This is from the Times article
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Band member Martie Maguire claims the controversy helped them weed out fans and connect with a smaller, more loyal, group of followers. She adds, "I'd rather have a small following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc (CD) changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. We don't want those kind of fans. They limit what you can do."
Reba is fricken Country Royalty and the chicks would serve themselves well to take a feather from her hat as she is one classy lady. To take a swipe at her and her fans shows just how bitter and vitriloic the chicks have become.
So they have the luxury of "weeding out" their fans. Okay..