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Originally posted by Munchkin03
There is a difference between boycotting the Montgomery city buses because of discrimination and not buying Dixie Chicks CDs because you don't agree with their political stance. I cannot even believe that you even COMPARED the two.
Nobody said that boycotting was unAmerican--at least I didn't. There is something inherently undemocratic about threatening to physically attack someone who says something you do not believe in. Capitalism is one thing; threats bordering on terrorism because someone says something you don't agree with is another.
Anyway...take a few deep breaths, have a cup of tea, and reread my first post, and then this one. You may realize that my post was not spewing with vitriol; simply, it was an observation of my own culture.
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I don't agree with the physical threats. That to me is wrong, but i don't understand why it's childish (as others on here have stated) to not buy and support people financially that i disagree with.
In regards to Arya, yes, i heard about Pearl Jam and how Eddie Vedder attacked an effigy of President Bush. You know what? i don't care how good they are, i have not, nor will ever buy their music or tickets again. It's NOT childish, if i don't want to support them i don't have to. It's exactly like if i don't want to support Pepsi, then i will buy only coke products.
The comparision to the buses in montgomery. Yes, the 2 situations have differences, but the main idea of the boycott, to withdraw support of a company due to it's political stances, is the same at heart. Would i be childish if i ceased to financially support a corporation that donates money to the KKK or a terrorist cell?
Everyone in this country is free to speak their mind, that's one of the great things about America. However, it is naive to think that if you do speak out on an issue like this that you will have the support of the entire American public. To say what she said either means that she has lots of guts, or she is brainless. Guts if she understood the repercutions, brainless if she thinks that by taking a stance on one side of a passionate issue that her fans on the other side will still blindly support her.
Lastly, if, lets say, J-Lo came out and said that she's pro-life, and embarrassed that she's a woman due to NOW's stances, i'm willing to bet that there would be similar mass boycotts from the left and some of these Chicks supporters would be among leading the rhetoric.
BTW, i don't drink 'cups' of tea, that's what the hippies down in austin drink. And don't tell me to simmer down like i'm a 8th grader throwing a tantrum.
Kitso
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