re: #144 ObserverArt

I think it really ramped up with Bush War 1. Kuwait.

Remember the bit about we weren’t going to treat our soldiers like we treated the Vietnam soldier’s returns.

And you had Lee Greenwood with God Bless the USA in the mid 80s. That started to appeal to a certain American.

It has been building. Trump is going full on wrap yourself in the flag and sing the anthem building on the past…even The Southern Strategy. It all adds together to get the mess we have now in my opinion.

Then it really ramped up with “boot in the ass” Toby Keith and his fight with the Dixie Chicks and their shunning by the country music industry for daring to have an opinion.
(I always find it ironic that “Travelin’ Soldier,” about a Vietnam soldier, was their #1 hit before the shit hit the fan.) And it was Freepers who led the charge on the Dixie Chicks boycott