Fans in low places confuse Garth Brooks' Barry Sanders jersey for a Bernie endorsement
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Stereotypes aside, pop-country fans generally aren’t typically associated with the most left-leaning of political stances—this is, after all, an industry and demographic that once excommunicated the Dixie Chicks after they questioned that whole Iraq War thing. It should come as no surprise, then, that chaos reigned supreme this week when an Instagram post seemed to insinuate that the most commercially successful country musician of all time, Garth Brooks, was a supporter of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the Jewish democratic socialist who’d rather heal our dying planet than perpetuate endless wars.
This post is, of course, a shoutout to Barry Sanders, the former Detroit Lions running back and NFL Hall of Famer, and definitely not an endorsement of Sanders—Democratic primary frontrunner and, to our knowledge, still not a member of the NFL Hall of Fame. You see, Garth wore the shirt at a concert stop in Detroit this week as a nice gesture to the athlete, someone Brooks described thusly:
“I was lucky enough to be an athlete and to wear the same uniform as this guy wore in college. I was lucky to go to school with him. You guys got the greatest player in NFL history in my opinion in this jersey. I love this man.”
Of course, that didn’t stop true American patriots from melting the hell down, swearing off the pop country superstar forevermore.
Okay, look, we’ll give them the briefest benefit of the doubt here. The former Lion’s jersey number was 20, after all, so seeing Brooks in a shirt emblazoned with “SANDERS 20" might confuse even the best of us. But this is the internet, where no one is ever wrong about anything.
Well done, y’all. Meanwhile, we’re near positive Chris Gaines is still a diehard member of the Yang Gang.
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I got a similar response when I wore the letter jacket for famed Northern California varsity ski champion Roy Stalin on my trip to the Ukraine.
THIS IS PURE SNOW!
Language lessons.
You better not come near me when I’m wearing my 1978 Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Champion’s Chester Trotsky scarf!
Yeesh
To be fair to these mouth-breathing idiots who voted for a corrupt, white nationalist oligarch and plan to do so again after watching him make the country a worse place to live for four years, the fact that Sanders’ number was 20 does call to mind the current year in which an election will be taking place. Maybe Barry Sanders jerseys will catch on with the Bernie Bros and Broettes.
The correct term is either Lady-Bro or Bra.
Mansierre!
We’re going to need to get Sid Farkus in for this one.
Correct.
A HaHa Clinton-Dix jersey sounds like it would also make a political statement as well. I’m just not sure which side would wear it. To ambiguity!
Garth should definitely make it a thing now. Trot Nixon when he plays in Boston. Adam Kennedy in LA. Really keep ’em guessing.
You just lost a fan, Garth! Popeye’s > KFC! FUUUUCK YOOOUUUU!
Excuse me, the proper term is “loss” a fan.
Probably should have gone with the Billy Sims jersey instead.
Guess they’ll just have to go back to yelling at him for having a lesbo sister.
What’s really sad about this will be the number of RWNJs losing it over this that are from Michigan and are Lions “fans”.It’ll be hilarious the number of Barry Sanders posters they get from their progressive and/or smart alec friends or relatives🤣
Democratic primary frontrunner and, to our knowledge, still not a member of the NFL Hall of Fame. OMG BERNIE TOTALLY COULD STILL BE IN THE NFL HALL OF FAME YOU DON’T KNOW DON’T BE SO AGIST (I HAVE NO IDEA I SPELLED THAT WORD WRONG BUT DONT YOU DARE CORRECT ME ON IT YOU FASCIST)- some Bernie Sanders lunatic in here any minute now
Was this funnier in your head?
Ooof. Is this really the best you can do?
And another! You guys are like very dumb moths to a flame. You know how dumb of a moth you have to be to be classified as very dumb? Pretty dumb.
Oh, you’re one of those “merely pretending” kids. Never mind.
No, I’m one of those adults who doesn’t find it necessary to take every last word posted in the comments section of a dying pop culture blog as a definitive political statement or personal attack. Lighten up, Francis. Have a little fun. Maybe you’ll enjoy it.
Ah, gotcha. You’re one of those “troll everyone all the time then act superior and intelligent when called out” kids. Have fun.
I don’t have to act superior and intelligent.See you in a few minutes!
Actually, I would say you do seem to want every last word. Judging by your replies, guy.
If you start your post with ‘Actually’ and end it with ‘guy’, yeah, you’re not getting a proper response out of me, Chad.
