Dixie Hicks show ignorance...

[hawk220]

Gto

saying dumb things is as American as apple pie. what I'm saying is that its a rather fine line between saying dumb things and burning CDs and books in anger and burning people. Rewind to Germany in the late 30's.  Think I'm being inflammatory and outrageous? it happened before and could get that way again.


Iron, I was reffering to one of the quotes about 'terrorist chicks' in MTs message.

[weazel]

That she apologized...typical spineless liberal.

I'm ashamed not only that chimpy is from Texas...but that he's allowed to be called an American, obviously he could care less about the principles that made this nation great.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

—Thomas Jefferson

[Frogm4n]

i for one am getting sick of the fundamentalists in this country. they sound like a bunch of nazis and muslims. the whole "if your not with us your against us" is a line the fundamentalist love to use.

This country really could have used another TR about now. We almost had one in McCain, but he wasnt easy to control so his party ran him out of the presidential race. Instead we get quotes like this from the guy a minority of americans voted for.

"there ought to be limits to our freedoms" -George w.bush

[AKIron]

Originally posted by Frogm4n
i for one am getting sick of the fundamentalists in this country. they sound like a bunch of nazis and muslims. the whole "if your not with us your against us" is a line the fundamentalist love to use.

Better watch the Muslim bashing, they'll pull your lib card.

[Kanth]

Let me point out the difference to you folks.

People here have said that they would like to see them leave, they have said that they will not buy their stuff anymore.

No one has decided to kill them.

The government hasn't condoned their deaths...etc...

There is a difference between disagreeing with someone's statements and taking personal action to withdraw support...and targeting them for death or torture.

If people here decide to burn their CD's, it's because they are still for sale in the U.S. and those people will have to buy them first (stupidly supporting them financially in order to make a symbolic statement but whatever)

want to point out the similarities to me?

Originally posted by midnight Target
similar

[hawk220]

hey Iron, you said earlier

 "The libs often seem to forget that part GtoRA2."

this has me wondering about the guys here.

 tho I don't consider myself a lib, I sometimes take lib views. and sometimes very conservative views. do all/some/few take opinions based primarily on how they view themselves? lib/con. or are opinions based on the case?

[AKIron]

Originally posted by hawk220
hey Iron, you said earlier

 "The libs often seem to forget that part GtoRA2."

this has me wondering about the guys here.

 tho I don't consider myself a lib, I sometimes take lib views. and sometimes very conservative views. do all/some/few take opinions based primarily on how they view themselves? lib/con. or are opinions based on the case?

Hawk, are you attempting irony here? It seems you're suggesting that I  or many judge based on something said here and at the same time ask me to speak for others?

[midnight Target]

Branding someone a traitor for making a comment in opposition to the policies of the Government is the similarity Kanth.

That is a plain as day.

[GtoRA2]

Do you say the same thing about burning the flag? That it is a fine line, from that to roasting people in ovens?


I think you are very wrong.

I do not think any of these fans would consider killing people over this, or most issues, hell they are pissed cause they see this band in support of Sadam instead of Bush. Are they wrong? Yes they are, I am 100% sure the Dixie chicks do not like sadam, though they probably do not want to see war over him.

I think you would have to go much further then book or CD burning to approach the insanity that was Nazi Germanys final solution.

I would be more worried about the Political correctness roadkill that wants us all to only think Nice happy thoughts, and is editing "bad words" like jungle and Mother Russia from our school books.

SO again, that is not a fine line, it is a huge gulf, that no reasonable person should be able to cross.

[GtoRA2]

Hell I agree on the typical spineless part..


Not the rest though, well, not completely, lol.


Did your Pontiac come through the fire ok?

[hawk220]

actually Iron it was an honest question, and i figured others would chime in with what they thought.

[Kanth]

so if I say that I think you are a traitor then I'm just like an islamic fundementalist?

you don't think that's a stretch at all?

Originally posted by midnight Target
Branding someone a traitor for making a comment in opposition to the policies of the Government is the similarity Kanth.

That is a plain as day.

[Frogm4n]

no you sound more like a nazi then a fundamentalist

[Fatty]

So their opponents should bite their tongues and not speak so that two's freedom of speech may be protected?

I could care less about the dixie chicks, if I did their statements would hardly influence whether or not I bought their CDs (if I tossed out all my CDs whose artists I disagreed with I don't think I'd have any left).  Are you seriously suggesting those that do are trampling on their free speech?  Come on.

Boycotting them is silly, as is their assumption that anyone really cares what they think in the first place, but neither of those is a trampling of anyone's rights.  I'm off to more important issues, namely my NCAA brackets.

[Kanth]

 stop it! i'm reeling

Originally posted by Frogm4n
no you sound more like a nazi then a fundamentalist