Beware of What You Don’t Know and See

A brief video clip hit the news yesterday of musical artist Kid Rock having a sit-down conversation with broadcaster Tucker Carlson. The musician, born Robert James Ritchie, discussed how he is “uncancelable (sic),’’ even with the wild and aggressive communication for which he is well known, criticized for and disliked for by many.

Carlson asked him why he feels he is is beyond danger and punishment in today’s vindictive culture and Kid Rock replied in typical Kid Rock fashion.

What he is saying is that when he doesn’t have big contracts to lose, doesn’t have fear, he can’t really have anything of importance to him taken away. He feels, at least publicly, confident in his security. Yet is Kid Rock as 100-percent safe as he believes? Possibly. Yet maybe not.

Let’s talk.

When someone has enemies, things get predictably unpredictable. By that, I mean, rage develops in people and they can absolutely become obsessive in seeking out ways to destroy you and bring you to your knees. We’ve even seen this lead to scandals and crisis of the highest magnitude and in rare circumstances, to suicide, all without remorse or legal punishment.

If Kid Rock sufficiently offends, however that might be measured, a particular person or group, they could well decide they are self-appointed moral arbiters and pursue a seek-and-destroy mission fueled with rage, looking for the skeleton (figuratively speaking) — that ‘indefensible’ misconduct — that can hurt Kid Rock in ways he never imagined or considered.

The takeaway, never assume complete safety and security and don’t taunt detractors or enemies, because you never, ever really know for certain if you are untouchable as you might confidently believe.