Now here’s a quote worth noting:
“The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don't see why people care about patriotism.” Natalie Maines, Dixie Chicks
Read more at Michelle Malkin’s blog.
A cogent point is made at The Coalition of the Swilling.
Yes, it always comes back to McCarthy and Vietnam, that one-two combination of leftist martyrdom. Oh, I am called to task for a stupid comment! I'm being repressed! McCarthy! How dare people not buy my music because they think I'm an ass...Really, ladies, there is a difference between being a victim, and claiming the status of victimhood for oneself. The Dixie Chicks have chosen the course of the latter. What the Dixie Chicks are engaging in is consumer blackmail.
They have no more of a right to expect anyone to purchase their product for any reason than this country has a right to expect them to pick up a flag and wave it at every concert. And they better get used to it without recourse to martyrdom cheap shots.
Grow up and quit your whining, tootsies!
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The alleged "Chicks" may be engaging in consumer blackmail, but what they are experiencing is consumer backlash. To wit, their new CD is not receiving much airplay on radio stations nationwide, and slow ticket sales have forced them to postpone, and even cancel, in some cases, stops on their tour. Waah, freaking waah! Their new single may be titled "Not Ready to Make Nice," but their (former) fans are not ready to forgive. As for me, I'm not ready to care (about their careers); perhaps in a few years I will meet them as they hand me a shopping cart and welcome me to Wal*Mart.
Another celeb. thinks she is the center of the universe. Go figure.
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