re: #2 Charles

CW is a very specific type of cheap sentimental music, by the likes of Merle Haggard, Lee Greenwood, etc., often with a right wing slant.

Okie from Muskogee, released in 1969, clearly expressed both the bigotry and reflexive defensiveness weaponized by the right wing today.

I’m proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin’s still the biggest thrill of all
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won’t be seen
Football’s still the roughest thing on campus
And the kids here still respect the college dean