Posted on 10/07/2006 1:04:19 PM PDT by kristinn
It's hard to believe this petite, well-mannered Texan - sitting opposite in a Sydney harbourside hotel - caused the kind of stir the music industry has not seen since John Lennon sang about being crucified in 1969.
It's the day before the band's first Australian concert on their Accidents and Accusations world tour.
Maines looks younger than her 31 years.
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Aware she may sound "bizarre", the 31-year-old believes the vitriol directed at The Dixie Chicks was part of a right-wing conspiracy.
An organised group known as the Free Republic set out to bring the band down.
The organisation's power, she says, comes through the internet. The site has thousands of subscribers, all of whom were encouraged to destroy the band's music and boycott the radio stations that played it.
"It's scary how much power they do have," she says. "They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that.
"It's the same group that went after (former US president) Bill Clinton and (gay actress) Ellen DeGeneres."
In the beginning, Maines says, they tried to fight their detractors. Their management tried to alert radio station programmers to what was happening.
"But they weren't open to it and just thought we were grasping at straws to try and salvage something," she says.
"It was just bigger than we could fight and we weren't willing to put ourselves out there to be made to look stupid if people weren't willing to investigate this thing and be open to it."
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"For the Free Republic we were a dream come true; they made it their mission to take us down. Apparently we were not supposed to think like this because we play country music."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Nats forgot to mention that FR buggered her cat too...
Everyone, it's time.
The chair is against the wall.
Damn right, b!tch. All Your Base Are Belong to Us. Got it?
:-)
petite.....I think they must mean SHORT!
Anyway if we are, we should 'target' Venezuela and bring down Chavez. Now that would be something :-)
(but the Ditz forget - we DID get Dan Rather)
Ping to you.
Yeah, she thinks freedom of speech should only be for those who think like she does. She needs to get over it and take responsibility for what she said. It is her own fault.
Hmm ... the 'North Dallas Rich Chicks' are still at it.
(Yes, I wrote 'North Dallas Rich Chicks' and that is a disparaging term ...)
Isn't there some special FR award we can bestow upon her for that?
She's only 31?
"It's scary how much power they do have," she says. "They can take down someone singlehandedly and I don't think Americans are aware of that.
"It's the same group that went after (former US president) Bill Clinton and (gay actress) Ellen DeGeneres."
You forgot Dan Rather, honey.
Yeah, petite brain.
LOL! I didn't think that far ahead, but you are right.
When did Auburn get beat? WE came very close last Thursday night- I was at that game, and even though we lost I have to say it was one of the best football games I've ever seen. I know Steve Spurrier won't admit it, but I thought the Gamecocks did very well. Getting back to the thread's topic- who gives a rat's butt what a Dixie Scank thinks? :0)
We went after Ellen Degeneres? I don't recall anything organized. We just thought her show sucked.
Good to see you again at the Murtha Rally. When we FReeped the Chix in Boston, I think that there were only 10 of us.
The writer must be using "petite" as a euphemism for short.
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