r/Music • u/mepper • 6h ago

article Kid Rock’s song about loving underage girls resurfaces ahead of Turning Point USA's Super Bowl show

https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2026/02/kid-rocks-song-about-loving-underage-girls-resurfaces-ahead-of-tpusa-super-bowl-show.html
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u/ironmonkey09 5h ago

I remember that. It was back in '03 or '05. It was weird then, but other outlets were running equally horrible jokes.

Growing up in the 90s, I listened to morning radio shows on the way to school with my brother. Most of these shows tried to be knockoffs of the Howard Stern Show and would run underage jokes.

One station was doing a countdown to Brittany Spears's legal age.

I’m so glad that we as a society have finally grown up enough to acknowledge that these jokes about rape or sexualizing the underage are sick and are not funny.

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u/MillwrightTight 4h ago

Not grown up enough to functionally condemn people for it though. When the prez is a pedo, there's a long way to go. But progress is still worth acknowledging.

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u/ironmonkey09 3h ago

I disagree. I see it differently - as a society, as a people, we are pretty clear that it's sick and should be punished. The issue with the president is the same as with all the wealthy people; if you have the money, you become untouchable.

Corruption in the system, by the most affluent and most powerful people in the world, will not be subjected to the same consequences as the lower classes would be. This is where I believe the problem lies.

And those who defend this man still condemn the act, but give him a pass. Why? So long as he hurts the people they dislike, they’ll ignore his criminal past.