Everyone, including self-identified Christians, should use more "critical thinking skills" when evaluating what is or isn't factual or truthful. Christians, however, tend to abandon such reasoning when it comes to faith and politics. It's a tribal thing.

I lived and worked in the Nashville music industry for the better part of two decades. Having moved from Los Angeles, where the presumption was that the greatest percentage of creative folks were of the liberal/humanistic and secular bent, it was a real eye-opener to be asked "Have you found your church yet?" when I was opening my first bank account and to hear a racist joke through the headphones during a recording session coming from the guitar player.

The fact the The Dixie Chicks could have their career destroyed by making one critical statement about the POTUS and Jason Aldean can get away with his blatantly hateful garbage is a stain on the Music Row Community. That community has come to be much more accepting of LGBTQ folks and performers of color. But, this attitude of "It was good enough for my daddy and my grand pappy, so it's good enough for me" still pervades the lyrics of contemporary country. Tradition and family are great. So are small towns. But, if the "good enough" taught by daddy and grand pappy involves racism and homophobia and the endorsement of violence against those who think differently, that's a sentiment best left behind. Just sayin.'