Charlie Daniels is an idiot

[Lotusflower70]

On Twitter, he said this:

I would ordinarily be watching Thursday Night Football, but for some reason I’m not.

[SHRED]

1. I commented on that one

Link to tweet

[Lotusflower70]

2. Lol

I commented about the day of the week. Boycotting Thursday night football on Wednesday is kind of ridiculous.

[SHRED]

4. Oh yeah...duh

I'll go over and remind him also...lol

[Lotusflower70]

6. The comments

About the day of the week are pretty hilarious.

[SHRED]

7. LOL...Here...

Link to tweet

[fishwax]

3. plus it's wednesday

[pintobean]

37. Isn't he exercising his 1st Amendment rights

same as you? Same as the players taking a knee?

The 1st Amendment doesn't just cover the speech of those we agree with.

And, how is not watching a football game racist?

[SHRED]

41. I'm not questioning his right to not watch

Charlie Daniels, like other rightwingers, are pissed that black men are protesting.

It is about race.

[pintobean]

42. Because you say so?

[SHRED]

43. Then enlighten us

Why are people pissed off at those taking a knee?

[pintobean]

44. Because they're disrespecting the flag,

and what it represents, just as they say. Falsely accusing people of racism minimizes the meaning of the word.

[SHRED]

45. "and what it represents"

Can you clarify this please?

[pintobean]

48. If you need that explained

I'm not going to help you.

[SHRED]

49. So let's just assume then

You think they were taking a knee in protest of what the flag represents. Ideally the flag represents freedom.

Is that what you think they took a knee over?

[pintobean]

53. Assume whatever you want.

You seem to have comprehension problems.

[SHRED]

55. And like clockwork

An ad hominem.

This is what rightwingers do. Just toss out a personal insult.

[LiberalFighter]

60. Yep! Something is wrong with his aim.

[mountain grammy]

54. I honestly don't understand what you mean

By "disrespecting the flag". i read that as a right wing talking point with no meaning whatsoever.

[SHRED]

56. Me either

That's what I wanted to know.

[LiberalFighter]

61. It had nothing to do with the flag.

If you think it is wrong to take a knee because of the flag then what is the point of what the flag represents? It is suppose to represent freedom and more importantly what makes it possible. The Constitution.

[LuckyCharms]

5. Is he the guy who sings Freebird?

[SHRED]

8. That's another rightwinger...lol

[LuckyCharms]

9. I know lol. I do get all those guys mixed up though.

...and every concert I go to, no matter who is playing, someone always drunkenly yells out Freeeeeeee Birddddddd

[SHRED]

10. LOL

True

[maveric]

46. Late-great Ronnie Van Zander was not a RWer.

His poser brother is.

[SHRED]

47. I was thinking of his brother when I said that

Ronnie wasn't a rightwinger?

Who wrote Sweet Home Alabama?

[maveric]

50. It's not a RW/racist song in any way.

Read the lyrics.
He also wrote "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe. Read those lyrics as well.

[SHRED]

51. I didn't say racist

His references to Neil Young and Watergate indicate to me rightwing.
But his boo hoo hoo to George Wallace indicates he's not racist to me.

[world wide wally]

11. He would ordinarily be ripping off some other group and passing it off as his own

[JI7]

12. so is Kevin Sorbo

[Lotusflower70]

13. Ok then

That was kind of random and unexpected. So I went and checked him out. I would definitely agree with that.

[jcmaine72]

14. The Devil Went Down to Georgia...

....and he found so many ignorant, racist redneck assholes like Charlie Daniels that he realized he no longer has to play his fiddle to steal any souls. All he has to do sit back and keep his cauldron a-bubblin' and wait for them to die and waft down to him like foul-smelling farts.

[MLAA]

22. You nailed it 😎

[Baitball Blogger]

24. I was going to say, it sounds like the devil won. The song is all wrong.

[kysrsoze]

15. Who gives a fuck what he thinks?

[Lotusflower70]

16. I don't

He just doesn't know what day it is so that made him look foolish.

[kysrsoze]

19. That is pretty hilarious :D

He may be a good fiddle player, but he's not a bright fellow.

[John1956PA]

17. "Just go and lay your hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan" is from the song "In America" (1980).

The 1980 Charlie Daniels song "In America" contains the line "Just go and lay your hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan."

The following is an excerpt from the Wikipedia page about the song. Note, the URL for the page contains parentheses, therefore, it will not work if I were to type it here on DU.

The line, "Just go and lay your hand on a Pittsburgh Steelers fan" stems from Daniels' feeling that the people in Pittsburgh are "The salt of the earth, the finest, just the greatest people. The strength of America." He says, "I've gone to ball games at different places, but I've always felt the Pittsburgh Steelers fans, especially in the old stadium - I mean, they're steel workers and they're good old guys with blisters, or calluses on their hands.

I think that it is ironic that Daniels' apparently supports 45 whose insulting, profane remark about NFLers taking the knee during the anthem has whipped up turmoil which has caused a rift in the formerly unified ranks of Pittsburgh Steelers fans.

[madokie]

40. He's so stupid that he thinks its about

the flag and patriotism when it's about neither

[democratisphere]

18. Typical deplorable. Doesn't know what day it is or what they are doing.

[GallopingGhost]

20. One of his songs

The South's Gonna Do It Again. Gives you a pretty good idea of his mindset.

Probably pals around with Nugent.

[BluesRunTheGame]

21. Charlie's changed a bit through the years.

He was in Leonard Cohen's touring band and played on Dylan's "Blonde On Blonde".

He was a supporter of Jimmy Carter's presidential campaign and played at his inauguration. In '73 he had his first hit with "Uneasy Rider".

[JI7]

23. so he is one of those "reagan democrats"

[kentuck]

25. I met Charlie once.

At a bluegrass festival in Georgia.

He was one of the originals in the Southern "outlaw" music movements. He did songs like "Long-haired Country Boy" and "Uneasy Rider" that appealed to the rebel in most of us. But it was "rebel" as in rebellion against the establishment.

But, over time, he changed some of the words in the songs and became much more establishment and conservative.

[shenmue]

26. He said it on Wednesday

[Va Lefty]

27. He went off the rails years ago

moron

[lunasun]

28. Put down that fiddle and get a brain moran

[Paladin]

29. Daniels is an idiot---and he's not even that good a fiddle player. (nt)

[kentuck]

30. He may be an idiot...

but he is a helluva fiddle player.

[Paladin]

31. Listen to a true fiddle master like Byron Berline.

You'll see that Daniels ought to be spending his time practicing and refining his music, instead of being just another right-wing hand puppet.

[yallerdawg]

32. He may also be a "salesman" in a terrible industry...

who has to cater his message to his base.

I will always appreciate and remember the songs from his "outlaw" days!

[Johonny]

34. +1

Yeah his band was great. Then Charlie found supply side Jesus and it ruined his music.

[BluesRunTheGame]

57. For fuck sake, Charlie Daniels was one of the Nashville Cats.

He worked with producer Bob Johnston of Columbia Records.

His current politics suck. Maybe he's an idiot! But he has a history of being a damn fine musician.

[Hoyt]

33. Deplorable fool.

[Johonny]

35. but your dog still dies due to lack of health care...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

36. But let's not forget his song, The Devil Went Down to South Carolina.

[Act_of_Reparation]

38. People actually follow Charlie Daniels on Twitter?

Fascinating.

[madokie]

39. I've been saying that for a long time

[The_Casual_Observer]

52. And his music sucks too.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

58. Yes

And your point is?

[Major Nikon]

59. Lot's of bubbas are boycotting

Meanwhile NFL ratings are up. They might want to rethink the strategy.