>>"..It's a hateful place that, if the world was working as it should, would be relegated to the Internet's endless fringes, where conspiracy theorists and pyramid-power believers roam the wasteland."
Hey...my mother comes here every day
"If the world was working as it should" interesting comment by this guy.
One thing I like about FR is that its basically the spectrum of the Republican Party, from Rockefellers to Reagans to Bushes. Pro aborts to Pro life. Open immigration to shut down the borders. Isolationists to free traders. If anyone spent enough time here they would be shocked at the diverse views on this conservative website.
As for the Dixie Chicks (I have to say that if they were right wingers the leftys would crucify them for that name of theirs) I know people who never go to FR and care only slightly about politics who threw their Dixie Chicks cds away. Those girls screwed up.
As for this writer, he needs to understand free speech. The Chicks can say what they want and the rest of the country can voice its displeasure. The government just can't stop them from speaking their mind.
Of course now that the media is a political wing of government run by the Democrats its easy to stop certain speech from being used. We are, of course, trying to make the world "run as it should".