[GreenAccord]

So I am going to be consistent here. If the Dixhole Chicks had said something equivalent (wait, what, they did?) I would have been eager to see them catch whatever heck they deserved from whichever sponsoring private enterprise had pulled their proverbial plug. Because in the end, free speech is about freedom from government limitations of speech.

Now, the only thing that is utterly, obviously different here is how incredibly quickly DisneyABCESPN pulled said plug. Yeah, that would have happened on the same day back in 2005. Riiiiiiiight.

[Fledermaus]

The difference is the Dixie Chicks ticked off their consumer market. Thus the radio stations made a business decision to quit playing their music because the fans demanded it.

I live near Nashville and radio people were talking about the thousands of calls, emails, etc. country stations were getting from listeners saying they’d quit if they continued to play them.

I bet this flak will make Hank more popular and ESPN is going to do the opposite of the country music stations - they are telling their consumer market to shove it.