The Dixie Chicks

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

So, you hate Neil Young, Bruce Springstein, Green Day and all those other war protest singers, too?

Okay, to use a scaeagles argument, if they lambasted Clinton, they'd be just fine. So, it's not about disrespecting the president or a state or being unpatriotic, it's disrespecting a right wing president and his right wing state... So one could say that the Dixie Chicks aren't anti-American, they're anti-right wing.

They aren't the only artists to speak out against Bush, though. So are these people just upset because some of their own are rebelling?

Hate? No. Choose to purchase their product? No. Same with Babs Streisand, Dave Matthews, Madonna, and countless others.

And actually, I do agree with that, GC, regarding lambasting Clinton - to an extent.

I have no desire, and I would suspect most people are this way, for my entertainment choices to lecture me on politics. They have their political viewpoints, which is fine. I just have no desire to go to a concert, where I want to hear music, and listen to a political speech or editorializing. However, the typical audience of a country music concert would rather hear a slam on a democrat than a slam on a republican.

Entertainers seem to think that because they are entertainers, their opinions on politics or social issues should hold more weight. I've never understood why. Their self importance is laughable, really. Not that their opinions always are, but that they think their opinions matter so much because they are a gifted musician.

So in response to Alex saying he doesn't understand why a political viewpoint would influence my entertainment choice, it is because it is my way, small as it is, to let them know with my discretionary dollars that I don't appreciate what they believe. There are countless Hollywood stars who I have no idea what their politics are because they make the choice to keep them quiet. They may take the money I spend on hem and contribute it to Hamas, for all I know. But ignorance is bliss in my little world of choosing where to spend my discretionary dollars.