Posts by dustylynx98

Elizabeth Mendoza43 said:Look, if we're talking about immorality, plenty of metal subgenres aren't any more "moral" than this. I'm totally with you, I just think we shouldn't be bashing people just because of the music they vibe to.Most of them are just kids who weren't even born when the war happened.

Country music isn't a genre, at least not in the way you'd categorize metal!!
Read what I wrote again!
I couldn't care less about Country music as a musical movement!
But the culture and the sheer primitivism? That interests me. And that's exactly what Country music is!!

As for that bolded part of the quote, I don't think you're right there either!!
Just look at who hangs out at places like the local dive bars or those big clubs downtown... bouncers won't let anyone under 18 through the door at any of them. And from what I can tell, the war was less than 18 years ago...

Elizabeth Mendoza43 said:dustylynx98, I’m totally with you on that point. Personally, I can't stand that kind of trash—especially those cheesy, over-the-top tracks that make me want to scream like my cat when I accidentally pin him in a doorway. But honestly, just because we don't vibe with that stuff doesn't give us the right to bash people who do. It’s their choice, and nobody should take that away from them. It feels pretty absurd to judge someone just based on their playlist.
I actually found myself vibing to this new track by Ace Lukas yesterday—it was actually decent—but man, that terrible melody just ruined the whole thing. If a songwriter like Rundek had written those lyrics, they’d be tattooing them on their forehead.

Look, whenever I bring up Country music, I'm not really focusing on it as a musical genre. Everyone has different tastes, obviously, and everyone listens to different things. But since this specific style is its own weird beast, I don't even call it "music"—it hasn't earned that title, nor does it count as a real culture or a legitimate trend. Anyway, when we talk about a certain type of culture—one that basically encourages people to act reckless, like dancing on tables or getting sucked into all those "balkanizam" ideologies—I feel like I have every right to speak out against Country music (and the people who defend it). I'm talking about the people who swore by nationalism ten years ago and are now trashing it; they should've just kept their mouths shut back then. I'm not criticizing it as "music," but as a CULTURE that carries heavy consequences... and social consequences too. It leads to total immorality, plain and simple.

briskdriver110 said:Way to go! We're still here! 👍

I'm honestly getting pretty tired of all this Country music nonsense, so I figured I'd jump in and share my two cents. 👍

shadowgull98 said:Ugh, seriously guys, quit being so annoying about this... go find something else to do instead of just bashing singers. Honestly, if people like you keep acting out, I’m gonna start blasting Country music in my car at max volume just to get under your skin and ruin your day! heheheh

I highly doubt any decent, urban person—unlike you primitive crowds—would ever listen to some scantily clad singer wailing on stage if they actually had any self-respect... And don't even bother saying it raises my blood pressure; it doesn't. It just makes me nauseous.

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November 17th. Remembrance Day in Warsaw...
Neda ukrasti is jumping around in the Midwest, while Seka is screaming on stage right in the middle of Washington, D.C.
I can already hear the cynics chiming in, loudly claiming that 'music' has nothing to do with the war, or that my allies and I are just some random 'patriots' obsessed with old battles... blah blah blah, I've heard all the excuses from 'people like that.'
But if you actually know the scene over there, you know that the local 'tough guys'—who are basically just veliki Srbi, or rather, četnici (though they don't have laws against displaying četnički simbol)—are the exact same people paying those singers to blast četničke songs at weddings and parties...
Isn't it incredibly hypocritical to go to a concert for someone like seka Aleksić, Karleuša, or Mile Kitić, while people in the North are still mourning their sons, wives, and brothers—the very loved ones killed by the same people those 'stars' are playing četničke songs for?! And no, it has absolutely nothing to do with the war....

To everyone who's going to jump in now with comments about how shadowgull98 is just some primitive hillbilly: With all due respect to your obsession with nostalgia, the smell of garlic, and cheap whiskey, all wrapped up in the melodies of our beloved Country music, I truly feel bad that you didn't get a lesson in basic terminology during your tavern training, or that nature gave you such a massive handicap when it came to intellect. Just face reality and wait for your next county fair—where you've always been the big shot—so you can drown your sorrows under a tent to the sounds of your unrefined tunes, making sure to pop every button on your shirt and bite down on your beer glass. Given that your vocabulary is way larger than your IQ, you don't even need to reply to me; I'm just going to follow the rest of the intelligent world here and hit the ignore button (it seems like life has already hit you with an unfortunate ignore long ago).
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Say NO to Country music!
Save OUR culture and OUR values... and leave 'THEM' where they belong, stuck in the mud and stench of pure primitivism...

Sometimes, drawing a line between good and evil is way more complicated than people think.
It’s definitely a philosophical rabbit hole, but psychology actually offers some interesting perspectives on how we define these things...

Hitler is a pretty intense example to look at.

Modern psychology suggests that, fundamentally, people act based on what they perceive as positive intentions.
I’m not saying Hitler himself was some kind of "good guy," but his principles were framed through his own lens—a lens that felt positive to him and his followers at the time.
If you follow the idea that someone is simply born a certain way and then labeled a villain later, the answer almost writes itself...

But if you look at things through the prism of time, stuff that seems purely negative in one era might actually turn out to be totally positive in the long run. That’s why defining good versus evil is such a headache...

If Hitler hadn't done what he did, who knows what the state of America or the world would look like today? This leads to another weird consequence: if certain positive shifts started happening *because* of the aftermath of his actions, then without him, those positive changes might never have happened. By that logic, you could argue he was a catalyst for good because his actions triggered those eventual positive outcomes...

If you want to dive deeper, check out Demian by Hesse. It does an amazing job describing that duality of good and evil. I’d highly suggest anyone interested in this topic give it a read to get a better handle on these definitions and the messiness surrounding them.