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"Good Riddance": Country Music Fans Trash CMT For Touting Gun Control Campaign, Promise Boycott
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Jun 15, 2021, 10:47:59 AM6/15/21
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Viewers of Country Music Television, known as CMT, are slamming the company
and promising to boycott its upcoming awards show after it urged viewers to
“wear orange” for a gun control campaign.
“We’re (virtually) wearing orange today in support National Gun Violence
Awareness Day and to call attention to the more than 100 lives that are lost
every day to gun violence. #WearOrange and visit wearorange.org for more,”
CMT tweeted last week.
We're (virtually) wearing orange today in support National Gun Violence
Awareness Day and to call attention to the more than 100 lives that are
lost every day to gun violence. #WearOrange and visit
https://t.co/yCVs91toXw for more. pic.twitter.com/Ir1tsENn1W
— CMT (@CMT) June 4, 2021
The Wear Orange campaign encourages people to wear the color orange to
“remember lives lost to gun violence and to raise awareness about this public
health crisis.” To spread its message, it has partnered with left-wing groups
such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Planned Parenthood Federation of America,
and the Democratic Attorneys General Association. It is also backed by gun
control groups such as March For Our Lives and Newtown Action Alliance.
The CMT tweet sparked outrage among country music fans. As The Los Angeles
Times reported:
A survey of the first 100 direct responses on the channel’s page showed
an overwhelming majority unhappy with the message. Among the 100, only
four were supportive (i.e., “Good for you! When they wrote the second
amendment all they had were one shot rifles. I don’t think they ever
imagined that weapons of war could be purchased! Gun control is
desperately needed, background checks and a waiting period. Those who
[are] against gun control are idiots!”), one neutral (“Data?”) and 95
disapproving.
That’s 95% of 100 responders not in favor of CMT’s “Wear Orange”
message.
Fans slammed CMT for pushing the Wear Orange campaign, accusing the campaign
of missing key context on gun violence, and threatening to boycott the CMT
Music Awards, hosted this year by Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini, set to air
Wednesday.
“This is @CMT trying to attract listeners they don’t have at risk of
alienating the listeners they do have. How’d that work out for the Dixie
Chicks?” one commenter said.
Another user pointed out: “That stat includes suicides, which comprise well
over half of the total. It’s disingenuous to omit that fact.”
Another wrote: “Well, looks like CMT is off the channel selection for my TVs.
Good luck catering country songs to the woke, and may your profits be null!”
Another said: “I find it amusing that you think I give a damn what you think
I should and shouldn’t do with tools I use to defend me and mine.”
Another commenter wrote: “I no longer support CMT. Good riddance to another
woke support group, out of touch with their audience.”
According to the Wear Orange website:
We organize Wear Orange events to remember lives lost to gun violence
and to raise awareness about this public health crisis. Every day, more
than 100 Americans are killed with guns and more than 230 are shot and
wounded. These survivors are faced with a life-long process of physical
and emotional healing.
Gun suicide claims the lives of over 23,000 people in the United States
each year. More than 14,000 people die in gun homicides. The United
States gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of other high-
income countries.
Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the
United States. Every year, more than 3,000 children and teens are shot
and killed, and another 15,000 are shot and wounded – an average of
nine children and teens shot and killed and 42 shot and wounded every
day.
Fifty-eight percent of American adults or someone they care for have
experienced gun violence in their lifetime. Approximately three million
American children witness gun violence every year.
Together, we can build a future free from gun violence. Stand up, speak
out, and participate in Wear Orange events to raise awareness.
--
Trump won.
and promising to boycott its upcoming awards show after it urged viewers to
“wear orange” for a gun control campaign.
“We’re (virtually) wearing orange today in support National Gun Violence
Awareness Day and to call attention to the more than 100 lives that are lost
every day to gun violence. #WearOrange and visit wearorange.org for more,”
CMT tweeted last week.
We're (virtually) wearing orange today in support National Gun Violence
Awareness Day and to call attention to the more than 100 lives that are
lost every day to gun violence. #WearOrange and visit
https://t.co/yCVs91toXw for more. pic.twitter.com/Ir1tsENn1W
— CMT (@CMT) June 4, 2021
The Wear Orange campaign encourages people to wear the color orange to
“remember lives lost to gun violence and to raise awareness about this public
health crisis.” To spread its message, it has partnered with left-wing groups
such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Planned Parenthood Federation of America,
and the Democratic Attorneys General Association. It is also backed by gun
control groups such as March For Our Lives and Newtown Action Alliance.
The CMT tweet sparked outrage among country music fans. As The Los Angeles
Times reported:
A survey of the first 100 direct responses on the channel’s page showed
an overwhelming majority unhappy with the message. Among the 100, only
four were supportive (i.e., “Good for you! When they wrote the second
amendment all they had were one shot rifles. I don’t think they ever
imagined that weapons of war could be purchased! Gun control is
desperately needed, background checks and a waiting period. Those who
[are] against gun control are idiots!”), one neutral (“Data?”) and 95
disapproving.
That’s 95% of 100 responders not in favor of CMT’s “Wear Orange”
message.
Fans slammed CMT for pushing the Wear Orange campaign, accusing the campaign
of missing key context on gun violence, and threatening to boycott the CMT
Music Awards, hosted this year by Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini, set to air
Wednesday.
“This is @CMT trying to attract listeners they don’t have at risk of
alienating the listeners they do have. How’d that work out for the Dixie
Chicks?” one commenter said.
Another user pointed out: “That stat includes suicides, which comprise well
over half of the total. It’s disingenuous to omit that fact.”
Another wrote: “Well, looks like CMT is off the channel selection for my TVs.
Good luck catering country songs to the woke, and may your profits be null!”
Another said: “I find it amusing that you think I give a damn what you think
I should and shouldn’t do with tools I use to defend me and mine.”
Another commenter wrote: “I no longer support CMT. Good riddance to another
woke support group, out of touch with their audience.”
According to the Wear Orange website:
We organize Wear Orange events to remember lives lost to gun violence
and to raise awareness about this public health crisis. Every day, more
than 100 Americans are killed with guns and more than 230 are shot and
wounded. These survivors are faced with a life-long process of physical
and emotional healing.
Gun suicide claims the lives of over 23,000 people in the United States
each year. More than 14,000 people die in gun homicides. The United
States gun homicide rate is 25 times higher than that of other high-
income countries.
Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the
United States. Every year, more than 3,000 children and teens are shot
and killed, and another 15,000 are shot and wounded – an average of
nine children and teens shot and killed and 42 shot and wounded every
day.
Fifty-eight percent of American adults or someone they care for have
experienced gun violence in their lifetime. Approximately three million
American children witness gun violence every year.
Together, we can build a future free from gun violence. Stand up, speak
out, and participate in Wear Orange events to raise awareness.
--
Trump won.
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