Comments on: The Dixie Chicks: God Bless Them http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/ Fresh from my brain pan to the breakfast tables of the world. Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Widge http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/comment-page-1/#comment-48332 Widge Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:48:38 +0000 http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/#comment-48332 Indeed, Mr. Man. Either phrase has been known to be used towards the same end. Indeed, Mr. Man. Either phrase has been known to be used towards the same end.

]]> By: Mr Lowe's Water Man http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/comment-page-1/#comment-48331 Mr Lowe's Water Man Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:39:48 +0000 http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/#comment-48331 Widge, i thought that Southern for they are so stupid was 'Bless their heart(s)' Widge, i thought that Southern for they are so stupid was 'Bless their heart(s)'

]]> By: Widge http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/comment-page-1/#comment-48328 Widge Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:19:54 +0000 http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/#comment-48328 Tom: Okay, so they were demonized. And this was an attack on their freedom of speech how? And no, saying that they were told they shouldn't say that is not a valid answer. The fact they were told to shut up didn't affect, in any way, their ability to say what they said. In fact, being told to shut up got them more publicity than they could have ever dreamed of. Do you really think they would have gotten on as many magazine covers otherwise? See, this is what people who get pissed off at what other people say fail to understand. By trying to shut someone up, you just shine a big spotlight on them, and more people listen. This is true whether you're the Dixie Chicks or Martin Scorsese or Body Count or whoever. My only point in all this, amigo, is that free speech is FREE SPEECH. The only defense against free speech you don't like is more free speech. If there was really some kind of attack on free speech going down, then their movie and DVD would be getting banned by the government. Then we would all have a friend to talk to. Tom: Okay, so they were demonized. And this was an attack on their freedom of speech how? And no, saying that they were told they shouldn't say that is not a valid answer. The fact they were told to shut up didn't affect, in any way, their ability to say what they said. In fact, being told to shut up got them more publicity than they could have ever dreamed of. Do you really think they would have gotten on as many magazine covers otherwise? See, this is what people who get pissed off at what other people say fail to understand. By trying to shut someone up, you just shine a big spotlight on them, and more people listen. This is true whether you're the Dixie Chicks or Martin Scorsese or Body Count or whoever.

My only point in all this, amigo, is that free speech is FREE SPEECH. The only defense against free speech you don't like is more free speech. If there was really some kind of attack on free speech going down, then their movie and DVD would be getting banned by the government. Then we would all have a friend to talk to.

]]> By: Tom http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/comment-page-1/#comment-48327 Tom Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:38:18 +0000 http://www.widgettwalls.com/2007/02/12/the-dixie-chicks-god-bless-them/#comment-48327 Their problem wasn't that they were criticized, it's that they were demonized. And this was done for simply not falling in perfect lockstep with the powers that be. Their problem wasn't that they were criticized, it's that they were demonized. And this was done for simply not falling in perfect lockstep with the powers that be.

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