Try that in a small town (Page 1/20)
MidEngineManiac JUL 20, 11:14 AM
CMT is ooofffeeeennnnddddeeedddd . GOOD

There is a reason small towns have very low crime rates, usually. And it AINT because we call in big-city 911.

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TheDigitalAlchemist JUL 20, 11:27 AM
Been hearing some buzz about this song, Just looked at the lyrics, and listened to the song.

My take is "You city folk can do terrible things, and you do little to stop it but not in a small town..."

I guess it's promoting Vigilantism?

There have been many innocent victims of mob justice,(Google "Lynching") but I don't shed a tear if a violent, repeat offender POS "gets his" after being lightly tapped on the wrist by the justice system

Guess I'm too "Rorschach"...
Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk
Carjack an old lady at a red light
Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store
Ya think it's cool, well, act a fool if ya like

Cuss out a cop, spit in his face
Stomp on the flag and light it up
Yeah, ya think you're tough

Well, try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town

Got a gun that my granddad gave me
They say one day they're gonna round up
Well, that **** might fly in the city, good luck

Try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't

Try that in a small town
Full of good ol' boys, raised up right
If you're looking for a fight
Try that in a small town
Try that in a small town

Try that in a small town
See how far ya make it down the road
Around here, we take care of our own
You cross that line, it won't take long
For you to find out, I recommend you don't
Try that in a small town

Try that in a small town
Ooh-ooh
Try that in a small town
ray b JUL 20, 12:18 PM
sure we hear of killings in the city

but when I was up in north fla
in a one traffic lite town
everyone knew billybob who got stabbed
at the local bar/juke joint
and the fool who stuck him too
much more in your face
when one knows the nuts involved

govination by nut con's is a disaster
they just let every gun nut carry no permit no rules
and the shootings are way up as a result

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williegoat JUL 20, 12:23 PM
This is the 21st century analog to the ‘60s protest songs. This is the coming tide, the new grass roots groundswell.

In another thread, someone mentioned a pendulum. The pendulum is near its amplitude and loaded with potential. There are a lot of people who have just had enough.

I recently said that we are reliving 1963-64. Who remembers 1968?
Jake_Dragon JUL 20, 01:22 PM
Sheriff Grady Judd
Thank you.
cliffw JUL 20, 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:
I guess it's promoting Vigilantism?



Far from it. Is enacting no bail Vigilantism ?

When you call 911, authorities are minutes away. A gun is immediate.

We have different values than woke city folk.
TheDigitalAlchemist JUL 20, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:

This is the 21st century analog to the ‘60s protest songs. This is the coming tide, the new grass roots groundswell.

In another thread, someone mentioned a pendulum. The pendulum is near its amplitude and loaded with potential. There are a lot of people who have just had enough.

I recently said that we are reliving 1963-64. Who remembers 1968?


I don't. All I encounter is apathy, indifference, resignation, a whole lot of disillusionment. Folks "goin' through the motions", alive but not livin'.
Maybe it's just like that here in the city. Were the youth so despondent in the 60's-70's? Very few can afford a "newish" car, a home, etc...
MidEngineManiac JUL 20, 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:

I don't. All I encounter is apathy, indifference, resignation, a whole lot of disillusionment. Folks "goin' through the motions", alive but not livin'.
Maybe it's just like that here in the city. Were the youth so despondent in the 60's-70's? Very few can afford a "newish" car, a home, etc...



True story over the past year or so. We are a smallish town, 8-10 thou depending on where you draw the boundary. Had a guy keep coming here from the city. Breaking into cars and sheds, stealing what he could to haul back and sell for his next fix. Cops picked him up a bunch of times on the catch-and-release program. That went on for about 7-9 months. EVERBODY knew who this guy was, no shortage of security cam footage.

Nobody has seen him for about 2-3 months, and last sighting post on FB (we have a "community watch" type group) he was limping so bad he couldn't walk, had a broken arm, his face had met pavement apparently, and he was crying like a 3-year-old. Guess he fell down a flight of concrete steps or something. Easy enough to do when ya are so high ya can barely walk.

Funny thing is, those types of break-ins are way down across the board the past few months. Not just him. Guess the "watch those steps" message was received loud and clear.
fredtoast JUL 20, 03:53 PM

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Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:


True story over the past year or so. We are a smallish town, 8-10 thou depending on where you draw the boundary. Had a guy keep coming here from the city. Breaking into cars and sheds, stealing what he could to haul back and sell for his next fix. Cops picked him up a bunch of times on the catch-and-release program. That went on for about 7-9 months. EVERBODY knew who this guy was, no shortage of security cam footage.

Nobody has seen him for about 2-3 months, and last sighting post on FB (we have a "community watch" type group) he was limping so bad he couldn't walk, had a broken arm, his face had met pavement apparently, and he was crying like a 3-year-old. Guess he fell down a flight of concrete steps or something. Easy enough to do when ya are so high ya can barely walk.

Funny thing is, those types of break-ins are way down across the board the past few months. Not just him. Guess the "watch those steps" message was received loud and clear.




He is probably just in jail. What happened to all of his criminal charges?
fredtoast JUL 20, 04:05 PM
Small towns have plenty of crime. This song is based on country rube make-believe.