Funny I do remember the exact same arguments from Clinton Critiziers. "You're calling us names for critizing the president." I don't remember wide spread boycots or death threats.
Well, this is why tu quoque (Latin, "Yo' mama") is, to my mind, an unsatisfying way to proceed with an argument. You say you remember some anti-Clinton people saying they shouldn't be criticized for criticizing Clinton. Well, what can I say? Find me the quote and I'll probably call them wusses, too.
Doesn't change my opinion about the Dixie Chicks which is, ahem, "They're wusses."
Do you think they should be immune from consequences for whatever they say? Do you think that if someone honestly likes them less because of their statements--if someone honestly gets just a little bit sick to his stomach when he sees their smug faces, like I do--that he should ignore those feelings and buy their records anyway? Is that required by the Constitution? I can't find it in my copy, but then, I don't have one of those "living Constitutions" I keep hearing about...
(And again--death threats are different. They should call the police about death threats. But it isn't "suppression of dissent" if I call them smug self-absorbed arrogant ill-informed snobbish pseudo-country wusses. It's America. Dammit.)
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Re: Wusses.
Date: 2003-04-24 11:17 pm (UTC)Re: Wusses.
Date: 2003-04-24 11:46 pm (UTC)Doesn't change my opinion about the Dixie Chicks which is, ahem, "They're wusses."
Do you think they should be immune from consequences for whatever they say? Do you think that if someone honestly likes them less because of their statements--if someone honestly gets just a little bit sick to his stomach when he sees their smug faces, like I do--that he should ignore those feelings and buy their records anyway? Is that required by the Constitution? I can't find it in my copy, but then, I don't have one of those "living Constitutions" I keep hearing about...
(And again--death threats are different. They should call the police about death threats. But it isn't "suppression of dissent" if I call them smug self-absorbed arrogant ill-informed snobbish pseudo-country wusses. It's America. Dammit.)