The Dixie Chicks

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

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.

Not Afraid already touched on this but, the fact is that they are artists, and a part of art is social commentary on the world they live in. It has always been this way and I hope it always will. It's not that it holds any more weight than anyone else, it's that it is, by definition, part of what artists do. I think the "self-important" part is merely a label put on them by people who disagree with their opinion.

Nobody is forcing you to agree with them, just like I don't have to agree with a country song about the glory of shoving a boot up Saddam's ass. But I don't sit around saying that Tobey Keith is "self important". Rather, I just disagree with his opinion. I appreciate that he is allowed to exercise his creative freedom. And not once have I ever heard people say that he should be boycotted or that he is unamerican. I hear that about the Dixie Chicks all the time.

And what I love most about the Dixie Chicks is that I heard over and over from the likes of Sean Hannity that their career was ruined over this and that they were traitors. Clearly, the majority of people feel differently, as is reflected by their album sales. It shows that maybe it isn't the liberals who are out of touch with reality.