I Love The Dixie Chicks

I don't like Country music, but I have mad love for the Dixie Chicks. A couple of years ago a member of the group said during a U.K. concert that she was ashamed to be from the same state as our current president. Since this statement was made the group has endured everything from being blacklisted on Country radio stations to death threats. Despite all of this, Natalie the member of the group that made the statement has not backed off of the statement, and her group members/friends have stood by her side.

I know Kanye West got on T.V. and said that "George Bush does not care about black people", but lets be real if you are a rapper you are not supposed like the president no matter who he is. If anything talking greasy about the president is what you supposed to do. 50 Cent rubbed a lot of people in the culture wrong when he said he respected the President's gangsta (style of doing business) the late Eazy-E caught a lot of heat for going to one of the President Bush 41's fundraisers, and my stomach turned when I saw LL Cool J asking President Clinton to throw his hands in the air during his second inauguration.

Country music on the other hand is supported by the Red State/Fox News crowd that thinks anyone who does not dismiss dinosaur fossils as leftist propaganda is siding with Al Queda. I know that, that is an unfair and sort of mean characterization of Country music fans, but you deserve it. The Dixie Chicks have the number one album in the nation by a mile, will have it again next week, and can't get thier songs played on the radio or on country music television. Thier current single has less than 4000 spins total, by comparison "Diamonds" the weakest performing song of off Kanye West's last album recieved 28,000. The same loud minority that has no problem paying 3 dollars for a gallon of gas as long as boys are not allowed to kiss is spending it's time calling program directors to keep the biggest selling music act this year from being on television or the radio. The country music fans that play the Dixie Chicks in thier cars with the windows rolled up are representative of this country's scared apathy when it comes to issues the loud minority considers treasonous.

I doubt many country fans will ever read this, but Dixie Chick fans STAND UP! Enjoying this group's music does not make you a bad American, it does not even mean you are co-signing any of thier opinions. Stop letting the people who listen to conservative talk radio all day determine what you get to listen to on your favorite music station.