Kid Rock/Bud Light

ukalum1988

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Not a good look for Kid Rock….. wonder if Tucker Carlson will ask him about this the next time they sit down for an interview???
 
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That was 4 outrages ago.
I bought and burned some Barbie dolls last night.
But now Facebook told me get mad at Snow White.
Driving to mall and yell at cashier in Disney Store right now.
 

Nightwish84

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The title is what gets me...Kid Rock Drinks Bud Light Beer After Shooting Up Cases.

That's the dumbed down version of our country at the moment.

1) Folks who hate celebrities gravitating to a celebrity they agree with politically.
2) To make some sort of vague point, that celebrity does what America does...tries to solve his "problem" (which isn't really a problem) with a big ole gun while being filmed for clicks.
3) We find out celebrity still drinks beer he seemed upset about, confirming his viral shoot 'em up video was what we expected at the time...something silly and stupid to get attention.

If **** in America was so awful and terrible as some claim, we wouldn't be focused on a beer can.
 

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If **** in America was so awful and terrible as some claim, we wouldn't be focused on a beer can.


I completely disagree.

"The primary element of social control is the strategy of distraction, which is to divert public attention from important issues and changes determined by the political and economic elites by the technique of flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information. Distraction strategy is also essential to prevent the public interest in the essential knowledge in the area of the science, economics, psychology, neurobiology and cybernetics." -- Chomsky

And it works like a charm. If you disagree, over the next week, ask people to tell you their opinions on Dylvan Mulvaney, Brittney Spears, and Kanye West, then later ask the same people what they think of the accomplishments of Richard Feynman, Mae Jemison, and Michio Kaku.

And I'm not knocking anybody or excluding myself from that fallacy -- I mean for frack's sake, I collect old comic books and have a huge bookshelf that's packed with old toys, so I'm definitely not exactly a bona fide expert at judging the absolute totality of anybody else's existentialism -- I'm just noting that America's pretty darn terrible at the moment, but that we all could make it better if we all just teamed up to take a good critical look at the forest every once in a while instead of just constantly kicking at the trees.
 
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Ron Mehico

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The title is what gets me...Kid Rock Drinks Bud Light Beer After Shooting Up Cases.

That's the dumbed down version of our country at the moment.

1) Folks who hate celebrities gravitating to a celebrity they agree with politically.
2) To make some sort of vague point, that celebrity does what America does...tries to solve his "problem" (which isn't really a problem) with a big ole gun while being filmed for clicks.
3) We find out celebrity still drinks beer he seemed upset about, confirming his viral shoot 'em up video was what we expected at the time...something silly and stupid to get attention.

If **** in America was so awful and terrible as some claim, we wouldn't be focused on a beer can.

I completely disagree.

"The primary element of social control is the strategy of distraction, which is to divert public attention from important issues and changes determined by the political and economic elites by the technique of flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information. Distraction strategy is also essential to prevent the public interest in the essential knowledge in the area of the science, economics, psychology, neurobiology and cybernetics." -- Chomsky

And it works like a charm. If you disagree, over the next week, ask people to tell you their opinions on Dylvan Mulvaney, Brittney Spears, and Kanye West, then later ask the same people what they think of the accomplishments of Richard Feynman, Mae Jemison, and Michio Kaku.

And I'm not knocking anybody or excluding myself from that fallacy -- I mean for frack's sake, I collect old comic books and have a huge bookshelf that's packed with old toys, so I'm definitely not exactly a bona fide expert at judging the absolute totality of anybody else's existentialism -- I'm just noting that America's pretty darn terrible at the moment, but that we all could make it better if we all just teamed up to take a good critical look at the forest every once in a while instead of just constantly kicking at the trees.


You know, in my opinion, there seems to be 2 worlds. The virtual/online world and the physical one we live in. I personally am not on any social media other than this website and interact with around 30-50 strangers a day for my job. This online world often seems vitriolic and argumentative, however the physical world Im in everyone seems to be doing well and are very nice to each other 98% of the time. People are cordial, I’m not getting into arguments, and if there are problems they are more significant and we try and be supportive and helpful. I only missed one day of work for COVID and do not work from home so I never took an extended break from the physical world like so many. People were very nice and appreciative and supportive of each other in my interactions. However I would go home and you’d think there was a civil war going on. I’m just not sure what world is more accurate of reality, but my hope is it’s the one we live in outside of screens.
 
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I don’t care who drinks Bud Light, what Kid Rock does, or how many trannys they sponsor. I’m not drinking it again until they apologize to me for using “fratty” as an insult when I spent thousands on their beer as a frat guy. Yeah, they fired the chick who said it, but I want a flat out apology to frat guys everywhere.
 

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Most just want to create a brief reaction online. The decision by Bud Light, the reaction, and it's aftermath will be a case study on not only future business decisions but online human interaction. I understand the decision being poor but don't understand many upset with Bud Light first making it known they feel the product was "piss water." So you don't enjoy the product to begin with but you're going all in emotionally? I also do not understand how we went from that whole thing to Garth Brooks choosing to sell Bud Light (among other beers) at his bar in Nashville and people on Twitter popping up only to call him a pedophile countless times. Perhaps they were just bots? There was a time when "pedophile" and "dementia" weren't used as political punchlines. The good news is most don't act like that in their real lives, as Ron mentioned. I don't know why sluggercatfan has posted a Mark Levin clip several times in various threads, but that's his social media calling for the moment. Do I believe he's walking up to strangers in real life telling them about a YouTube clip of some older guy bitching about democrats? Not a chance. But here? He's made a choice to spread the word of some angry clip.

Kid Rock was trolling because that's a dude who enjoys (real) life. I find his trolling attempt pretty silly and very current America, but that's just me. He tried to get a little back and forth going in his interview with Bill Maher and Maher wanted more out of the interview than just politics. IMO, a millionaire musician whose been doing his thing since the late '90s wasn't and isn't pissed off about a beer can. He craved a reaction and got one, from both sides. And now he's apparently back to drinking Bud Light in public. Internet mission accomplished.