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Ugh, I wish I hadn't sat through the video. I'm a big fan of Willie Nelson as a person, and I cannot believe he associated himself with such a moronic and sophomoric piece of drivel. What a horrible song.
But we aren't talking about the artistic merits of the song, we are talking about the underlying message, and I can't help but agree that the song romanticizes an era of vigilante justice in this country that was far more often than not directed at African-Americans. So whether or not it actually inspired any modern day lynchings is unimportant to me. Any song that paints this part of history as a better time is horribly misguided at best, and at worst, racist.
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