More Straw Man Arguments I see.
The DickieChicks went on foreign soil to make their comments which in my book is akin to treason especially when we were at war. I got no problem if someone wants to stand up on American soil and declare the President a doodie head or Hitler or anything else. However if you want to play good little American girls when you are on American soil and cozy up to the country music fans of America and then run to foreign shores and denounce the President then I got a problem with you. So I contacted Pepsico (I've had a DRIP with them for nearly 25 years.) which owns Lipton Tea who sponsored the Chix Tour and I told them the exact same thing I told you. Dissent all you want on American soil but when you twoface the Nation you should pay the consequences. BTW Pepsico sent me a very nice letter stating they were pulling support for the Chix tour AND a coupon for a free case of Lipton Ice Tea.
Bruce Springsteen dissed Bush every chance he got on stage but he did it on American soil and loud and proud. I don't agree with him but it is his right and I will defend his right to do such. But the Chix tried to play both sides of the coin and they lost.
Obviously the sponsors were not bothered by the calls and email threatening boycotts nor was ESPN or they would not have permanently done away with Hank’s song.
One problem there Sparky. Hank pulled the song from ESPN, THEN ESPN claimed they decided to stop playing it.
Sorry. I do not agree. Had the chicks said the same thing stateside, they would have had the same reaction. Having said that, I was so sorry they said what they did on foreign soil. But..nope...no strawman. Cop out and hypocritical.
Also, Hank jr is no spokesperson I want for the repub party. And remember, the repubs got kicked in the butt by Toby Keith when he had had enough when we tried to claim him as one of our own. He finally said Enough! I am not now, nor have I ever been, nor will I ever be, a Republican.
You and I are never going to agree on this. The least, and the most, we can do, is disagree while respecting a differing opinion. It does not mean I am right and you are wrong, nor the other way around. It simply means we disagree. And there is not a thing wrong with that.
And sorry, but Hank did not pull the song first. ESPN did and Hank tried to save face and claim he did it first. That is dishonest. And again, his analogy was historically so ignorant it is difficult to defend on that basis alone.