Online Arguments
For this discussion I chose to focus on the online argument between country music artists Zach Bryan and Walker Hayes. I chose this argument, one, because it's recent and two, because it's the prime example of how arguments are in today's time - online, without any face to face confrontation. In case you're not familiar, Zach Bryan posted a comment about a new song that came out by Tyler Childers and how it's not being played by radio stations enough. "“Imagine being radio (whoever the hell that is), hearing [Childers’] ‘Shake the Frost’ and being like, ‘no no let’s go with the Applebees song’,” Bryan wrote referencing a well-known line in the catchy tune that spent more than six months at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and hit the top 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Songs""(country now.com). Bryan was basically saying that Walker Haye's "Fancy Like" song was mediocre enough to be played on radio stations, whereas, Tyler Childer's wasn't "basic" enough for radio. Hayes responded with "“Big shout to radio for playing dat Applebees song💪💪 Zach and Tyler praying y’alls continued success🙏”"(country now.com). Afterwards, Haye's released a snip of a song about his thoughts on the comment with the first line saying "Woke up this morning, read something mean / ‘Something in the Orange’ tells me you’re feeling green,""(Countrynow.com).
The first negative example of this is how Zach Bryan, a huge influence in country music today, went online and publicly posted an obvious insult towards a fellow country music Artist who is trying to make it just like him. The second was how Walker Haye's responded well to begin with, but in turn, had to release a piece of a song responding to the negative criticism. I don't think that he should've given it anymore time or thought, because just like Zach Bryan, Haye's words will have some sort of backlash from the public, as well as from Zach Bryan, he's only fueling a fire that he should've just put out by not giving it a second thought. The third negative example I have from this is what it's showing both artists fans, that it's fine to insult each other and then play it off as a harmless joke, when really, the other person could be extremely hurt by it.
5 rules that I've come up with from this argument are:
1: Put you're feelings aside and think about every outcome before posting something online that is going to be seen worldwide.
2: If you're going to argue online, do so in a professional way and not where it's going to come across as an insult or jab to the other party that may be involved.
3: Use facts and statistics to back up your argument to show your credibility.
4: If you feel like you shouldn't post something or start the argument, don't do it.
5: Be well aware of the outcome, insults, and negative comments that will come afterwards.
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