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Voyage of the Dixie Chicks (Free Republic mentioned)
Montreal Gazette ^
| Thursday, September 14, 2006
| Katherine Monk
Posted on 09/14/2006 4:41:58 AM PDT by kristinn
Edited on 09/14/2006 3:04:35 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Over the summer when the Dixie Chicks were preparing the media blitz for their new album, I was contacted by both Time magazine and 60 Minutes for comment on FR's role in putting the hurt on group's career. For some mysterious reason, both of these liberal media outlets failed to include FR in their stories.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:41:59 AM PDT
by
kristinn
To: kristinn
Which came first
the Dixie Chicks or the rotten egg?
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:45:42 AM PDT
by
auboy
To: kristinn
"It turned us into women," says Natalie MainesSo they're transsexuals?
To: kristinn
as they attempt to understand what happenedDifficult when you have the IQ of a house plant.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:47:24 AM PDT
by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: kristinn
According to the research done by Kopple and the Chicks themselves, the Free Republic sent out form letters to their 30,000-thick subscription list with market-specific information, saying if the station did not stop playing their music, people would cease listening to the station. ???? Still waiting for mine.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:49:18 AM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
To: kristinn
So this is what they've become. They're no longer a band they're a cause.
To: kristinn
According to the research done by Kopple and the Chicks themselves, the Free Republic sent out form letters to their 30,000-thick subscription list with market-specific information, saying if the station did not stop playing their music, people would cease listening to the station.We did? When did we do that?
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:50:04 AM PDT
by
Shooter 2.5
(Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems. NRA)
To: kristinn
What a bunch of incessant whiners and cry babies. I've got news for these loud mouths (and they are free to be that way if they so choose)...its not censorship when the people (the market...your fans) decide themselves you're over the top and then decide to do something about it.
When those fans make enough noise to the market place, the market place itself then has a decision of their own to make...which they are making because they are in business to make money, not to cater to a bunch of whining, quasi-liberal girls who blab their mouth.
These girls are free to state their opinion, they are also subject to the consequences that those stated opinions generate in the market place.
It is really a simple as that.
All of this whining, boo-hooing, and cries of censorship are just all the more indication that these cry-baby girls have not matured in the least...but still wanting to blame some one else for the results of their own actions.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:50:20 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Former Proud Canadian
The DBM media can't believe that regular folks on their own were offended and decided not to listen to them anymore. No the "sheep" had to have been given marching orders from somewhere.
To: kristinn
"It turned us into women," says Natalie Maines
Ummm...no comment.
The more they rant, the more people will slip through their fingers.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:51:10 AM PDT
by
GulfWar1Vet
(Are all the Demorats Muslim?)
To: Former Proud Canadian
I didn't get one, either. Glad I decided to boycott those dumb cluckers on my own.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:51:37 AM PDT
by
Malacoda
(Bu**er Islam)
To: kristinn
Maines and Co. are too arrogant to acknowledge the foolishness of their statements. They are the modern-day liberal and bigger than life in their own eyes. They sincerely believe that we conservative folks are just unenlightened. I have nothing but disdain for these narcissists.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:52:01 AM PDT
by
rj45mis
To: All
Ummmmm I don't remember Free Republic sending out form letters????? When did that happen?
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:52:19 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: Former Proud Canadian
According to the research done by Kopple and the Chicks themselves, the Free Republic sent out form letters to their 30,000-thick subscription list with market-specific information, saying if the station did not stop playing their music, people would cease listening to the station. ???? Still waiting for mine.
Yeah, me too. I didn't get one. Do you think maybe this writer was lying?
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:53:27 AM PDT
by
calex59
(Hillary Clinton is dumber than a one eyed monkey with a brain tumor(credit to Harley69))
To: kristinn
...how vulnerable to censorship
What censorship?
Not buying their music is no more censorship than a liberal not buying a conservatives work.
How many liberals bought a copy of "Godless"?
Is that censorship?
To: Jeff Head
In their minds free speech means not just that the government can take no action against them...but also that their fans must not be allowed to not buy their records.
To: kristinn
"What was wrong was that (the decision to not play Dixie Chicks records) was coming from the top ... and that (DJs) were not allowed to play the records, even if they wanted to. ... I think that kind of censorship is dangerous," says Maguire.That's the free market, sweetie. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. I don't like what you're spewing, I'm not about to buy what you're selling.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:54:26 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Shooter 2.5
Did Kopple and the Chicks do their "research" by reading lying DUmmies posts? Just a hunch.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:55:15 AM PDT
by
divine_moment_of_facts
(I went to bed on 9/10/01 a Democrat... I woke up on 9/11/01 a Republican.)
To: GulfWar1Vet
These women only hope everybody simply spells their names correctly. They got more PR with no content.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:55:35 AM PDT
by
Broker
To: kristinn
According to the research done by Kopple and the Chicks themselves, the Free Republic sent out form letters to their 30,000-thick subscription list with market-specific information, saying if the station did not stop playing their music, people would cease listening to the station.
What? FR sent out 30k letters? What do they mean by this?
Oh, dear Dixie Chicks, if you come here to "research" again please be advised that only government can censor you.
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posted on
09/14/2006 4:55:38 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Don't worry, everything will be OK. Or maybe it won't.)
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