He does that a lot. Just tussle his hair and tell him to go play.
I think a whole lot more of you dead-eyed, humorless fucks could stand to go outside and play.
I’m really not a Sanders person, Warren is my first choice, Sanders is fine and I’ll totally vote for him if he gets the nomination. Your post is still cringey.
I don’t give the slightest amount of any kind of a shit, and I didn’t ask who you were voting for. This is the comment section of a dying pop culture blog, not an exit poll. Seeing these lemmings come running directly into the screen door over and over again the very second I make any kind of post about their wrinkly old grandpa king makes me cackle with hysterical laughter.
Hmm. Enjoy yourself.
Thanks! I always do, regardless of the efforts of my present company.
It’s like watching someone bash their head into a brick wall over and over again out of spite towards the people who are saying “Stop, you’re going to hurt yourself.” Yummsh is a cocktail of insecurity and ego.
Preemptively creating hypothetical situations to angry oneself with and mock before they occur is a bit much.
Ain’t nobody angry in here except everyone running in to gnash their teeth at me and/or needlessly tell me who they’ll be voting for.I hope you find the strength to make it through this difficult time.
I wasn’t addressing you shhh.
Nah, I’m good. See you in a few minutes.
Just like I didn’t ask who you were going to vote for! Weird.There you go. Another post of mine to dismiss. Don’t say I never gave you anything.
I said I wasn’t addressing you shhh.
Do you see your name in my original post? No, you don’t. And here you still are pulling on my pant leg. That’s pretty weird, too.
And here I am, still having a great time watching you all fuss and fret. Fancy that.Time for another cocktail. Yes, of course at 10 AM. I’d be happy to make you one too, if you like.
Haha it’s true. If you really want to see him turn up the juice, make fun of the MCU to him. Lol
I’m like your twin. Warren is my gal but I’d happily vote Sanders if he is the nomination. Second best.
I’m with Joe Biden, and I really can’t stand Sanders, but if it comes down to it, I will vote for whoever gets the Democratic nomination.
BERNIE IS A TOTAL FAILURE. HE’S NEVER OWNED A FOOTBALL, HE’S NEVER RUN A FOOTBALL, HE’LL BE BAD FOR FOOTBALL.
BERNIE WANTS TO GIVE YOUR CHILDREN FREE FOOTBALLSWHO THE HELL WANTS FREE FOOTBALLS
Certainly not this kid.
Yeah, that kid’s clearly a gun nut, anyway.
IT IS FAIL WHEN THE WORKERS CONTROL THE MEANS OF PRODUCING FOOTBALLSLOO KAT VENEZUELA BERNIE IS SOCIALIST PENCE 2024
BENGHAZI.
:: is flecked with spittle ::
IS THAT THE EGG SHAPED ONE OR THE ONE MADE OF STOP SIGNS I FORGET
DUNNO BUT IM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE HELL KAT VENEZUELA IS
I thought we were doing Trump but now I’m confused. Can Bernie be italics all-caps or something? This angry old white man battle for the soul of America must be an equestrian event because it’s gonna get hoarse.
Bernard needs to be represented by words handwritten with a miniature golf pencil he’s had in his suit pocket since 1978.
having the hypothetical, nonexistent triggered leftist millennial say ‘grammar nazi’ instead of ‘fascist’ would have been better for that joke tbh
We live, we learn. Have a seat. I’m making cocktails.
You sure love making up people to hate
Sometimes I don’t have to. Speaking of, how you been?
this is you in these comments:
Not bad! Get me a magnet and I’ll hang it on my fridge.You’re getting so good with your crayons. Now go draw me a pony.
Your desperation is palpable
Yeah, I’m the desperate one, and you’ve come back three times to a post by someone you’ve clearly labeled as a troll.Go take your nap. We’ll wake you when the cookies are ready.
Yeah you got me, that’s what I was going to say, online.
Okay, thanks dad, online.
dog you need to stop trying so hard in the comments
It’s not Sanders campaign colors, clearly a football jersey and it’s says Detroit Michigan on his Instagram post, but yeah let’s get mad anyway.
Barry Sanders’ is about to become the best-selling jersey of all time.Sanders ‘20
Just wait till he shows up in the jersey of Frank Buttigieg of the old Seattle Pilots.
Webster’s Dictionary defines confirmation bias as…
This new format is hideous.
Barry Sanders is the GOAT.
