Given the premise, is the hypothesis presenting a conflicting viewpoint? Premise: Where alternative country runs into trouble is its tendency to ignore what's durable about country in favor of its stereotypical hay-bales-and-whiskey-bottles shtick. Hypothesis: Country is often associated with things like hay bales and drinking whiskey.
Where alternative country runs into trouble is its tendency to ignore what's durable about country in favor of its stereotypical hay-bales-and-whiskey-bottles shtick.###Country is often associated with things like hay bales and drinking whiskey.