Sweetie:

If a song is set in the US, and it mentions hanging, certain people will jump to the conclusion that it couldn't possibly be about anything except white Americans -- all of whom are obviously racist -- perpetrating murderous injustice against black people.

Not everyone agrees.

It is apparently unlikely that anyone on either side of this argument is about to change his/her mind.

We should probably stop trying to argue about this. Last week, I swore I would no longer contribute to perpetuating this futile tirade, but here I go again. I realize this didn't contribute anything new, I only repeated myslef. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

Can we please just get along? And drop it?