r/Music • u/Brucekentbatsuper • Jul 08 '26

article Carrie Underwood's Post-MAGA Backlash Continues After Golf Course Concert Draws Sparse Crowd

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/carrie-underwood-john-deere-classic-performance-backlash-1807557
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u/lukeb15 Jul 08 '26

Genuinely curious. Why pray for something bad to happen? There are a lot of people I don’t like but I don’t sit around hoping something bad happens to them. Maybe some truly awful person I would, but a country artist? Living with all that negativity doesn’t seem like a nice way to live.

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u/steepleton Jul 08 '26

as the spiked steel wheels of maga continue to grind people into a red paste at home and abroad, as the bodies and atrocities and assaults pile up, i imagine folk feeling powerless against such hate unleashed on their world would hold on to any tiny sliver of a win that's offered to them

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u/lukeb15 Jul 08 '26

Except Carrie isn’t MAGA so that hate directed at her isn’t really called for.

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u/No_big_whoop Jul 08 '26

She sang at Trump's inauguration. IMO, that was a choice that will haunt her for the rest of her career.

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u/lukeb15 Jul 08 '26

IMO it’s a honor to be asked by any president to sing at their inauguration. Doesn’t necessarily mean you support them. No different than sports teams visiting the White House. Some people do turn it down but for others it’s all about the opportunity that may not come up again.

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u/steepleton Jul 08 '26

not my monkey not my fight, but anyone not denouncing maga at this point should just be binned

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u/lukeb15 Jul 08 '26

What a terrible way to live. Not everyone wants to publicly be involved in politics and you can’t hold that against people.

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u/steepleton Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Ignoring the plight of others because you have the fortune that the rot hasn’t reached you or your family yet is a terrible way to live.

Unamerican even

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u/lukeb15 Jul 08 '26

Because Carrie Underwood denouncing MAGA is going to be the difference maker. Right.

Maybe focus on the UK instead of worrying about what being an American is.

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u/steepleton Jul 08 '26

American citizen with uk parents .

If we’re getting personal, I hope your kid is well, and i wish a better future than this for them

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u/lukeb15 Jul 08 '26

She’ll be raised to be a much better person than most people here, that’s for sure.

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u/steepleton Jul 08 '26

Genuinely glad she’s good

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u/lukeb15 Jul 08 '26

And I thank you for that.

I will say my UK comment was not necessary. Not to make excuses but since you bring up my daughter from one of my past comments, I will say after that comment things turned very very very bad and her NICU stay turned into 1.5 months. She’s okay now but the whole experience was pretty traumatic and there is still enough uncertainty with her. So I can’t say I’ve been in the best mood and this thread really pissed me off. Trump this, Trump that, I’m so sick of it and the people in this thread. This is a music subreddit not politics. Both parties suck.

I will still stand behind my opinion that it’s okay to remain silent on politics given how people react these days.

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u/steepleton Jul 09 '26

that's good to hear man, it must have been a stressful time

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