Comments on: Dixie Chicks/ Shut Up & Sing/ Taking the Long Way http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/ Because I Said So Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amber http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/comment-page-1/#comment-2900 Amber Tue, 01 May 2007 15:53:19 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/#comment-2900 i can not believe that a fan would write that and send it. what is she crazy. the chicks are going to speak their minds because they want to "FREDOM OF SPEECH". rock on dixie chicks i suport you all the way. i can not believe that a fan would write that and send it. what is she crazy. the chicks are going to speak their minds because they want to “FREDOM OF SPEECH”. rock on dixie chicks i suport you all the way.

]]> By: Ash http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/comment-page-1/#comment-2551 Ash Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:08:01 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/#comment-2551 Bravo! To both you and the Dixie Chicks! Bravo!
To both you and the Dixie Chicks!

]]> By: mamatoo http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/comment-page-1/#comment-2539 mamatoo Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:14:16 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/#comment-2539 didn't mean to offend, WM. Sorry. didn’t mean to offend, WM. Sorry.

]]> By: Himself http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/comment-page-1/#comment-2531 Himself Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:40:36 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/#comment-2531 Personally, I believe artists and entertainers have an obligation to take a stand on critical issues of our times. There are plenty of bland, generic, glossy pop groups out there who won't take a stand. This is pretty much how I categorized the Dixie Chicks in my mind before this incident. Then there are those who take the opposite stand, singing about kicking ass for God and America, and they get no flack at all. I still don't care for Dixie Chicks as entertainers all that much, but I've got a lot more respect for them as human beings after watching this film. Personally, I believe artists and entertainers have an obligation to take a stand on critical issues of our times. There are plenty of bland, generic, glossy pop groups out there who won’t take a stand. This is pretty much how I categorized the Dixie Chicks in my mind before this incident.

Then there are those who take the opposite stand, singing about kicking ass for God and America, and they get no flack at all.

I still don’t care for Dixie Chicks as entertainers all that much, but I’ve got a lot more respect for them as human beings after watching this film.

]]> By: WackyMommy http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/comment-page-1/#comment-2530 WackyMommy Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:34:15 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/#comment-2530 MamaToo, Did you miss the part where I said my ex tried to kill me? Let me be clear: He came at me with an ax, a hammer, he tried to choke me, he tried to run me down with his car. I am lucky to be alive. And my writing, my art, motherhood, marriage, everything I've done since, has been impacted by one thing: I stood up to him and I survived. I was lucky and timing was on my side. Others have not been so lucky. My politics go hand in hand with my writing. That's not true for all artists, no. But I can only speak for myself. It is a political thing for a woman to tell a man, Don't hurt anyone. Don't kill anyone. Natalie Maines did not make her statement for personal gain -- she happened to be on tour in Europe, the war against Iraq was just firing up, there had just been a gigantic peace rally in England. We've lost, as of today, 3,227 Americans since the war began. Who knows what the Iraqi death count is, but conservative numbers put it at 50,000. Some have said it's as high as 655,000. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8KM6GL80&show_article=1 So if some person who has an audience -- me, some famous musician, an actor, my pastor -- wants to call bullshit then I say call bullshit. That's a lot of grandmas, grandpas, babies, friends, lovers, mothers, fathers, teachers, doctors, gardeners, being killed. It could have been me, just in a different situation. I have always thought that war is not so very different from domestic violence. Violence is violence. Peace, WM MamaToo,

Did you miss the part where I said my ex tried to kill me? Let me be clear: He came at me with an ax, a hammer, he tried to choke me, he tried to run me down with his car. I am lucky to be alive.

And my writing, my art, motherhood, marriage, everything I’ve done since, has been impacted by one thing: I stood up to him and I survived. I was lucky and timing was on my side. Others have not been so lucky.

My politics go hand in hand with my writing. That’s not true for all artists, no. But I can only speak for myself. It is a political thing for a woman to tell a man, Don’t hurt anyone. Don’t kill anyone.

Natalie Maines did not make her statement for personal gain — she happened to be on tour in Europe, the war against Iraq was just firing up, there had just been a gigantic peace rally in England.

We’ve lost, as of today, 3,227 Americans since the war began. Who knows what the Iraqi death count is, but conservative numbers put it at 50,000. Some have said it’s as high as 655,000. http://www.breitbart.com/artic....._article=1

So if some person who has an audience — me, some famous musician, an actor, my pastor — wants to call bullshit then I say call bullshit. That’s a lot of grandmas, grandpas, babies, friends, lovers, mothers, fathers, teachers, doctors, gardeners, being killed.

It could have been me, just in a different situation. I have always thought that war is not so very different from domestic violence. Violence is violence.

Peace,

WM

]]> By: mamatoo http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/comment-page-1/#comment-2528 mamatoo Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:20:16 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2007/04/23/dixie_chicks_shut_up_sing_taking_the_long_way/#comment-2528 Ok, wackymommy... I love you and I love women and I believe we're made to have hearts & minds of our own. I even love women who wholly disagree with me and are not afraid to voice themselves. But here's my deal... is it possible to just be an artist/entertainer anymore in the U.S.? Or does everyone have to have a political stand and get press by any means neccessary? Ok, wackymommy… I love you and I love women and I believe we’re made to have hearts & minds of our own. I even love women who wholly disagree with me and are not afraid to voice themselves.
But here’s my deal… is it possible to just be an artist/entertainer anymore in the U.S.? Or does everyone have to have a political stand and get press by any means neccessary?

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