# Dixie Chicks Defiant & Naked **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015 "2003-04-25T02:23:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/1 "2003-04-25T02:23:16Z")
I am not sure of the appropriate forum for my OP, it could be moved as needed. So **DC** are continuing to speak their minds freely , and showing us a fair amount of [Dixie skins](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/24/dixie.chicks/index.html) \*\*DC \*\*appears on Prime Time Live w/Diane Sawyer \*“It was the wrong wording with genuine emotion and questions and concern behind it. … Am I sorry that I asked questions and that I just don’t follow? No.” \* It would also appear some true patriotic Americans have taken offense with **Natalie Maines’** earlier comment about Bush. > [@](#): > > “I’m concerned about my safety. I’m concerned about my safety for my family,” she said. “When you’re getting death threats … At our concerts this year, we have to have metal detectors, and to me that’s just crazy. But we have to take precautions because this thing has gotten so out of control.” The **Chicks** are to appear on the cover of the May 5 edition of _Entertainment Weekly_ unclothed, but with various epithets printed on them. Anyway, it is good to see someone standing up for their beliefs even when, especially when-- it might cost them money out of their own pockets. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/2 "2003-04-25T03:19:35Z")
My first thought: Yama Hama! My second thought: Good for them. I’m glad they haven’t backed down. They were against the war. So what? Since when did speaking out about the president or a specific issue become verboten in this country? Lord knows these same “conservatives” that are decrying the Chicks probably said a lot worse about Clinton during his term than what Natalie said about Bush. Since when is not liking the president unpatriotic? Hell, I think it’s our patriotic duty as Americans not to like a president every now and then…and speak out about it. This is the kind of freedom everyone deserves. FWIW, I hope the Chicks stick to their liberal guns. (This coming from someone who is not a liberal himself.) And I’ll go on enjoying their music, hopefully for many more years. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/3 "2003-04-25T03:31:33Z")
My thought was “at least they’re prettier than they are smart”. One of them was so stupid as to say that they did it to show how “clothes get in the way of labels”. Duh? ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/4 "2003-04-25T03:46:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*Anyway, it is good to see someone standing up for their beliefs even when, especially when-- it might cost them money out of their own pockets. \*\* How is this going to cost the Dixie Chicks money out of their own pockets? The only way I can see that happening is if some AssHat sues them on the gorunds of being unAmerican.\*:rolleyes: \*Trust me, it’ll happen and sooner then you think. ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/5 "2003-04-25T03:59:42Z")
Servant, it has and will continue to cost them plenty of money. Many radio stations have stopped playing the Chicks, rallies have been held to bulldoze their cds, and I heard that they are about to lose a lucrative endorsement deal. McCarthyism is alive and well. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/6 "2003-04-25T04:09:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Calliope \* > \*\*Servant, it has and will continue to cost them plenty of money. Many radio stations have stopped playing the Chicks, rallies have been held to bulldoze their cds, and I heard that they are about to lose a lucrative endorsement deal. > > McCarthyism is alive and well. \*\* McCarthyism? I was unaware the House Commitee on UN-American Activities had been reconvened… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/7 "2003-04-25T04:38:56Z")
Let’s move this to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![paperbackwriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@paperbackwriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paperbackwriter)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/8 "2003-04-25T04:40:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpaceGhostofArrakis \* > \*\*McCarthyism? I was unaware the House Commitee on UN-American Activities had been reconvened… \*\* I was unaware that Senator McCarthy served on HUAC. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/9 "2003-04-25T04:41:43Z")
In the interest of full disclosure, I was not crazy about their anti-war stance, but I fully endorse their right to take it; and I endorse people’s right to boycott them. That said, I watched the DC interview tonight with Diane Sawer, hoping that they would, at least, explain their position in a well-constructed argument. Ugh, what a disappointment. Just a trio of blubbering half-contrite-half-defiant muddle-headed little girls, if you ask me. Ladies, take _any_ position you want. Just be sure you can explain yourself when you do. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/10 "2003-04-25T04:42:37Z")
