Talk:Dixie Chicks political controversy

What caused the public to reacte passionately and violently against the comment the Dixie Chicks made in London?


 * Read the article; it sums it up pretty much. I'm all for free speech, but freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from the consequences of offending people with what you say (especially when you're in the entertainment industry, and your livlihood is largely dependent on your public image).  It was rather naive of Maines to expect otherwise, and I don't think even now she ever really understood why there was such a backlash.  It's one thing to say you disagree with the president on one issue or another; saying you're ashamed he comes from your state is an ad hominem personal attack; that offended people especially since it was done outside of the US, and seemed disprectful to the president in general and especially to residents of Texas who didn't appreciate the comment.  If they just expressed disagreement with the war and not made a personal attack on the president I imagine there wouldn't have been much of a controversy if any at all.  It's not what was said; it was how it was said that caused the backlash.  24.8.252.164 (talk) 07:59, 27 December 2008 (UTC)