Dixie Chicks : How do ya like 'em now?

[jaguarr]

OMG you dickwads are totally missing the point. The problem isn't that Dixie Chicks expressed opinions (however given the fanbase are you surprised there is a backlash?), people are pissed because they did it during a concert. Ever hear of the saying about not discussing politics or religion at work? It's a volatile subject and there's a time place and platform for this kinds of talk.


Even the President says the Dixie Chicks are entitled to their opinions,

Settle down, or you'll get a time out, mister!

My post wasn't even directed at you, so chill the hell out. But, if you want to belabor the point, the Dixie Chicks are self employed for all intents and purposes. When you go to one of their shows, it's THEIR show. Their concert. Their forum. They can do whatever the hell they want with that forum. If you don't like it, simply don't go to their concerts or buy their albums. But don't paint them as the next coming of the very devil himself for it. Same goes for Toby Keith and U2 and Neil Young and ever other performer who uses their concerts and appearances as a platform for political activism. You'll also have to pretty much erase the 60's from the collective memories of the entire population, since so many of the performers from that timeframe were VERY much about expressing their political views in their music and in their shows. Their freedom of speech gives them the right to do that, just like it empowers you to decry it and just like it empowers the morons who wanted to burn the Dixie Chicks at the stake for their comments and said as much.

jag

 

[Addendum]

When the band is on stage, it's their show. Not yours. All you did was buy a damn ticket.

I agree with jag on this.

 

[JLBats]

OMG you dickwads are totally missing the point. The problem isn't that Dixie Chicks expressed opinions (however given the fanbase are you surprised there is a backlash?), people are pissed because they did it during a concert. Ever hear of the saying about not discussing politics or religion at work? It's a volatile subject and there's a time place and platform for this kinds of talk.

That's a huge load of ****. There is no way in hell that people were pissed off, making death threats and burning records just because the Dixie Chicks expressed an opinion at a concert. I don't see those same people bashing Britney Spears and threatening her life for saying something about the troops in concert.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Did Kanye get death threats when he said George Bush doesn't care about Black people?
I didn't hear of any.

 

[Lackey]

Did Kanye get death threats when he said George Bush doesn't care about Black people?
I didn't hear of any.

demographic

 

[Cyclops]

What a clueless remark this is. Country music has come a long way since the 80's, and that stereotype you speak of doesn't exist at all anymore.

Riiiiighhhht, which is why their fans were so pissed when they said a bad thing about Dubya, organized wide-scale radio-station boycotts of their music, and stopped buying their albums.

It's because they're NOT southern conservatives, aka Republican rednecks.

 

[Joker]

Did Kanye get death threats when he said George Bush doesn't care about Black people?
I didn't hear of any.

because everyone knows that's true, everyone else was just too scared to say it

 

[JLBats]

because everyone knows that's true, everyone else was just too scared to say it

Not really. He has the most diverse administration in history. The truth is, he doesn't care about anyone who doesn't go to country clubs.

 

[Joker]

Not really. He has the most diverse administration in history. The truth is, he doesn't care about anyone who doesn't go to country clubs.

The people in his administration arent really black. That's like saying Eddie Murphey is still black

 

[Addendum]

Eddie Murphy is still black. He just now makes ****ty movies and turned his career into a joke

 

[Joker]

Eddie Murphy is still black. He just now makes ****ty movies and turned his career into a joke

Look at his recent movies, he might still look black, but he's not. Charlie Murphy is the black Eddie Murphy

 

[Addendum]

**** that "he may look black, but he's not" bull****.

He was once one of the funniest black guys ever.

Now he has "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" on his resume. He turned himself into a joke. That's what matters.

 

[Milkman95]

Riiiiighhhht, which is why their fans were so pissed when they said a bad thing about Dubya, organized wide-scale radio-station boycotts of their music, and stopped buying their albums.

It's because they're NOT southern conservatives, aka Republican rednecks.

Well, when they said that, Dubya's approval rating was higher and it was a different time when most people didn't like celebrities spouting off about the state of the country when they're out making millions of dollars.......

Also, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, etc, etc, were not the only states that stopped buying their albums - unless you think cities like Chicago and New York are full of you're so-called stereotypical "rednecks".........

 

[Manic]

**** that "he may look black, but he's not" bull****.

He was once one of the funniest black guys ever.

Now he has "The Adventures of Pluto Nash" on his resume. He turned himself into a joke. That's what matters.

Thank you. Eddie went from one of the funniest black men alive to a black man who makes crappy movies. Making Haunted Mansion and Pluto Nash doesn't make him less black. It makes his career less alive.

It's not like we're talking about Wayne Brady, here.

