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Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« on: December 19, 2013, 07:30:05 PM »
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Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
All I've been seeing from conservatives today is how liberals only believe in the freedom of speech when we agree with what is being said, and this Duck Dynasty fellow should be protected from reprisal. I've taken great joy in reminding them of the black listing they gave the Dixie Chicks for speaking out against Dubya. This article was posted in March, but I thought it deserved to be dug up.

"Despite numerous clarifications and apologies from Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks, a full on boycott of their music was called for by pro-Bush, pro-war, and pro-American groups. Their single “Landslide” went from #10 on the Billboard charts, to #44 in 1 week, and the next week fell off the charts completely. Radio stations who played any Dixie Chicks songs were immediately bombarded with phone calls and emails blasting the station and threats of boycotts if they continued. Even radio DJ’s and programmers who sympathized with the Dixie Chicks were forced to stop playing them from the simple logistics nightmare the boycott created. Some DJ’s who played the Dixie Chicks were fired.

Dixie Chicks CD’s were rounded up, and in one famous incident were run over by a bulldozer. Concerts were canceled in the US as the Dixie Chicks couldn’t sell tickets, and rival concerts were set up that would take Dixie Chicks tickets in exchange. The Dixie Chicks lost their sponsor Lipton, and The Red Cross denied a million dollar endorsement from the band, fearing it would draw the ire of the boycott. The Dixie Chicks also received hundreds of death threats from the incident."

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1. The Dixie Chicks actually offended their fan base

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If they hadn't done so, the boycott would have failed

Oh blanket, don't try to reason with them.   Duck Dynasty did not alienate its fan base.  They will never understand that.



      
   
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2013, 07:37:39 PM »
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Ok, destroying the Dixie Chicks is no big deal, but let's leave Alvin Lee out of this.

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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2013, 07:45:46 PM »
Quote from: USA4ME on December 19, 2013, 07:37:39 PM
Ok, destroying the Dixie Chicks is no big deal, but let's leave Alvin Lee out of this.

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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2013, 08:17:02 PM »
Quote from: USA4ME on December 19, 2013, 07:37:39 PM
Ok, destroying the Dixie Chicks is no big deal, but let's leave Alvin Lee out of this.

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I still have all of his albums on CD. SSSSSSH being my favorite.

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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2013, 08:36:13 PM »
Who are the dixie chicks?   :fuelfire: :fuelfire:

Lessee... the dumbass chicks put down the country, pissed off their fan base, and went into the dustbin of music history. The Duck guy, well he didn't put down the country, quoted the bible, and the gays got their gerbils in an uproar. Not his fanbase.

Hmmmm.... I don't see the connection.

Just as an aside dummies... the dumbass chicks WAS an effective boycott. I do not recall anyone ever saying they need to be silenced. All I heard is that no body was gonna buy their music anymore. Personally I could not care less since I don't listen to country music, but it was effective. A&E? They fired the guy for a group of people that never watched their show to start with. Don't watch it so I don't care either.

Seems to me like a bad business decision.

I've said it before... I don't care if a company's employees have gay sex at lunch everyday. If it makes me money, I'll invest. If not, I won't. There is a reason you dummies are poor and I ain't.

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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2013, 08:37:52 PM »
Quote from: Tucker on December 19, 2013, 08:17:02 PM
The late Alvin Lee.

I still have all of his albums on CD. SSSHHHH being my favorite.


As will I, as soon as I get Cricklewood Green replaced.  The cassette finally crapped out two years ago.

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Is that how that works?
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2013, 08:38:48 PM »
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Who are the dixie chicks?   :fuelfire: :fuelfire:

Lessee... the dumbass chicks put down the country, pissed off their fan base, and went into the dustbin of music history. The Duck guy, well he didn't put down the country, quoted the bible, and the gays got their gerbils in an uproar. Not his fanbase.

Hmmmm.... I don't see the connection.

Just as an aside dummies... the dumbass chicks WAS an effective boycott. I do not recall anyone ever saying they need to be silenced. All I heard is that no body was gonna buy their music anymore. Personally I could not care less since I don't listen to country music, but it was effective. A&E? They fired the guy for a group of people that never watched their show to start with. Don't watch it so I don't care either.

Seems to me like a bad business decision.

I've said it before... I don't care if a company's employees have gay sex at lunch everyday. If it makes me money, I'll invest. If not, I won't. There is a reason you dummies are poor and I ain't.

Losers.

Two of the three went on to record more albums under a new band name, The Courtyard Hounds.  Natalie Maines, the mouthy bitch wasn't invited.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2013, 08:53:32 PM »
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Two of the three went on to record more albums under a new band name, The Courtyard Hounds.  Natalie Maines, the mouthy bitch wasn't invited.

LOL!!!!

