As is often the case, the alleged Willie backlash is overblown. Some fans are complaining about the concert online, but someone is always complaining about something online. So we get several stories that quote an angry Facebooker who said that years of smoking weed must have taken their toll on Nelson, and we get several that cite a tweet disavowing “that hippie guitarist who supports that damn socialist,” but we don’t get any making the case that any sort of serious backlash or boycott is underway.