, yes. However, it is notable that the march was allowed to proceed on 1A grounds. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #78

And some marches are not allowed to proceed at all. TheCount_ Jun 2015 #80

Not on the basis of the -content- of the speech. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #81

No, it is on the content of speech. TheCount_ Jun 2015 #82

We're having two different conversations. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #83

The simple fact TheCount_ Jun 2015 #85

Okay. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #86

There is a lot of hate TheCount_ Jun 2015 #88

I don't like gay bashing either. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #90

Imagine that. TheCount_ Jun 2015 #91

Maybe you should ask yourself why the rest of the justices all felt differently. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #92

Maybe TheCount_ Jun 2015 #93

Again, I remember when the Nazis marched in Skokie, and I come from a family of Jews. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #94

I support the 1st TheCount_ Jun 2015 #95

So go ahead and have someone arrested for flying the confederate flag, or making a shitty song. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #96

People are arrested for incitement TheCount_ Jun 2015 #103

Oh yeah? Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #108

Guess you've never traveled TheCount_ Jun 2015 #110

Damn, dude, don't put your back out, moving those goalposts. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #114

I can't? TheCount_ Jun 2015 #125

So you've got nothing, then. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #133

Wasn't that nitwit banned from ..... football? His little royalty cash cow song got the ax? MADem Jun 2015 #104

I don't know anything about it. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #109

I'm no expert on either, myself, but I thought he was the "Are you ready for some football" MADem Jun 2015 #111

Yeah--- That sounds vaguely familiar. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #113

I wouldn't listen to a Hank Williams, Jr song. BillZBubb Jun 2015 #2

Yes, he sucks. kentuck Jun 2015 #6

+100 nt clarice Jun 2015 #40

After listening to that song, I'm leaving DU and not because I want to. I plan.. BlueJazz Jun 2015 #57

No, but I'd vote for banning the singer . . . hatrack Jun 2015 #3

I'm not for banning anything. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #4

Agree on both. 840high Jun 2015 #9

I don't recall anything being banned. X_Digger Jun 2015 #5

Should this offspring song be fucking banned ??? seveneyes Jun 2015 #7

They'd have to ban nearly all of Stephen Foster's songs. madfloridian Jun 2015 #8

mebbe struggle4progress Jun 2015 #25

No one is talking about banning anything. Jamastiene Jun 2015 #10

The Articles of Secession of South Carolina were used as a model for the rest. merrily Jun 2015 #12

Or show the deniers Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech. Staph Jun 2015 #32

Thank you. I did not know about that one. Bookmarking. I have a feeling I may want to merrily Jun 2015 #33

Be my guest! Staph Jun 2015 #35

that is the contextually relevant bit that the half-wits who say Washington DC should be renamed are LanternWaste Jun 2015 #59

Lyrics here: greyl Jun 2015 #11

His dad's talent skipped a generation Major Nikon Jun 2015 #13

If the south had won, when would they have given up their slaves? The ones they fought so hard for? pnwmom Jun 2015 #21

Epic Tree-Hugger Jun 2015 #51

Every girl child sent to Georgia to learn to talk with that southern accent that drives men wild? prayin4rain Jun 2015 #62

Public property should not hold racist symbols as honorable. U4ikLefty Jun 2015 #14

No, because you can't ban a song. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #15

No. romanic Jun 2015 #16

Look away, Look away Dixieland. nt. Juicy_Bellows Jun 2015 #18

Some abso-fucking-lutely GREAT music has come from the South. Warren DeMontague Jun 2015 #19

I wouldn't want to give Hank Junior madokie Jun 2015 #20

How about Joan Baez's song? former9thward Jun 2015 #22

She sang a lot of songs about the south. I remember "Blue Bayou" and the Billy McAllister/Bridge Cleita Jun 2015 #28

