A TikTok promo video for Jason Aldean's controversial song 'Try That in a Small Town' features an old newspaper clipping tied to a real small town story of racism and retribution.
Specifically, East addressed the the allegation that he was serving as “the local mouthpiece” for groups like the NAACP, the Republican Party , or “other monied interests.” East even offered up a $1,000 reward to anyone who could prove he had any ties toBelow that notice, East printed a letter exchange with a man named Don Gross, who said he worked as a public relations consultant for the NAACP. Gross praised East for running the ad, but dryly noted: “I hope I am not congratulating a dead man.
In response, East offered up a few more details about how the people of Petal had responded to his satirical ad, saying he and his wife received numerous threatening calls filled with racist language. He also said he’d lost over 200 subscriptions and suggested there was “something resembling an organized effort to stop advertising with my paper.”
As Collins succinctly put it in his TikTok, “Why would this happen to Mr. P.D. East? Because he tried that in a small town. He challenged the southern racist establishment.”
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