Money out of WHAT pockets? I mean, naked and all. As in no pants. Okay, so I’m tired. ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/11 "2003-04-25T04:57:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Calliope \* > \*\*Servant, it has and will continue to cost them plenty of money. Many radio stations have stopped playing the Chicks, rallies have been held to bulldoze their cds, and I heard that they are about to lose a lucrative endorsement deal. > > McCarthyism is alive and well. \*\* We seem to have a new definition of McCarthyism: not buying the products of wealthy entertainers who don’t entertain you. I’ve never paid much attention to the Dixie Chicks, but I’m all for fighting McCarthyism. Don’t really want to buy their CDs, though, but I can’t let McCarthyism triumph. Maybe I’ll just learn how to hum “Bloody Mary Morning” – in defiance of the facists who would strangle our liberty on the vine. ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/12 "2003-04-25T04:59:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Calliope \* > \*\*Servant, it has and will continue to cost them plenty of money. Many radio stations have stopped playing the Chicks, rallies have been held to bulldoze their cds, and I heard that they are about to lose a lucrative endorsement deal. > > McCarthyism is alive and well. \*\* No, it hasn’t. Their concert tour has something like 42 out of 45 shows sold out. They sold $42,000,000 in tickets for the tour over the March 21 weekend. Their album is back at #1 on the Top Country Album Charts and while sales have declined, it’s not that unusual for this time of year. As far as bulldozing their CD’s, how have the Dixie Chicks lost money on that? those are CD’s that people have already bought and paid for. And this is hardly McCarthyism, in fact, it isn’t anything like McCarthyism ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/13 "2003-04-25T07:00:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Calliope \* > \*\*Servant, it has and will continue to cost them plenty of money. Many radio stations have stopped playing the Chicks, rallies have been held to bulldoze their cds, and I heard that they are about to lose a lucrative endorsement deal. > > McCarthyism is alive and well. \*\* It’s about as much like McCarthyism as a five pound bag of onions. How 'bout a cite that shows where the U.S. Government has taken any action against the Chicks. Do you even know what McCarthyism is? Haj ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/14 "2003-04-25T07:18:44Z")
Mmmmmmm… More naked, less singing.😃 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/15 "2003-04-25T11:33:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hajario \* > \*\*Do you even know what McCarthyism is? > > Haj \*\* The phrase used whenever a third party doesn’t like the actions of a second party regarding the original party in question? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/16 "2003-04-25T12:08:54Z")
Sorry if this is a little bit off topic but does anyone else think they look . . . _weird_? And not just in that picture from the OP, I mean in general. I don’t want to use the word ‘ugly’ (if only because it wouldn’t be very nice of me) but I’ve always thought the DCs looked really really _weird_. Not attractive at all. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/17 "2003-04-25T12:16:02Z")
I’m sure they airbrushed _the hell_ out the original picture. Isn’t Maines kinda chunky in real life? She looks pretty lean in that pic… ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/18 "2003-04-25T13:04:35Z")
Have no fear, The Boss is here: [http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html](http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/19 "2003-04-25T13:09:11Z")
I’m with Cisco. They may make good music (I’m not a real fan of country, so I hardly listen to them) but attractive? Please. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015/20 "2003-04-25T13:18:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Payton’s Servant \* > \*\*Their concert tour has something like 42 out of 45 shows sold out. They sold $42,000,000 in tickets for the tour over the March 21 weekend. > > Their album is back at #1 on the Top Country Album Charts and while sales have declined, it’s not that unusual for this time of year. \*\* Sounds like this little furor is going to hurt the Dixie Chicks in the long run about as much as those boycotts and record burnings ended up hurting the Beatles when John Lennon made his remark about Jesus. So good for them, I say. And I think the picture looks hot–even if it is a **really** crass move. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dixie-chicks-defiant-naked/171015.md?page=2)