I am with you there. former9thward Jun 2015 #36

Oops I think I got it wrong senior memory and all. Cleita Jun 2015 #39

I love that song, both her version and the Bands. logosoco Jun 2015 #42

The Band wrote that song cemaphonic Jun 2015 #64

I have zero problem with the song. former9thward Jun 2015 #65

How can you have zero problem with the song pnwmom Jun 2015 #98

Sorry, I separate entertainment from politics. former9thward Jun 2015 #100

If the South had won the war, it would have been in charge of deciding how to interpret pnwmom Jun 2015 #101

No, no and no. former9thward Jun 2015 #117

Sorry, I had thought you must be talking about a Baez cover of the Hank Williams song. pnwmom Jun 2015 #121

Well she sings about "the rebel cause". former9thward Jun 2015 #122

I usually listen like you do. It's the voice and music that I hear mostly, pnwmom Jun 2015 #124

But they were interested in keeping theirs. Live and Learn Jun 2015 #106

Take your strawmen to someone who cares. former9thward Jun 2015 #116

I'm not for banning anything artists do, even if it's political. Cleita Jun 2015 #26

I don't listen to any music associated with that damn flag, including Lynryd skynryd. Hoyt Jun 2015 #27

Yuck he is as bad as the Nuge... Kalidurga Jun 2015 #29

Good point. You shall know them by their music. Cleita Jun 2015 #30

Face book pegged me as a liberal based on my music Kalidurga Jun 2015 #31

No. LWolf Jun 2015 #37

No (nt) bigwillq Jun 2015 #38

Banned by Whom? MineralMan Jun 2015 #41

Who's talking about banning everything connected to the South, besides Fox screamers? Orsino Jun 2015 #43

Why is it that people don't understand the difference edhopper Jun 2015 #44

Not "banned" by law, but YouTube and other sites have the right to decline to host it, Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #45

No. Texasgal Jun 2015 #46

Charlie Daniels Band - South's Gonna Do It Again KamaAina Jun 2015 #47

No one is banning anything. Get a grip. yellowcanine Jun 2015 #48

I didn't know Tipper Gore posted on DU snooper2 Jun 2015 #49

This "banning this" and "banning that" shit is getting entirely out of control. WillowTree Jun 2015 #50

No. Why? ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #52

No, but then again, I listen to Hank3 much more than Hank Jr. (n/t) derby378 Jun 2015 #54

This link had some good comments in it: kentuck Jun 2015 #56

I'm not aware of any confederate related material that's been banned... LanternWaste Jun 2015 #58

It should be banned! Glassunion Jun 2015 #60

Just sign your name in blood ... seveneyes Jun 2015 #68

No. And I didn't even look at it, or listen to it. TheManInTheMac Jun 2015 #69

It's not a bad song. I llike the dixieland music woven in there. Jetboy Jun 2015 #72

yes olddots Jun 2015 #79

Nothing has been banned WestCoastLib Jun 2015 #84

liberals/progressives calling for banning of songs . . . DrDan Jun 2015 #87

Oh FFS Feron Jun 2015 #89

No. But how about no one buys it or plays it anymore. pnwmom Jun 2015 #97

Ban Hank? In Kentucky? KentuckyWoman Jun 2015 #99

I think all country songs s/b banned. valerief Jun 2015 #102

I am sure Elvis would have it banned if he were alive. Live and Learn Jun 2015 #105

Heck no, This is a great reminder of what we could have suffered through Live and Learn Jun 2015 #107

Yes XRubicon Jun 2015 #112

I don't think any songs should be banned but there are a lot of songs in bad taste gollygee Jun 2015 #115

No Snow Leopard Jun 2015 #118

Not really. sjk.fly4ever Jun 2015 #119

No. n/t zappaman Jun 2015 #120

What is this banning of which you speak? libodem Jun 2015 #123

It belongs in a museum.. not banned! Peacetrain Jun 2015 #126

Ban the singer. not the song HassleCat Jun 2015 #127

This message was self-deleted by its author arcane1 Jun 2015 #128

This piece of music is NO threat at all to anyone in the United States. ladjf Jun 2015 #129

What government agency is using that song? jberryhill Jun 2015 #130

I want a ban on stupid threads in GD. nt LeftyMom Jun 2015 #131

No abakan Jun 2015 #132