An opinion writer for Knox News, which is owned by the parent company of USA Today, penned a column calling for the the University of Tennessee-Knoxville to retire Rocky Top.” The writer suggested the school’s fight song encouraged violence against law enforcement.
“The University of Tennessee, as a public institution and an arm of the state government, should not advocate or celebrate violence against law enforcement. This seems like a basic statement, yet its execution may prove controversial,” wrote Kirk Wolff.
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“UT must immediately cease celebrating resistance against federal officers with the song ‘Rocky Top,'” he added. “Failing to do so would only continue the shameful history of the left-wing indoctrination of our nation’s youth to question and resist such federal actions.”
Wolff earned national notoriety after he claimed to have burned an American flag in defiance of President Trump.
Wolff, who claims to be a U.S. Navy veteran, said the lyrics to “Rocky Top” encourage violence against law enforcement. The verse that set him off goes something like this:
Once two strangers climbed ol’ Rocky Top
Lookin’ for a moonshine still
Strangers ain’t come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will
Wolff claimed the lyrics referred to federal agents and that’s why he’s calling on football fans to “stop fanning the flames of violence.”
“Retaining ‘Rocky Top,’ which openly celebrates violent resistance to the point of killing federal officers over trivial matters such as taxes, only serves to further justify the actions of those resisting federal officers who are detaining U.S. citizens, deporting lawful residents, and occupying cities within the United States, all much greater deprivations of rights than “revenuers” seeking tax payments as described in the song,” he wrote.
It’s unclear if this is Wolff’s unfortunate attempt at satire, but there’s absolutely no evidence to back up his claim that “Rocky Top” has led football fans to take up arms against law enforcement or even revenuers.
On the other hand, there is a plethora of rap songs that openly call for violence against police officers. Consider Ice T’s infamous song, “Cop Killer.”
My recommendation is to keep “Rocky Top” and cancel your subscription to Knox News. In the words of Dolly Parton, “Rocky Top, you’ll always be home sweet home to me.”
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