I just wonder what went thru the other two's minds when she said that on stage. I bet the first word started with an "O" and the next word started with an "F".  Then "There goes the money!!!"

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall backstage when the show was over.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2013, 10:29:50 PM »
Where has all the hopey changey gone...long time passing...

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When will people like the Dixie Chicks ever learn ?
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2013, 10:41:13 PM »
The Dixie who?

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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
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Judging from the responses on FB and Twitter, I'd say Phil Robertson has energized his fan base.  I think he may have started a bit of a revolution.  Christians are getting tired of the persecution for simply believing the Word of God and taking it seriously.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2013, 05:14:39 AM »
Quote from: I_B_Perky on December 19, 2013, 08:36:13 PM
Who are the dixie chicks?   :fuelfire: :fuelfire:

Lessee... the dumbass chicks put down the country, pissed off their fan base, and went into the dustbin of music history. The Duck guy, well he didn't put down the country, quoted the bible, and the gays got their gerbils in an uproar. Not his fanbase.

Hmmmm.... I don't see the connection.

Just as an aside dummies... the dumbass chicks WAS an effective boycott. I do not recall anyone ever saying they need to be silenced. All I heard is that no body was gonna buy their music anymore. Personally I could not care less since I don't listen to country music, but it was effective. A&E? They fired the guy for a group of people that never watched their show to start with. Don't watch it so I don't care either.

Seems to me like a bad business decision.

I've said it before... I don't care if a company's employees have gay sex at lunch everyday. If it makes me money, I'll invest. If not, I won't. There is a reason you dummies are poor and I ain't.

Losers.

Not to mention, perky, that the tactics used by the "enemies" of the Dipsy Twits' to get them off the air are the same ones DUmmies have been trying for YEARS to get Rush off the air.  

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Bottom line, the people came to hear your songs, Natalie, not your asine political beliefs.

The Chicks destroyed THEMSELVES, by Natalie ignoring a basic truth of life:

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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2013, 05:45:17 AM »
Quote from: JGHB on December 20, 2013, 02:30:13 AM
Judging from the responses on FB and Twitter, I'd say Phil Robertson has energized his fan base.  I think he may have started a bit of a revolution.  Christians are getting tired of the persecution for simply believing the Word of God and taking it seriously.

Not just Christians,  people are sick of the "Don't push your morals on me" crowd constantly pushing their morals onto everyone else.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2013, 06:10:55 AM »
Blanket Statements is asking for a Blanket Party to be thrown in his honor.


He is right. - The DCs insulted their fan base, whereas a bunch of people who don't watch DD threatened to boycott the shows advertisers because of Phil Robertson's remarks.  As for the DUmmies comment about 'free speech' -- it doesn't apply.

Neither the DC's nor Robertson were denied their right by the government or government authority - and the truth is A&E has the right to hire or fire anyone for any reason. ..And A&E will either profit from or pay for that decision.

As for the GQ interview...

Robertson should have expected this result.. -GQ is published by the same people responsible for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. There is no way a leftist operation is going to miss out on the opportunity to fire at a hugely popular show based around conservative principles and Christian faith.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2013, 06:42:05 AM »
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Robertson should have expected this result.. -GQ is published by the same people responsible for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. There is no way a leftist operation is going to miss out on the opportunity to fire at a hugely popular show based around conservative principles and Christian faith.

It's my understanding that the interview took place last January. Wonder what took them so long to get enraged.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2013, 08:35:14 AM »
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It's my understanding that the interview took place last January. Wonder what took them so long to get enraged.
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« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2013, 08:55:38 AM »
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It's my understanding that the interview took place last January. Wonder what took them so long to get enraged.
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« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2013, 09:06:26 AM »
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2013, 09:07:36 AM »
Wait till the DD guys go  :foff: They don't need A&E but A&E needs them.
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Re: Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2013, 10:03:38 AM »
Seems to me the only one that's been discriminated against here is Phil Robertson.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2013, 10:16:04 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on December 20, 2013, 09:07:36 AM
Wait till the DD guys go  :foff: They don't need A&E but A&E needs them.

They did that today. A&E and DD will be parting company. DD in one show has roughly 20 times the viewers that the entire msnbc lineup has. Very bad business decision on their part to get on their knees to the gay mafia.

Apparently the only people that can be discriminated against are white Christians and we have had enough of it.
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2013, 10:22:29 AM »
I thought this was about the Trixie Dicks... I mean the Dicky Tricks....I mean, 3 mouthy broads?
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Re: Destroying The Dixie Chicks – Ten Years After
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2013, 10:40:12 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on December 20, 2013, 10:22:29 AM
I thought this was about the Trixie Dicks... I mean the Dicky Tricks....I mean, 3 mouthy broads?

to be fair though, it's the mouthy pig faced one that brings down the bunch.  the two good looking ones don't seem to be near as attention grabbing as porky.
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