You know, I’m actually digging it. A lot easier to find new content across categories.
If you don’t like it, just bookmark the Latest page and you can have the old one.https://www.avclub.com/latest
I agree with your format comment. However, Emmitt Smith is the GOAT.
No Deion is the GOAT.
Saw him perform with George Michael at the Equality Rocks concert way back when. Thought that was nice of him. It was less nice of him to ruin country music though.
Im of two minds. I think Garth is a great guy but an iffy musician at best. Although I’ll take him over Florida Georgia Line… ugh….
Of course he tucked it in. OF COURSE HE FUCKING DID!!!!
Eh, endorsing Bernie isn’t really Garth Brooks’ style. Chris Gaines on the other hand? Total Bernie stan .
I don’t even know how you’d make that connection. Even if I didn’t know who Barry Sanders was, my initial reaction would be “that must be some famous player named Sanders”. I have to some extreme mental gymnastics to get to Garth Brooks is endorsing Bernie Sanders. What I’m saying is people who fell for that should lose their right to vote for felonious stupidity.
“What I’m saying is people who fell for that should lose their right to vote for felonious stupidity.”Do you mean they should lose their right to vote because they themselves are feloniously stupid for falling for this? Or do you mean they should lose their right to vote for the feloniously stupid(Trump)?In the end both of those are valid and right, I just don’t know which you meant(if not both).
Right? It’s a freakin’ Lions jersey! And even if you didn’t know it was a Lions jersey, you have to recognize that it’s a football jersey. Come on, people, think!
I will say that country isn’t entirely right wing. Emmylou Harris is hardly a conservative seeing how she preaches about pro immigration. The classics as well, Johnny Cash literally called himself a warrior for social justice. His mother in law, the great Maybelle Sawyer, no problem with weed usage and she was born in 1907. Sure you’ll get dolts like Luke Bryan and that guy who wrote proud to be an American, but they aren’t universal.
Garth Brooks performed at both of Obama’s inaugurations. He has a song called “We Shall Be Free” that is basically a Woody Guthrie/Springsteen song lyrically.
Good point. He mostly keeps his politics to himself but he feels like at least a left of center person.
Did Luke Bryan do something right-wing? What did I miss?
I honestly don’t know if he is liberal or conservative. I do know he is the fucking worst country singer alive and if I have to hear his cat calling songs about DRINKIN BEER AND CHIIICKS I may just debrain myself.
“he is the fucking worst country singer alive”Clearly you’ve never had to endure Toby Keith.
(I agree, a lot of Bryan’s catalog is pretty cringey. He does have one or two passable songs, though, which is more than I can say of Keith.)
careful, he’ll put a boot in your ass
I’d still prefer that over listening to his “music”.
Keith, Bryan and Florida Georgia Line are all white noise to me. Interchangeable garbage. I’d gladly listen to The Carter Family or Jimmie Rogers instead.
I can’t imagine Willie Nelson being a right winger, either..
He is on the record as being liberal. Pretty sure he wrote a song for Beto O’Rourke and even campaigned with them. God bless that weed smoking country boy.
Yeah, that’s what I thought. I would think being a conservative would pretty much be everything his image is against.
My favorite being right wingers wigging about Willie Nelson supporting the Democratic Party, even though he’s been a DECADES-long supporter of gay rights and pro-legalization. There’s no reason for any of those supposed Willie fans to think he owns a red hat other than he’s old and Texan
Chris Gaines is voting for Sanders.
These people….they….they’re just so fucking STUPID. God damn.
Brooks doesn’t exactly sound like a conservative.https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8253425/garth-brooks-song-debut-march-for-our-lives-emma-gonzalez-message
What does that have to do with these idiots getting pissed about a Barry Sanders jersey for a concert in Detroit?
Brooks is trolling us, this is absolutely a Bernie endorsement.
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The “no successful socialist countries” comment is the combination of ignorance and bluster that I’ll never understand.
I recall when Bradley Cooper, fresh off ‘American Sniper’, was spotted at the Democratic National Convention and the fringe right’s heads collectively exploded. Every day finding new ways to earn that title ‘deplorable’.
This is just like when people confused the horse from Horsin’ Around with that guy who played professional football and baseball.
So funny. I started to tell this story to Mrs. F., a noted non-sports fan and she guessed right away it was Barry Sanders. Poor GOP snowflakes got themselves triggered by one of their own.