EXTREMISM The Far Right Turns on 'Rich Men North of Richmond' Singer for Touting Diversity

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EXTREMISM The Far Right Turns on 'Rich Men North of Richmond' Singer for Touting Diversity
EXTREMISM
The Far Right Turns on ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ Singer for Touting Diversity
SELLIN’ MY SOUL
Justin Baragona
Senior Media Reporter
Updated Aug. 24, 2023 7:35PM EDT Published Aug. 24, 2023 3:57PM EDT

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-far-right-turns-on-oliver-anthony-rich-men-north-of-richmond-singer-for-touting-diversity?ref=home

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What a strange journey it’s been for Oliver Anthony, the former factory worker who suddenly found himself atop the Billboard Hot 100 after his breakout “Rich Men North of Richmond” was boosted online by right-wing media and prominent conservatives.

After first facing backlash over his folksy country ballad’s reactionary lyrics conjuring up Reagan-era imagery of “welfare queens,” and launching an entire news cycle around the song’s overnight success, Anthony now finds himself in the crosshairs of the extreme right.

Why? Because he had the audacity to tout diversity. In other words: Anthony is now experiencing a reverse milkshake duck.

This isn’t quite as simple, however, as the shift of criticism from left to right following Anthony’s latest comments. This recent uproar over the singer’s self-described “centrist” politics features alt-right trolls and unapologetically racist commentators taking aim at “establishment” conservatives for supposedly pushing a “conservafraud” to peddle “ethonocide narratives” from the Jewish elite.

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White Nationalist/White Spremacists are now feigning some sick kind of "morality" with their hate and deciding for the MAGAs what is acceptable. That is the real story here.

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1. "Overnight success" and "boosted by rw media" is a massive understatement

The reason this song became a "hit" in the first place is because a rw pac decided to spend a boatload of money buying up digital sales to make it #1. It only takes a 200-300k investment to buy a #1 song. It doesn't surprise me in the least that they'd turn on him if he isn't dancing to their tune to perfection.

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2. Interesting. I did not know this song was astroturf. I wondered.

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3. Yep...good old fashioned payola

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4. Oh the irony.

Oliver Anthony Accused of Promoting Antisemitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theories

Viral sensation and country music star Oliver Anthony has been found by Newsweek to be promoting videos about 9/11 which have been described by a group that combats antisemitism as dangerous conspiracy theories.

The previously unknown singer became an overnight sensation when his single "Rich Men of Richmond" went viral in early August.

In a matter of days the video received more than 14 million views on YouTube thanks to the endorsement of popular podcaster Joe Rogan, who shared the video on his X, formerly Twitter, account.

Anthony, a former factory worker from Farmville, Virginia, now holds five songs in the top 12 of the iTunes song chart.

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When your Jew-hating just isn't sufficient.

I hope this serves as a reminder that anti-Semitism is real, Jews are a minority, and that bigots come in all "flavors".

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5. Sickos.