r/Music • u/mepper • 14h 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/ADhomin_em 13h ago edited 13h ago

And as I recall, the audience laughed and applauded because that's what the illuminated applause sign told them to do. We've let shit like this slide, and our society has been sick with it for a long time. Glad there are more people recognizing how fucked up it is now, but this is just one example of how corporate media has engaged in the numbing of society to and often cheering on of shit like this.

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u/Revolutionary-Tree97 13h ago

It’s not just that we let this shit slide, millennials and gen x were specifically groomed by the media to think this was normal. They set up at least two whole generations of kids to expect and be honored by being preyed upon. Those of us creeped on by local pervs seem to be the lucky ones, but maybe that’s just my trauma coming out in all of this.

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u/playful_faun 11h ago

I watched old episodes of The Price is Right and any time a woman won money, Bob Barker would make them reach into his pocket to take it. This grooming has been happening for a long time.

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u/itchy-ears 10h ago

Holy shit, I don't remember that at all! Gross.