Re: Dixie Chicks
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You think? And how many death threats do you think they really got? The issue isn't death threats, which of course is wrong and for which the perpetrators should be tracked down and prosecuted. You all are whining because they were criticized ... which I am perfectly entitled to do and will continue to do. Or do you agree that it was the military industrial complex behind it? Talk about lol.
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You keep saying "criticized", but if they just got some criticism it wouldn't have even been newsworthy. In addition to death threats and other forms of intimidation and harassment, there were also organized boycotts/record burnings/etc. on the part of pretty much the entire country music community.
Yes, they are entitled to their opinion. But it certainly doesn't say much for what the average country music fan thinks of free speech.
Of course you can say "Shut up and sing", but would the country fans have said that if the Chicks talked about how proud they were of the great job our commander in chief is doing? They'd probably get a parade and a place of honor in the Texas Hall of Fame. It's ok to talk politics as long as you stick with the majority.
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Re-read your post and seriously try to understand what I am saying. I don't think you understand what free speech means. On one hand you say that the fans are entitled to their free speech and then you criticize them for exercising it. I don't know how to tell you this other than to say that everyone here was exercising their free speech rights ... the Dixie Twits, the country music fans, and the radio stations. The only people who are arguing inconsistently with free speech are those like you who are maligning the country fans because they happen to take exception to what the Twits had to say, and what you appear to believe. That isn't the way free speech works. You get to exercise yours, I get to exercise mine, whether you agree with it or not.
Of course the outcome would have been different if they were in support of George Bush. Last I checked, country music fans tend to be a little over the top in support of all things military, and they are clearly a nationalistic lot. Nothing wrong with that in my mind. So, you are the Dixie Twits and you go out and basically insult the core beliefs of your main fans. Then they did it again, and then they did it again. What the hell did they expect to happen?
They got what they deserved, and I hope they are proud of that ... and I mean it. Good for them to stand up for what they believe ... even though I disagree with them, and choose not to listen to their music (I sneak in a song or two from time to time), I respect them for doing so.
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