This Is Not Jason Aldean's Small Town
Crooks and Liars / by Chris capper Liebenthal / July 31, 2023 at 03:36PM
Berry, Wisconsin is about as small town as you can get. It is located just outside of Madison and has a population less than 1,200 people. But Berry is definitely not the kind of small town Jason Aldean dreamt of when he wrote that bigoted song.
Town Supervisor Travis Austin had rented out the town hall to hold a Rural Pride Forum and invited local and state government officials to attend to discuss LGBTQ+ issues that occur in a rural setting. Austin did everything by the book in getting this set up. On the day of the event, a few small Pride flags were stuck in the ground outside of the town hall.
Less than a half hour after the event began, snowflake and homophobic Town Chair Duane Haag, called the Dane County Sheriff's Office, pulled on the authority of his office and demanded that they send law enforcement to handle this crime spree of "illegally" place Pride flags. Deputies did respond and left shortly thereafter, since no crimes had actually been committed except in Haag's fevered imagination.
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