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You are framing the debate from liberal standpoint, not that you are- no offense- that the motivation is based on emotion pain or distress rather than tactical for a greater good.

No, I genuinely do not care what this girl thinks, fyi, I'm not even a Country fan (although I recently bought my 1st album; Toby Keith's Unleashed). The importance the FR action and the mostly unrelated calls to radio stations (up til this point), cannot be pigeonholed to the degree in which said statement was offensive to us or military families.

Chrissy Hindes and a number of other were obviously far worse.

The importance here isn't that we are mind numbed robots waking up from being hypmotized into getting marching orders from People Magazine and ET. It is that we have long since disagreed with the mentality of celebrities and finally we are subjecting them to market forces.

This is a capitialistic aspect that I am sure they disagree with, however, like most things in reality that is irrelevant.

In closing, the point here shouldn't be lost as an emotional reaction, it is a signal that beating the Dixie Chicks into the ground through boycott (which is free speech for those spinners who don't understand the 1st Amendment refers to legislation) is a wise thing on the part of the Free Republic. It sends a clear signal to many that we'll know, just as toppling Saddam sends an important message elsewhere, that our days of capitulating or being worn down are OVER.

God Bless you Country fans, you are all true Americans fighting on the homefront.

Again, I don't disagree with the idea of boycotting the Dixie Chicks. In a free market -- which we ostensibly still have in America -- there are few better ways to make a point than to vote with one's feet.

I think the level of invective here is what caught my concern. At some point, it's possible to cross a threshold where a cause becomes bombastic or even counterproductive. In my judgment, that threshold has now been crossed. It's like... OK! Enough already!

Of course, by contributing these thoughts, I'm helping prolong the issue. So, yes, I realize the paradox presented by my posts.