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The stupid ass things these people would likely blow over pretty quickly if they simply said something like "We are expressing our opinion and feel that is protected speech. We understand there could be consequences to what we say and we are ready to accept those consequences to express our opinion." A statement like that would acknowledge their responsibility and would probably garner some grudging respect. What these celebrities do over and over again is talk about how they are being offended and never acknowledge that their opinions can have negative implications for their careers. Its always about what people are doing to them rather than what they have done.

A statement like that would acknowledge their responsibility and would probably garner some grudging respect.

Not by this crowd. This crowd won't be happy until the Dixie Chicks' careers are OVER and they are never heard from again.

Just ask them.

Will any of you ever be ready to forgive them and start buying and listening to their music again?

The stupid ass things these people would likely blow over pretty quickly if they simply said something like "We are expressing our opinion and feel that is protected speech." ...

Why does this "protected speech" issue always get mentioned? The Federal and/or State governments nor their officials have taken any notice of the "Dixie Chicks" matter. Who cares if the idiot in question "feels" that it is "protected speech". That's not the issue; the consequences for Maines stupid remarks is the issue. The red herring which is always brought up by imbeciles like the Dixie Chicks is that "I have a right under the Constitution to say whatever I want", when what they really mean is that "I think that the First Amendment to the Constitution says that no one anywhere, anytime can criticize what I say, or hold me accountable because I just KNOW that my speech is protected!"

Just like Tim Robbins in his National Press Club speech the other day, the fact that many in the entertainment business did not or barely make it out of our dumbed-down high school system in the last 25 years accounts for their confusion on "rights", "consequences" and their "feelings" on the way the world should work...

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The statement she made shows that she is completely disconnected from her (former) fan base. Anyone who’s spent any time with the people who make up the base of country music listeners (not the record company executives and managers) would not dare to dream of uttering such nonsense for they would know that that kind of statement is career suicide.

Now they’re mad because all of those country music “dolts” wont just hand over the cash anymore. The arrogance of those commoners!!. Don’t they know that they have to love me (and buy my stuff) no mater what I do or say?

These girls need to learn that every person in the world could go on with there happy lives and never hear another “Dixie Chicks” song again, and wouldn’t feel there life is any worse off for it. It’s not a sacrifice for anyone NOT to listen to them.

Just another non-apology gripe session.

Keep up the pressure until they give up and we never have to hear from them again.