# Were the Dixie Chicks wrong? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157 "2003-03-18T00:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/141 "2003-03-26T08:21:17Z")
However much I might not agree with them, my answer remains the same. _ **A** nyone_, deserves to hold free thought and free speech as their highest values. There cannot be anything wrong with that or all human life will perish from this earth. Let us not forget what a well versed French ( **FREEDOM**?) Philosopher once said: “I may not agree with what you say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.” ---
**Author:** ![RandySpears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/858c86/32.png) [@RandySpears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandySpears)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/142 "2003-03-26T08:34:02Z")
What are the odds that Bush will be remembered for “McCarthyism lite” & “Vietnam lite”? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/143 "2003-03-26T13:49:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > **I’m making the purchase based on what I think the worth of the good or service is. It doesn’t seem to me that the opinion of the seller effects the quality of the good.** But I don’t expect people to fund the promotion of opinions they don’t hold. Giving money to the Dixie Chicks allows them to pursue a larger audience. Since they use that moment in front of an audience to promote their politics, giving them money is indirectly support their views. This is one of those cases where it’s the knowledge that hurts. And it’s the Dixie Chicks who provided that knowledge. Now, they get to live with the consequences. As for me? I don’t agree with their statement, but I have no beef with them. That doesn’t mean mine is the only reasonable reaction. Julie ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/144 "2003-04-07T19:27:13Z")
Update: After seeing the national outrage, 40% drop in record sales, CD bondfires, and many radio station bannings, Maines has issued a written apology for her statements. > [@](#): > > “It was a joke and it wasn’t planned. And it was really funny at the time. It got lots of cheers, and that’s what it was meant for. You see the trouble that you can get into if you speak religion or politics. It gets people very upset.” [Cite here](http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=212895) The old, “hehe, I was only kidding” excuse. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/145 "2003-04-08T02:25:03Z")
Typical weaseling. That sort of behavior only reinforces the need that society has to severely spank celebrities who use their money and fame to try to bully ordinary folks. ---
**Author:** ![skankweirdall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@skankweirdall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skankweirdall)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/146 "2003-04-08T03:05:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*Thanks, **beagledave** and **twit**. > > Well, if that’s all she said then I think she was wrong to apologize. What the hell is wrong with people? It’s not like she criticized “America” or “the troops” or anything, she took a little shot at GWB. So effin’ what? Did any of these sister raping hillbillies ever protest anyone who criticized Clinton. There was a story on Drudge a couple of days ago about a guy who got assaulted at a rodeo because he didn’t stand up for that stupid Leo Greenwood song. The jingoism hasn’t really gotten way out of hand. \*\* Sister raping hillbillies? Is that what you think of country people? ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/147 "2003-04-08T03:38:09Z")
Has anyone else seen this [(under the title “playing politics”)](http://www.americannewsreel.com/artman/publish/cat_index_5.shtml#98)? ---
**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 8, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157/148 "2003-04-08T03:51:57Z")
The Dixie Chicks still have the [#1 Country Album](http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/country.jsp) according to Billboard Magazine. According to their website, none of **DC** upcoming concerts have been cancelled. Sounds like\*\* DC\*\* are crying all the way to the bank. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-dixie-chicks-wrong/162157.md?page=7)