Thread by @ddale8

Okay by semi-popular demand here is a late-night thread about why country star Brad Paisley is a superb Sneaky Liberal Communicator.

In short: Paisley is brilliant at sneaking aggressive liberalism into pleasantly catchy country songs he disguises in the tropes of southern conservatism.

Paisley has a song called Southern Comfort Zone. Standard country title. But look what it's about!

Southern Comfort Zone is about how you should leave the south, understand that not everyone is a white Christian, feel what it's like to be a minority.

He then returns to the mandatory country message about how the Dixie is awesome. But he has pleasantly pushed his Sneaky Liberal Agenda.

Paisley also has a song called American Saturday Night. Street fair in small-town America! Standard country trope!

But look what it's actually about: how America benefits from immigration and globalization.

Paisley also situates his own white family's immigrant story on a plane with more recent immigrant stories - and suggests his white ancestors would love modern American diversity.

Brad Paisley also, somehow, wrote the only good popular song about Barack Obama being elected the first black president.

Welcome to the Future, his song about Obama, is sneaky too:
- First verse: now we got cool video games!
- Second verse: now we're friends with Japan!
- Third verse: so we have a black president and it's awesome!

Paisley had a bad misstep with Accidental Racist, in which he was accidentally racist. But otherwise: very good at getting conservatives to embrace liberal messages.

Here is Paisley making Obama get teary, which country fans got mad at him for:

In conclusion Paisley is popular because he's a good singer and killer guitar guy with catchy sweet songs. But he does it as an unusually aggressive liberal. THE END

OK some commenter is right: it's not "aggressive" liberalism, he's not like saying "Medicare-for-all, y'all." It's just very obvious liberalism, draped in Southern Pride.

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