As if the Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines didnt run her mouth off enough 3 years ago to completly ruin her career, she still hasnt learned to just shut up. While in London, which is where she said the remarks that got her in trouble in 2003, she gave an interview to a British newspaper saying these nice words:
"A lot of pandering started going on, and you'd see soldiers and the American flag in every video. It became a sickening display of ultra-patriotism."
"The entire country may disagree with me, but I dont understand the necessity of patriotism," Mains resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country... I dont see why people care about patriotism."
Ya know, I just things its incredible how they continue to go overseas to bash their country. This time they arent just bashing their government, but now they are doing it to every good and patriotic American. These are three of the most cowardly people in the United States of America. At least most liberals have the balls to talk sh*t in the states and are not running to Europe to do it.
I truly hope and pray that this will end their career. Because bashing the country that made you what you are is inexcusable.
I also hope the Dixie Chicks stay in Europe, because us patriotic Americans, dont want them here.
-Brad
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yeah because being patriotic means being quasi-fascist and unquestioning loyalty.
Gimme a break.
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." - George Orwell
If you are referring to dissent...being patriotic means using freedom of speech to better your country, not to denounce its existance in general. That is what the Dixie Chicks are doing.
Of course the question remains: Who decides what betters the country? Without a yardstick (which is unattainable in a society where people seem to define themselves as either Conservative or Liberal) by which to define what betters a nation, Patriotism must remain utterly abstract, varying from citizen to citizen. At the very least they’ve seeded discussion at home and abroad which can only be a good thing. A little revolution now and again is good for the soul; you’d expect America to appreciate that.
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