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[weaktwos]

Consider: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/16/maines.bush.ap/index.html

So yes, clear thinking induhviduals are boycotting Dixie Chicks music because one of them spoke her mind. What a terrible thing to disparage George Bush.

It's so heartening to see that some will react so quickly to penalize the Dixie Chicks who did no harm save to speak their mind.

I wonder if these same people would boycott Saddam's oil because he's such a vicious monster. Why would we want to buy oil from his country? Certainly, we're not doing it as a whole, since we're his biggest customer. But why would we choose to go to war to kill people, instead of aggressively pursuing fuel alternatives so that we could, in fact, boycott Saddam, and not purchase his oil. Where would the Middle East get their power if we didn't need their oil?

Just a thought.

Comments

[chainsawraven.livejournal.com]

People are STUPID SHEEP.

It really just comes down to that.

[portisheads.livejournal.com]

I personally stand behind them, I think someone who is in the Public Eye should speak there mind. We all have that right, We all have our own feelings and should be allowed to share them VOICE TO THE PEOPLE is what I say.
Blessings ~Windfall

[saintrigger.livejournal.com]

You are so smart sometimes... :)

but are people boycotting the Dixie Chicks really a bad thing? I mean the reasoning behind it is wrong, but doesn't the end justify the means sometimes?

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it does.

However, I rather like the Dixie Chicks. With a song like "Goodbye Earl", how could a scrappy woman like me not like them? Despite it's twang, it is a mighty clever song. They are one of the few country music singers whose music I own.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Exactly!

I stand behind them, too. Hell, I agree with them. But my support isn't biased. I will let those who disagree with me (it's merely coincidental that in most cases, they are idiots) speak their mind.

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Furthermore, it sounds like some people are interpreting a criticism of Bush as a lack of support for our Troops.

*sigh*

[ex-shaggy817.livejournal.com]

well, they did do it in a foreign country, on the eve of war, at a venue that had nothing to do with war or bush (a concert).

While I don't think it's particularly disrespectful of the troops, it was in bad taste.

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[chainsawraven.livejournal.com]

The growing idealism of what is or is not "Anti-Soldier" is really starting to scare me.

The blind ignorance this country is perpetuating is almost in a Juggernaut state

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Well, bad taste isn't expressly forbidden in the constitution,alas.

And really, they didn't start a riot, so it's not an issue of public safety (a la shouting "fire" in a movie theatre). Whether they said it in a foreign country on an eve of the war is irrelevant.