Dixie Chicks Boycott Coordination thread

14 | Live Free or Die

[Live free or die]

This is a thread for people who want to support a nationwide boycott of the Dixie Chicks for their unbelievable statements in another country!

Here in Virginia, I have yet to hear any of their songs and wish to keep it that way for a long long time.

There are a lot of websites out there with on-line polls that will respond to a good FReepin'. This is the place for FReepers to post links to radio station websites.

Let's roll!!!

[MarMema]

post the details for us.

[flashbunny]

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Gee, and I just chastized a FReeper on another thread for saying "Petaluma" in mixed company.

:)

[Blood of Tyrants]

I have been boycotting them since before they were a group. I simply don't like singers or groups whose primary quality is their willingness to be slutty.

[Laura Earl]

Move on people...there's nothing to see here. So the blonde bimbo said something disparaging about our President. I do not in any way condone, but ENOUGH. Don't listen to their music, don't buy their CDs, don't go to their concerts. But for crying out loud let it go. Find something more mentally stimulating to discuss PLEASE.

[cq]

Pawn Shops and Used Record Stores Refusing Dixie Chicks(humor)

[CA Conservative]

Has anyone already bought tickets to one of their concerts, and are now regretting it? You can't take them back for a refund unless the venue cancels the concert. But if you bought the tickets with a credit card (as most people probably do), you still have an option.

If your tickets are being delivered by mail, and you have not received them yet, when you do, mark "return to Sender" on the envelope and send it back. Then notify your credit card company that you never received the tickets, and have them remove the charge from your account. The credit card company must do this! It is then up to the vendor to prove that you did receive them. Without that proof (certified delivery, return receipt etc.), the credit card company will not reinstate the charge.

If you have already received the tickets by mail, you can do the same thing as long as you didn't have to sign for the tickets. Of course, you can't use the tickets after this without getting into legal trouble. Once you verify that the charge has been reversed, burn the tickets.

If you picked them up in person and paid with a credit card, you still might be able to have the charges reversed. Credit card companies will reverse charges for services if you are not satisfied with the service. You could claim that the concert is no longer what you originally bargained for when you bought the tickets - that the product or service is now damaaged or tarnished in your eyes. Again, once you dispute the charge, the credit card company must reverse the charge and it is the responsibility of the vendor to prove that the charge is valid.

I thought of this because my fiancee just went through something like this. She is a lawyer, and she had a client that didn't like what my fiancee told her. My fiancee told her exactly what she could expect to get in court, did all of the paperwork and prepared for the court appearance. The client decided to get another lawyer, and almost a year later, disputed the credit card charge stating that she was dissatisfied with the service my fiancee provided. They took the money out of her account immediately, and she was unable to get them to reinstate the charge, even though she was able to prove that the client got in court exactly what my fiancee told her she would get, even with a new lawyer.

So spread the word, Freepers!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Looks like Bill Clinton will get his wish...the Chicks are on his side.

[stands2reason]

Nobody's stopping Natalie from having her say. She has total freedom of speech. And since I am not an agent of the government, I don't even have the ability to threaten said freedom. Boycotts do not threaten Freedom of Speech. Why shouldn't we also have the freedom of what to buy and what not to buy?

[cq]

Tell that to the the news media

[KriegerGeist]

I e-mailed the "Soldier's Letter to Natalie Maines" to WYYD 107.9FM here in Virginia. I also e-mailed it to Fox News, Sean Hannity and others.

[stands2reason]

This is a news story. If you don't like it, find another thread that interests you.

[Diverdogz]

...it got deleted. Rightfully so, I suppose. Thrash me thirty times with a wet noodle.

[stands2reason]

IIWY I'd write him back and let him know you have the freedom not to support his advertising sponsors and the freedom to tell said sponsors exactly why.

[MigrantOkie]

"I'm so old fashioned I didn't even know who they were. I hate rock and roll"

They're C&W not rock, my god how old fasioned are you? Classical only? You never did like like the electrical instument thing did you? Were microphones also to much? ;-)

meant to to good natured ribbing

[GoRepGo]

Excellent!

May they never make another red cent.

[Laura Earl]

This isn't news it's pure FLUFF! Shame on the news sources giving it any attention.

[Live free or die]

Move on people...there's nothing to see here. So the blonde bimbo said something disparaging about our President. I do not in any way condone, but ENOUGH. Don't listen to their music, don't buy their CDs, don't go to their concerts. But for crying out loud let it go. Find something more mentally stimulating to discuss PLEASE.

A little while ago I would have been more than willing to do just that and chalk up their statements to ignorance and that'd be that. But I've been doing too much "moving on" lately. So no. I will not forget. I will not forgive.



I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take his $hit anymore! But in the end you don't have to support the FReep and you can continue buying their music and listen to them all you want and we (their detractors) won't stop you. I would very much appreciate the same courtesy.

[SerpentDove]