lol....
this thread
rules....
I don't get to travel as much as I'd like to, but still, there's nothing quite like a trip down memory lane. Quite economical too!
The first sentence: "Looks like with one ill-advised comment from a mouthy singer, they have all but disappeared." - dago
Do you remember those dark and heady days when the White House was advising that people "need to watch what they say, watch what they do?"
I don't know about you, but for me, that was the day when the red flags started popping up faster than any game of whack-a-mole I've ever played.
However..... All is well that ends well...
And the Dixie Chicks' very next album? It's number one in the 1st week. The thoughtful are growing ever more willing to criticize this train wreck of a presidency, and in what can only be described as miracle of science, the press are actually regenerating testicles without surgical intervention (although the process may indeed take decades).
And the defenders?
It turns out, funnily enough, that they only ever did represent 29% of the population....
max. They were those folks who got so worked up about country bands and comedians....
and..... most importantly, were the first ones to roll over and play dead.
They were the first ones to get so absolutely freaked-out-scared that it was all they could do to muster a yelp for their governmental nannies to implant a soother into their misdirected, frightened and confused mouths.
No
wonder their words sound so garbled.
They were the first. The first to
willingly turn over their lives to
any governmental prerogative, at the drop of a hat, whether it be misguided policy or pure run-of-the-mill propaganda. It didn't matter. They were gonna drop, and then scream at you for not dropping along with them - terrified that you might give away their position.
"Take my rights,
please, but just don't let them hurt me!"
So
THESE people laid down...
first.... and
willingly..... and only there merest hint of arm twisting sent them scattering like a herd of African gazelles.
Braying to the rest of us that we must
also lay down and be very,
very afraid.
Highly unusual times... to be sure.
But....
Screw these people.
Cowards, and those without the ability to think critically, will always be amongst us. They will
always tell everyone else why we should not like, for example, a country band. Keep in mind - it is these people who always lay down first. Who are the very
first to willingly give up their rights. Who are the
first to go running like frightened puppies into the loving and embracing arms of the government.
They were wrong to try and make everyone feel that fear and lashing out was the proper reaction to an attack. Because any response fueled by anger, fear and retribution.... and fear..... and fear... is bound to suffer some serious hurdles. And anyone who gets sucked into it with them is just getting used by people with half their intelligence and a
tenth of their courage.
It's not that hard to spot, but this thread provides somewhat of a good guideline; if you need to lash out at the Dixie Chicks, then a recalibration is probably in order... and it's probably in nobody's best interest but their own that you curl up into the fetal position alongside them.
Here's the Dixie Chicks on Letterman the other night. Pretty damned good.
