Actually, the notion that country was once better (and more "authentic") than it is now is hardly confined to liberal listeners. It's a widely shared view held by country fans of all political persuasions. I don't know what the correspondent above is talking about.

Rather than bash liberals as the root of all evil, your correspondent would more productively spend his time listening to older and newer country and try to understand why so many people, who may disagree about everything else, are of one mind on this particular question.

By the way, Hank Jr. is a talentless jerk.