tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12331855.post9202594269908321374..comments2024-03-10T14:03:46.128-04:00Comments on Bloggerhythms: The Dixie Chicks - Shut Up & Sing (2006) (DVD)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12331855.post-39447027780348835492007-03-28T15:36:00.000-04:002007-03-28T15:36:00.000-04:00We're basically in agreement here. The people who ...We're basically in agreement here. The people who criticize Maines have every right to do so but the main point in what I wrote is that too many people don't understand the First Amendment and what it means, and that is true of both sides.Charlie Riccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930103645729165149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12331855.post-81207400159052183042007-03-28T15:10:00.000-04:002007-03-28T15:10:00.000-04:00"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'l...<I>"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."-- Voltaire</I><BR/><BR/>I don't agree with the Dixie Chicks in general nor Natalie Maines specifically said. But she had every right to say it and I love that I live in a country where she does.<BR/><BR/>That being said, many country music fans lean to the right politically-- the negative backlash over her remarks could/should not have caught the Dixie Chicks by surprise. <BR/><BR/>The people who criticize Maines have just as much right to free speech as she does/did have in criticizing our president/country/foreign policy. <BR/><BR/>Admittedly there are plenty on both sides who DO misunderstand the concept of free speech and only want to extend that right to those which agree with them. And many of the Dixie Chicks former fans DID take it too far by issuing death threats and threatening violence against the Dixie Chicks. <BR/><BR/>I see it on both sides of the political spectrum, reactionary right wingers calling anyone and everyone who dares criticize Bush's foreign policy "traitors" and on the flipside anyone who calls into question the Global Warming theories presented by Al Gore and others who support the theory are instantly branded as being "in bed" with big corporations by loony far lefties. <BR/><BR/>Why? Because resorting to name calling is much easier and much less uncomfortable than having your core beliefs challenged by those who support the opposite viewpoint.Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.com