Trolling people who are upset about the new Zach Bryan song? Of course by now everybody’s aware of the uproar surrounding a new song that the “Something In The Orange” singer teased a few weeks ago. The uncharacteristically political new song called “Bad News”  criticized the ongoing immigration raids by ICE and bemoaned the “fading of the red white and blue.” The song starts out pretty typical for a Zach Bryan song: “Didn’t wake up dead or in jail Some out of town boys been giving us hell I got some bad news I woke up missing you My friends are all degenerates but they’re all I got The generational story of dropping the plot I heard the cops came Cocky mother******* ain’t they?” However, once the song gets to its second verse, it dives into the political side of things. Right off the bat, Bryan took aim at the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). And towards the end of the verse, the country star reveals that the “Bad News” he’s singing about is the “fading of the red, white and blue.” He also seems to lament the fact that Bruce Springsteen, who famously rants about Donald Trump at every concert, has lost some fans recently: “And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door Try to build a house no one builds no more But I got a telephone Kids are all scared and all alone The Boss stopped bumping, the rock stopped rolling The middle fingers rising and it won’t stop showing I got some bad news The fading of the red, white and blue” As you can imagine, the song has drawn strong reactions from both sides of the political aisle. Many on the left are praising Bryan (although I’m guessing a lot of them don’t know much about him and won’t be such big fans once they dig into his background…), while many on the right have criticized the song as anti-law enforcement and called for boycotts of Zach’s music. But one liberal activist apparently decided to troll the critics with a satirical suggestion of his own: Ban “Rocky Top.” The attempt at a Reductio ad Absurdum argument comes from Kirk Wolff, a Navy veteran and law student at the University of Virginia who has engaged in political stunts in the past, like burning an American flag in protest of President Donald Trump. Kirk Wolff @UVALaw '26, followed through on his "Friends Against Fascists Organization" plan and burned an American flag near the the Army Judge Advocate General School. Then he released this statement: "Hi, my name is Kirk Wolff, I'm a US Navy Veteran and a law student at… pic.twitter.com/VXnyufvcJY — (((CvilleBubble))) (@CvilleBubble) October 4, 2025 The satirical article argues that the University of Tennessee should retire its unofficial fight song, “Rocky Top,” because it encourages violence against law enforcement. The author takes “issue” with the third verse of the bluegrass song, which was originally recorded back in 1967 by the Osborne Brothers. In that verse, two presumed revenue agents go up on “Rocky Top” looking for a moonshine still, only to meet their demise at the hands of the moonshiners: “Once two strangers climbed ol’ Rocky TopLookin’ for a moonshine stillStrangers ain’t come down from Rocky TopReckon they never will” And according to Wolff, it’s for that reason the song should be replaced as the Vols’ signature song: “With recent attacks on federal officers, including resistance by those detained and even violent attacks on officers, particularly against those individuals working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it is beyond time for UT to stop fanning the flames of violence with this song.” Of course Wolff admits on social media that he’s simply trolling the right with the suggestion: I knew a lot of Tennessee fans were pretty dumb based on the hate the Lady Vols were getting this week, but I didn’t realize everyone would completely whiff on the fact this is satire. “Backing the blue” no matter what is not our history and we should acknowledge that.… https://t.co/BKiMMbCC73 — Kirk Wolff (@Kirk_Wolff) October 24, 2025 And while Wolff doesn’t directly say that the satirical op-ed was written in response to the backlash to Zach Bryan, he retweeted posts about the controversial new song, and the timing doesn’t really seem to be coincidental as those on the left continue to point out that country music has a long history of songs opposing law enforcement. RE: Rocky Top pic.twitter.com/prwgVbEOhJ — Kirk Wolff (@Kirk_Wolff) October 24, 2025 The post Liberal Columnist Mocks Criticism Of Zach Bryan Anti-ICE Song By Suggesting That Tennessee Retire “Rocky Top” For Encouraging Violence Against Law Enforcement first appeared on Whiskey Riff.