 

[jaguarr]

Thank you. Eddie went from one of the funniest black men alive to a black man who makes crappy movies. Making Haunted Mansion and Pluto Nash doesn't make him less black. It makes his career less alive.

It's not like we're talking about Wayne Brady, here.

Does Wayne Brady have to choke a b1tch!?



jag

 

[bulok]

When the band is on stage, it's their show. Not yours. All you did was buy a damn ticket.

I agree with jag on this.

lol well i guess they're enjoying the fruits of their labor with several cancelled concerts. still bad business disrespecting your fanbase like that.

and whoever said about Britney Spears, well can you imagine Republicans going to her crappy ass concerts?

I would concede the death threats are excessive and those I would gather are a very few minority. When I talk of fans, I mean regular fans like me who have bought their albums listen to their music to enjoy it etc.

Hell I still listen to Springstein and he's as flaming liberal as any but you know what? I would bet most of his fans are too. He knows his audience.

What pees me off is people applaud the DC like they've done something so remarkably heroic, when the majority of celebrities out there are liberals. I would applaud an outspoken conservative but they'd probably be shunned by the media.

 

[Man-Thing]

The only thing that ticks me off is that when the dixie chicks say something about the President they get applauded by liberals for saying what they want thus evoking the first ammendment.

But when former fans speak out against them by not buying their records and/or destroying their records they get labeled as "neo-con rednecks", when infact they are doing the same thing the dixie chicks done, and that is to speak out.

Next thing you see, is how the poor dixie chicks are being unfairly treated by the former "redneck" fans and radio stations. I remember seeing a few posts of people complaining when this first happend of dare I even say it- THE DIXIE CHICKS AREN'T BEING TREATED FAIRLY BY RADIO!!!

That outraged me. Here's a news flash to liberals who only think the bill of rights includes parts of the first ammendment.
Radio stations can play what they want, when they want (as long as it meets up to the standards of the FCC), when you cry over the dixie chicks not being played on the air, you become the world's biggest hippocrit! Freedom of speech goes both ways, so suck it up.

After thinking further on the issue, I take back what I said about Liberals only agreeing with the first ammendment. They don't even agree with that because of the "hate speech" legislation they have introduced and passed, so I think it's safe to say that most liberals, hate the bill of rights.

 

[jaguarr]

The only thing that ticks me off is that when the dixie chicks say something about the President they get applauded by liberals for saying what they want thus evoking the first ammendment.

But when former fans speak out against them by not buying their records and/or destroying their records they get labeled as "neo-con rednecks", when infact they are doing the same thing the dixie chicks done, and that is to speak out.

Next thing you see, is how the poor dixie chicks are being unfairly treated by the former "redneck" fans and radio stations. I remember seeing a few posts of people complaining when this first happend of dare I even say it- THE DIXIE CHICKS AREN'T BEING TREATED FAIRLY BY RADIO!!!

That outraged me. Here's a news flash to liberals who only think the bill of rights includes parts of the first ammendment.
Radio stations can play what they want, when they want (as long as it meets up to the standards of the FCC), when you cry over the dixie chicks not being played on the air, you become the world's biggest hippocrit! Freedom of speech goes both ways, so suck it up.

After thinking further on the issue, I take back what I said about Liberals only agreeing with the first ammendment. They don't even agree with that because of the "hate speech" legislation they have introduced and passed, so I think it's safe to say that most liberals, hate the bill of rights.

I'll just play devil's advocate a little bit, here. Is it REALLY free speech for radio stations to take the Dixie Chicks off their playlists because of their political views, or is it really just another instance of censorship? Discuss.

jag

 

[Sensi]

I think they are fine musicians and i suppose it is up to them what the choose to say.

 

[terry78]

They're allowed to speak their opinion on the matter of this administration. Though when people say we shouldn't speak out against our goverment it's basically akin to us becoming a police state, no matter how you want to spin it. I should be able to say my president is a moron in public without fear of being dragged off to a gulag.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Radio station can't just play what they want, Man-Thing. This situation reeks of political payola.

 

[Addendum]

Actually radio stations can. They have something called a format and a playlist. They pick and choose what bands to play

 

[Franklin Richards]

Well I've worked at a radio station for over 8 years and you just can't play whatever you want.

Do you know what the term "payola" means?

 

[Addendum]

The DJ's can't, but management can change format, change the playlist and what is in rotation without the approval of the bands.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Management has alot of restrictions as well. If a station were investigated by the FCC for refusing to play a band that they had previously played, they might get their license revoked for accepting "political payola".

And think before you talk down to someone. They might actually know more than you.

Oh and at stores they have these things called toothbrushes and toothpaste. They keep you mouth nice and clean and stop the onset of gingivitus.