Re: Dixie Chicks
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Jeez ... nice post. Read much?
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Yes, thanks for asking.
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I said that anyone who threatened bodily harm to the Dixie Twits should be hunted down and prosecuted. There is no excuse for that. We can obviously agree with that and I stated it in a post before you obviously didn't read or chose to ignore.
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Sometimes people respond to a part of a thread. You'll note that in the thread that I've responded to you've said no such thing. So clearly I hadn't read.
I'm glad you agree that they shouldn't have had death threats simply for disagreeing with the president. That is what we were all appalled by. This is what stifles free speech.
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That said, most (if not all) of their concerts that were cancelled were cancelled due to lack of ticket sales, not threats to their life. This has been well documented and even you can find this information.
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Great. But you're talking about something else. We're talking about the stifling effect of (1) death threats and (2) the business attacks by the stations (I forget if was Clear Channel or Infinity broadcasting)
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The "facists" that were the subject of this thread were not only those who are nutcases ... this thread was mostly about people who simply disagreed with their statements and chose to exercise their free speech to show the disagreement. Nice try jumping to the extreme to try to disprove my point ... too bad it doesn't.
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You can qualify what you think the thread was "mostly" about all you like. No one jumped to the extreme. I simply laughed at you claiming someone on the internet was the one stifling free speech. You accuse me of hyperbole? Ironic.
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As to my post about people on this forum, there are those here who are asserting that anyone who disagrees with their statements are supressing the Twits free speech. Good god man, read the thread.
[/ QUOTE ] I haven't reread the entire thread this morning but I'm willing to bet you're completely wrong. I challenge you to post a quote from anyone who said any such thing.
A single post where someone said that if you disagreed with the Dixie Chicks you are surpressing their free speech (oh sorry... Twits... ha ha, so clever!).
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