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| The Dixie Chicks may not join in, but three cheers for Germany's patriotism |
| 2006-06-23 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 To me the Dixie Chix symbolize something else. They symbolize how a small group of powerful have hidden the real public dialog that is occuring and drowned it out with the rants of the hysterical few. There have been multiple movie stars, rock stars, athletes, and other important people who have made statements or actions of support for our country, President, tropps and fight for the survival of enlightened civilization - but only those willing to criticize it get the 24/7 coverage. I know this for a fact. I like the Dixie Chix because they very clearly illustrate this fact. By their own admission, hey lost their audience and have to be satisfied with belonging to a smaller, but cooler crowd. There has been a massive corporate effort to repackage them and sell them, but it's been largly ineffective. Sure, they sold 900,000 records but how many could they have sold? There will never be such a corporate effort to package or sell the huge numbers of stars who did speak of love to country or any newstories highlighting the thousands of stars who did turn out to show support. But the end result is, that despite the massive marketing of failed ideas - the people just go on about their business, ignoring the megaphones and doing and thinking as they wish. So much effort for so little result. It hardly seems worth it. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-06-23 11:12 |
| #2 Even a reference to the Dixie Chicks provokes a violently patriotic response in the states. They have inadvertently increased our patriotism and support of the war and our military. He, he! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-23 10:26 |
| #1 Stick to singing. Get off the political soapbox. If I wanted to hear your tripe, I'd wait until the movie came out. Do you want your doctors,lawyers, teachers, vetinarians, etc. to sing country songs while they are providing services to you. Well, then STFU--none of us want to hear your very important, pertinent views on politics. Just do what you do best--SING. Put on a good show. Give your fans what they pay for and quit defrauding them. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-06-23 09:26 |